Why you can't always rely on the scales
I will always remember when I first started strength training. It was about six months before my wedding. Like just about every bride to be, I decided that I needed to get onto shape for the big day. Not that I was overweight by any means at all. In fact, I was already in pretty good shape, I just wanted to 'tone up' a bit so I would look better in my wedding dress and photos. Around this time I also found the perfect wedding dress! It was a little bit big for me so the lady at the shop pinned it up and said she would make some alterations. I didn't have a gym membership at this time, but I had a set of adjustable dumbbells and I started following the workouts that were printed in women's fitness and oxygen magazine's. I was so happy with the results I was seeing in the mirror, the improvements in my strength and I felt great! This encouraged me to keep increasing the weight I was lifting (as much as I could with my limited equipment). I was loving it!
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