Afraid to record weight loss

caminoslo
caminoslo Posts: 239 Member
in Motivation and Support
I am paranoid about this weight loss thing right now. I think I have lost about 2 pounds but I am afraid to declare it. I think I should just wait it out long right?

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  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    What?
  • lindsaylove07
    lindsaylove07 Posts: 444 Member
    Log it!
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    So been there. If you write it down and then next week you gain it back then you failed. However, if you just keep it to yourself and next week you gain it back, then "meh, the scale must have been wrong last week".
  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
    just log it. i was down to 216. that was 10 days ago. i logged it. i havent seen it again since. mostly 218. but i know one of these days ill jump on the scale and see 215. so i say if its a new low. LOG it.
  • flumi_f
    flumi_f Posts: 1,888 Member
    I weigh and record daily. I've learned alot about my bodies fluctuation, the reasons for them.

    If you don't want to do that, that's fine. How about picking one weigh day a week for example and recording that weight. With a weekly recording, your trend should normally be downwards, even of you had some fluctuations during the week.
  • somefitsomefat
    somefitsomefat Posts: 445 Member
    This is a good arguement for a wifi scale. They're pricey but there's no internal debating. You step on it and your weight updates on MFP automatically.
  • j_bark
    j_bark Posts: 1,274 Member
    Log it! And then only weigh in once a week or every two weeks. I am sadistic and like stats so I weigh everyday, so I see up and down . But there is the reports tool on MFP which shows a the visual representation. And a downward line overtime is all I need to see.
  • jmp463
    jmp463 Posts: 266 Member
    If the scale is correct when you are up weight how can it be wrong when you are down???

    Unless you have been ill the last few days and lost weight that way - I would log it - you earned it!!!
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    What?

    +1
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Be afraid, be very afraid...























    Of monsters. Log it.
  • ball_FXDWG
    ball_FXDWG Posts: 44 Member
    I limit losses and gains. I know I haven't lost 2 pounds in 24 hours the same as I haven't gained three pounds. I usually log in small increments of .3 pounds either way after a scale reading of over a pound in either direction, and every time the next day the scale is closer to where I was before the big jump. I weigh daily though so a weekly scale check might not work as well doing it like that.
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    I weigh and record daily. I've learned alot about my bodies fluctuation, the reasons for them.

    If you don't want to do that, that's fine. How about picking one weigh day a week for example and recording that weight. With a weekly recording, your trend should normally be downwards, even of you had some fluctuations during the week.

    Good advice. OP, you can't trick weight loss. Log it, stay accountable, and accept that you'll have ups and downs along the way. Don't let fluctuations discourage you.

    Or, if you'd rather, don't log your weight and base your progress on the way you look, feel, or fit into your clothing. It's not for everyone, but it works for some.
  • katznkt
    katznkt Posts: 320 Member
    I record each new low. Unless I have done something so crazy high in calories that I anticipate a gain, I know that any slight fluctuation is water weight, so I ignore it and just wait for my new low.

    You work hard for that loss. Too hard to ignore it.
  • rondaj05
    rondaj05 Posts: 497 Member
    Log it! And then only weigh in once a week or every two weeks. I am sadistic and like stats so I weigh everyday, so I see up and down . But there is the reports tool on MFP which shows a the visual representation. And a downward line overtime is all I need to see.

    I don't weigh every day but I do weigh a couple times a week. But ... I've picked one "official" weigh date that I record and that's Friday.

    Of course my weight fluctuates but it's usually sodium related and I know it without weighing... I see and feel it in my fingers before I even get on the scale.
  • THECaptainObvious
    THECaptainObvious Posts: 399 Member
    Log it.. It's alot more satisfying than lying to yourself in the end.
  • Sunitagt
    Sunitagt Posts: 486 Member
    I log ups and downs every day. I like the data.

    Always log it.
  • BrettWithPKU
    BrettWithPKU Posts: 575 Member
    I, like a couple others, log new lows.
    Just last week I was 272, ate 2 bad meals and somehow added water weight up to 276 literally overnight.
    It took 3 days to fight back to 272, but I did it--in fact, it was easy--because I WANTED 271.

    Every pound in the downward direction was once unattainable; every pound is a victory.

    "You did it, you made the number go down. Now make it go down again!"
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    For the love of all the wonderous things in this world - why?!

    There are multiple reasons why you might see a false increase (food/waste in belly, water weight, etc) but there's no such thing as a false loss.

    LOG IT!!!!
  • Madmarsha
    Madmarsha Posts: 34
    I see it, I log it. But I'm not afraid if I don't see it again for a couple days or whatever. I know I'll see it again because I'm not eating what I'm not supposed to.
  • kellylee6887
    kellylee6887 Posts: 17 Member
    Log it. It will help you figure out the best plan for you and will allow you to make eating and exercising adjustments.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Be afraid, be very afraid...























    Of monsters. Log it.

    Monsters are srs bznss.

    Log it.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    For the love of all the wonderous things in this world - why?!

    There are multiple reasons why you might see a false increase (food/waste in belly, water weight, etc) but there's no such thing as a false loss.

    LOG IT!!!!

    Dehydration could be classed as a false loss.
  • vienna_h
    vienna_h Posts: 428 Member
    I know what you mean!

    I finally bought my own scale a couple weeks ago, and I weigh myself every few hours lol, it's incredible how much I fluctuate from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed, before after eating or going to the bathroom.... I was fluctuating by like 4 pounds the first couple of days.

    But I've decided to only record once a week, early in the morning when I first wake up because thats the most 'stable' time of the day.

    And so what if you lose a pound/gain a pound, it happens. What matters is on the long term!
  • Briargrey
    Briargrey Posts: 498 Member
    I weigh daily just to see my fluctuations and remind myself not to get discouraged when some number doesn't change in the manner in which I want it to. But I go into that knowing that a slight uptick will NOT derail me. Others know it would derail them, so they go with once a week or once a month. I 'record' it on MFP typically once a week or if I'd been holding steady for a bit and drop midweek, I may record my 'new low' at that point. That's what I did today. It made me feel better to log my loss now instead of waiting for Sunday. :)

    My new low point won't get changed up if tomorrow I weigh a pound more. I don't change it up for things like that. My thought is I won't consider it a real gain unless it's consistently at that higher weight for more than 4 weeks. At which point, I feel I can safely declare I gained a pound back and then look at, and address, why that my have happened. Otherwise, it's just normal fluctuations. If I know I'm eating right, logging right, and tracking exercise right, then I know it's just a water weight/retention fluctuation thing. And I ignore it and keep reminding myself I'm doing all the right things, the underlying fat loss will outweigh the water retention in a week or two and I'll see another drop.

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