might be silly but........
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xTenaciousJx
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do you all still exercise the day before your weigh in? is it "cheating" if take that day off as one of your days? i read before that some ppl eat less that day as well (which I think is silly)....
so what do you do the day/ night before your weigh ins??
so what do you do the day/ night before your weigh ins??
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Personally, I try harder than usual to keep my sodium levels low, seeing as salt supposedly causes you to retain water and... well you get the rest. Also, I may put in a liiiittle more exercise..but nothing so great that I need to actually log it.0
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I don't have specific weigh in days anymore but when I was doing Weight Watchers, I would take my rest day the day before weigh-in (exertion can cause water weight). Would make sure my sodium intake the day before was pretty low so I wouldn't risk water weight, would try to eat breakfast early on weigh-in day so it was out of my system before our noon-time meeting and would stop drinking water a couple hours before. And of course I'd wear my lightest clothes and take off all my jewelry and empty my pockets.
Who knows if any of this actually worked...0 -
The night before I weighed in? Prayed! :happy:0
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I don't do anything different. I want a true reading on the scale so I don't see the point of doing something different that might affect the number temporarily.0
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yeah keep sodium low and drink more water i'm sure helps! but with working out....i thought your muscles retain more water cause of them working so hard....Personally, I try harder than usual to keep my sodium levels low, seeing as salt supposedly causes you to retain water and... well you get the rest. Also, I may put in a liiiittle more exercise..but nothing so great that I need to actually log it.0
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Do what you always do. You won't be fooling anything.0
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makes senseI don't do anything different. I want a true reading on the scale so I don't see the point of doing something different that might affect the number temporarily.0
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My weigh in is after my tae bo class as the instructor weighs us. I do cheat that day because i am active. I cheat with one meal only0
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No nothing different the night before. But I always way before a workout, not after.0
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I do whatever I normally would. What will be will be0
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I don't do anything different. I want a true reading on the scale so I don't see the point of doing something different that might affect the number temporarily.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE, why would you fiddle any other test, it is about a true reading not a manufactured "happiness" so you can have that peice of cake, etc0 -
i weigh myself before breakfast every friday am naked before my shower.....so the day before (night) sounds like i should just be normal.....haha
like pp said i wouldn't be fooling anyone which is so true... just wanted to see what everyone else does0 -
I personally, don't do anything special. I don't see there being any point to starving yourself the night before or watching sodium or anything that you would not do every other day. If you're doing that you might lose an extra pound for that weigh in but the next day that pound comes back. I say, before you weigh in, cross your fingers and be happy with the numbers!0
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I log my weight the same time each week, on Mondays in hope that will help me make it through the weekend with out going over.0
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Yes, because I weigh daily, and just track it.
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I dont work out the night before a weigh in. I drink water and watch my intake, but no gym. I tend to weigh less after a rest day than a workout day.0
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I don't do anything different. I want a true reading on the scale so I don't see the point of doing something different that might affect the number temporarily.
This, not the end of the world, just a number that is going to go down eventually with hard work and eating my intake calories.0 -
the only thing i really do differently is worry that i did enough to see a good loss lol
my weigh in day just happens to be the day after a rest day, so thats not really an issue. i always watch my sodium and water intake too0 -
i agree i watch it anyways (sodium/water)the only thing i really do differently is worry that i did enough to see a good loss lol
my weigh in day just happens to be the day after a rest day, so thats not really an issue. i always watch my sodium and water intake too0 -
I always weigh in "for the record" on the morning of the day after my rest day, which is neither cheating nor silly. It doesn't change the slope of your weight loss curve at all, it just smooths it out a bit by putting a damper on the noise caused by exercise related water retention. I also weigh in bright and early on Monday morning, which isn't cheating either. Knowing that I won't have all week to work off excess calories and/or sodium helps me to find the strength to NOT cheat over the weekend.0
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