Do the Numbers On the Scale Matter For Weight Loss?
When it comes to quantifying your health, many people often use the number on the scale as an overall indicator of their wellbeing. Weight loss is boiled down to numbers, and it can be easy to lose sight of the physical changes you may be seeing or feeling in your body in favor of making the scale dip.
However, the reality is that while your scale does inform you of how much you weigh, it is not indicative of a variety of other factors that may be more telling of your health than that number. If you’ve found yourself hyperfocused on using the scale as an indicator of how healthy you are, and are seemingly doing everything right but frustrated by the lack of change, there’s one primary reason why weight loss means so much more.
Your body naturally fluctuates between 2-5lbs each day, so if you find yourself weighing a different number from morning to night, this may be the reason. However, it’s not only weight fluctuation that makes the number on the scale an inaccurate marker of your wellness. If you’ve been following a healthy lifestyle, exercising, and building muscle, there’s a chance that it’s this muscle which may be keeping the scale stagnant or even making the number go up.
Excerpted from She Finds
