Should I weigh myself or not?

Lori0534
Lori0534 Posts: 208 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So, I normally weigh myself daily to track trends. Well, I am very pre menstrual and I had a ton of sodium yesterday....ie pickle juice!!! So, I opted out of weighing myself today because I was pretty sure they scale would go up because of the sodium! Would you weigh or not?? Or should I just forget it for today?

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  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    I do. But I don't fret over the details. Just an FYI it can take several days for effects to show and/or wear off. Water weight is not fat. Keep moving forward.
  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
    I'd forget about it. I weighed myself this month during my TOM of it drove me mad. I kept gaining and I hated seeing the gains even though I knew they weren't real! I think I'll skip weighing next week.
  • verhunzt
    verhunzt Posts: 154 Member
    You can weigh yourself. I mean you KNOW that what your scale tells you might be a little off so if it's not the number you want it to be, just don't worry about it. :)
  • vorgas
    vorgas Posts: 741 Member
    For a time I weighed myself daily, but used a 10 day moving average as my main interest point. If you're a knowledge junkie it might be handy to weigh yourself each month when this comes around to determine an average spike. Then you know what to expect later.

    But yeah, moving average for sure if weighing daily.
  • Jen61885
    Jen61885 Posts: 4 Member
    I never weigh myself during the time of month. It drives me bonkers. I'd wait until afterward. We don't need anything else making us crazy during that time. :wink:
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I don't bother when I know I'll be over, lol.
  • janine2355
    janine2355 Posts: 628 Member
    Dont do it. Why put yourself through that torture. You already know it's water weight/PMS, so just wait a week or two before you weigh in
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    So, I normally weigh myself daily to track trends. Well, I am very pre menstrual and I had a ton of sodium yesterday....ie pickle juice!!! So, I opted out of weighing myself today because I was pretty sure they scale would go up because of the sodium! Would you weigh or not?? Or should I just forget it for today?

    Well if you're weighing to track trends then wouldn't you weigh to track that at this time of month you always weigh higher (if that is the case)? That's possibly a big part of the trend isn't it?

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