*This is from a Facebook/Instagram post I did last year, but never wrote about on the site. So, here it is.*

I've been having a couple conversations about weight & the scale, and how it can basically become a roller coaster from hour to hour, day to day.

I decided to hop on the scale throughout the day yesterday, as a sort of test to show how my own weight will jump around.

• The first picture is pre-breakfast (just coffee) at 9:35am.
• The 2nd pic is at 4:51p, post workout and a couple meals in.
• The 3rd pic is at 8:18p. I didn't eat between the 2nd & 3rd pic (only water), and gained .6lb .
• The 4th pic is at 10:07p. Right before bed. About 3000 calories consumed and a gallon of water drank. I gained close to 3lbs in a day.
• And the 5th pic is this morning. Again, pre-breakfast (just coffee), and I lost the 3lbs plus another .4lb overnight.

All of this was to show that your weight will jump all around. Food, water, exercise, sleep, all play a part in what the scale reads.

Being consistent in:
1. finding your proper calorie intake
2. weighing yourself at the same time, each time

Don't drive yourself crazy everyday by stepping on the scale all the time. It's really just one of many tools to use to determine your health levels. Weekly, Bi Weekly, at the most.

You should be looking for the long term trends in the number (if a certain number is your goal). Being healthy and at a healthy weight for you is a marathon not a sprint.

For most people, tracking weight loss looks like a roller coaster, with lots of ups and downs. But, long term, you want it to trend downward. Remember, this is real life, not instagram, where everything happens instantly...

LONG TERM

A lot of people who go on crash diets gain their weight back, plus some, in the long term. It's not about 7day tricks or 21 day beach bodies. It's about long term health.

• Creating good, healthy habits.
• Having a positive relationship with food.
• Focusing on the good.
• Worrying less about the bad, and what you "can't" have.

Once you get the mindset of changing your "cant's" to "I don't want/or need it", that's when change will happen.

LONG TERM GOALS!