BeachBody Challenge, Month 2, and scale obsession.

My goal weight for June 14 (the sixty day mark) is 406.4. Today’s weight: 428.8.

My trainer recently cautioned me against weighing in daily, but the fluctuations on the scale don’t psych me out the way not weighing daily does, and after I melted down a bit, he said to go back to what I’m comfortable with.

It helps me keep perspective to see the way the scale fluctuates in response to so many factors unrelated to fat loss: dehydration or water retention, solid wastes that don’t plan to exit until mid-afternoon, sleep quality and duration, stress levels, amount and density of what you ate the day before, even the day of the week.

With one exception, I don’t sweat the day to day scale changes. As long as the overall trend is down, it’s all good.

The exception? “Weigh-in Day.”

Whether it’s for team Challenge check-ins or for reporting to the doctors at our periodic checkups, a Weigh-in Day carries extra portent because it’s being recorded and analyzed, with possible consequences. (“Hmmm, another gain. We’re sending you for extra tests…”)

I stressed over Wednesday because it was a Weigh-in Day, and when the numbers weren’t great, I got frustrated. My trainer and my wife helped me recover my bearings, and I finished the day well: calories on target, solid workouts.

Slept badly last night, but I guess you can’t have everything.

 

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