{"id":360,"date":"2025-04-26T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:14:46","slug":"tracking-progress-without-obsessing-over-the-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/tracking-progress-without-obsessing-over-the-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Progress Without Obsessing Over the Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apr25.2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apr25.2.webp 350w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apr25.2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/apr25.2-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I get it\u2014the scale can mess with your head. But fat loss is not just about pounds. I teach my clients to track other indicators too: strength gains, energy levels, how clothes fit, and even mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scale might fluctuate due to water, hormones, or sleep. That doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re failing. I weigh myself weekly\u2014not daily\u2014and combine it with photos and tape measurements. It gives a fuller picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t give your bathroom scale all the power. Your body is changing in ways it can\u2019t always measure\u2014and that\u2019s worth celebrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get it\u2014the scale can mess with your head. But fat loss is not just about pounds. I teach my clients to track other indicators too: strength gains, energy levels, how clothes fit, and even mood. The scale might fluctuate due to water, hormones, or sleep. That doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re failing. I weigh myself weekly\u2014not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}