𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩…⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘪𝘵. – 𝘑𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘵 ⁣
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Over the past week I began doing something I never thought I’d get to a place to be able to do.⁣
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Every morning this past week, I’ve stepped on the scale and looked at my weight. ⁣
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I logged it for data and that was it. ⁣
I didn’t let it set the tone for my day. ⁣
I didn’t let it determine how ‘good or bad’ I did the day before. ⁣
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𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧. ⁣
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Now let me explain, in the past, it was the healthiest decision for me to 𝐍𝐎𝐓 weigh myself and for a lot of my clients that is still the case. ⁣
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As I made my morning walk towards the scale, my heart would race, panic would spike and fear would set in, so I stopped weighing in entirely. ⁣
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Since then, I’ve developed a much healthier relationship with my weight and my body and I started to get curious. Instead of avoiding it because I’m afraid, I’ve decided to start facing my fear. ⁣
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I’m going to focus on normalizing my relationship with the scale and use it to learn more and share more about just how helpful of a tool it can be on your weight loss journey. ⁣
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𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. ⁣
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Because here’s the thing, my goal as a coach is not to get you to never step on a scale again. ⁣
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𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. ⁣
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Because it’s literally just that, a number. ⁣
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I’ll be forever evolving on my journey and this is a next big step for me. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦e. ⁣
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𝘐’𝘮 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺? ⁣

I will be the first to admit that coaches need coaches too and I had fallen completely off track. ⁣⁣
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She wanted me to follow a week of maintenance calories to see where my numbers were and weigh in daily. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐’𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. ⁣⁣
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𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲. ⁣⁣
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I panicked. ⁣⁣
I couldn’t hit my calories. ⁣⁣
I wanted to cry weighing in daily. ⁣⁣
And I felt like a complete failure when I went to send my check in email. ⁣⁣
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𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. ⁣ ⁣⁣
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While the scientific, logical approach should have made sense, my emotional mindset at the time, just couldn’t handle it. ⁣⁣
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𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. ⁣⁣
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I decided to stay off of the scale, put myself in a calorie deficit (𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦) and layer on small positive habits week by week, taking the pressure and perfect expectations off. ⁣⁣
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This was exactly what I needed. ⁣⁣
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Now two years later, I’ve started to do something I never thought I’d get to a point of being able to do (𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬), and I’m starting to find peace with my body, my weight, and my food. ⁣⁣
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𝐌𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: we all have different starting points, and just because something may seem logical, or the perfect solution for one, it may not be for you and that’s okay. ⁣⁣
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Your journey will be individual. ⁣⁣
You will grow and evolve. ⁣⁣
The things that once felt scary and unrealistic, may with time become a very logical reality for you. ⁣⁣
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Trust your gut. ⁣⁣
Address your mindset first. ⁣⁣
And be patient with yourself. ⁣⁣
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧. ⁣⁣