Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
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Ok, I know many experts will say not to weigh yourself everyday. I understand why. They don''t want you to dwell on little fluctuations. Yet I have also read that people who do weigh themselves everyday do better because it keeps them accountable and more mindful of what they are eating.
I do weigh myself everyday, and I have no idea how much I weigh. Day by day I'm going between 191 to 197. I literally can be 191 on Monday, then 197 on Tuesday, then 194 on Wednesday. Needless to say, I'm frustrated that I don't know for sure what my actual weight is.
I'm still going to weigh myself every day, but I can no longer just rely on the number. I'm going to go back to what I used to do, which is measure different parts of my body and just chart that every week. As long as I see those numbers changing, I think my frustration level will go down lol.
I do weigh myself everyday, and I have no idea how much I weigh. Day by day I'm going between 191 to 197. I literally can be 191 on Monday, then 197 on Tuesday, then 194 on Wednesday. Needless to say, I'm frustrated that I don't know for sure what my actual weight is.
I'm still going to weigh myself every day, but I can no longer just rely on the number. I'm going to go back to what I used to do, which is measure different parts of my body and just chart that every week. As long as I see those numbers changing, I think my frustration level will go down lol.
I doubt that I can find such a scale by using google!
I weigh myself every time I go to the gym. I tend to not worry too much about the fluctuations. I just log my Monday number as my official weight and stick with it. I do look at the trend and use that to tell myself that I either got lucky on my Monday weight, or that my Monday weight suffered from the Sunday pizza!
In the long run, I'll be happy when my weight bounces around between 200 and 205 rather than 230 and 235. So from this point of view, the 5 pound swing does not matter too much to me.
But the key thing is to do what works for you! If the scale numbers raise your anxiety level the by all means use other measurements!
I have a digital Aria scale from fitbit, and I just think it enjoys screwing with me lol
Run!
Yvette, our weight varies so much by water retention and if we eat too much salt, I don't like to weigh daily with all the ups and downs. That is too frustrating to me.
I know what I need to do. This is going to be so hard, because to me, without salt everything tastes so bland. So I've already eaten for today, so starting tomorrow.....I'm stopping the salt.
Pray for me everyone. I think this is going to be harder than when I quit smoking.
I wish you well!
It's tough being patient with the scale. Maybe try to weigh every 3rd day ...hang in there....
Liliann