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Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom
Just what role do your scale and regular weighing play in weight loss and long-term maintenance? You?ve heard both sides. The PRO: Studies show that regular weighing (once a day, or once a week) is a key feature of long-term weight maintenance. The CON: A focus on weight can be discouraging and lower self-esteem, and it emphasizes the wrong thing ? weight, instead of better health.
Like most areas of health debate, each side is a little bit right. Although tracking your weight while losing and maintaining is one essential component to success, too great a focus on the pounds can sabotage an effort.
So, what is the best advice? Regular weighing is an important part of weight management, but it requires a little bit of an attitude adjustment. Make friends with your bathroom scale, and use it as just ONE reflection of how you?re doing. Other ways are how your clothes fit, the waistband on your skirt, or the notch on your belt.
Remember that NOT gaining weight (stability) is also a positive goal that takes a lot of work ? you?re defending that number you see on the scale.
And while the latest studies show that daily weighing is optimal for many people, once a week is also a good plan.
- Good News For ?yo-yo? Dieters
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom If you?ve lost and gained the same 20 (or 30, 40, 50+ pounds) for years and believe that you?ve ?wrecked? your metabolism and can?t maintain successful long term weight loss, there?s very good news for you!A recent article in...
- Lady Gaga?s Weight
By Dr. Madelyn FernstromIt?s not often that a rock star offers us an important public health message. Lady Gaga ? real name Stefani Germanotta ? is perhaps best known for her outrageous outfits (including her dress made from red meat!) and amazing singing...
- Weight Loss: One Size Does Not Fit All
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom If losing weight is your New Year's resolution, read on! This month, I'm going to share some of my favorite strategies to help you build your own weight loss tool box. I call it a BEAM box ? and it's based on the four...
- Can You Be Fit And Fat?
by Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom Only when you learn how to ?size yourself up? can you figure out the answer that applies to you. While it?s always important to track your body weight and BMI, your body fat percentage is also a number you?ll want to know. Often...
- Try A Dose Of "vitamin L"
by Dr. Madelyn FernstromNever heard of vitamin L? It?s not a nutrition term. Vitamin L stands for ?love? ? as in ?learn to love yourself?. Sometimes all you need is a little vitamin L to help stay on track. When it comes to losing weight, we put too much...
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Make Friends with Your Scale
Just what role do your scale and regular weighing play in weight loss and long-term maintenance? You?ve heard both sides. The PRO: Studies show that regular weighing (once a day, or once a week) is a key feature of long-term weight maintenance. The CON: A focus on weight can be discouraging and lower self-esteem, and it emphasizes the wrong thing ? weight, instead of better health.
Like most areas of health debate, each side is a little bit right. Although tracking your weight while losing and maintaining is one essential component to success, too great a focus on the pounds can sabotage an effort.
So, what is the best advice? Regular weighing is an important part of weight management, but it requires a little bit of an attitude adjustment. Make friends with your bathroom scale, and use it as just ONE reflection of how you?re doing. Other ways are how your clothes fit, the waistband on your skirt, or the notch on your belt.
Remember that NOT gaining weight (stability) is also a positive goal that takes a lot of work ? you?re defending that number you see on the scale.
And while the latest studies show that daily weighing is optimal for many people, once a week is also a good plan.
- Good News For ?yo-yo? Dieters
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom If you?ve lost and gained the same 20 (or 30, 40, 50+ pounds) for years and believe that you?ve ?wrecked? your metabolism and can?t maintain successful long term weight loss, there?s very good news for you!A recent article in...
- Lady Gaga?s Weight
By Dr. Madelyn FernstromIt?s not often that a rock star offers us an important public health message. Lady Gaga ? real name Stefani Germanotta ? is perhaps best known for her outrageous outfits (including her dress made from red meat!) and amazing singing...
- Weight Loss: One Size Does Not Fit All
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom If losing weight is your New Year's resolution, read on! This month, I'm going to share some of my favorite strategies to help you build your own weight loss tool box. I call it a BEAM box ? and it's based on the four...
- Can You Be Fit And Fat?
by Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom Only when you learn how to ?size yourself up? can you figure out the answer that applies to you. While it?s always important to track your body weight and BMI, your body fat percentage is also a number you?ll want to know. Often...
- Try A Dose Of "vitamin L"
by Dr. Madelyn FernstromNever heard of vitamin L? It?s not a nutrition term. Vitamin L stands for ?love? ? as in ?learn to love yourself?. Sometimes all you need is a little vitamin L to help stay on track. When it comes to losing weight, we put too much...