How do you not get upset?
daisyfields79
Posts: 69 Member
When the scale goes up a little when your doing so good and it should be going down? I know water retention and that but I still find it upsetting this morning seeing 1 pound on.
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Use a trend app. Daily fluctuations are part of life and you just have to accept it.12
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Focus on longer trends than every day. I weigh once a week rather than every day since it was driving me a little crazy to see the daily fluctuations. If it helps you to see the overall trend, there are various apps you can use to log your weight that will graph it for you. Don't get discouraged, weight loss is not linear (which can be frustrating).4
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By understanding that fluctuations will happen and looking at the overall trend rather than what the number looks like after one day or one week7
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This is me 3 out of 7 days a week! Just gotta trust the system. As long as your calories in are less than your calories out the weight loss will happen. It may not happen on a daily basis or even a weekly basis in my case but it'll be there. For me Atleast I always look at my start weight and where I am now as a way of reassuring myself that the system works!
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What good does it do to get upset? It is frustrating, but it is what it is and getting upset won't change it.3
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Yeah try not to worry it happens to everyone there are zero people here who have linear weight loss, after a while you just get used to it, it can be hormones, exercise, too much salt, what volumes you've eaten and drank compared to going to the loo, maybe you've had a bigger loss recently than you expected and your weights evening out the next day, sunburn, the list goes on, we're complicated bags of meat with complicated metabolic processes you just have to look at longer trends over weeks otherwise you'll drive yourself nuts. xxx5
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I used to get frustrated....I realized it bothered me so I started weighing less. I also don't weigh during my period, whenever I add in a new exercise or feel bloated. I weigh once every week or two.0
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Don't step on the scale everyday. Try once a week. It's easy to let the scale trick you. But tape don't lie. Try using tape to measure your losses and record those measurements.2
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i curse the scale and call it names, lol. then I move it to different places on my bathroom floor until I get the number I want. No but really you just have to stay the course and know that as others have said use other measures and don't beat yourself up over the daily ups and downs.8
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I felt this way until I started using Libra, it makes you notice the overall trend. Even when I went through a period of 14 days with no loss my overall trend was down, and then a "whoosh" came. I also signed up for a biggest loser competition on MFP, it was fun and it helped me see that I was losing every week when my weigh in day came for this competition2
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Something that has helped me is weight averaging. You weigh each day for seven days, then find the average of those weights and call that your weekly weight. Continue this, getting a weekly average weight each week. It helps me in two ways: (1) I almost always see a loss, even if it is only a half a pound for the week and (2) it reminds me that I'm in this for the long haul. I might not like my weight on certain days, but it motivates me to move a little more or eat a little less to get a great average for the week. There are fluctuations in weight and when you just weigh once a week, you might weigh on an upswing, even though you've been very disciplined! Try it for three weeks and I think it will help you! Good luck!
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I second the vote for Libra or similar trending app, I was struggling like you with any increase on the scale but the trending app really let's you see that the daily number is largely insignificant. We know that weight is going to fluctuate but it can still be difficult to see it, the trending app reminds you that overall you are still losing.2
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I prefer to weigh once a week. I have more frustration seeing daily fluctuations even if I know it is normal.
I tell myself to look at results from a couple of weeks not just one day.0 -
I weigh myself once or twice a week and I only record my losses in a spreadsheet which also calculates my total loss, monthly loss, and the average weekly loss since I began (currently 1.78 lb since Jan 29th).1
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I only get upset if I go 3 WEEKS in a row without losing and I think I am doing everything right. At that point (after I throw my little hissy fit), I reevaluate what I've been logging to see if I'm lying to myself. I also see if my daily calorie goals are still accurate. I also force myself to take a look at how far I've already come and try to focus on the positives.
Don't let short term hiccups derail your overall progress.2 -
Weight naturally fluctuates. Mine fluctuated all through my weight loss. Here's a 3-month trend where I was at or below my calorie goal every day:
I measure my daily success by how well I stick to my plan rather than what the scale says. Concentrate on the process and let the results take care of themselves when they get around to it. It's your trend over time that matters.4 -
I live in the US...sooo many other things for me to get upset about!
But for real, whenever the scale goes up I am confident I didn't eat above my maintenance the day(s) before so I mark it down on my Happy Scale app for iOS and make some coffee.5 -
I understand what it means and go about my business.3
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I'm a daily weigh person too and I wish I didn't step on there because I know it's best to weigh once a week or even once a month. It's hard not to weigh! I suggest measuring your body and keeping track that way.1
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Another vote for a trending app - I weigh every day, and my numbers go up and down from day to day but I don't let it affect me anymore as I can see the general trend going in the right direction. I don't let my weight change how I feel, how I eat or how I exercise.
(today I was up 2kgs but I figured it was because the day before I trained for the first time in 5 days....and about 2 hours after weighing I did a massive poo
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