43. Your Scale is Lying to You

You’ve started your weight-loss journey, and you’re doing all the right things - exercising, eating well-balanced meals, and getting more sleep. You’re excited to finally see the fruits of your labor, so you step on the scale, but... something's wrong. The scale went up!! How could this be?! You’ve worked so hard and for nothing! Or… is there more to the story?

In this episode, I’m covering the all-too-common scenario in which the scale doesn’t reflect your efforts. In reality, the scale isn’t painting a holistic picture of what’s happening with your body. Some amazing transformations are happening behind the scenes while you make positive changes for your health.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone feeling discouraged by what their scale is telling them. I address concerns many have about weight fluctuations despite adopting healthier habits and how to measure progress beyond the scale.

Key Points:

  1. "Why Haven’t I Lost Weight?"
  2. The Scale's Deception: The scale measures only your gravitational pull on Earth, not your overall health or fitness progress.
  3. Muscle Gain vs. Weight Loss: Knowing the difference and understanding that the scale can’t decipher that.
    1. The photo of myself that I referenced in the show can be found here. 
  4. Why the Scale fluctuates
  5. Health Beyond Weight: Learning to focus on factors like better sleep, more energy, and body composition changes.
  6. Diet and Exercise Myths: Debunking common misconceptions about cutting calories as our first line of defense against the scale.

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The Redefine Beautiful Podcast was created to help bridge the gap between physical and mental health. Through personal stories of survival, adaptation, self-discovery and growth, my goal is to help you realize you’re not alone. You matter. Your mental health matters. Together, we are going to redefine beautiful, one episode at a time. 

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