You wake up, go into the bathroom, and next thing you know, you are on the scale, cringing your teeth as the number comes up, hoping that you're down a pound. When the number "pops up," your motivation goes down the drain when you see you "gained" a pound.
The scenario which was just described is the typical daily routine of many people, and it goes just that way. The question for you is, how often do you weigh yourself?
If you said that you never weigh yourself, and you are looking to lose weight, well, I guess I will just have to write another article for you to read in the future, but if you said that the above scenario is scarily spot-on or similar to what your daily experience is, then this article is for you!
Did you know that how much success people experience with their weight loss goals is scarily dependent on how frequent they weigh themselves? You are probably thinking, just like most other people on their own weight loss journey, that you should be weighing yourself daily to make sure that you are on track to achieving your weight loss goals. It seems like keeping your eyes on the scale every day is the best way to achieve your weight loss goals, right? From a logical standpoint, yes. However, if you want to succeed the most, it is the farthest from correct.
Weighing yourself daily will simply bog down your sense of accomplishment, as you will either see that number on the scale usually go up or down one pound, and many times, it will simply go up a pound, or maintain your previous weight from the day before.
Make it a point to set a certain day of the week to hop on the scale (in the morning, right after waking up to ensure that your stomach is empty), and watch the "magic number" appear. Resist the urge to take your weight more than once per week, as if you do so more than once per week, you will be only varying one pound or so, or maintaining your previously taken weight from the day before. By setting a schedule of taking your weight once per week, you will get a more dramatic change (hopefully for the better), boosting your confidence, your motivation, and your knowing that you are on the fast-track to weight loss success.
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