Why you shouldn’t weigh yourself at the gym.
SlateThe last time Vanessa Cavanaugh stepped on the scale at her gym, it didn’t go well. “If you weigh yourself first thing in the morning one day and then in the evening the next time, your weight will likely be higher but that doesn’t really mean you have gained weight.” A gym scale might not even be trustworthy, as overuse and age can make them less accurate. “I’m not sure that the scale needs to be at the gym,” says Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who researches weight management and eating disorders. “While our clients might be using hot yoga as part of their weight loss regimen, it’s not something we talk about, because we’re really focused on the therapeutic aspects of the experience and how it relates to mental health.” For her part, Long, the North Carolina–based personal trainer, allows her clients to opt out of measurement taking if they’re not comfortable with it. “I know from personal experience how relying on the scale can be detrimental to one’s mental health and absolutely lead to eating disorders,” she says.
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