I would say that 80% of the people who try to lose weight use a bathroom scale to track every single pound they lose. Some go as far as to check there weight daily. The problem with this is that we grow into the habit of checking our weight, being scared and disheartened every time the numbers that appear in the scale go higher then we hoped. This causes some to stop there diet because there results are not good enough.

The issue is that traditional scales are very inaccurate. The weight that is computed by the scale depends on a large number of factors, like the amount of clothing you wear, the position you stand on the scale, how much you bend your legs, if you recently eaten, and many others. So, never depend on your bathroom scale to calculate your weight, its useless.

I always say that a scale can be from 4 to 12 pounds overweight at times. Our bodies change in weight very quickly based on recent activities, thats why it’s silly to measure our wight daily in the scale. But, there is a great alternative to bathroom scales.

What is this alternative? Well, its called taking a picture! All you have to do is take a picture of yourself with a digital camera in front of the mirror every week. Make sure to take pictures from every angle so you can see were you are losing the most weight. After 2 months you are going to be mazed on the results from the before and after pics.

And remember, any diet program you choose is going to take at least 25 days to see results, so you need to have patience.