Popsugar Health & Fitness Then And Now Screw the Scale Transformations These Before-and-After Photos Prove How Useless the Scales Can Be When You're Slimming Down 24 June 2018 by Jenny Sugar View On One Page Photo 15 of 25 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Let's talk about WEIGHT. Why is weight important to us? If you stand in the store at the grocery store you'll likely see many cover stories about "how to lose 10 lbs in 10 days!" & "Lose 5 lbs FAST!" It's shoved down our throats starting at a very young age. Now I understand goal weights and motivation to see the numbers on the scale drop. But we should never focus on our weight MORE than we focus on achieving a healthy body composition. We are giving the scale too much power over us. By focusing on weight I am seeing many girls become disordered. They can be thin as a rail and complaining that they need to lose "weight". Or they can starve themselves thin and then regain weight QUICKLY. You can destroy your metabolism by doing that. As soon as you stop eating like a bird and exercising excessively you are left with a "skinny-fat" version of yourself that is void of any muscle. Remember muscle burns calories even while you're sleeping. That's why it's SO easy to gain back. How many times has this happened to you!? It happened to me. If you saw these two pics without the weights there you might guess this girl has lost weight between the two pics. But no, she put in some hard work to shape her body and cut body fat percentage and gained muscle and weight. Muscle is more dense, therefor taking up less inches pound for pound when compared to fat. Stop letting the scale dictate your success. Focus on creating an efficient MACHINE. That's how your body ends up with that beautiful shape that we refer to as "fit". Bravo to @healthyyy_living!!! She is a shining example that your "goal weight" is probably bullshit. A post shared by Anne the Nurse (RN) ICU (@annethenurse) on Aug 7, 2016 at 6:09pm PDT Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 15 Previous Next Start Slideshow Then And NowBefore And After Weight LossWeight Loss