I will preface this with the fact that this could be old news to some, but it was new to me...an epiphany, if you will.

(I would put this on the weight loss board, but I thought it could benefit others as well. It raised an eyebrow with me and I exercise quite often and read up on health tips constantly.)

I was reading an article about this one lady who lost a lot of weight and then decided to be a personal trainer. How did she do it? Not by keeping track of weight or inches, but by simply improving upon what she had done the week/month before.

For instance, she starting walking a half mile. Then, the next week she walked 3/4 of a mile. Her weightlifting regimen increased as the weeks went on and her junk food gradually decreased.

By doing that, just for 3 months, her weight and inches starting going down because she wasn't discouraged by those numbers. She was *encouraged* by how much she had physically accomplished that the weight and inches were a side factor!

I just love it...had to share.

By Reds9298 on Sunday, October 8, 2006 - 07:32 am:

That's a great way of thinking, I agree. I guess that's me because I've never been one to check inches and only weight sometimes. Generally I go by increasing something in the workout, just because it makes me feel the proudest. I also go by how my clothes are fitting!! And, "today I chose an apple instead of a cookie for a snack, yay!"

It's a much better way of thinking because it takes more time to measure your progress in inches and weight.

By Andi on Sunday, October 8, 2006 - 10:50 pm:

I totally agree also. I've noticed a change in my body since I started training for the Tri I will be doing next Sunday.
I noticed that my clothes fit better but the scale is still pretty much the same. Maybe I should stop looking at the scale so much.