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Best Way to Weigh

FrnkLft
FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
edited January 19 in Health and Weight Loss
==> Since your high weights can be artificial (digesting food, water retention), but the lows cannot (you can't fake your lean & fat mass), I recommend weighing every day or so and only logging the lowest weight you see in a 7 day period. <==

DO NOT sweat the fluctuations, but if you see a lower number and you're sure the scale is working properly, there's your weight loss. Over time do an average to see how you're coming along. Then adjust calories accordingly.

ALSO, and I cannot stress this enough, TAKE YOUR MEASUREMENTS! You're already working hard, it's not difficult to do, and it will give you the information you need to make changes and keep going!

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  • rodow
    rodow Posts: 26
    bump
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    Taking the lowest number could also give you a false sense of weight if you're dehydrated, unless you're a physique model or athlete trying to get into a weight class and looking for depletion.
  • Reza151
    Reza151 Posts: 517 Member
    What I like to do when weighing myself is to set the scale (it's not a digital one at the gym, but more like the balance-beam kind that is common in most doctors' offices) about 5 to 10 pounds higher than what I know my weight is around. So then I have to slide the ticker down and it makes it less scary:D

    Example: I weight 125, So before stepping on the scale, I have the sliding tickers set to 135. ILLUSIONS ARE GREAT :laugh:
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