Last year, I was getting really frustrated with my body. I thought I was doing all the right things, and yet I saw no changes on the scale. I was working out five times a week and eating (mostly) right. I voiced these frustrations and discouragement in a blog post, but it was just hard to put in all of this effort with no return. It wasn’t until earlier this year that I knew I had to revamp my routine. One of my goals for this year was to train smarter, not harder. I was in the mindset that I wasn’t doing enough in my workouts, when I really was just doing too much and my body needed rest, not longer or multiple intense workouts a week.
I didn’t mention this in my New Year’s Resolutions, but I had another goal for this year in regards to my fitness: I was not going to weigh myself for a year. I love numbers, I love figuring out price per wear or budgeting, I’m nerdy like that. And I used to tell myself that I was just interested in what the scale had to say, good or bad. I wasn’t going to rely on what it said, I was just intrigued. Every time I stepped off the scale and it wasn’t a number I wanted, I would tell myself it didn’t matter. Deep down, I knew that wasn’t the case. I was so discouraged and just felt defeated. Why am I not seeing any changes? Why is this happening? What am I doing wrong?
I’ve mentioned it before, but these past few months, my mindset has shifted from what I look like, to how I’m feeling. And how can I focus on how I’m feeling if I’m weighing myself constantly? So I took the out of sight, out of mind approach. If I don’t see the scale, I won’t think about the scale. I can proudly say that I haven’t weighted myself since December of 2019 and I feel so much happier and clear-headed because of it. Sure I’m not where I want to be fitness wise, but I’m not associating it with a number anymore. I’m associating it with how I feel and how things fit, not what some random number says. Sure there are times when I’m curious to what it has to say, but other times I don’t even think about it. I’m just taking it day by day, focusing on me and what my body needs. I’m not relying on a number, I’m just trying to be in tune with my body and what makes it feel good or bad. I don’t want to correlate happiness with my body with some number on a scale.
I feel like today’s post was a little random, but I just wanted to document what I’ve been doing to reach a happier and healthier me, and not weighing myself has made such a difference for me! I highly recommend ridding yourself of the scale if it’s been doing you more harm than good. Hope you guys have a great one!