I'am not a huge fan of weighing people and using this information as the be-all and end-all to see if their programme is working correctly. The basis behind weighing is to provide you with positive or negative feedback as to how well you're doing, whether you are trying to lose weight or maintain the weight you are at.
Many people believe that weighing is automatically beneficial and that whatever the result of the weighing, it will in some way encourage adherence to whatever program the person is on. However in my experience, more often than not this is not the case and people become slaves to the scale and get what I like to call scale rage.
In addition to this having a reliance on the scales shifts the focus of exercise from the desired outcomes of health, well-being, confidence, improved body shape and fitness, to just a number on the scales.
The other major problem is that weighing will inevitably leed to comparisons with the so call social 'norms', most of which are not that normal.
This is why at PB Fitness I focus on monitoring body fat %, as well as using circumference measurements and regular reviews of health biomarkers, fitness levels and mood. I have found these measurements to be far more accurate representations of progress and a lot less disheartening for my clients.
If you would like to try this out then sign up for personal training session which includes a free fitness consultation, 1, 4, 8 or 12 personal training sessions and nutritional advice.
Many thanks for reading
Pete
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