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The Macro Hour

The Truth About the Scale No One Explains | Ep. 332

The Macro Hour

Nikkiey Stott

Macro Hour, The Macro Hour, Fitness, Warrior Babe, Nikkiey Stott, Macronutrients, Health & Fitness, Warriorbabe

4.8635 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The scale has ruined more women’s progress than almost anything else — and in this episode, Nikkiey explains why. The scale doesn’t measure fat loss. It measures total body mass, which includes water retention, glycogen, inflammation, stress, hormonal shifts, sleep, soreness, digestion, and more. That’s why it can go up when you’re doing everything right, stay the same while your body is changing, or drop for the wrong reasons. In this episode, Nikkiey breaks down what the scale actually refl...

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0:00.0

I weigh more now than I did when I first started my fitness journey.

0:03.5

Do you know how much of a mind-eff that is for somebody that may be listening to me that hasn't been on the journey that I've been on?

0:09.5

For you to go on a journey and be like, yeah, I'm gonna gain weight.

0:12.4

I'm gonna be heavier than I am now when I complete my transformation.

0:16.3

Ain't no woman saying that.

0:18.0

But if you want to build muscle and you want to have that toned fit look,

0:21.3

that's probably what is going to happen.

0:28.6

What's going on, everybody? Hey, you guys, welcome back to another episode of The Macro Hour.

0:35.1

And on these episodes, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics that

0:39.6

will help you lose body fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident. I'm your host,

0:45.9

Nikki Stott, and welcome to episode number 332. And in today's episode, we're talking about something that you know i feel like and i'm sure you

0:56.8

guys can resonate with this has ruined more women's progress than the wine that you drink

1:03.5

occasionally or the carbs that you eat or the vacations or the holidays and i talked about this

1:09.3

topic before but i think it's a good time to bring it back

1:11.9

because we are coming, closing out January, and we are walking into the second month of the new year.

1:18.1

And maybe some of you guys are getting discouraged because of this particular tool that women use on their journey.

1:23.6

And so some of you guys, this may just be a good reminder of why the scale can't run the show on your fitness journey.

1:35.0

Some of you guys will probably need to hear some of these reminders.

1:37.8

Some of them are going to be really good.

1:39.6

And maybe you're somebody that still allows that scale to run the show entirely, and you just need

1:46.2

to hear what I'm going to say in this episode. So either or whether you don't use the scale

1:52.0

every single day, or maybe you do occasionally here, and sometimes you can feel that trigger

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