09/09/2026
We tell our members... the scales are useful.
But they’re only **one piece of information**!!
If you’ve started strength training properly, improved your nutrition and become more active, it’s entirely possible for your body to change without seeing a dramatic change in scale weight.
You might be losing body fat while maintaining, or even gaining, muscle.
You might also be holding more water because of training, carbohydrates, stress, sleep, your menstrual cycle or simply what you ate yesterday.
That’s why judging your progress from one number can be incredibly misleading.
Instead, look at the bigger picture.
**1. Take waist measurements.**
Measure around the same point, under the same conditions, every 2–4 weeks.
**2. Take progress photos.**
Same lighting. Same position. Same time of day.
Changes you don’t notice day-to-day become much more obvious over a few months.
**3. Track your strength.**
Are you lifting more weight? Doing more reps? Moving better?
That matters.
**4. Pay attention to your clothes.**
If your jeans are getting looser around your waist while your bodyweight stays similar, something is changing.
**5. If you use the scales, look at trends.**
Don’t compare Tuesday with Wednesday.
Weigh regularly under similar conditions and look at the average over several weeks.
The question shouldn’t just be:
“How much weight have I lost?”
It should be:
“Is my BODY COMPOSITION, strength, fitness and health moving in the right direction?”
Sometimes the scales will confirm that.
Sometimes they won’t.
That’s why good coaching doesn’t rely on a single measurement.
We look at the whole picture, then use that information to decide what needs changing and, importantly, what DOESN’T.
If you’re training hard but struggling to tell whether you’re actually making progress, send us **“PROGRESS”** and we’ll have a chat.
