Aug 20, 2026 · 12 min · 6 segments
Love or hate the scale, we all have thoughts and feelings towards it. In this episode, Jane answers the question about weighing yourself while losing weight, and what to do if you don't have a great…
Do I have to weigh myself every day to lose weight? Short answer, no, of course not.
Your body will change whether you step on the scale, whether you take a single measurement, a single picture, anything.
Your body will change if you are doing what is required for your body to change.
period.
Now, the scale, first and foremost, is a tool.
I know everyone's got different thoughts, opinions, feelings, history with the scale.
I definitely have my own stories and histories with the scale, but End of the day, the scale is a tool.
The number is a number.
It is neutral.
It is a piece of information.
Our reactions to the scale, to our weight, or what we put our value, our worth, our feelings, emotions, whatever it may be, to that number let me just say first and foremost when i'm working with clients and someone comes to me and they're like i just really don't want to weigh myself i don't ever care about the number maybe or i just i don't want to do the scale i will first ask a little bit of a history if they are coming from a severe eating disorder then we probably won't put much merit into the scale.
If you're someone with a history of dieting back and forth, yo-yo dieting, you're someone who is just put on weight and need to drop it, that you just don't like the number that you're seeing.
Maybe you're someone who, yeah, the scale while we're working together, is it going to change much? Because we're doing more body recomposition as opposed to dramatic fat loss.
These are all different scenarios that I need to ask, see, assess, understand every single client.
Because every approach, everything I do with a client is unique to them.
Clients that come to me and are just, I don't like the scale.
I don't want to weigh myself because I know I'm going to hate that number.
I encourage you to ask why and go deep, not just, oh, I see the number and I don't like it.
Or I see the number and it's like, yeah, I know I'm badder than I want to be.
That number reaffirms it.
okay but go past that what sort of value are you putting on that number why do you have the relationship you have with the scale and i don't i physically cannot force somebody to stand on the scale i work online with clients so it's not like they're coming to me and i'm physically putting them on a scale when they walk in the door but i do encourage you at least day one we're stepping on the scale we may not weigh super regularly if you really have a deep history because we need to get to the bottom of that history with the scale but the more you weigh yourself the more lack a better word, good stuff you're doing to help you reach your goals and the better you're feeling.
The more ways we are tracking measurements, not just with the scale, but our actual body measurements, we're taking pictures, we're noticing how our clothes are fitting, we're noticing changes in maybe our sleep, our energy, our workouts, The more of these pieces we have going on, or even if we're like, you know, the scale's not moving, but look at your before and after pictures.
Look at that.
You've dropped an inch off your weights.
The scale will start to lose power because you are winning.
Do I have to weigh myself every day to lose weight? Short answer, no, of course not.
Your body will change whether you step on the scale, whether you take a single measurement, a single picture, anything.
Your body will change if you are doing what is required for your body to change.
period.
Now, the scale, first and foremost, is a tool.
I know everyone's got different thoughts, opinions, feelings, history with the scale.
I definitely have my own stories and histories with the scale, but End of the day, the scale is a tool.
The number is a number.
It is neutral.
It is a piece of information.
Our reactions to the scale, to our weight, or what we put our value, our worth, our feelings, emotions, whatever it may be, to that number let me just say first and foremost when i'm working with clients and someone comes to me and they're like i just really don't want to weigh myself i don't ever care about the number maybe or i just i don't want to do the scale i will first ask a little bit of a history if they are coming from a severe eating disorder then we probably won't put much merit into the scale.
If you're someone with a history of dieting back and forth, yo-yo dieting, you're someone who is just put on weight and need to drop it, that you just don't like the number that you're seeing.
Maybe you're someone who, yeah, the scale while we're working together, is it going to change much? Because we're doing more body recomposition as opposed to dramatic fat loss.
These are all different scenarios that I need to ask, see, assess, understand every single client.
Because every approach, everything I do with a client is unique to them.
Clients that come to me and are just, I don't like the scale.
I don't want to weigh myself because I know I'm going to hate that number.
I encourage you to ask why and go deep, not just, oh, I see the number and I don't like it.
Or I see the number and it's like, yeah, I know I'm badder than I want to be.
That number reaffirms it.
okay but go past that what sort of value are you putting on that number why do you have the relationship you have with the scale and i don't i physically cannot force somebody to stand on the scale i work online with clients so it's not like they're coming to me and i'm physically putting them on a scale when they walk in the door but i do encourage you at least day one we're stepping on the scale we may not weigh super regularly if you really have a deep history because we need to get to the bottom of that history with the scale but the more you weigh yourself the more lack a better word, good stuff you're doing to help you reach your goals and the better you're feeling.
The more ways we are tracking measurements, not just with the scale, but our actual body measurements, we're taking pictures, we're noticing how our clothes are fitting, we're noticing changes in maybe our sleep, our energy, our workouts, The more of these pieces we have going on, or even if we're like, you know, the scale's not moving, but look at your before and after pictures.
Look at that.
You've dropped an inch off your weights.
The scale will start to lose power because you are winning.
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Use The Scale, Don’t Serve It
Regular checks can stop small gains snowballing
When The Scale Loses Power
Progress can change your relationship with weighing
The Scale Is Just Information
Weight is just one measure of progress
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