Do you track when you gain?

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  • Stuz359
    Stuz359 Posts: 81
    No I don't. People say you should not weigh everyday but I think it's almost an education in itself.

    For example, two days ago I weighed in and I was down about 1.6lbs for the week total. Yesterday, I apparently put on 2lbs. Today I lost 2lbs.

    Fluctuations in weight caused by water and high sodium mean that it's impossible to get a truly accurate picture of your weight loss. But as long as the overall trend is downward, I am happy.
  • mama78loosinWeight
    mama78loosinWeight Posts: 130 Member
    I chart a gain if it stays on me a week or till weigh in. I am a scale addict! I know I am. I weigh myself every morning out of habit and some good old self encouragement. I take my daily weigh in's with a grain of salt, because I know...water weight, salt intake, TOM, there are SO many variables that cause you to gain 2-5lbs in a day. So the way I handle it is by continuing to weigh every day but to only chart once a week. This also helps me adjust my diet through the week. If I see I am retaining water weight I adjust my diet to lower my sodium and those water pounds come off. However, in general no matter what the number, up or down- chart the weight at my weigh in 1 time a week. The only time I don't put in an entry is if I don't have a weight change.
  • megleo818
    megleo818 Posts: 595 Member
    I weigh myself regularly (maybe three times per week). While I am mindful of the times the needle creeps up (up to 6 pounds for TOM!), I only log the losses. For me, I'm using MFP to track my diet, my exercise, and my weight LOSS. Not interested in tracking my weight fluctuations, since the number consistently lowers and the intermittent spikes, while interesting, are fleeting. Logging them would be depressing and counter productive for me. I'm one of those people who's crazy sensitive to sodium, so a trip to the vietnamese pho restaurant, while calorically prudent, can result in a 3-pound water gain. I'd be a mess if I took that kind of gain seriously, so I don't even dignify it with a notation in my log! :laugh:
  • tichondrius
    tichondrius Posts: 16 Member
    I usually refrain from logging it because it's usually less than 2lbs and it's never gonna be permanent when it happens. I keep a separate log for my weigh-ins so that I'm watching how I've really progressed, though.
  • gel91
    gel91 Posts: 309
    Jesus, I can actually say I wasn't expecting that.

    But it does make sense, & this isn't water weight unfortunatly, i've eaten way too much and been stupid with what i've been eating. Could call it a awful few weeks. But I'm back from it and lucky it was only 2lb really.

    I will log it now!

    Thanks for all the replies & honesty. I understand both sides of the story!

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