For those that weigh daily...
Just wondering what your fluctuations are? I seem to go up or down depending mostly on where I'm at in my cycle~I'll go up a pound or two and then down a pound or two here and there throughout the month. As long as I stay within a certain range I handle it fine mentally. Its weird though b/c there are certain times where I feel I haven't made the best choices and I won't gain or maybe I'll even lose and then times when I'm strick with my diet and I'll gain a pound~that irritates me, LOL. Any feedback would be appreciated.
**and my disclaimer, LOL, I realize that some people think weighing daily is not the right thing to do and I understand their reasoning, but this is something that I've found that helps me stay on track since I've reached me goal***
Tracy B
328/153
5'9"
I absolutely weigh every day. Have for the last two years, 3 months!!!
I feel very out-of-control when I don't BECAUSE my weight fluctuates so much. I can tell when I've had too much sodium or carbs and not enough protein. I have learned to "read" the scales for more than just the number. Know what I mean?
It is my baromater and I refuse to go a week or, God-forbid, a MONTH without knowing what is going on. I would rather catch a problem sooner than later.
This just work for me and I will do it for the duration (life!).
I can go up as much as 9 pounds in a couple days. AAAKKK...and I KNOW it's jus****er weight, but it will take about 3 weeks to lose it all. That sucks, cause I can feel it in my feet and ankles and fingers and middle...just about everywhere, in other words!
Anyway...call me obsessed with the scale (although I do only weight ONCE a day), but that is my new addiction. Better than stuffing my face!
Linda -208 (currently fighting 4 pounds!)
Hi Linda, you've done great, it's wonderful seeing others further out working hard to maintain and able to stay within an acceptable range.
Once a day weighing, I wish.....I'm totally obessed, I hop on the scale 2,3,4 times a day....I know that's horrible but I don't freak out one way or the other.....it keeps me motivated and helps to know where I need to make changes in my daily meal plans.
Dana
Hi Tracy. I too weigh every day. I find if I wait a few days or weigh myself once a week, I might have a huge weight gain. UGGG. Each day I have to know what I weigh. It helps too with my emotional well being.
For the past couple of months, I've been keeping a weight chart. I look for eating trends. And based off my info, do better the next day. Since Jan, I fluctuate five pounds up or down.
The days I do great I can have a pound weight gain. Then there are days I do horrible and eat/snack too much, not work out and I LOSE. That, I can't figure out.
I do know that if I do poorly for a few days, it's a Major weight gain. I'm struggling with a 20lb weight gain, and fight every day. Each day's a battle but well worth it. I'm so much more healthy now.
I weigh daily, my scale is in the kitchen LOL...I have to walk past it to get to the fridge. I've been at goal for about 6 months, which to me was 158 or less = normal BMI for my height. I fluctuate between 154-158 any given day. I weight fully clothes and with shoes on like I would at my doctors office. More often than not I am 156. My cycle doesnt affect it cause it went away...again. Swelling from my plastics sometimes affects it..
You aren't going to see an immediate gain from a bad day of food, its not like eat a snickers and the scale goes up 3 pounds. You know that 3500 calories equals a pound. If you think of your caloric intake and exercise over a 7-10 day cycle and average them, 2 bad days out of 10 averages out. Not that its okay to have bad days, but **** happens. I have had 2500-3000 calorie days, sometimes 2 or 3 in a row before I reign it back in to 1500-1700 calories. With my exercise routine, I still do not go over my 158 limit. If I didnt do 20+ miles a week plus weight training I'd be in ho****er with my peanut butter addiction.
I don't want to be one of those who steps on the scale and wonder where the 20 extra pounds came from. If I see 158 more than 3 days in a row, its time to re-evaluate my food journal.
I'd really like to see 149, but with the muscle I have been putting on I am lucky I am not gaining. And I promised my trainer that as long as I see a decrease in my body fat percentage, I would be okay with a few pounds gain.
Mic