How much do you actually weigh?
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amsuraj
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So, do you login actually weight on MFP or do you enter something different? I have been logging slightly higher than what I see on the scale, because I don’t want that bump up on my weight loss graph. Just curious.
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errm....well the calculatioons for everything is based on what you weigh so you only hurt yourself lieing. If your asking what i think you intended to mean, I wouldnt change my weight down until i hit the next 5 pounds down for a few days in a row. Putting my weight as higher would give me more calories and slow my losses /possibly make me gain more thn i want.9
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Why would I lie to myself to make a prettier graph? :huh:15
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I don't see much sense in using a scale for weight logging if you're not going to record it accurately. Skip the scale and just write in whatever number makes you feel good and gives you a pretty graph.
The rule of data is GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out.13 -
What? :huh:
Do what you want, I just write down what the scales say. Life's already complicated enough without playing mind-games on myself.8 -
I don't weigh myself anymore, I am trusting the process, counting my calories and avoiding the scale. That number doesn't define me!4
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So, do you login actually weight on MFP or do you enter something different? I have been logging slightly higher than what I see on the scale, because I don’t want that bump up on my weight loss graph. Just curious.
While losing, I logged any new low weight on MFP, and my daily AM body scale weight (up, down or level) in a weight trending app (Libra for Android, in my case; but Happy Scale for iOS and Trendweight are other options).
I thought of weight loss as just a fun science fair project for grown-ups. Why would I want to fudge the data?!?
For no good reason, here's my theory: We don't have an "actual weight". We have a current weight range, and a long-term weight trend.
In the short term (hours to days), our weight bounces up and down, not just because of fat gain/loss (the part we really care about) but because of irrelevant changes in water weight (due to healing, heat, salt, hormones, more) and irrelevant change in digestive system and bladder contents. So, in the short run, we have a weight range of a few pounds up and down.
In the longer term (weeks to months), we have a weight trend, entirely dependent on the relationship between our calorie intake and our calorie expenditure. Over time, if we eat fewer calories than we burn, the current weight range gradually moves downward (on a graph, you'd see a bumpy, jumpy line with a downhill slope). If we eat more calories than we burn, the bumpy line heads uphill. If we eat the same number of calories that we burn, the line is bumpy but overall looks pretty horizontal.
So: You don't have an actual weight; no need to worry about it. Just record what you see on the scale. It's easy, and it's close enough.
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I log my weight, whatever it is, because I DO want that bump on the graph. Without it, my lowest lows would push my average lower than it should be and that would hurt my calorie comparison. Besides, I like keeping track of my weight range. If my highest high is lower than my highest high last month I know something is happening. If I'm not quite within my expected weight range it alerts me that some carelessness is starting to sneak into my routine.3
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I use my trend weight.0
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Huh0
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I only log losses on MFP but put my daily weight on a trend app. My reason for doing so is because MFP only announces losses and as I never weigh the same 2 days in a row, and friends like to congratulate losses, it doesn't seem right that I get praised about the same pound that occasionally keeps going on and off.
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Is this a trick question? I’m going to go with actual weight.3
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I haved weighed myself each morning (naked after BM) for the past 28 months and logged the actual measurement into MFP, Libra and Excel, which I use to monitor my progress.1
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When I was losing and absolutely sure I was in a deficit, I only recorded new lowest weights and ignored bounces. Since I have been in maintenance, I record the weight I have been seeing frequently with maybe a little "chatter" up and down which I don't bother recording. I didn't need a trending app to tell me I was losing at about the rate I wanted and I don't need one to tell me it is pretty stable in the range I want to be in.4
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When I was losing, I did what @CarvedTones did and only updated my weight when I hit a new low. In maintenance I do not update my weight in MFP; I use Happy Scale to make sure my average weight is within my maintenance range.
I don't see why you would intentionally log incorrect data.
You need to be okay with normal weight fluctuations. Everyone's weight goes up and down by a couple of pounds on a daily basis. You are going to have a very bad time if a little upward movement on one day and a little downward movement on the next causes you to stress out. Weight loss is about your weight trending downward, rather than seeing a steady decline.
If you don't like seeing the graph go up and down, then I would recommend using an app like Libra or Happy Scale that gives you a smooth trend line.4 -
I weigh myself once a week and log whatever the scale says.1
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I weighed myself around 0100 before my*weigh in day tomorrow and it said I was at 291, each time I checked. Used the pallet scale at work today and it said I was 296. Which I highly doubt becauze that scale was off the other day as well.1
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Indeed actual weight depends on altitude.
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I weigh every morning and update MyFitnessPal with any new lows.0
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