Is it legit to only record the "new low" weigh-ins?

I weigh myself 1 time every morning and record whatever the number is whether it's up or down. You're not tricking yourself, because a new low is a new low, even if you don't see it again for a week or two.

I agree with Lorina. I don't want to be congratulated for losing the same pound over and over. If its a true gain, and its still there a few weeks later, I'll record it.

I think you are absolutely correct. At least thats how i do it!! And yes, i will hit a new low and maybe the next day it goes up a lb. and stays up for several days, but then, like you, a week later - its back to that new low and the next day probably another new low. For that reason, i don't record that new low on my ticker until i am safely a couple of pounds under that.

I record new lows after I get that weight a few days in a row.

I record all my ups and downs for records purposes (and to keep my FitBit as accurate as possible) but try to make it clear when I've made a real loss and when it's just coming down from a bloat.

I weigh myself every saturday morning, and record whatever is on the scale... wether I like it or not.

Seems like it's "legit" to do whatever you prefer. It's all about you.

I would love to record my weight everyday because I am a crazy person that way. But what is stopping me is just what people have mentioned here - I don't want my feed to show the same .5-1 lb loss over and over. It would be a nice feature if we could record weights for our own use and select the ones that go into the feed. (not complaining at all about this totally free, awesome tool!)

I suppose I could chart my daily weight elsewhere, but I don't care enough to do that!

You could enter it everyday and then delete the feed entry.


I also track in excel, then I get to do fun things like add trendlines.

Totes legit

That's exactly what I do...it actually frustrates me when I see my friends lose the same 2 pounds and regain it every weekend over and over...as long as you're consistently doing most things right, then yes you're going to see a new loss eventually and since down is the only way to go, I feel it's great to rejoice in every new low, even if it's just for the day. It'll come back around.

I weigh myself every morning (sans clothes, before eating or drinking, using the same scale, placed in the identical place on the floor) and log my weight on MFP whenever I hit a new low.

I do exactly the same thing! I weigh myself out of habit, I've done it all my life because I gain weight rather easily. But, I only record the new lows (and mine usually stick around, barely fluctuating a pound up at most).

For me, it makes more sense than only weighing myself once a week, the curiosity and anxiety of not knowing would make me eat more and stress out. And imagine, if on the ONE day a week I weighed myself, my body decided it was water-hoarding day and the bloating made it seem I was 3 pounds heavier, when I really wasn't. That would be totally discouraging for me.

Every ounce lost, motivates me to keep going forward (but I don't freak out if it fluctuates up-which I think is a key factor!)! I got raised eyebrows from my endocrinologist when I mentioned I did this, but she told me that if it's part of my routine, and it works for me, there's really no reason to stop.

If it works for YOU it's FINE! Because you're recording things your way and you know the truth about your effort and what you're putting in your mouth... you're doing this for you after all, not for the congratulatory messages on your feed! (eventhough those are nice too )

It's what I do now. I don't even bother logging the random water weight I'll gain, I know it will come down again eventually.

Sounds like you're like me and everyone else here....

Fun part is I was actually wondering about it myself, because like I hadn't seen my last "new low" that I recorded for a few days and then today I there again and I was like "whew, I didn't make that up" haha.

But as long as you're not having serious gain, I wouldn't worry about it.

I'd been kind of plateauing for a while and I was wondering because I was fluctuating like five pounds up or down for a few weeks without significant change and I was wondering when do I need to record a gain... and then I lost and I think I'm losing again. And it's reassured me that unless it's a significant prolonged gain (really I was just the same weight, with fluctuation) I don't think it needs to be recorded, and I think recording all the "new lows" is the best way to stay motivated since it feels great to see that total lost number rise!

I record my weight once a week (or once every other week sometimes). I record whether it's a gain or loss, but since I only do it once a week, it is almost never a gain over the last entry. It's either the same or lower. I don't record daily weight for the same reason others don't record gains. I don't think you're cheating. At worst, you may be recording a lb of water loss here or there but since you don't record a new weight until you get a "new low" it likely all equals out to show the actual weight loss.