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Artificially high/low weights- do you record?

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  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    sgthaggard wrote: »
    I weigh daily and my weight is automatically entered.

    I'm wondering what an artificially low reading is.

    I've had those. My house is very dry, I wake up very dehydrated and up to 3lbs lighter than what I went to bed with. I tend to drink a few glasses, use the tearoom then weigh. Much more even that way!
  • sunandstars2
    sunandstars2 Posts: 56 Member
    i do log "false highs" when they're for reasons like you mentioned -- exceptionally large dinner the night before a scheduled weigh-in day. i do it because when i'm reviewing progress reports over a period of weeks, when i see an increase i can refer to my meal log and see the correlation between the large meal and the increase in weight. but when it goes back down, i remove the loss post from my newsfeed so i'm not announcing Hey i lost that same pound again. LOL .. i just track it all, up or down, for the sake of having an accurate history of everything, good or bad.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited March 2015
    I record every day to track the trends (but only on MFP once a week). And that's a good thing, as I've gained over the past 2.5 weeks, so I need to crack down on what I have or haven't been doing.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    If it is my normal weigh in time I log it. No matter what.
  • caaber01
    caaber01 Posts: 28 Member
    Smallc10 wrote: »
    This is why I weigh in Friday morning - it's my most consistent weight because I'm usually good all week and have the most likelihood for a sodium filled night Friday and Saturday. If it is going to be artificially high or low I'll log it in my phone tracker but I won't update it on mfp until the next day. I like to see the highs and lows but I don't need that on mfp

    That's a great idea - I think I'll start that because I was weighing in on Sundays.
  • Cking1162
    Cking1162 Posts: 65 Member
    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.

    ^This! I only record the loss. I don't lose often so it is a happy happy day when I get to record something. However, I have lost a lot of inches!
  • sunandstars2
    sunandstars2 Posts: 56 Member
    caaber01 wrote: »
    Smallc10 wrote: »
    This is why I weigh in Friday morning - it's my most consistent weight because I'm usually good all week and have the most likelihood for a sodium filled night Friday and Saturday. If it is going to be artificially high or low I'll log it in my phone tracker but I won't update it on mfp until the next day. I like to see the highs and lows but I don't need that on mfp

    That's a great idea - I think I'll start that because I was weighing in on Sundays.

    i also LOVE this idea. seems like the best scenario for me as i tend to have my "cheat meal" on friday or saturday night, making sunday's weigh-in a bummer. LOL thanks for the idea!
  • mpeters1965
    mpeters1965 Posts: 370 Member
    I weigh every day but on Friday I log whatever my lowest weight is on Thursday or Friday of each week. I know it's kind of weird but I feel that that gives me a flexibility based on water retention, etc. My weight fluctuates wildly from day to day so I have learned not to freak out about it. I do still record one of those days even it if it went up from the previous week.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I weigh on Friday morning and record what ever it is. A loss of .3 or 2 kg.

    I might reconsider this if I gained weight.

    Your weight is what it is. If there is a bump in your graph what's the big deal? Next week your weight should drop by a lot more than normal. Got to look at the trend longer term not day to day week to week.
  • NikonPal
    NikonPal Posts: 1,346 Member
    I weigh daily for tracking and “record” the same day/time/clothing on Mondays. Whatever it is…it is…and I record it.

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  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    I gave up weighing months ago

  • mburgess458
    mburgess458 Posts: 480 Member
    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
    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
    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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