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TonyaVanan1976
TonyaVanan1976 Posts: 38 Member
edited November 16 in Food and Nutrition
Do you take pounds off what the scale says if you know you went over on your sodium the prior day?

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  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    no
  • LFFTommyboy2
    LFFTommyboy2 Posts: 4 Member
    No
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Not entirely sure what you mean here. If you mean actually subtract x lbs in order to record a weight, then no, because how do you know how much of it is potentially from fluid retention? If you mean when you hop on the scales, see a bit of a gain but know you had extra sodium the day before and go 'well that's just fluid', then yes sort of, though I still don't try to guess at what my weight would have been without the extra sodium.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    No, why would you do that?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    wat? no
  • TonyaVanan1976
    TonyaVanan1976 Posts: 38 Member
    Thanks for the input guys . Just wanted to see what everybodies opinions was because I can always tell when I'm up cause my sodium was over day prior and it's really frustrating cause I know I'm busting my butt to lose but then the scale goes up a few from day prior. Makes sense though not to do it since you don't know how much really is fluid retention. Thanks again for the input.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Nope. But I note it. I look for fluctuations. I weigh IN once a week, whether I weigh daily or not. If weigh IN is after sushi, then the weigh in number will be higher. Regardless of what I ate.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Weigh once a week, record it, and wait to weigh again next week. Fluctuations based on salt will not matter after one month of weight-ins.
  • TonyaVanan1976
    TonyaVanan1976 Posts: 38 Member
    I think i will start weighing once a week. I'm addicted to weighing daily but the fluctuations are just soo stressful. I'm also trying really hard to watch my sodium but it's hard cause its in everything.
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