As part of loosing weight you need to monitor your weight. It helps to track your weight to know when you need to make adjustments to your food and activity levels. It's very important to understanding your next move in your quest for a healthier you.
The fitness program we use has you weigh every day but we only use the weight from Saturday to monitor our progress. I am not the biggest fan of weighing every day as so much can impact your weight on a day-to-day basis. Things like stress, eating a later dinner (it happens), changing up your exercises and other wonderful body things!
I really try to focus on the weight only on Saturday mornings but I will admit to getting a little frustrated with the scale during the week. Munkee has had to talk me off that ledge a few times! Really the best indicator of how well things are going is the weekly difference. Pick a day and a time that you can consistently weigh and stick to it. Track it and make adjustments when things aren't going as expected.
Being aware of the changes to your weight is just as important when maintaining your weight as it is while loosing the weight. We had a lot of issues with getting Munkee to stop loosing weight, to the point he got 10 pounds under where he wanted to be. Seeing the number allowed us to make adjustments by adding more protein and finally bring his weight into balance.
I will probably never be friends with the scale but I am learning to accept it and use it as a tool to identify when changes need to be made.
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