12 | F**k the Scale: 10 Ways to Measure Health Beyond Body Fat

Is there anything that the average American woman fears more than the bathroom scale? This tiny little piece of plastic has the power to make us feel happy, devastated, confident or ashamed, and even when we don’t want to be swayed by it, we are.

Beyond the scale impacting our mood, one of the biggest fallacies about the number flashing back at us is that it is a reflection of our HEALTH. And just isn’t that simple.

We need to stop conflating thinness or leanness with health, because the truth is, health comes in every size, shape and form.

This episode has 10 alternate ways for you to consider your health to help you drop the obsession with the scale and focus on the things that actually matter.

 

EXTRA READING:

Instead of Chasing a Goal Weight, Try This

The Scale [from the She Thrives archives]

 

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