Does that .X really matter?

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  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    Hell yeah it matters to me! I'm losing weight slowly, so some weeks .6 is all I've got. But I weigh myself first thing in the morning before I've done anything, so the water weight isn't there, so to speak.
  • smokinjackd
    smokinjackd Posts: 341
    If it gives you that little extra hell yeah then definitely
  • misfitswayoflife
    misfitswayoflife Posts: 134 Member
    I think when you get to a lower weight the .X's matter because you don't have a lot of pounds to go. And I don't know I find it slightly motivational even if I only go down an ounce...
  • half_moon
    half_moon Posts: 807 Member
    If your goal is to lose .5 pounds a week, then yes it is relevant.

    If it doesn't matter to you, why do you care?
  • AngelicxAnnihilation
    AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
    Right now it matters to me because I'm just starting out, but as time goes on and when you reach the goal you're aiming towards. No it probably won't matter.
  • Arrabindi
    Arrabindi Posts: 169 Member
    Of course it matters! I'm set to lose 0.5 lbs/week, so I hardly ever lose a full pound during a week, and I like to record my exact weight each week. I guess a lot of people choose to ignore the .x because they don't want to admit that they should actually be rounding up instead of down. If the scale says 160.5 lbs and you don't record decimals, you should actually put 161 lbs and not 160 lbs, but it's not quite as fun. Also, if you have 200 pounds to lose, 0.5 lbs can seem insignificant, but when you're down to struggling with the last few, stubborn ones, a half pound is a victory!
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    Some people just record the number the scale says. So, let's say I weigh in on Monday. Last Monday, the scale said 150.00 lbs. So that's what I tell MFP. I weigh again this Monday, the scale says 149.6, so that's what I put in to MFP. Maybe the scale doesn't really matter to me, but MFP will tell me I lost .4 lbs. So maybe that person doesn't care, it's just MFP doing calculations.
  • PomegranatePriestess
    PomegranatePriestess Posts: 2,455 Member
    When I joined MFP, it asked me what I want to lose by when. So I put in my goals, and it came back with a formula that should have me losing 1.9 lbs per week. I found it funny that it would say 1.9 instead of 2, but that's what it said.

    My scale shows me full pounds, and half pounds, so that's what I record here.

    When I talk to people, I do round the number off. It's easier in conversation. But when I'm putting data in a system that allows for fractions, I use the fractions. Makes perfect sense to me.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Why would 1.0 matter if 0.6 does not?

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