reporting a gain?

ratsyroo
ratsyroo Posts: 103 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you record when you gain weight--or just wait until you lose back down again to report any loss? I'm up by 2 lbs =( but I'm just kinda waiting it out before recording a new wieght. I understand that often we are up due to fluid retention, etc. (I'm pretty sure mine is an actual fat gain this time though.)
Just curious to see what you guys do...

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  • missjelika
    missjelika Posts: 115 Member
    I wait it out.
    but I keep track of it on my calendar
  • Gee45
    Gee45 Posts: 171
    On another site, I logged my weight about once or twice a month , so sometimes I just waited till the next week to put it in. Here I'm weighing in and logging that once a week. The good thing about logging it all the time, is you get to see the fluctuations, the patterns which can help you feel okay about going up and down some times.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    i've logged a gain before. no shame, your body weight jumps up and down.
  • jenfactor
    jenfactor Posts: 124
    I wait it out unless it lasts longer than like 2-3 days, then I usually record it...
  • kappyd
    kappyd Posts: 199 Member
    I wait it out for a couple of days.
  • court182
    court182 Posts: 307
    I waited for the next week to come.
  • boneyEm
    boneyEm Posts: 34
    weight yourself every month- then ull find a drastic change- and ull drop loads
  • dovesgate
    dovesgate Posts: 894 Member
    I've been keeping track of my monthly gains so I log it. If it is something miniscule, like I know I didn't have enough water the day before and I had something particularily salty, I don't bother logging it because I know its probably just water weight. If its my cycle weight, I log it every couple days to keep track of how much I gain.
  • Jill_newimprovedversion
    Jill_newimprovedversion Posts: 988 Member
    I record it, but THANKFULLY MFP doesn't *loudly* announce it- like the LOSSES!! ( and for that, I am REALLY grateful-haha)

    (it does subtract it from total weight loss badge posted on your profile)

    but mainly I do it- first- to keep me accountable
    also, it helps me better track where I took some wrong turns- or had too much salt/not enough water-
  • madisonsteelex
    madisonsteelex Posts: 295
    If I think it's an actual fat gain, I'll record it to remind myself I need to step it up
    But after last weekend, on monday I weighed in 6 lbs heavier than I did on friday and I was sure it was all water retention so I didn't record it, but if it had stayed that way for a week I was going to record it
    Sure enough this morning I was back down that 6 lbs plus an extra 0.6 lbs :D
  • Dinah22
    Dinah22 Posts: 69 Member
    No I don't log it but keep a note of it on my computer.
  • patiencez2
    patiencez2 Posts: 160 Member
    I don't log it
  • SaddyPants
    SaddyPants Posts: 152 Member
    I log my weight every time I weigh myself, up or down. It helps me to get a better picture of what I should and shouldn't be eating.
  • KayteeBear
    KayteeBear Posts: 1,040 Member
    I had to eventually log a gain. I had gained five pounds and had hoped that it was a fluke so I waited it out and after a couple weeks I just had to admit this wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. :(
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Be sure to weigh yourself at the same time every time.
    Remember that 1-3lbs is a normal fluctuation daily.
    Remember that if you are in the middle of a cycle you will fluctuate even more.
    So...
    Weigh yourself once a month!
  • sunnyzephyr
    sunnyzephyr Posts: 114
    I don't know how often you weigh yourself, but I would suggest only doing it once a month. Your weight can fluctuate so much by just a few pounds, for many reasons. Weighing yourself once a month will give you a truer idea of your actual loss or gain. Plus weighing yourself too often can cause a lot of discouragement. Weight loss doesn't reflect on the scale as quickly as we would like.
  • chatterbox3110
    chatterbox3110 Posts: 630 Member
    I log my scale results every week, whether its a gain a loss or a maintain. That way I can see if there's any pattern emerging, and I can also look back over my food intake to see if theres any food item thats cropping up regularly that may be the cause. I sometimes suffer with swollen ankles, so this is helpful when checking to see if my weight gain is due to fluid retention.

    I don't weigh daily - I managed to wean myself off that one, but I can't wait a month, so weekly suits me.
  • rosieratbag
    rosieratbag Posts: 33 Member
    I weigh daily, sometimes more than once ;-), but I know it goes up and down. What matters to me is that when I check the graph, the trend is downwards!! I could never wait a whole month!!
  • Johnny_Castle
    Johnny_Castle Posts: 159
    I do record the gains. I like to see the graph go up and down...I want to see the fluctuations and it also helps as a reminder that you don't get to success in a straight line, one of the most powerful things I have ever learned.
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