Dump The Scale

Scales are evil, evil contraptions. Especially when someone is trying to lose weight. A person's weight can fluctuate up to five or more pounds from morning to night and will be all over the place throught the day. It can really make or break someone trying to eat healthy, excersize and loose weight if they take the number on the scale to seriously.


Take into considertation, someone who has about 25-30lbs to lose. If they work out hard, eat healthy, drink their water for an entire week. They get on the scale and see they have either stayed the same or are only down a pound or so and are not happy with that and just give up, going back to their previous eating and couch potato habits. This is purely psychological.


That scale is nothing but a number. If they rely solely on that number they will surely fail. Some people understand that their weight fluctuates and can move past it and just keep on eating healthy and working out. However, the majority of people trying to lose weight will get discouraged by the number on the scale and just give up. Do you know how sad that is? If that person were to have taken their measurements as well as their weight the first week, and waited a month to check on progress they would have been more satisfied, for it is the overtime progress that counts, not the day to day progress. Not to mention that in reality, we all want to be smaller and more toned and fined, which means losing inches from working out and eating healthy is a better thing to hope for. Often times if you don't see the number on the scale, you will see the number in inches lost.



The most important thing is to be healthy. Toss the scale. If you can't completly toss it, at least only pull it out once every two weeks or so and don't rely to heavily on what it says. If you continue to eat healthy and excersize and drink your water, you WILL see results. They may not be that immediate gratification we all want to see, but they WILL come. Just keep at it. Don't let a number rule you.

Slow weightloss is better

For those that are having a tough time of the weightloss thing, maybe it feels like it is coming off at at turtles pass, toss out your scale and check out this article. It talks about how slow and steady wins the race. Not to mention the scale is not the only way of measuring progress. You could actually MEASURE yourself ;) Seriously, that scale is NOT your friend. I reccomend only weighing yourself about once every two weeks or so.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/13/weight.loss/index.html

This is the key phrase in this article. "perseverance and hard work -- not quick fixes -- are key to losing and keeping off weight."

How important drinking water is.

Here is an except from an article on calories per hour's website about how important drinking water is to your health and weightloss.



There are many reasons why it is important to drink water, especially if you are dieting:
Initial weight loss is largely due to loss of water, and you need to drink an adequate amount of water in order to avoid dehydration.

The process of burning calories requires an adequate supply of water in order to function efficiently; dehydration slows down the fat-burning process.

Burning calories creates toxins (think of the exhaust coming out of your car), and water plays a vital role in flushing them out of your body.

Dehydration causes a reduction in blood volume; a reduction in blood volume causes a reduction in the supply of oxygen to your muscles; and a reduction in the supply of oxygen to your muscles can make you feel tired.

Water helps maintain muscle tone by assisting muscles in their ability to contract, and it lubricates your joints. Proper hydration can help reduce muscle and joint soreness when exercising.

A healthy (weight loss) diet includes a good amount of fiber. But while fiber is normally helpful to your digestive system, without adequate fluids it can cause constipation instead of helping to eliminate it.

Drinking water with a meal may make you feel full sooner and therefore satisfied eating less. Note, however, that drinking water alone may not have this effect. In order to feel satiated (not hungry), our bodies need bulk, calories and nutrients.

What is it about Hamburger Helper?

What is it abot Hamburger Helper that causes it to sit in your stomach like a giant ball of greese and fat, causing you to want to ralph? It's probably because it IS a big ball of greese and fat LOL

I made myself some of the cheeseburger maccaroni kind tonight it. UGH. Not again for awhile. Tomorrow I am starting the eat clean thing. I think my stomach will thank me for it. There will be less bloat and ralph feelings happening ;) I've actually read that some foods just make you LOOK bloated more than others. Swigg has a good section on her blog about what foods to eat if you want to avoid that bloated look and feel. Everyone should go check it out man.