This is to you- the one whose clothes are falling off of you, and you are cinching up your pants, but you tell me you haven't lost a pound since you started CrossFit. I believe you. I believe that you haven't lost a pound but I don't believe that you don't see a difference in yourself.
So to those who are enslaved to a number, please do us a favor and put your scale under your bed, or better yet, throw it out. I want you to look in the mirror and love what you see. The scale can't tell you the fat you've lost when you are also building muscle. The scale can't calculate the confidence you are building or the pant sizes you are shedding. The scale gives you just a number- a number that often devalues all the work you have done in the gym and all the sacrifices you have made to eat better. The scale can single-handedly knock you off your well driven course to a healthier lifestyle because its not showing you the number you think you should see. This simple body weight measuring device can change your mood in an instant from celebration to devastation.
Here is what I propose, look at yourself in the mirror and maybe even take some photos and journal your journey to a healthier lifestyle. Measure your success by how your clothes fit, how you physically feel, your conquests in the gym, your ability to walk with more confidence, your stamina level, and your increased strength. Resist the urge to let a number put a value on all the hard work that you are doing. You deserve much more than that!
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