As you begin a new workout routine, many begin to check the weight scale to make sure that it is heading in the right direction and make sure that progress is being made. In today’s day and age many consider talking about weight a very taboo subject, and even more so when someone is overweight. Just like you never ask a woman her age, you definitely would never ask someone what they weighed especially if you don’t know them that well. You just shouldn’t do it. Yet despite the fact it’s not talked much about most in the weight loss world and community still check the old scale on an almost daily basis to see if their hard work is paying off.