Interesting article about water weight and the scale...

Eve1972

Thoughts??

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/how-ross-edgley-lost-12kg-in-24-hours/story-fneuzkvr-1226761474692

Pearsquared

I have a coworker who's an MMA fighter. She'll sit in the sauna for hours the day before a weigh-in in order to make weight. She'll usually drop 10-12 lbs. in one day, and this is off of a 130 lb. body. After the weigh-in, she'll bulk up and put that weight right back on for the fight. It's pretty amazing how much water makes a difference in our weight, and why it's so important to drink enough on a consistent basis, because it helps keep our readings more consistent.

Azkadelia

Very interesting article. I agree we are slaves to the scale....hard to change the thought process though.

tmauck4472

WOW, I will keep my scale but will not stress over the number. I know I lost at least 6lbs of water weight since coming home from MS and not having all that salty food that I have to cook for my parents. They are so addicted to salt, drives me nuts

bmqbonnie

This is why I try to weigh myself at the same time EVERY morning. I've gotten really familiar with patterns (gain up to 3 lbs with a sodium heavy meal the night before, gain 2-4 lbs if PMSing, etc). Some people prefer to weigh every week but I feel like I'd get more disheartened if that one weight happened to be on a day I was bloated or whatever.

Great article. I could never do that- I feel awful if I try to go a few hours without my trusty water bottle :drinker:

walkdmc

This is why I try to weigh myself at the same time EVERY morning. I've gotten really familiar with patterns (gain up to 3 lbs with a sodium heavy meal the night before, gain 2-4 lbs if PMSing, etc). Some people prefer to weigh every week but I feel like I'd get more disheartened if that one weight happened to be on a day I was bloated or whatever.

Great article. I could never do that- I feel awful if I try to go a few hours without my trusty water bottle :drinker:

I used to be opposed to daily weigh-ins but have learned how my weight fluctuates by stepping on the scale daily. I share your feeling of disappointment if I weigh-in weekly on a day of bloat.

The scale is also an anchor for me. (old WW term) If I am off plan, I don't like looking at the scale, let alone stepping on it. Waking up and stepping on the scale is as important to my AM routine as my cup of coffee.

Francl27

Bottom line though, you need the scale to adjust your calorie goals. But you got to keep in mind that as long as you're eating at a deficit, it just can't be fat.

rb16fitness

Neat article, thanks.

slgthatsme

For those of you who weigh in daily how do you record your weight for MFP? Take the lowest weight of the week?

bmqbonnie

I put it in every time, unless it's just an absolutely ridiculous fluke.

trudijoy

For those of you who weigh in daily how do you record your weight for MFP? Take the lowest weight of the week?

I weigh daily and I record each lowest weight when it appears on the scale. To 'appear' it has to be that i get on, see it, get off and back on, see it again.

I don't record decimal places.

STC1188

This is why I like caliper or tape measure measurements: my weight has stayed the same, but I have dropped inches (calipers especially easy to tell).

trudijoy

between this and the fact that i just measured myself and put the measurements into a couple calculators, maybe I should start ignoring the scales more