Cheat meal = 2 pounds gain !!??

MyPureSteez

Nothing is wrong with weighing yourself.

But, a lot of people are really busting their *kitten* trying to lose weight and nothing messes with your mind more than when you know you've put in the work but the scale doesn't show it.

It's can be a huge blow to your motivation and all types of thoughts start running through your head "am i doing this right?, what am i screwing up blah, blah, blah"

When in reality nothing is wrong. Like you said you can be one weight after a workout and something else right when you wake up. I just find it easier to weight myself once every 2 weeks and keep my mind focused on busting my *kitten* and not what a scales says.

But that's what works for me.

crisanderson27

Nothing is wrong with weighing yourself.

But, a lot of people are really busting their *kitten* trying to lose weight and nothing messes with your mind more than when you know you've put in the work but the scale doesn't show it.

It's can be a huge blow to your motivation and all types of thoughts start running through your head "am i doing this right?, what am i screwing up blah, blah, blah"

When in reality nothing is wrong. Like you said you can be one weight after a workout and something else right when you wake up. I just find it easier to weight myself once every 2 weeks and keep my mind focused on busting my *kitten* and not what a scales says.

But that's what works for me.

I understand your reasoning (and I'm glad it works for you!)...for me it's the opposite. Weighing often is what made me realize the number on the scale is useless other than as a very, very general guide. It tells me NOTHING about my lean mass (bodyfat scales are useless people!), NOTHING about water retention, NOTHING about fat lost. All it registers is what I weigh, coupled with whatever foreign material I may be carrying with me (water, waste, food in my stomach etc).

The main reason I replied to your post at all was simply to put out another viewpoint on the madness caused by the terrible tyranny of the thing we call the scale .

MyPureSteez

I hear you, and your right when you say "Weighing often is what made me realize the number on the scale is useless other than as a very, very general guide"

That why i like to focus on how much more I can lift, how further I can run without getting out of breath. To me it's just a better marker of progress.

But for some reason stuff like that comes second to the number on the scale.

BTW I have one of those body fat scales and it's totally useless.

HRLaurie614

I love poutine.

This happened to me last week and I was very anxious about it. My weight was up 2 lbs. Friday and Saturday of last week. By Monday, I was below were I was the week prior. (I know that's probably confusing). I total get the stress and panic. But, I can attest that your weight will come back down.