66Pack's Journal, 22 January 2019

It seems simple enough, but each day is different for me. Wayyyy to many variables. Exercise, extra carbs, salt, etc etc. I've been most successful in the past and now with owning what I do everyday, and that includes weighing. If I weighed every 7 days, it could be right after lifting or something else, and I could get more discouraged from a possible 5lb gain when it could have been 2lb loss..  

If you see my post yesterday I think the trending weight is easier to watch when you weigh every day or two.. But to each their own!  

I’d probably have to agree if It was you and I as examples as I think we are both more in control of our daily weight. But, for someone that has larger challenges to loose 20+ or more still to go, a weigh in of +.5 during the week seems to often have a negative effect on the journey... 

Weigh daily, post weekly otherwise you would hear me crying even more than usual! My ups and downs seem completely unrelated to what I'm doing...if I eat too much I should gain and if eat too little I should lose but...that doesn't always seem to happen on a day by day basis. Weighing daily but only counting Sunday seems to be more accurate. Also I get super excited about big losses that just aren't there at the end of the week and this keeps me grounded... 

Weight fluctuates. If you're once weekly weigh-in is on a day it happens to fluctuate up, and you haven't any idea what it's been doing the rest of the week, you can be unduly discouraged. 

My primary goal is to not gain. If life doesn't get in the way, my weight is fairly static, and I try to weigh more or less weekly. But when it changes I weigh more often, usually three days in a row, longer if those don't agree with each other, until I get three of the same reading. Then I go back to once a week. (Sort of...not really that mechanical.) 

I think there are other factors. Your metabolism fluctuates as you do different things, burning more or fewer calories. I'm at a crazy deficit. I'm not eating as often as I used to, so I actually struggle to get enough calories. Fewer meals = I need bigger meals or I'll have an insane deficit. I've heard that you can't gain in a deficit -- but either FS nutritional tracker is horribly inaccurate, or that's simply not true. For my weight, I need a 2,600 calorie RDI to loose 1.5 pounds a week. When I started here, I was eating one meal a day, and getting between 1200 and 1600 calories a day. I dropped almost 10 pounds in 2 weeks. I've been eating a bit more (between 1500 and 2000, with one day at 2300) lately, but I've also been working out more -- running and lifting. Even though I'm at least 1,000 calories shy of what should be my maintenance RDI, I've gained 4 pounds this past week -- while dropping a pant size. I've decided not to worry too much about what the scale says right now and basically just keep doing what I'm doing. It seems I'm somehow building muscle in a deficit, and my trainer has expressed shock by how much of my belly seems to have moved to my chest, arms, and shoulders. I figure even if I gain another four or five pounds and end up back at my start weight next week, I'll eventually hit a tipping point as my waist and belly continue to shrink, and really start dropping pounds on the scale soon enough. 

At one point I thought to stop weighing myself and focus on the proper activities for weight loss. The scale mostly makes me realize I have not been focusing properly. 

quick correction: I weighed in at the YMCA yesterday and weighed 293.3. However, that was wearing more clothes than I do when weighing at home, and the shoes. So, Either I lost a bit overnight, or I'm still at 289 lol. The rest of it though -- fat to muscle -- still seems to be happening :) 

Good morning! Wow! Good discussion! You’ve all given me a better understanding of why you may like to weigh more frequently! And actually I’ve been on a trend downward while not working and recovering / physical therapy and have been weighing every morning. Thanks for the input!  

In addition to weighing, don't forget to track your measurements. Sometimes when you hit a plateau in weight loss, you my be losing inches anyway.  

This is a great topic. I weigh once a week - consistent with time and day of the week. Given all the fluctuations that can occur through normal biology. we can easily swing 1 ~ 2 Lbs on any given day. I use my weight as one of a number of data points on tracking progress. 

I weigh myself daily because that is now my habit, but I don't freak out about it because it's just measuring my body and its contents for the current environment I'm in. By weighing daily, but only recording my low points, I get an accurate trend of my loss over a period of time. I'm not saying everyone should weigh daily, but I will say that one number on a single measuring device does not tell the whole story. I weighed 168 yesterday, and 172 today. I didn't gain 4 lbs in a day, I just happen to weigh more today than yesterday, possibly due to inflammation, water retention, ovulation, slow bowels due to not enough fiber and too much red meat, humidity, temperature, barometric pressure, moon position, elevation (though I always weigh in my bathroom so elevation doesn't change). There are simply too many variables that on their own are negligible, but they add up.  

Because I want to see trends and patterns of how foods affect me. Artificial sweeteners and shirataki noodles stall my weight. The barista at my work coffee stand uses low fat milk in her cappuccinos and there are hidden carbs in gyro meat. All this I discovered because of daily weigh ins. 

I think I'm just obsessed to get under 300. After I get under 300, I will weigh myself weekly. I don't freak out about the number though if there are gains. I love the drops (Ha ha). I am just measuring my progress over time to get under that 300 and then I will be measuring weekly. ;) Great topic!! 

I only weigh everyday out of habit. I know there will be ups and downs during the week. I only record losses and don't expect them to occur even each week. I may be one of the exceptions. But anyone who received infusion therapy, must be patient. 💛 

*receives 

Fully agree with Tahoebrun. 

I try to weigh my self around the same time every Saturday morning. That gives me a snap shot of how I did for the week. I know weight varies from day to day due to a number of factors so if it goes up a pound or two on an off week I don't sweat it. If it does that for more than one week then I re-evaluate what I am doing. If I can stay around two pounds a week that I am losing then I will hit my goal in the time frame I am shooting for.  

I weigh in the morning, in the evening, after eating, after the bathroom. I know it's insane. But if I let it go a day or 2 then I feel like I have less control. Great point though that if we allow our emotional side to control us, we are bound to be disappointed by the scale.