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Stop weighing yourself, do this instead.

Stop weighing yourself, do this instead.12. Juli53 Min.

<p>The scale goes up a couple of kilos, and just like that, the day changes.</p><p><br></p><p>Breakfast gets skipped.</p><p><br></p><p>An extra workout you don’t have the energy for gets bolted on.</p><p><br></p><p>That number has been making your decisions for you. And not very good ones.</p><p><br></p><p>And the one thing that would actually show you if your body is changing? You’ve been dodging it for years.</p><p><br></p><p>Because you don’t love how you look right now. So out of sight, out of mind.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we take the scale off you completely.</p><p><br></p><p>Matt hasn’t weighed a client since 2010, and he walks you through exactly what he uses instead: a free, repeatable system that tells you, in an honest apples to apples way, whether your body is actually changing.</p><p><br></p><p>Come and join us as we get into…</p><p><br></p><p>• Why the scale sabotages more progress than anything else, and how that number starts making your decisions for you</p><p><br></p><p>• Why progress photos are a legitimate skill, and how most people (plenty of trainers included) screw them up</p><p><br></p><p>• The number one mistake by a mile, and the “pick and stick” rule that makes your photos actually count</p><p><br></p><p>• Why you’ll feel the change before you ever see it, and the small wins to watch for while you wait</p><p><br></p><p>• Courtney on the before photos she refused to look at, and why you take them anyway</p><p><br></p><p>• How often to shoot them, and what to do when the task lands on “whale week”</p><p>-------------------------------------------------</p><p><br></p><p><em><strong>Mentioned in this episode:</strong></em></p><p><br></p><p>Want to know how long it will actually take you to lose the weight? </p><p><br></p><p>DM us the word CLASSIFY on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theweightlosspodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠Instagram⁠</a> and we’ll send you the exact <strong>Metabolic Classification</strong> tool we run with Academy clients every 12 weeks. Fair warning, you probably won’t like what it tells you. But it will be the truth.</p><p><br></p><p>Once you’ve had a crack at your own photos, <strong>here’s your next step</strong>: Matt’s free YouTube training on the most common mistakes that keep people stuck. They’re the bigger ones. </p><p><br></p><p>Way bigger than photos.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch it <a href="https://youtu.be/NLKhlDO3Wu0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE ON YOUTUBE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>.</p>