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OK - so there are two basic schools of thought with regard to the scale.
1. The scale is a useful evil. This camp weighs only once a month, once a week, or at the doc's office, and uses other measures (clothes fitting, measurements, energy level) to gauge their progress. They don't want the number on the scale to dominate their thinking and don't want to become "a number" in their head-games.
2. The scale is a useful tool. This camp weighs daily (never MORE than that) and also uses other measures to gauge progress. They use their daily weight to keep themselves on track over time, which can help them see when a particular weight fluctuation is due to water retention, lack of a bowel movement, or "true" weight gain. Their challenge is to not be driven by the number alone, and to balance that number with other measures, particularly when the number doesn't change as expected on any given day or group of days.
Depending on how your brain works, whether you have a GOOD scale (like a good digital scale that also measures % body fat/muscle/water, etc.), and whether you're going to play head games with yourself about the number, you need to figure out which camp you fall into.
Personally, I'm in camp #2 and weigh about every other day. It keeps me honest, helps me see very early if I'm going off track with something or if there's somethign else going on with my body that I need to be aware of. Early out, I weighed daily. Now that I'm more maintenance-minded, it's not quite as crucial, but it's still one key indicator for me (along with measurements, clothes fit, energy level, response to my workout, etc.).
Neither camp is "wrong" or "right"... you just have to find what works for you.
Hope this helps!
karen
1. The scale is a useful evil. This camp weighs only once a month, once a week, or at the doc's office, and uses other measures (clothes fitting, measurements, energy level) to gauge their progress. They don't want the number on the scale to dominate their thinking and don't want to become "a number" in their head-games.
2. The scale is a useful tool. This camp weighs daily (never MORE than that) and also uses other measures to gauge progress. They use their daily weight to keep themselves on track over time, which can help them see when a particular weight fluctuation is due to water retention, lack of a bowel movement, or "true" weight gain. Their challenge is to not be driven by the number alone, and to balance that number with other measures, particularly when the number doesn't change as expected on any given day or group of days.
Depending on how your brain works, whether you have a GOOD scale (like a good digital scale that also measures % body fat/muscle/water, etc.), and whether you're going to play head games with yourself about the number, you need to figure out which camp you fall into.
Personally, I'm in camp #2 and weigh about every other day. It keeps me honest, helps me see very early if I'm going off track with something or if there's somethign else going on with my body that I need to be aware of. Early out, I weighed daily. Now that I'm more maintenance-minded, it's not quite as crucial, but it's still one key indicator for me (along with measurements, clothes fit, energy level, response to my workout, etc.).
Neither camp is "wrong" or "right"... you just have to find what works for you.
Hope this helps!
karen
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