Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 20, 2021 23:00:45 GMT
Day 21 – Get Ready to Weigh In
In the book this is the end of the first week of actually following a diet and Beck talks about facing the scale today. She says weighing yourself is essential because:
When you lose (maintain on maintenance) you can celebrate and it builds your confidence. Remember it was your hard work that accomplished this.
If you have gained weight weighing in will keep you honest because you might need to face what you are doing versus what you think you are doing.
Weigh-ins can help you stay committed because the losses motivate you to keep going and the gains motivate you to figure out where you went wrong and what you can do to fix it.
Beck wants you to consider the number on the scale as information not as a character judgment. Use the information to plan what you are going to do. If you are disappointed in your scale number review how you are doing the plan and see if you need to improve things. If the scale didn’t go down and you did everything right, remember our weight varies by two to three pounds each week and that has nothing to do with gain/loss of body fat. Also she warns that your weight might not go down every week, and that no one loses the same amount each week therefore your weight losses will vary.
How do you relate to your scale number?
How do you handle it when it isn’t what you expected?
In the book this is the end of the first week of actually following a diet and Beck talks about facing the scale today. She says weighing yourself is essential because:
When you lose (maintain on maintenance) you can celebrate and it builds your confidence. Remember it was your hard work that accomplished this.
If you have gained weight weighing in will keep you honest because you might need to face what you are doing versus what you think you are doing.
Weigh-ins can help you stay committed because the losses motivate you to keep going and the gains motivate you to figure out where you went wrong and what you can do to fix it.
Beck wants you to consider the number on the scale as information not as a character judgment. Use the information to plan what you are going to do. If you are disappointed in your scale number review how you are doing the plan and see if you need to improve things. If the scale didn’t go down and you did everything right, remember our weight varies by two to three pounds each week and that has nothing to do with gain/loss of body fat. Also she warns that your weight might not go down every week, and that no one loses the same amount each week therefore your weight losses will vary.
How do you relate to your scale number?
How do you handle it when it isn’t what you expected?
