Do you log weight increases too?

Do you log weight increases too?

Yes, I do. My graph looks very pretty - mostly downward dips and the odd upward spin. lol. I like to keep it real. Keeps me good ... like weighing daily when I remember to do it.

I keep track but not on here because I don't like to have the "You lost ____ pounds" show up when it was really from the pound I gained which could be from water weight or whatever. For a while I kept gaining and losing the same 2 pounds over and over again, which I know and keep track of, but I don't want it looking like I keep losing 2 pounds when really I didn't! I also don't log losses unless they are sustained and clearly not a fluctuation. You have to find what works for you.

I don't. Two reasons why- If I weigh in a pound less than last time, then weigh again the next day same time, I may have gained half a pound or pound back, but then on the third day or fourth day, I will be down even more than I was the first day. Now if I farmed out for a few days or fell off the wagon and gained 5 lbs, I would log that. The other reason is that I am vain and don't want to see the #s go up for such a trivial amount!

I'd only record it if it stayed for a week since it may be temporary (too much sodium the day before, or monthly cycle). I don't even record loss until I have maintained the same loss for several days.

This.

I only log losses unless I did something to merit a gain but most gains are tempary - probably due to water or pms so I don't log them. I must confession. I'm a scale junky. I weigh myself once a day.... I know it's bad but I can't kick it. :frown:

No.

If I see weight gain I run and hide.

Then I work my butt off and log it when my weight has gone down hahaha.

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I'd only record it if it stayed for a week since it may be temporary (too much sodium the day before, or monthly cycle). I don't even record loss until I have maintained the same loss for several days.

that's a smart idea, i need to do that

I would if I had any. My weight always stays the same (sometimes for a loooong time) or goes down. I never experienced this until I cut sugar and wheat out of my diet.

I'd only record it if it stayed for a week since it may be temporary (too much sodium the day before, or monthly cycle). I don't even record loss until I have maintained the same loss for several days.

that's a smart idea, i need to do that

I do this with losses too. If the losses stays constant for 4 straight days -> RECORDED. For gains, if it's up for 2-3 days, it'll get recorded and I'll surely be combing through my food et al to verify what altered my results.

IF you want to chane the weight every day then go ahead. Try to get into a routine of weighing yourself once a week. After a gap, it's completely up to you. If it's a few lbs, I usually don't becuase I know it's water weight and sodium holding everything in due to a poor diet for that gap...once I go back on my clean eating an dexercise, it comes right off. But each person is different;. If it takes you longer to get that weight off, you might want to log it just to keep accurate track.

I'm a daily weigher, I always log my loses but don't log my gains unless it stays that way for more than a week.

I weigh myself weekly and log losses. If I am up I don't log it because it usually "drops off" within a few days. I am fortunate to not have had any extra lbs on for too long as I have been losing so I don't know how I would have handled it otherwise.

Usually I do not, but I weigh a few times a week so there is some natural fluctuations. I recently was on vacation and had gained a few pounds I gave myself a week to lose "most" of it as some of it I knew was sodium/water retention from eating out. After a week I was still up about a pound and a half and I did record that gain, actually still working to get that off, but this was only since Monday, so it could still be a few days. But normal circumstances and fluctuations no, something bigger or longer term yes I would.

In normal situations I do not record any gains. Women have reasons for gaining beyond simply eating too much. When I am on my game, I'm on it, and I don't eat enough extra calories in a week to gain multiple pounds. Even the weeks when I'm slacking off I do not accumulate enough calories to gain multiple pounds. The only time I record a "gain" is if I had a significant loss last week, and went back up this week. In that case it's likely a scale glitch and shouldn't have been recorded in the first place. If you've been absent from logging for a few weeks and have put on a few pounds, then yes, by all means log it. It's almost like starting over again and you need to be accountable for what happens while you take a break.

I'd say use common sense when you're weighing in. If you're doing everything right week after week you shouldn't be seeing gains significant enough to worry about recording them. If it's possible for you to check your weight on another scale (for instance at the gym or doctor's office) then do it. Consider it a second opinion.

I weigh myself a lot and usually don't log gains unless its there for about 2 weeks straight. It motivates me when I don't log it, to get back down to the last weight I did log!