Is weight just a number?

weight is such a number.
if i have had a bad day i don;t weigh myself the next day to save getting annoyed at the scales. if i have a good day i get on and off them all day till i dissapear its like countdown.
when i drink (booze), the next day i am instantly pounds lighter thanks to good old dehydration.
but you can drink and drink and drink (water) and put on weight even though it is all water.

i weight myself now everyday
then i wrote my self a little program that i use to monitor weight on the pc that automatically adds up each weight from the day and divides it by 7 for my weekly aerage that way i know if its beer or if its food or whatever it is i know if i have had a good week or bad.

my weight can fluctuate 2 -3 pounds a day and even more if alcohol is involved. i aim for when i wak but working shifts it hard. especially when your goals are in sight this really thrws it around.

my best and i think honest figures come when i haven;t had a sinlgle alcoholic drink and i have followed the diet strictly for two days and my last meal was finished at 6pm the night before i weight in. no doubt then i will see good results its just hard to put it all in to practise all the time.
Ben
man what a load of rambling lol

Daily can be rewarding and sad. A girlfriend of mine got very frustrated doing the daily weigh in thing. I asked what her goal was - lose 2lbs a week. SO I told her to weigh her self friday am - before any weekend damage could be done. It worked for her.

I also agree with Benjamumover. Until you rehyrate you will feel lighter. :drinker: If you know you were bad, then expect alot more weight. Say 10lbs. Then you won't feel so bad when you see the damage.

Also, I weigh myself at the gym - shoes and all. THis way I know I am actually lighter naked - and that makes me feel even better. Its all mental. Just know you WILL MAKE IT!:happy:

Thanks Ben!

I totally hear what ur saying!

I guess its just disappointing to watch my ticker go back to 0 lbs lost!:ohwell:

tell me about it i keep wanting to post on here that im down to my last ten pounds then i go out for the night and it all seems a week away again. it ahs put me off booze this website. i stop having one or two during the week now. and weekedns have been all about the kareoke instead of all about the porcelain. i drink subrounds of coke and water now but i still feel the enjoyment. you can;t quit everything that would be well miserable innit!

When I weigh myself everyday it helps me get the average. I can change up to 4 lbs in a week! So for the people who only weigh once a week, make sure it is on a light day, lol. For me the light day is Thursday. I workout all week and eat right, but Monday OMG I want to throw the scale out the window! The weekend is a hole of fun but bad food choices for me. Vaca next week-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH that is like ten days of weekend! I will be bringing my DVD's and walking everyday (I hope :embarassed:)

I have had this same question. I have been eating clean and working out HARD for 3 weeks now. The scale had shown no changes, and I was so frustrated. I felt smaller. I felt more toned. My pants were getting baggy. Even the measurements I took were showing some small losses (but small!) But I just knew the composition of my body was changing. Instead of feeling flab under my skin, I was feeling nice hard muscles.

This week I found my answer. I went to a gathering where I saw all of my coworkers after being on Summer Vacation for a month and MANY approached me and wanted to know what I had been doing because I looked so great. They really noticed my shrinking and toned body and one even said that I was her inspiratoin !:happy: Then today I weighed in and I am down 3 pounds from last week, and my measurements really shrunk!

My advice for you is to just be patient! Keep doing what you are doing. It is working! It took me 4 weeks before I saw numeric results. But all this time, my body has been changing dramatically, and I am feeling healthier and stronger than ever. Just give it time!

I like to weigh in everyday also. That way, if I gain, I know not to do what I did the day before. Does that make sense?