Alright y'all, let's talk about it. I'll start by saying that folks can have many types of relationships with the scale and the number that pops up. It can be very triggering and take a toll on emotions. I won't be going down that path because I am not qualified to do so. Instead, I'll share my experience and what I've learned.
I have a smart scale that provides info on many metrics other than weight, such as BMI, Body Fat, Subcutaneous Fat, Visceral Fat, Muscle Mass, and about 8 others. For a long time, I only focused on the constantly fluctuating body weight number. One of the best things I did for myself was take the time to understand what all the other metrics meant. I won't be getting all scientific here, and, as always, I highly encourage you to take the time to do your own research, but I will give some high-level meanings to the metrics above.
BMI - Body Mass Index is calculated from the mass and height of a person
Muscle Mass - Amount of muscle in the body
Body Fat - The weight of the fat in your body
Visceral Fat - Fat that surrounds the organs
Subcutaneous Fat - Often referred to as the jiggly type of fat like the kind found around the belly
After understanding what these metrics represented and how they all work together, I formed a better relationship with the scale. For example, I've been losing body fat, but the number on the scale hasn't changed much. That is because I have also been strength training and gaining muscles. This results in fat loss and muscle gain canceling each other out sometimes. In the past, it was very discouraging not seeing the numbers on the scale go down. Now, I've learned there is always more than one number to consider.
When it finally clicked that weight is made up of all the metrics above; looking at just one number and not considering all the others didn't make sense anymore. It was no longer an "all-or-nothing" number. My hope is that you don't let that one number bring you down. Don't think your exercises aren't paying off because the numbers aren't moving. You could be gaining muscle! Use non-scale victories like clothes fitting looser to help you gauge. Take plenty of progress pics to catch the differences. Or be like me and geek out over ALL the numbers and data. Just make sure you are getting the whole story and not just the one number that flashes the biggest on the scale!
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