WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY - FIVE TOP REASONS FOR TRACKING YOUR PROGRESS

Have you ever had the "diet doldrums"? When I first began my journey to recovery from my first major flare of my autoimmune disease, I was put on a VERY STRICT DIET. It was a nightmare. My Fit Farmer called it the "Can't Eat It Diet" because it seemed there wasn't really anything that I COULD actually eat! The longer I followed the protocol however, the more I saw results and healing and the more grateful I became for my little "Can't Eat It Diet". My only issue with my results was the feeling they were not measurable. Or at least that's what I thought.

When I saw the Fit Farmer's directions for the Drops Program I found it a bit ironic when I saw the foods allowed during P2. The restrictions actually are not as bad as one might think, but they are restrictive none-the-less and I thought - AHA! Here we go!

I might or might not have been thinking retribution.
I might or might not have been laughing a bit as I made his meals each day.
AND I might or might not have had WAY TOO MUCH FUN at his expense
in the beginning of the program.

THEN I SAW IT...

RESULTS! 

Just like my "Can't Eat It Diet" his "You Only Get A Little To Eat Diet" 

began showing amazing results! 

There was no arguing it was making a difference. 

And to be honest, I finally came to a place where I said, "Self...you should not be acting like this. You should be supportive in a nice way, not a spiteful way. You need to straighten up and cheer your Fit Farmer on!" Yep. That's what I told myself.

And so I changed my tune and guess what...a wonderful level of camaraderie began to grow between us. We became a team and we began accomplishing goals together! It has been glorious!

I was not sure about this tracking business but our upline were so adamant about it and my Fit Farmer is a stickler for rules - so he did exactly as he was told. And as we've progressed through the program, I am realizing there are certain reasons WHY this is important.

1) It's hard to track your goals if you're not tracking your daily weigh ins. 
Successful droppers have goals and knowing you're on track to meeting them provides some good motivation.

2) Seeing the fluctuations helps the dropper to figure out when something is amiss. 
If you aren't weighing in, you won't catch when you are having issues. Some issues may be food related, others related to scheduling and still others related to water consumption and more. Without the tracking you don't know if there's something going on that needs to be addressed.

3) Daily weigh ins become your cheerleading squad.
Every time you step on the scale in anticipation of how much weight you've dropped it's like having a party. I can just see droppers doing a happy dance on their scale!

4) Tracking daily weigh ins can also signal when you stagnate. 
Sometimes a person might plateau and not see any movement on the scale for a couple days at a time. If you find that you haven't had any movement for five days straight, the program calls for an apple day. (Directions for apple day are found on this POST)

5) If you don't know how much you've lost what do you put on your button??
Silly maybe, but honestly - one of the keys to reaching others with this amazing program is being able to say how much you've lost, showing before and after pictures and leaving an opening for them to ask you how you did it!

SO there you go! MY FIVE TOP REASONS FOR TRACKING YOUR PROGRESS! (In a nutshell!)

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meal plans, inspiration, motivation, 
or just someone to partner with for a future of wellness...
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