Using a scale to track your weight loss journey can be frustrating and misleading. Your weight fluctuates daily based on hydration levels, food consumption and the time of day you weigh yourself. Several methods that don’t involve the use of a scale can track weight loss reliably. You can measure your waistline with an old-fashioned measuring tape and use photographs and clothing to monitor loss of body fat during your diet or exercise program.
MEASURE YOUR PROGRESS
Step 1
Pull a flexible measuring tape snugly around your waist to determine its circumference. Measure your progress in the mornings every other week.
Step 2
Record the date and measurement in your journal. Review past measurements to ensure weight loss and adjust accordingly.
Step 3
Measure the thickness of your skin folds by grasping one of your abdominal skin rolls between your fingers and then pinching it between the calipers. Do this in the mornings, once every month.
Step 4
Record these numbers and the date measurements were taken in your journal. Reductions in your waist circumference and skin fold measurements mean you are losing weight.
Published by Cassandra Thorpe-Broome
Cassandra Broome is a visionary with the mindset of a notable person and a heart for serving others. This multifaceted "mompreneur" is a true initiator. Known for wearing many hats successfully. Her lifelong goals have been to educate, empower, and inspire others in all different areas. As a mentor, consultant, and coach; her personal and professional goals are to motivate others to pursue the true jewel within them with passion to manifest their dreams and execute their vision.
Cassandra is also a small business coach who helps women make the transition from full-time mom to successful entrepreneur. As a mother of three and a wife for over 20+ years Cassandra started her mentoring and coaching business in 2004 to help other women deal with the sometimes overwhelming prospect of starting a new business while still running a household.
Prior to raising her family, Cassandra has spent over 10+ years in the United States Army where her leadership skills taught her to advance quickly through the ranks serving under even greater leaders. In 2004 she was introduced into direct selling with Avon where she was taught to step outside of her comfort zone where she made many great discoveries. After she left Avon she moved on to starting her own successful at home business in interior Design (Livable Designs). In 2006 she applied to real estate school finishing top of her class. She didn't stop there she later went to class for event planning and started CTB EVENTS. That didn't stop her either because she always had a niche for fitness and health and had a certification in fitness training where as started Fine Tuned Babes. Later the same year her husband saw she had a love for capturing photogenic moments of individuals lives as to the point he pushed her into the photography business. Yes, that became She's A Photographer 2 where she shares a business with her daughter Kiana Broome. As you can see her life story is characterized as a journey where limitations were replaced with possibilities. She shares that "Dreams don't work unless you do. The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself and shine amongst those who never believed she could. I've fallen, cried, been angry and afraid. But even when I was hurting, I always found a way to keep going. A STRONG WOMAN never gives up."
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