If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you might have noticed that I’ve started a new challenge: Brooke Not On A Diet’s Back To Basics Challenge! This challenge, put together by the incredible Brooke Birmingham is meant to get us all back to the very basics of weight loss and fitness. Each week, Brooke will introduce a new topic that will help us focus on getting back to basics. This week, it’s Improving Spaces (a topic borrowed from the Weight Watchers 360 plan). I’m happy to say that I’ve pretty much done all of the steps she includes in her post over the last year or so, especially improving my work space. In case you missed it, here’s a picture of my snack drawer and standing desk!
Also, I work out at work Monday-Friday every week, so I would say that work is where the magic mostly happens!
For my own personal goals this month, I wanted to work on focusing on my healthy eating and fitness. For this challenge, Brooke set up a private Facebook group and that is where I have outlined my two biggest goals:
1. Get into the next size down in clothes
2. Go SCALE-LESS for all of September and keep track of my progress by taking my measurements instead
The second goal has been well received in the #WWBTB group! Since I posted my idea to go scale-less this morning, I’ve had 6 others get in on it too. Imagine NOT stepping on a scale for an entire month while still keeping up the same amount of fitness and healthy eating that has helped me be successful! I can’t wait to see what the results will be. And even if the scale doesn’t move much, as long as I’m getting workouts and nutrition in, it will be a successful month either way!
So no more weigh-in’s for the rest of the month! My last one was for this morning to end my Diet Bet. I didn’t win, I was 2 lbs short but the good news is that I lost 7 lbs since the initial weigh-in of the bet so I really can’t complain!
❤ M.
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Happy to be joining you in the (mostly, for me) Scale-Less September! I’m horrible about jumping on the scale both morning and night, so limiting myself to just weighing in once per week at my Weight Watchers meeting will be a huge change for me.
I think it a great idea not weighting yourself for a whole month. I don’t think I would be able to do it but I should try it to reduce it for one every 2 weeks after I come from abroad :).
I love the idea of going scaless, unfortunately I’m not there yet. I’ve found that when I put the scale away, it’s easier for me to go a little nuts. So right now it’s still my crutch.
I’m excited to see how this challenge shapes up for you with being scale-less – I’m betting you will be more observant of the other ways you measure things (portions, changing of your body with the tape measure). 🙂
Going scaleless totally freaks me out. Maybe I’ll be brave and do it in a month or too. Glad I found your blog through Brooke! Looking forward to following you! 🙂
I’m so happy that you’re going scale-less. I think it’s going to be AWESOME. I’ve been really REALLY trying not to hop on daily, and so far – so good! 😀
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