181. A New Way to Weigh

Stop comparing yourself to other people! It’s time to weigh in on yourself. The era of relying on the scale, on someone else’s body, or on society’s judgment is over. What’s in is relying on yourself. Your intuitive feelings about your body are the most important thing in the world when it comes to how you look and what you weigh. In this episode, I’m talking about self-judgment and the only number that matters.   Key Takeaways When we throw away the number on the scale and focus on how we feel in our body, that becomes the most important thing. On a scale of 1-10, how do you feel in your physical body? That’s the only number that matters.   Stop Comparing Yourself to Others  I want you to stop comparing yourself to others. Your body isn’t the same as theirs, so it doesn’t make sense to! I also want you to become aware of your self-judgemental thoughts, as they can actually be beneficial. We all have moments when we judge ourselves without thinking. That’s how we’re wired as humans, and that’s okay. The real issue arises when we let these judgemental thoughts shape how we see ourselves. That’s where the problem lies. We can understand, show kindness, and make room for the fact that we’ll sometimes criticize ourselves. It’s up to you to choose: do you want to criticize yourself in a way that brings you down? Or should you do it in a way that makes you feel stronger and more confident?   Focus On How You Feel In Your Body The type of judgment I want you to focus on is how you currently feel in your physical body. Dismiss all the numbers that the in-body scan or scale tells you, how much you lifted in your recent workout or what you ate. Sit with yourself for a minute and truly feel into your body. How do you feel? On a scale of 1-10, how do you feel in your physical body? When you throw away the other numbers and just focus on the one number that truly matters, your relationship with your body changes. We all have a natural ability to understand what we truly need by listening to our gut feelings. This skill can get buried when we think too much, feel extremely stressed, or don’t get enough sleep. When these factors come together, we lose touch with what we really know about ourselves. I really encourage you to find a connection to your natural intuition and trust those feelings when it comes to your body. How do you feel in your physical body? I really want to know. If you don’t know, sit with yourself in silence and really feel into it. Tell me in the comments on the episode page where you feel in your physical body on a scale of 1-10.   In This Episode  How self-judgment is useful [2:00] The only number that matters right now [5:30] What happens when you throw the other numbers away [8:30] How to use what you know to be true [17:00]   Quotes “Yes, there is some degree of awareness, and we have to be prepared for the automatic judgemental thoughts that are going to start to come in. Here’s what I want to offer you: As humans, we will have judgemental thoughts. It’s part of the cards we were dealt. Fine, that’s not a problem. The problem is if we choose to allow these judgemental thoughts to create our reality. That’s the problem.” [3:09] “We can support, sympathize, and hold space for the idea that we will all judge ourselves from time to time. And that is our choice. We get to decide do we want to judge ourselves in a way that’s going to defeat us, or should we judge ourselves in a way that’s going to be ever-so empowering.” [4:00] “We have to use the intuitive side of ourselves to know what we need. We all have that gift. The issue is that we lose our intuitive skills when we are overthinking things, when we’re under tremendous stress, when we are sleep deprived, when all of these things are lined up beautifully, and we no longer have access to what we know to be true about ourselves.” [15:17]   Resources Mentioned 31 Days of FIT. Learn more HERE. Muscle Maintenance During Fat Loss. Waitlist HERE. Fit Woman Collective™. Learn more HERE. Follow Dr. Ali Novitsky on TikTok | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Subscribe to The Muscles and Mindset Podcast on Apple Podcasts *** Ali Novitsky MD, this podcast, and podcast write-up are NOT providing medical advice ***   Related Episodes  Episode 95: Choosing Health Not Diet Culture Episode 180: Energetic Health Episode 177: Tracking Body Composition Changes