Do You Do This Too?
BY JEN WIDERSTROM
Have you been feeling all good and happy, then step on the scale and think it should be lower? It immediately affects your mood, motivation and even manners with yourself? …Insert your standing personal insult here.
Well this happens to me too (just this week in fact!) so I wanted to share how I’m working on not letting the number on the scale get to me. In that moment of reaction, I replace the negative voice in my head with a question:
What habits of mine have been consistent this week?
If I've been moving my body consistently, eating well and taking care of myself, then I smile and ignore it because I know my body is exactly where it is supposed to be. Because of the hormonal swing that women experience throughout a 30 day cycle, spikes in our water volume show up on the scale and result in us being too hard on ourselves.
Photo by Monika Kozub
That said, if when I play back each day and realize I have been out to a few meals that week where I skipped my workouts to pre-game at a happy hour and ended up having poor sleep because of a bigger meal… Well, it’s pretty clear there are practical changes I can make in the days ahead to do better and it no longer exists as an emotional issue.
To keep it front and center, I take the time to write clear, actionable to-do’s down on a physical piece of paper. (Crazy how much more real that makes it for me.) I follow my own orders, build trust with myself in doing so, and ultimately it results in a shift down on the scale.
Jen Widerstrom, Founder
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