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Weigh In wear

bago08
bago08 Posts: 360 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I made the mistake of getting my starting weight on a scale at work.
There seems to be a lot of variation in my weight based on what I wear to work and what I ate or drank for breakfast.
I have a scale for home and can weigh myself before my shower which will be way more accurate from here out.
My issue is it will look as if I had a huge loss this week when its just that Im not wearing work clothes to weigh in.
Has anyone done this before? What did you do?

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  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    I think you can edit previous entries with MFP. I think >.>
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    In the long run, this one weigh in will not be a big deal...

    Oops, meant to add my story. The starting weight on my ticker is from when I joined WW in Jan 2010. Like yours, this was a mid day weigh in with clothes on. About six months later, I started tracking on my own and weighed myself at home in the morning, pre-shower sans clothes. Didn't even give this quick weight loss a second thought because I knew why it happened and I still had plenty of weight to lose.

    And technically, my starting weight was 260 at home but I have no idea what date it was when that number showed up so I don't want to account for it. Better to be as accurate as I can and use the WW starting weight eventhough it does include the 1-3 pounds of clothes and food.

    You know why it happened and that's all that matters...no one's being cheated or fooled.
  • Sunfleursue
    Sunfleursue Posts: 3 Member
    You can change your starting weight - to help come up with a number I would take the clothes you usually wear to work and put them on the scale, then and a pound to a pound and a half for the difference between a.m. weight and afternoon weight (assuming you weighed in the afternoon the first time.) Or you can just let it slide - if you aren't in a competition for money, I would just adjust for the clothes and be consistant about using the home scale, pre-shower from now on.
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