@Mary Casale You should be so proud of yourself queen! I definitely struggle with workouts on my period at the best of times. My advice to you would be to just take the batteries out of the scales or hide it away somewhere. Even get rid of it! Honestly that's what I had to do a while back and it made such a difference to both my attitude towards food and exercise.
How hard you work and how strong you are is not measured by the scales. There are so many things that can impact our weight and I feel lik when you dump the scales it just changes your attitude towards everything! I used to do great workouts and feel amazing, eating healthy and everything. The scales would tell me I'd failed but it's absolutely not true. I started doing Maeve's workouts in April last year, I was super consistent and for the first few months, yes I was weighing myself almost every day and let the scales decide whether I was going to have a good day or not and I was so unhappy and wasn't making any progress because if the scales said I was up weight I just figured well what's the point.
Fastforward a few months after I'd given up on the scales, I was putting far more effort into my workouts I was noticing I was getting stronger and I was thoroughly happy. Jumped back on the scales a few months later and I was the exact same weight as what I was in April but compared before and after pictures and I looked like a completely different person. More toned, happier and definitely more confident. I've only started focusing on my diet now after nearly a year of working out with Maeve and it's mainly because of Lent tbh but since starting Lent I've lost the most weight I've lost all year, I'm very proud of myself but even if I jumped on the scales and was up 5 pounds instead of down 5 pounds, I feel that because i stepped away and realised that there are so many things the scales doesn't measure.
I'm sure you are doing fantastic with the workouts queen but please remember the scales does not define you. You are strong, you are beautiful, you are getting fitter and you are a QUEEN! the scales will not tell you any of those things so you need to tell them to yourself! You are so so beautiful and worth way more than a number on a mass manufactured machine designed to ruin our day lol!
I'm sending you so much love and hugs queen, please try chuck out the scales for a few months, it's what I did and I promise you'll feel better! Be proud of yourself queen, we're all here for you if you ever need reassurance! You're working so hard and absolutely smashing the workouts by the sounds of it.
Last year I was afraid to look myself in the mirror, I hated what I saw. I forced myself to look in the mirror at myself, and give myself a compliment, try find the things you love about yourself. They might be difficult to find at first but the list will grow as you start to accept yourself. Appreciate what your body does for you queen! Stick on some music and dance like no bosy is watching, have a self care day. Do what makes you feel good and try practice self care and self love, and honestly if the scales don't make you feel good I definitely would recommend throwing them out the window (not literally cause literally and all that lol). Take some time to focus on your progress in ways that aren't weight, whether it be pictures, measurements, confidence, strength, anything. It's the little wins that mean the most and really try focus on those and be proud of yourself!
Keep your head up queen and don't let the weighing scales knock your crown! Sending lots of love (apologies for the essay but I know what I feels like to feel like you're stuck or not making progress but you are making progress every single day, every single workout, every single rep! keep going queen xx)
