The Scale Sucks!

So, I woke up this morning and I was so excited because last night after a late night drive through at Taco Bell for Shawn I didn't get anything. I came home and made myself an egg white sandwich. I woke up this morning and weighed myself and guess what. I was up a pound. I would like to think that it is because of my massive muscles that I have from teaching Body Pump and maybe some of it is due to that but I still so often focus on the scale and tend to get frustrated. This time though I am not going to let it get to me. Here are just a few things to focus on when you are doing good and the scale is telling you otherwise:

• Do you clothes fit any looser?
• Do you have any more energy than when you first started?
• Are your eating habits better?
• Is your mood in general more upbeat and brighter?
• Can you exercise longer without puffing as hard?
• Are people commenting on your looks, attitude etc., being better?
• Before you stepped on the scale did you feel pretty darn good about yourself?

If you can answer yes to many of these then you are on the right track whether the scale says so or not! Here are my plans. I plan to take my before picture today and as I notice changes in my body I am going to take progressive pictures. I am also going to take my measurements because even if the scale doesn't move I am 100% that my measurements will change. I am also going to focus on my Fat% because if I am loosing fat and gaining muscle then I am happy to accept the weight not changing. Most importantly. Set goals! If you continue to exercise and eat healthy without setting goals for yourselves it is like playing a game of football and never getting a touchdown.