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Interesting. Do you mean if you have a slip/ a cheat day or meal?

I am biased maybe, but I love Polar. I am on my second one right now (upgraded to the m400, it has GPS!). I didn't like the fitbit because I didn't feel it was as accurate. The Polar has a chest strap which is more accurate than the fitbit which monitors your pulse on your wrist.

What is the benefit of weighing yourself everyday? I feel like I would be discouraged not seeing the weight loss. :neutral:

Good to know! In terms of cardio, is the Polar more accurate then? Can I track those calories burned from cardio and log them into MFP and it be true to what was burned?

Even for a Polar watch? I heard those are the most accurate and why I stuck with that instead of keeping the fitbit I returned. Good to know. Do you log your weight training. I just do simple strength training with my own body weight and dumbbells.

I opened my diary. The first 2 weeks of March do not have anything b/c that's when I was ill and not working out and hardly eating. This past weekend was my bad cheat weekend, so I didn't log that b/c it was bad. But that's been the only "bad" weekend since I started in January. Thanks all. Just trying to figure out what I…

I thought the same thing in terms of retaining water. That's why I am trying to stick this out for another 2 weeks and jump back on the scale. I have a Polar M400 which I know cant be 100? accurate, but with the cheststrap and comparing it to the fitbit, the Polar IMO is probably at least 90% accurate. :neutral:

I try to do my official weigh in every 4 weeks, but I do sneak on the scale between those 4 week. I know I shouldn't and I probably will ditch doing that b/c it can be discouraging even though it's not always about the number. But for me it kind of is right now since I have gained weight the past 2 years. What would you…

Yes, I can definitely ditch the cheat day/alochol. I did that the first 2 months of this year and saw nice results in terms of weight coming off. But I am not sure the closer I get to being in my BMI range for my height, the harder it will be.

**I do not think they are large enough to be putting a dent (well I hope not). Like I said, the biggest thing I am doing is having a few drinks (maybe 5) with friends 1 night a week, NOT EVERY WEEK. I do not hog out on junk food before hand. I usually will go and grab a hamburger when we are headed home at 12am-1am. I…

Yes, I am logging my cheat meals 99% of the time. Even logging my alcohol intake. Not sure with my size (5'3) if that means a slower weight loss since I am doing weight training combined with cardio.

Yes, if I am not lazy, the majority of the time I am logging my alcohol and/or sushi/cheat meals. I try to be as accountable as possible!

Yes I do weigh my food. When I work out, I burn between 500-600 calories and that is with eating 1200 cals, so I am in a huge deficit those 5 sometimes 6 days. I would think one cheat meal wouldn't ruin 5 days of working out and clean eating. I have done it in the past and have it not make me gain. I am not big into junk…