I'm taking a break!!!!

Lisa1971

From my stupid scale that is! I gained 2lbs since last Saturday! WTF??? I hate that scale so I'm going to take a break from it and instead use a pair of old jeans that don't fit me as my gauge. I'm hoping to get into them by April so we'll see. Wish me luck!

pyro13g

Never take a short term swing of 5lbs in either direction seriously. Do you really think you ate almost 8000 extra calories since then? Didn't think so.

chrish1981

Yeah, the scale can SUCK sometimes.

It's like, how can I be 146, go out drinking all night, wake up, and be 143????

Crazy!

Use those jeans...that's a better gauge!

cclala

Do it. Let this be your motivation:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3926473&SPShared=TRUE

leahsevilla

Thanks for writing this pyro13g. I used to always freak out about an extra or loss of 5lbs when I realized by the next week I had normalized again and when my mom pointed out that she used to gain upwards of 7 lbs a day retaining water. ya never know.

momogogo

Your jeans won't lie to you.

JanisPauline

Or you could weigh each day at the same time, say before breakfast and write on a 1 year calendar dedicated to that purpose. I do this and I know my weignt will fluctuate between 3 to five pounds diring each week. It's influenced my the amount of salt, water, and fiber, and frequency of bowel movements.

At the end of the week I circle the High weight and the Low weight and compare with the previous week.

If I've had unusual eating patterns I note it: like " 3 donuts" or "whole bag of cookies".

Hope this helps, and by the way, i've always had this fluctuation even when I was 19 years old!

leahsevilla

Wow @cclala that blog is crazy. i always wondered if i was the only one who the scale wouldnt budge...but i fit into smaller clothes. now i know i'm not