Today was a great day! Why? Because a very 'honest' friend, one who hadn't seen me in nearly 4 months, told me I was looking a lot thinner.
Woohoo!!!
Now, I know I've been whining about how that darn scale hasn't been moving, but, thinking about it now, I have gone down at least two jean sizes since I started blogging (and at least one jean size since my BMI has stagnated around its present mark).
Which brings me to my point--be cautious about measuring your success with a weighing scale (cheesy pun intended!). If you are working out on a regular basis (as I have been--still going to the gym at least 5 days a week!), then there is a strong possibility that you will trade fat for muscle. Pound for pound, fat takes up more space than muscle, so, even if you see no movement on the scale (or in some cases, movement in the up direction!), this fat-for-muscle trade can make you look smaller.
Yay!
So, if you're looking for motivation (specifically, motivation to keep working out when you feel like working out is pointless), look to more than one factor to judge your progress. Sometimes, you can be getting smaller without a change in the weight scale.
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