I'm talking about scales addiction. An affliction that causes the sufferer, usually someone on a diet, or chronically worried about their weight, to step on the scales multiple times a day and if the scales don't go down or worse, they go, they suffer mild to severe mental anguish. And call themselves failures, fatties, useless, no willpower and other offensive comments that they would never use on other people.
Of course, rationally, they understand that getting on the scales multiple times a day won't make a difference, but that they just can't help themselves. If you are a scales addict, you will know that weight fluctuates both day by day and within a day. And scales measure clothing, water retention, constipation and lots else, rather than necessarily weight loss.
Here are two things you need to know.
Firstly, there's 3,500 calories in a pound. 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day is normal. If you step on the scales on a Wednesday and it's 3 pounds heavier than Tuesday, unless you consumed at least 10,500 calories more than you burned, the scale is weighing something other than true additional weight.
Secondly, the number on the scales doesn't matter. What moves the number on the scale is not the act of standing on the scales, it's what you're doing and choosing during the times you're not standing on the scale. It's your lifestyle and your choices that change your weight. You need to determine how you're doing by what you're doing. What have your dietary choices been like? How's your fitness? Are you being thoughtful? Are you organised and consistent?
At the end of the day, it's your life that can change the scales, not the other way around. And hypnosis can help you with those changes.
How should we use the scales then? What about this. for two days, one a weekday and one a weekend, weigh yourself very frequently and make a written note. Observe the fluctuations during the day and between the days.
Thereafter weigh yourself once a week at exactly the same time, with no clothes on. If there is some weight gain, take some action. If you are trying to lose weight, this will help you keep the trend is downward by making choices. And hypnosis can help you stick to those choices.
Alternatively or additionally, measure your waistline. That is a clearer estimate of body fat. And it is fat you are seeking to control.
Of course, rationally, they understand that getting on the scales multiple times a day won't make a difference, but that they just can't help themselves. If you are a scales addict, you will know that weight fluctuates both day by day and within a day. And scales measure clothing, water retention, constipation and lots else, rather than necessarily weight loss.
Here are two things you need to know.
Firstly, there's 3,500 calories in a pound. 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day is normal. If you step on the scales on a Wednesday and it's 3 pounds heavier than Tuesday, unless you consumed at least 10,500 calories more than you burned, the scale is weighing something other than true additional weight.
Secondly, the number on the scales doesn't matter. What moves the number on the scale is not the act of standing on the scales, it's what you're doing and choosing during the times you're not standing on the scale. It's your lifestyle and your choices that change your weight. You need to determine how you're doing by what you're doing. What have your dietary choices been like? How's your fitness? Are you being thoughtful? Are you organised and consistent?
At the end of the day, it's your life that can change the scales, not the other way around. And hypnosis can help you with those changes.
How should we use the scales then? What about this. for two days, one a weekday and one a weekend, weigh yourself very frequently and make a written note. Observe the fluctuations during the day and between the days.
Thereafter weigh yourself once a week at exactly the same time, with no clothes on. If there is some weight gain, take some action. If you are trying to lose weight, this will help you keep the trend is downward by making choices. And hypnosis can help you stick to those choices.
Alternatively or additionally, measure your waistline. That is a clearer estimate of body fat. And it is fat you are seeking to control.
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