For so many women, the scale has a complicated place in our lives. It can feel like a source of information one day—and a source of stress, judgment, and self-worth the next.
In this episode of Girls Talk Healthy Aging, Shawna and Alli get real about their own relationships with the scale and how those relationships have changed over the years.
How often should you weigh yourself? Is daily weighing healthy—or can it become obsessive? And what happens when your relationship with the scale changes because your goals change?
Shawna is currently competing in weightlifting competitions, which means making a specific weight class is part of her sport. As a result, she weighs herself every day. Alli, on the other hand, isn't training for a weight-related competition and is currently choosing to only step on the scale at the doctor's office.
The two friends talk about what they're actually weighing, what the scale can tell you, and—perhaps more importantly—everything it can't measure.
Because the scale doesn't measure your strength, muscle, fitness, mobility, balance, energy, confidence, health, or the incredible things your body is capable of doing.
If you've ever let a number on the scale dictate your mood, your food choices, your workout, or how you feel about your body, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why women can become so obsessed with the number on the scale
- How often Shawna and Alli weigh themselves—and why
- The difference between weighing for a specific goal and weighing out of habit
- Shawna's experience weighing daily for weightlifting competitions
- Why Alli has chosen not to regularly weigh herself right now
- What the scale actually tells you—and what it doesn't
- Why weight can fluctuate even when nothing is "wrong"
- Whether daily weighing can be healthy
- How to develop a healthier relationship with the scale
- The numbers and measurements that may matter more than body weight
- Why your weight doesn't define your health, fitness, or worth
Grab your coffee and join us for another honest conversation about what it's really like to navigate health, fitness, aging, and our changing bodies as women.
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