Fitness Tip: Obsessing Over the Scale? (2114 hits)
While the scale is the primary method of measuring weight loss progress under the Weight Watchers program, it is by far the most useless.
Scales measure total body weight but do not distinguish between fat, muscle, or water weight. Depending on your size, your body weight may slightly increase when you're incorporating exercise into your weight loss regimen. This is especially true with resistance training as it builds muscle and muscle is more dense than fat.
As such, building muscle can make it appear as though you're heavier on the scale when in actuality you're just leaner (learn more here). Some of the better ways to measure your weight loss progress include before and after photographs, circumference measurements, and body composition testing.
