Artificially high/low weights- do you record?

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  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
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    DianaLovesCoffee wrote: »
    Is it sad that I only log if its a loss from a previous low? If it goes up I don't log anything until I have a loss from the previous low. I weigh every day.

    I do the same. I also weigh every day but only record new lows.

  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
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    I only record gains that stay around over a week or so. I log all losses on here as they happen. I do, however, only track on a monthly basis and the 23rd of the month, good or bad, is my "official" weight. That's the only weight I really pay attention to.
  • Zedeff
    Zedeff Posts: 651 Member
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    DianaLovesCoffee wrote: »
    Is it sad that I only log if its a loss from a previous low? If it goes up I don't log anything until I have a loss from the previous low. I weigh every day.

    Ditto. I like that my 180 day trend is consistently down, and there is zero doubt if my progress is "real" or not.
  • chouflour
    chouflour Posts: 193 Member
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    sgthaggard wrote: »
    I weigh daily and my weight is automatically entered.

    I'm wondering what an artificially low reading is.

    The day after a long/fast bike ride, I'm usually ~ 2lb lower than I would otherwise be. It's glycogen depletion, so as artificially low as a high sodium meal might might be called artificially high.

    I only record my trend weight in MFP, but track daily weights. Even when it's "air travel makes me gain 5lb", I record my morning weight. Otherwise it's too easy for things to get away from me. "Oh, that's not real. Neither is that one. I don't believe that weight..."
  • hsmith0930
    hsmith0930 Posts: 160 Member
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    I weigh and add daily. I hate not knowing. If my weight is up, it is usually a sign for me to drink more water. Drink more that day and see either a loss or no gain the next morning.
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
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    I record my weight each Thursday morning regardless of water fluctuations or other factors. What I'm looking for is a general downward trend over time.
  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
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    I only record losses. In my case, I know my gains are "artificial" because it's all fluid retention due to a medical condition. If I recorded the swings, I'd be up or down by as much as 8lbs a day. Since it doesn't serve any real purpose in tracking how bad the fluid is (I use measurements for that), I don't see a point in making my report look like an EKG.
  • SuperC_sa
    SuperC_sa Posts: 48 Member
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    I gave up weighing months ago

  • mburgess458
    mburgess458 Posts: 480 Member
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    I weigh daily and enter it in a spreadsheet. I only put it into MFP if it's a new low (so it might lower my TDEE calc).
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
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    I've never recorded a "gain." But, if it shows a loss… I record it. Even if it's really drastic one that doesn't match with my calorie deficit.
    None of my "gains" have been permanent.
    But every loss has been. I have occasionally seen a loss one week to see a gain the next, but I've always gotten back to the lower weight and then lost more. I've never kept gaining. Well, at least not since I started MFP.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
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    Failing to log an increase does not mean it did not happen. It never ceases to amaze me how a water weight gain is so rapidly dismissed ... but a water weight loss gets input as fast as one can type.

    Either you track honestly and completely, or you don't.

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