Are You Losing Body Fat Or Water?

I tried that diet and lost 8 pounds in the first week!

Ive gained three pounds in one day! It must have been the cookie I ate or maybe the mashed potatoes!

Stepping on the scale can become an anxiety filled event that leaves people wondering where they went wrong when the numbers dont go in the right direction. This leads to panic and usually ends with blaming a particular food item that really wasnt the culprit. Everyone who has been on a journey to lose weight has been there before. Even though you are following your plan and exercising regularly the number may go up 1-2 pounds or even up to 3-4 pounds creating unnecessary guilt that we have failed somehow. If its not always food that makes our weight creep up then what is it that causes these fluctuations on the scale?

When trying to lose weight the scale often becomes the only measurement of success and this makes it difficult to remember that every time we step on a scale it is measuring every part of our physical being at that moment in time, which means it measures our fat, muscles, organs, tissue and water weight. Body fat is not the only thing being measured. While organs and tissue dont change...