Why weight loss goals stink.
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| This is not how your measure fitness |
She met with the trainer, who took all kinds of measurements including weight and body composition. They set a weight loss goal for 12 weeks later. She was pumped.
Sara started training 3 days per week with her trainer and she was really starting to feel better. She noticed she had more energy. She was making better food choices and was significantly stronger.
When it came time to check her measurements, she felt she was ready.
Then it happened.
She fell short of her weight loss goal by a few pounds. Suddenly she felt like a failure. All the feelings of accomplishment had faded and she felt like giving up. What went wrong?
Was it her workouts? Was her diet not up to par?
I would say neither.
She had a shitty goal.
Sara had accomplished much over the 12 weeks she had spent training but instead of focusing on how she had more energy, was stronger and generally felt better, the trainer let her pick an arbitrary number on a scale to measure the effectiveness of her effort.
Big mistake.
Sound familiar??? I'm sure to many it does.
I think most people "fail" in fitness not because they don't make progress, but because they use a bad way of measuring it.
Your life doesn't change because you lost weight. You lose weight because your life changed.
(Woah.... deep thought there...good thing I'm sitting!)
In over 20 years of working as a fitness coach, I've never had one person tell me I helped change their life because of a number on a scale.
Being able to do things they never thought they could, having kids that think they are superhuman or even just living a life with less pain....those things are life changing. Work towards those goals and the weight loss will follow.
Thanks for reading.
Sara started training 3 days per week with her trainer and she was really starting to feel better. She noticed she had more energy. She was making better food choices and was significantly stronger.
When it came time to check her measurements, she felt she was ready.
Then it happened.
She fell short of her weight loss goal by a few pounds. Suddenly she felt like a failure. All the feelings of accomplishment had faded and she felt like giving up. What went wrong?
Was it her workouts? Was her diet not up to par?
I would say neither.
She had a shitty goal.
Sara had accomplished much over the 12 weeks she had spent training but instead of focusing on how she had more energy, was stronger and generally felt better, the trainer let her pick an arbitrary number on a scale to measure the effectiveness of her effort.
Big mistake.
Sound familiar??? I'm sure to many it does.
I think most people "fail" in fitness not because they don't make progress, but because they use a bad way of measuring it.
Your life doesn't change because you lost weight. You lose weight because your life changed.
(Woah.... deep thought there...good thing I'm sitting!)
In over 20 years of working as a fitness coach, I've never had one person tell me I helped change their life because of a number on a scale.
Being able to do things they never thought they could, having kids that think they are superhuman or even just living a life with less pain....those things are life changing. Work towards those goals and the weight loss will follow.
Thanks for reading.
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