Doing ok

My new "stop trying to be skinny and work on being healthy" motto appears to be paying off, albeit slowly. The first few weeks started well but usually ended fairly badly for various reasons but I saw enough to believe I was onto something. However, the scales weren't really giving me any positive feedback at all. If anything I was up a couple of kgs and even found myself letting the belt out a notch a couple of times so it was difficult (to say the least) to stay positive.

Now things are certainly changing. My belt is back to the smallest notch it has even been, I'm stronger on the bike and I'm back at my personal bests in the gym. One of my riding buddies even commented on my speed a couple of times after being surprised to find me on his wheel in sections where he'd normally leave me for dead. The weird thing is my weight on the scales is still the same as it was a month ago.

Realistically, when I think about it, I could care less what I weigh as long as my body fat percentage is at a reasonable level. As one friend put it "So I think I need to do the same, concentrate on being healthy, eating well, doing the workouts I want to improve my sport performance and just see where the weight ends up."

So I think as long as I'm assured I'm not fooling myself with my healthier choices, I'll ditch the scales apart from a cursory glance from time to time purely for interest's sake, and focus more on my sports performance and the fit of my clothes as indicators of my progress. If I'm doing it right, weight loss should be a natural side effect of a healthy & balanced lifestyle and that's how it should be rather than being the goal in itself.