How do you monitor your weight?

Tanie98

I have been maintaining for 6 months now .At first I still continue to track my food but now I find that I have been slacking off. However, I still exercise regularly . For those who stopped counting, how do you keep an eye on your weight to make sure you are not gaining and catch it early before it shows on your appearance? Also how do other people gain all their weight back without noticing until its too late?

Jennloella

I go by how my clothes fit. I haven't really counted in a few years

TheBitSlinger

Tanie98 wrote: »

I have been maintaining for 6 months now .At first I still continue to track my food but now I find that I have been slacking off. However, I still exercise regularly . For those who stopped counting, how do you keep an eye on your weight to make sure you are not gaining and catch it early before it shows on your appearance? Also how do other people gain all their weight back without noticing until its too late?

I weigh daily. IMHO, it's the only way to prevent myself from gaining weight back. That being said, I've had to come to understand that once I started lifting weights a year ago, the scales did not always register fat losses; I had to rely on how my clothes fit.

As far as your last question, people are not honestly looking what they are doing and the impact on their bodies when they gain weight back. It's okay to stop logging when you're ready for it, but as soon as weight gain starts again, logging should be the first corrective step.

ndj1979

use a scale....

Aviva92

weigh daily. i only track when i start seeing the scale go up consistently. i've been tracking the past few days and it went down again. might stop tracking again. i go long stretches of time without tracking now.

jpaulie

scale. It doesn't sneak up on you. there is no sneaking in unplanned weight gain. Just no planning

SuggaD

I can judge by how my clothes fit. I have no desire to get on the scale that often. Maybe once every few months or so. I've been maintaining for about a year.

Those who gain it all back just don't care at the moment they are gaining. They definitely notice. I also don't understand how people allow themselves to get beyond X weight. Same thing I think. That's just my opinion.

StephJC81

It's all about the measurements. Always keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat so the scale really isn't the best option. So I always go by my clothes and measurements. Good luck!

Aviva92

SuggaD wrote: »

I can judge by how my clothes fit. I have no desire to get on the scale that often. Maybe once every few months or so. I've been maintaining for about a year.

Those who gain it all back just don't care at the moment they are gaining. They definitely notice. I also don't understand how people allow themselves to get beyond X weight. Same thing I think. That's just my opinion.

For me, it's easy to fool myself into thinking I'm not gaining weight if I don't weigh myself daily. Clothes don't even always fit looser if I weigh less. Depends on time of the month and other factors too. I need to weigh myself every day. It's very hard to notice it on myself otherwise. Nothing to do with not caring.

Tanie98

As far as weighing daily .How do you know its not water weight? When I use the scale from the gym close to my house I fluctuate between 125 to 130.The scale at the gym close to work I always weighed 131 to 133.I used a different scale from work and its different from the other 2 ones and its a chair scale.I weighed 134.However,someone told me that the scale is 4 to 5 pounds more than the ones at the gym or doctors office. However, my clothes still fit the same

Aviva92

Tanie98 wrote: »

As far as weighing daily .How do you know its not water weight? When I use the scale from the gym close to my house I fluctuate between 125 to 130.The scale at the gym close to work I always weighed 131 to 133.I used a different scale from work and its different from the other 2 ones and its a chair scale.I weighed 134.However,someone told me that the scale is 4 to 5 pounds more than the ones at the gym or doctors office. However, my clothes still fit the same

you don't. I look for trends. If I'm consistently up a few pounds for a few weeks, I assume it's real weight gain. I have a range where I'm okay with it and if I fall outside that range, I start tracking. I only weigh myself on my home or gym scale which includes just 2 scales. They are pretty much the same for me though. That range seems big unless you're weighing yourself at different times of the day on each. Some of them might be wrong.

Aviva92

weighing yourself every few months doesn't protect yourself against having an abnormal high because of water weight either. It just gives you less data points to go by. I'd rather have more data points.

nvpixie

I weigh daily. I will start logging again if I notice my weight creeping up or if I start getting into old bad habits. So far, so good here.

umatej

Every morning, after the dump. Keep on moving and eating healthier folks. Its really worth it!

Arya1967

SuggaD wrote: »

I can judge by how my clothes fit.

I can't, Spandex and jeans tend to stretch and my tops are baggy enough to accommodate several size increases!

Aviva92

Arya1967 wrote: »

SuggaD wrote: »

I can judge by how my clothes fit.

I can't, Spandex and jeans tend to stretch and my tops are baggy enough to accommodate several size increases!

And jeans tend to be tightest right after you wash them too. I don't wash my jeans every time I wear them and they loosen up as I wear them. This can be misleading.

SuggaD

Arya1967 wrote: »

SuggaD wrote: »

I can judge by how my clothes fit.

I can't, Spandex and jeans tend to stretch and my tops are baggy enough to accommodate several size increases!

I judge by work clothes, not by jeans. I know where extra weight goes on my body so I can really monitor it pretty well. Besides, I'm not really worried about minute fluctuations. My goal is really overall fitness. So if my clothes fit well and my performance is improving, I'm good. I don't want to be slave to a number. Just like I don't want to be slave to calorie counting. I'm generally eating well and having a blast being active. That for me is sustainable.

noexcusesjustresults2014

ndj1979 wrote: »

use a scale....

I agree with this. I think everyone notices when they gain a lot of weight. Some people just prefer denial (which is easier when you don't count calories or weight yourself).

bwogilvie

I weigh daily and use TrendWeight.com to track the exponentially smoothed moving average. If it goes up to the point where it is 2.5 lb. over my goal, I'll return to a calorie deficit. The exception is if I know that it's water retention. I had surgery last week, and between the antibiotics and the procedure, I put on several pounds. I know I wasn't overeating, so I figured it was water weight. I shed it over the last 2 days.

Tanie98

Aviva92 wrote: »

Tanie98 wrote: »

As far as weighing daily .How do you know its not water weight? When I use the scale from the gym close to my house I fluctuate between 125 to 130.The scale at the gym close to work I always weighed 131 to 133.I used a different scale from work and its different from the other 2 ones and its a chair scale.I weighed 134.However,someone told me that the scale is 4 to 5 pounds more than the ones at the gym or doctors office. However, my clothes still fit the same

you don't. I look for trends. If I'm consistently up a few pounds for a few weeks, I assume it's real weight gain. I have a range where I'm okay with it and if I fall outside that range, I start tracking. I only weigh myself on my home or gym scale which includes just 2 scales. They are pretty much the same for me though. That range seems big unless you're weighing yourself at different times of the day on each. Some of them might be wrong.

Ok that makes sense:)

Wantingtolose1

I weight daily and allow myself a kilo before I start cutting back. I also have a daily routine to my meals so I know for breakfast and lunch roughly how many calories I am having and for dinner I eat what I want but if it is calorie dense I will have a smaller portion. Then 3 days a week I don't eat lunch because I work from 10-3 with no break so ill just have a dinner at 5. So if im up a little during the week by cutting out that meal 3 days a week (fri,sat,sun) Im back down to my goal weight.

Francl27

I weigh every month every day the week following my period to see how low I get, so I can compare to the previous month (it's typically when I hit my lowest weight every month). Then record the lowest weight from that month. It's been wacky because of the Holidays though (it fell that week every time), so we'll see what I actually get next week.

snowflake930

Weigh myself every day. I allow myself 5# either way. If I begin to gain, I eat less and/or do some extra exercise. If I go down in weight (not an issue except for 1 time), I eat more. Works for me, and I need the accountability.

michellemybelll

weekly weigh in.

cjames010

I weigh everyday.
I can't go by my clothes fit because I gained 15-20 pounds before I even noticed my clothes getting tight. It was 30 pounds before I had to go up a size.

LivingtheLeanDream

I weigh a few times a week just to check I'm still doing fine, although if I did gain a few pounds I'd know right away by my clothes.

stephxo1

Use the same scale every time and make sure it's at the same time of the day too cos this can fluctuate greatly. I weigh in once a week using the same scale first thing in the morning before eating or drinking and after being to the toilet lol You're not going to all of a sudden gain 7-9lbs without either noticing it in the mirror or by the fit of your clothes.

sugaraddict4321

SuggaD wrote: »

...Those who gain it all back just don't care at the moment they are gaining. They definitely notice. I also don't understand how people allow themselves to get beyond X weight...

I'm not sure they don't care, but often you have other stuff more critical to worry about - sick relatives, job stress, etc. etc. When I've had a terminally ill relative, my very last thought was of myself. People who are depressed are just trying to get through each day.

Also, pretty much everyone has been a yo-yo dieter at some point. We tell ourselves "Oh, it's just a few pounds. I've lost it before and I can lose it again." The weight generally doesn't come on overnight so it sort of can sneak up on you. It's a pound here and there and by the end of the year it's 10. If you're not weighing and you wear loose clothes, you might not notice for a while. Ask anyone who wears scrubs for work. They're very forgiving.

salembambi

get on the scale every morning

PinkyPan1

I weigh myself every Friday morning. I still count calories and log daily. My weight has not even fluctuated an ounce in 5 months.

47Jacqueline

I weigh every other week and log on a regular basis (not today because I'm travelling). Other than that I pay attention to how my clothes fit and do laundry regularly so things aren't stretched out.