Trigger warning. I am talking about scales today. Yup. And I know how most people feel about scales. We hate them, stepping on them gives us anxiety, and throwing them away feels like freedom. But I am here to tell you that throwing away the scale isn’t always the solution. Maybe for some of us, but not all of us. The scale can still be useful IF you are able to remove the emotional and self worthiness component awat from the number. Speaking from my own personal experience here, I have gone through soooooo many different stages of relationships with the scale and I am going to show you how I went from being afraid of the scale to hating the scale to throwing away to scale to having a major BREAKTHROUGH with the scale. I am going to show you how I freed myself from the scale’s power, and put that power back in MY hands and how you can do the exact same thing!
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Cassey Ho is an award-winning fitness instructor, entrepreneur and online personality. As the creator behind Blogilates, the #1 female fitness channel on YouTube, she’s transformed millions of lives through helping them achieve their strength and weight-loss goals. She focuses on making fitness fun and the results are evident. Cassey’s unique format, POP Pilates©, which launched as a workout video on YouTube in 2009, has become a live fitness class that can be taken at gyms all over the world with over 3,000 POP Pilates classes being taught monthly. Her authenticity continues to shine through, making her one of the most relatable fitness icons online and beyond. She’s also the author of the best-selling book, Hot Body Year Round and is the designer of her own activewear line, POPFLEX.
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What stage are you in with your relationship with the scale?
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This was so helpful! I need this! Your honesty is so refreshing! I love you so much!❤
Im still healing from the scale.
Same here, I used weigh myself before and after gym, repeating it every other day. Feeling guilty even when I bloated.
I found this channel fairly young, so I have never had a really bad relationship with the scale. I step on it before I shower and i decide at that point how much more I need to eat to help reach my fitness goals (I take afternoon showers). I’m trying to gain weight so if I’ve been behind on my weight I try to eat more along with working out. If I’ve been really light I won’t workout that day and try to focus on eating. I love it here and the influence this community has on people!
I love the scale! It keeps me motivated and in check. I see my weight is a healthy range not a number
"i like body positive cassey better"
get outta here!! cassey is over here loving her body to the absolute fullest, and encouraging everyone else to do the same! she positively thinks every shape and size is beautiful, so why do you look down upon hers?! i will always love cassey, and how she takes a posture of happiness and puts an emphasis on health <3
I’m working towards stage four .. I do want to loose ten kgs though
You Should step on the scale EVERYDAY.
This is the best way to control your food intake.
Your meals are just fuel for your day. Not a pleasure. Not a commitment. Not something the you have to enjoy or not. It is just fuel. You eat what you need. Not what you want. Stepping in scale gives you the results if you are doing right or wrong. And if that make you sad, you are sad because of your mistakes. Is is your fault. And Just You can change it.
this very much depends on your relationship with scales! im very negative with the scales it has more of a negative affect on me. i like to see progress photos of myself and measurements instead!!
maybe someday i can have a better relationship w the scale
How motivating!! I can't tell u how happy I feel after watching ds video!!! Lots of love!!!
This is a great, great video. I like how you make it a spectrum. Some people don't have to get to stage 4 and I like how you learned to eat and just enjoy food.
This is awesome and gave me a different point of view. Thank you for sharing and being honest. Keep shining.🌻
I read someone about endurance from Evy Poumpouras book that endurance isn’t about physical strength, being brave or courageous. Endurance is mental endurance when you take everything that life throws at you by enduring them.
Also she mentions that’s how people who survived form concentration camps survived when Hitler use to be in power.
As diabetic I have to accept that I need to keep the food I eat in moderation, substitute or get rid of, and eat foods that you must eat. For me I’ve read online that’s backed up by facts for me with diabetes I need to be eating salmon, almonds, nuts, avocados, and etcetera.
this opened up my eyes so much! thank you for this, i’ve been stuck in stage 3 for so long and have been feeling down recently, you inspired me and now i wanna get back in control of my health!! 💕
Phase 3 but getting closer to phase 4
Best way to figth obesity is not becoming obese in the first place: weight yourself once in a while and keep track of your health
I feel 😊 happy. Thank you for sharing your experience, your whole approach, all reasoning and your commitment to health, which is a balance between our body and mind 🌞, I love your ways. Will always support you. Cheers.
lol don’t mind me I’m just a being bit dizzy
the fact that we have heard ’ you are looking good , so many times that we actually become deaf to those words, so we keep questioning and worrying about our body
it’s like once you have finally recieved something from hard work, you can not stop it and it feels like nothing will help you with it
it’s like ’ you are not looking good enough ,
Then why did you care that you lost twenty pounds and made videos about it? God you act like you were huge. Like you don't care what you weigh…. I really don't believe that. If you gained back the 20 pounds you lost you'd freak out.
I bet you could have lifted more when you were heavier than you can now. You have not built any muscle at all since your journey to become stronger….u just shrank your body? How is this healthier. I would have love to see a blood panel to prove how "unhealthy" You were before you lost twenty pounds. I bet you have the exact same markers as you do now. I wish u would just admit it's diet culture and you wanting to be skinny, but Masking it as a need to be "healthy" Personally I would respect that more. Just say you believe thinner is better and that's what you wanted. No one can take away your truth and your goals. Don't mask it as health and wellness though.
as an ex gymnast when i got yelled for gaining 400 grams and my mom constantly writing down my weight at home my relationship with a scale is not good at all. Yes, i felt really good when the number decreased. But after I finished gymnastics 2 years ago i of course started gaining weight and not even in a bad way but the number seems too big and every time i step on the scale it becomes higher. i'm afraid of scales i dont want to know how much i weight because now i workout and see a progress in the mirror and if i step on the scale and will see what i dont wanna see i will invalidate my own work. So i'm not planning on knowing how much i weight ever.
Thanks Cassie. I weighed myself last week for the first time in a few years. I was a lot heavier than I expected, which was a shock, but I realised I am more toned, have more muscle and my clothes size hasn't changed, so now I'm ok and happy to use it as a number to help track my progress 😊
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I can't tell you how much I needed this video today.
For me thr scale has never have that effect cause my weight rarely fluctuates, whether I'm super fit or extremely unfit my weight doesn't changes so I learned to not associate being/feeling healthy to the scale 🤔
I'm not sure if you'll ever read this but I cannot thank you enough for all that you and your videos have done for me Cassey! I'm learning so much from you and really admire/appreciate what you stand for. Thank you for showing your vulnerable side and sharing the mistakes you've made in your health journey! For someone like me, who is constantly making mistakes, it's really comforting seeing that someone who is a phenomenal fitness/health advocate has made mistakes too! You're really helping me change my relationship with food and health in such a positive way. Thank you x1000! Love you Cassey 🙂
I'm trying to loose weight but it's mentally hard for me. I don't see any results and it makes me a bit afraid and anxious. That mabye I'm not doing it right or that there's something wrong with my body. I eat healthy and move my body, but mabye not enough. Can you help me Cassey?
Ur inspiration for all
Thanks for this video Cassie I hate the scale
I never really cared about the scale as I was always just naturally thin. After my 2nd pregnancy, an abusive marriage,, and giving up dancing professionally, I gained close to 100lbs. I lose some weight and not worry about it for a year or so and get on the scale and realise I've gained 20lbs. I still haven't figured it out yet. I'm old enough not to care about other's opinions of me. I just feel disappointed when I see a cute outfit and it doesn't come in my size and feel sad for my heart and joints having to deal with the extra pounds.
This was so empowering. Thank you ❤️
I totally needed permission to be in stage 4! I've been there for awhile, but being in stage 4 is not widely talked about or accepted! Thank you for clarifying these stages! Totally been in all of them!
You’re saying everything I have been going through , I’m in stage 2 – 3 , I oscillate between the 2 ! I literally spoil my day because of the scale, and the fact that you said you don’t do anything else because it feels pointless!!!! It’s literally like you were mirroring my feelings and thoughts
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I don't think that we can measure people with numbers. But for a long time, it was like that so everyone struggles w them a lot. Don't forget tour value is NOT rely on NUMBERS. You should love your body because if you don't love it you won't be able to find your balance. Workout is an award not a punishment. Everyone keeps straggling with numbers and diet culture. You are NOT alone. Don't loose your hope. Take care.
I went through the same stages of relationship with the scale……started with anorexia at 12 when some girl pointed out to me that I had extra fat in my body. 2 decades of yo-yo dieting, fighting with myself and my food. So horrible! I feel so bad for all the silly things I did to my body. But now, it's different. I can step on a scale and just empower myself to make improvements in my body. It took a lot of years and studying nutrition to get to this point.
Hey Cassey, I really appreciate this video! I had to unsubscribe at some point last year because I saw myself getting a bit upset from fitness content and it was a really good decision. I think that was kind of like my break up phase.. now ready for more, and with a more positive outlook!
since i started working out (8 months) i gained weight but i dont feel like i got fatter, the other way around i feel like im more toned now even if it took so long for me im still happy
you're so amazing cassey!! thank you for sharing this💖
I’m in stage 1. The scale does not control me, but I do tend to avoid weighing myself because I have OCD and don’t want to get in a negative headspace.
I’ve reached stage 4 finally!! I stepped on the scale the other day and I wasn’t bothered at all. Finally.
I have never had any intention to frequently weigh myself. I am a dense, stocky woman and always have been. I see no value is weighing myself only to have to constantly remind myself that muscle weights more than fat…to only be reminded by the mirror that I am made up of a layer of fat over all that muscle too. No thanks. No need. I can see whether or not I'm at a healthy weight and I'm doing just fine. I just need to shed a little more fat, but I don't want to weight myself.
thank you for this!
I have major body image issues, but the scale number doesn't phase me. Weird