Scale

“where tracking literally messes them up because they freak out? It's typically something like the scale, but it can happen with other things as well. Has that ever happened? Certain personnel. Yeah. It becomes an obsession. It becomes a detraction. Don't fall for the trap, Justin. That's right.”

“everything else followed. Before that, it was like measurements, body fat percentage. It was the scale. And we were chasing this thing that was moving all over the place. I'm not saying they weren't valuable, but I was way more successful later when the client would come in and talk about their goal.”

“mirror. Or the scale or even total body fat. Again, once you get extreme, he does start to be a pretty good predictor. Let's talk about one of the first ways that people like to measure their progress, which is the scale and why this one can be such a problem. I've had clients here and we know, first of all, we talked about this on the show before the scale measures, total body mass.”

“and reporting to me. Clothes are fitting better. And then we weigh them 30 days into it or 60 days into it. And the scale hasn't budged ruined their day. Yep. Everything sucks. Now I can't, I feel horrible. I've also had the flip experience where I've had members of my gym who are coming in super consistently. I'm looking at them and I'm like, man, she's not doing well. She's over-training”

“And she weighs herself. I lost another five pounds. So excited, ignoring that she feels terrible. And you can see it on their face. So just, you know, the scale is part of what you're tracking. I get it. Uh, but it can become a problem. And then there's a scale obsession.”

“gallon of water and you could see three to four pounds on the scale, uh, have a day where you had more carbohydrates, uh, as your source of calories versus fat.”

“next day you, you lose a weight, a pound sometimes yet. We know that that wasn't healthy and ideal. So the scale is so such a terrible determiner of whether you are doing well or not. And this is something that I tracked so diligently and realized like, oh man, I gotta be very careful, not only with myself, but then this became a better communicator with my client.”

“And again, when it comes to longevity and health. It's a much better predictor than circumferences, than body fat percentages, than weight on the scale, than all that stuff. It's like, how fit are you? That makes the biggest difference. I mean, I have a different view or opinion on that.”

“My energy is down, but I'm losing weight. Yeah. They don't track it to the thing that's actually, Oh, that's still the gotta be. The scale has to be the number one thing that people still still. Yeah. Do you identify so strongly with that number? Yeah. I mean, yeah, no, I, I don't, I, I fact it's even, even I'd say body fat percentage is, is still very rare.”

“It's not easy to test your, well, they got the body fat percentage scales now, but you're right. It's the scale. Yeah. Like most people are, Oh, I want, I just want to be 10 pounds lighter. I just want this. And it's just like, Oh my God. All right. So I'll tell you guys what happened. So I'll tell you guys what happened to me. I went and got a DEXA scan.”

“I tried to, I tried to show people this and showcase this. I did these things. I did, I, especially as I got lean, uh, I showed people a 24 hour differences on the scale and the way I looked at my picture. Radical. That's crazy. 10, 10 pounds on the scale.”

“It looks very different. Yeah. It looks like you added 10 pounds. We're just you and I were just talking off air. You're like here. Every time I lean out, I look bigger, but I'm down 10 pounds, 15 pounds on the scale. And so it's like you give him that. And that's why I even said I could lose three to five pounds of your muscle and put you”

“fluctuate and so I watch my weight come down I've got a scale that measures my weight. It's, I don't know if I can measure, say the name or if it's forbidden, but I do like the Withings scale because it's smart scale links to the phone.”

“So I'm working out more than I do normally to make sure I don't lose any weight. And so that scale will tell me if I'm losing lean mass, which I don't want to do. And I make sure that I don't lose it. Is there not a concern to do with your gut?”