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So as I mentioned last week, my client gets on track with her plan. She and I discuss her journal, she has done a fabulous job at sticking with the plan we finalized the week before.
My client should have lost weight but she didn’t. Bummer right?! She worked hard and did not lose any weight based on her measurement from the same scale she had been using since we started together.
You’d think she was ready to through in the towel but she was NOT disappointed at all. I’ll tell you why. Part of her journal was to:
1. keep notes on the positive things people were saying to her about how she looked
2. keep a list of improvements in her sleep pattern, her energy levels, satisfaction with the foods she was eating…
3. keep a dated log of measurements for her waist, hips, arms, legs and thighs
Even though she did not see an ounce of weight loss on the scale, she was ready to face the lack of her results on the scale with different measures of success.
Despite not losing weight on the scale, other measures of success where there to keep her motivated and ready to stay on plan. Here are the improvements she experienced that helped with her diet survival:
- She had no symptoms of reflux or bloating
- She slept through the night without getting up
- She lost another 1/2 inch on her waist and 1/2 inch on her hips
So, you see she was a “winner” even though the scale did not show a difference. Her quality of life was enhanced and a total of one inch had melted off her body!
She was very happy and even encouraged her friends to meet with me.
How do you measure weight loss success?
