Stop weighing yourself, do this instead.
About this episode
Matt and Courtney discuss the negative impact of relying on the scale for weight loss and introduce alternative methods for tracking body changes.
The scale goes up a couple of kilos, and just like that, the day changes. Breakfast gets skipped. An extra workout you don’t have the energy for gets bolted on. That number has been making your decisions for you. And not very good ones. And the one thing that would actually show you if your body is changing? You’ve been dodging it for years. Because you don’t love how you look right now. So out of sight, out of mind. This week, we take the scale off you completely. Matt hasn’t weighed a client since 2010, and he walks you through exactly what he uses instead: a free, repeatable system that tells you, in an honest apples to apples way, whether your body is actually changing. Come and join us as we get into… • Why the scale sabotages more progress than anything else, and how that number starts making your decisions for you • Why progress photos are a legitimate skill, and how most people (plenty of trainers included) screw them up • The number one mistake by a mile, and the “pick and stick” rule that makes your photos actually count • Why you’ll feel the change before you ever see it, and the small wins to watch for while you wait • Courtney on the before photos she refused to look…
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