Plus, knowing what you weigh without taking any context or variables into account is a recipe for dangerous relationship with the scale, says Cording. That means that if you’re using the “scale victory” channel to post weight loss, make sure that isn’t the only way you’re tracking your success. While the scale might not show that, the scale combined with body fat percentage might, she explains. For example, a very lean person could have a high percentage of visceral body fat around their organs, meaning that they are actually not healthy, explains Cording. The scale is only one measurement and is not the full picture, says Crandall. Plus, generally speaking, one to two pounds is the maximum weight that's healthy to lose per week, so if you’re posting weight-loss “successes” more often than once per week, chances are that you aren’t going about your weight loss in a healthy way, adds Jessica Crandall, R.D and spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Learn how bone broth can help you lose weight with Women's Health's Bone Broth Diet.) If you post every time you lose one pound, not only could it lead to obsessive thoughts about losing the next pound, it could also lead to feeling value-less if, for whatever reason, you gain a pound back, she explains. “We’re conditioned to think less is more, which means that weight gets associated with self-worth and feelings of value,” says Jessica Cording, R.D., C.D.N, certified weight management specialist, and owner of Jessica Cording Nutrition. It has the power to resurrect a poor body image, encourage obsessive weighing, and set a pretty bad emotional tone for the day, she adds. They become an emotional slave to the number the machine reads,” she says. “A lot of people have a bad relationship with the scale. The platform offers an opportunity to post both non-scale victories (NSV) and scale victories (SV), and while every pound lost IS a victory, says Gans, posting a SV for every single pound lost can be a trigger for less healthy habits. ![]() certified yoga instructor and owner of Keri Gans Nutrition. While that’s not necessarily harmful when it comes to animal memes, becoming obsessed with scrolling through weight-loss content can result in a literally unhealthy obsession, says Keri Gans, R.D.N. And with many apps that make the site easy to access when you’re on the go, it’s not hard to get addicted to scrolling the homepage. But before you turn to the Internet’s most addictive website for weight-loss support, you need to read up on a few guidelines-the kinds nutritionists want you to know.Īnyone who actively uses Reddit will admit that the site has an addictive quality. There’s no question that for some, LOSEIT is a great tool: the site boasts a shocking 1,360,831 pounds lost total and an average of 38.5 pounds per user, after all. ![]() This is a reddit for support and advice-please respect each other’s feelings.” Think of the channel as an online support group where people get real about their progress, struggle, and successes (on and off the scale). The page welcomes all users with the intro line: “If you need to lose 2 pounds or 200, this is the reddit for you. With more than 670,000 subscribers, a weight-loss Quick Start Guide, and tons of 30-day challenges, Reddit’s LOSEIT channel is home to a huge online weight-loss community. With celebrities like Jessica Biel taking to Reddit to share her cheat-day habits, and Ronda Rousey using to the platform to share her morning meals, it’s not surprising to learn that Reddit has a pretty robust weight-loss subreddit channel.
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