You had a great week. You moved, you ate well, you slept. Then you stepped on the scale, saw it go up 4 pounds, and the whole week suddenly felt like a failure. Sound familiar? In Episode 5, Jen and Suzi make the case that weight is NOT health. The scale is one long-term data point, not a moral compass. They talk about why there is no such thing as an ideal body weight, how Suzi lost 8 inches off her waist without losing a single pound, why Jen is stronger at 55 than she was at 25, and what to track instead: strength, energy, moving without pain, and doing the things you love.

Hosted by Jen Gilliland, RD, LD, CDCES, PCC and Suzi B, BHE, ACE-CPT.

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In this episode

• 0:31 Up 4 pounds after a great week: would you have known without the scale?
• 3:55 Emotional eating and what the number really does to you
• 6:47 What is health? Why there is no ideal body weight
• 11:02 Strong is the new skinny
• 12:18 Suzi's story: 8 inches lost, zero pounds different
• 14:20 Jen's story: stronger at 55 than at 25
• 19:44 You are stronger than you think
• 22:22 What to track instead of the scale
• 24:02 Build your health like a house
• 25:33 One takeaway each, plus meet Suzi's future self, Stella

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