Scale Not Budging!
Hey All: I have a 46 year old client who has been working hard for about 8 weeks. She looks and feels great, her blood pressure and RHR are down, her energy is up, and she’s wearing clothes she said she hasn’t worn in years. According to her she is 2 dress sizes down. But the scale won’t move! She’s bouncing between 204 and 200 for almost the entire time. I’ve played with her calories, her diet has improved (still not exactly where I’d like it) there are no thyroid issues….thoughts? My guess is I;m not getting the whole story about her food (though she’s pretty dedicated and committed) or someone in her household is fiddling with her scale settings. Ha! Seriously though…thoughts??
Were this client training with me, I would definitely take the same approach that LaRue is suggesting. I’m sitting in the gym right now, and I just had a young man come up to me and ask me to calculate his BMI for him. I did some measurements and provided him with the number, then went into my whole argument about how BMI can’t be relied upon as the only “number” in the numbers game, etc, etc. He left the gym feeling much better about himself after we correctly calculated his body fat!
I would focus on the progress that’s already taken place! At 8 weeks, it may be time to change the program up a little bit. If your client looks and feels great, ride that wave of success for as long as you can! Like LaRue said, the weight loss will come with time as long as she sticks to her training program.
I’m assuming that you have already given a rough estimate to her resting metabolic rate? Advise her to see a registered dietitian if she is able to. Educate her on the “3500 calories burned can be one pound lost” mantra. Have her complete food logs! Track intake of sodium, fat, carbs, protein, and calories at a minimum!