weight flux.

Your body weight can vary up to 3lbs in a day up and down.. thats why I dont weigh myself but once a week

This may not work for everyone...but there are a couple of things to consider...

1) Being a woman....I can tell you my weight can easily swing 3-5 lbs in a couple of days. Usually related to sodium, water...and the ubiquitous IBS. We won't even factor in estrogen.

2) Setting aside weight...I know that sounds like treason. But, if I am doing everything right, lots of things are happening, and to put so much value on one tiny thing like weight is ridiculous.

3) Rethinking the value of the plateau. It is my body getting used to itself in light of the numerous changes I am making. as long as the plateau is followed by a respectable weight loss...it is a good thing. Especially in light of the fact that I am in a very disciplined exercise program.

4) Think of something else to track, take measurements, take pictures, buy or pull out of the closet a too tight for the light outfit and just try it on weekly.

Do you really care WHAT you weigh, if you are leaner and hotter????

If you do...move to Denver...the further above sea level you are the less you weigh.

Exactly, weigh in once a week, I usually do it Fridays. You'll likely not notice the flectuation as much. I would know it is very un-motivating to weigh in once twice three times a day. I had eating issues a while back before I met my husband and was very very obsessed with the scale, still was up until a couple of months ago and actually waited a week in between weighing in...that's when you notice the real difference. Lot's of factors can cause your weight to flectuate, but most of them have already been named above. Good luck

Ahhh...an engineer.

Well this is the issue. Having multiple data sources under the precise circumstances would be optimal. But, and this is where engineering and reality separate, actually having multiple data points in the same precise circumstances...for women especially...is impossible. Now granted, there are the OCD who step on an off a scale a dozen times before they accept the fact that the evil numbers smiling back to them is approximate but accurate. The vast majority of us weigh differently because of clothes, time of day, where the scale is placed (type of floor, latitude, longitude, height above sea level, and barometric pressure), the humidity or temperature of the room we are in, and whether we ate beef or had a salty meal within the last 24 hours. (We won't even talk about the estrogen factor...since you're male). The truth is no single event, eating a certain food, or doing a certain exercise is going to alter the body enough to even use a scale to determine its benefit. Real change takes months for people to integrate in their lives or to even see change from. Remember real weight loss takes 3500 calories (approximately) to gain or lose a pound (approximately). Far easier and beneficial are concrete results, like taking a photograph every week, trying on a particular outfit, seeing the distance and speed you run or walk, how much weight you are lifting. Weight really is the least significant measure of success, and yet we use it and hold it, like it is the Holy Grail of human acheivement.