The scale seems to be the “gold standard” in how people track their progress — but there are better ways. Melanie joins me to talk about what causes those days when you gain a ton of weight, or lose a ton of weight, seemingly for no reason. We talk about why a simple “cheat meal” can cause you to gain a ton of weight, why females deal with this problem more than males, and perhaps some other, better methods should be using to measure progress.