Weigh Yourself Everyday (or frequently) Club

Back up into the 160s this morning, I suspect it is because of the big squash meals I ate yesterday. The squash is still inside me... I may have to either accept that my weight range includes the lower 160s, or try to actively lose a bit more weight. For now I will just stay the course, and only try to lose weight if I go up higher.

August began 161, ended 159, ranged 163 to 159.
September began 160, ended 158, ranged 160 to 154.
October began 159, ended 158, ranged from 155 to 162.

November
1 - 160 lbs
2 - 161 lbs
 
October began 284.2 lbs @ 39.0% BF and ended 273.4 lbs @ 37.5% BF with record lows of 271.2 lbs and 36.9% BF

Date..........Weight.....BF%....Lean....Fat.....Calories
Nov 01........271.8.......37.5......170.....102.....1673
Nov 02........274.2.......36.9......173.....101.....TBD
 
Ok, i have to ask...how do you guys weigh everyday and not get discouraged? Ive only been weighing daily since sunday and i dont know if i can keep this up.
 
Hey Steph, good to see you here. I find weighing every day helpful, it has taught me things about my body and what effects my weight short term. When I have a bounce up I admit it doesn't make me happy, but I have learned that it is usually just that, a bounce. One thing I have learned is the importance of weighing at the same time and in the same state of dress every day. I weigh first thing in the morning in my sleeping clothes. I know fully clothed after dinner I can easily weigh 5 lbs more.

I have long been weighing daily, but for a long time I just took my Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday averages and posted a weekly "official" weight, that took some of the ups and downs out of it. Now I am in maintenance and just post it daily, and I like that better at this point anyway.

You need to figure out what works best for you, daily weighing works for some of us but not others. You would be welcome to try joining us for a while to see how it feels.

August began 161, ended 159, ranged 163 to 159.
September began 160, ended 158, ranged 160 to 154.
October began 159, ended 158, ranged from 155 to 162.

November
1 - 160 lbs
2 - 161 lbs
3 - 160 lbs
 
alligatorob said:
Hey Steph, good to see you here. I find weighing every day helpful, it has taught me things about my body and what effects my weight short term. When I have a bounce up I admit it doesn't make me happy, but I have learned that it is usually just that, a bounce. One thing I have learned is the importance of weighing at the same time and in the same state of dress every day. I weigh first thing in the morning in my sleeping clothes. I know fully clothed after dinner I can easily weigh 5 lbs more.

I have long been weighing daily, but for a long time I just took my Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday averages and posted a weekly "official" weight, that took some of the ups and downs out of it. Now I am in maintenance and just post it daily, and I like that better at this point anyway.

You need to figure out what works best for you, daily weighing works for some of us but not others. You would be welcome to try joining us for a while to see how it feels.

August began 161, ended 159, ranged 163 to 159.
September began 160, ended 158, ranged 160 to 154.
October began 159, ended 158, ranged from 155 to 162.

November
1 - 160 lbs
2 - 161 lbs
3 - 160 lbs
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I think ive been getting frustrated because ive been holding the same weight since sunday. Maybe this week wasnt the best week to start this. I have a lot going on and its stressing me out.
 
Steph2825: I find it more useful, informative and actually less discouraging than weighing only once a week, because I look at the numbers over the long term and if I'm doing well on the other stuff, it goes down slowly but surely over time. This way I don't freak out about an overnight 3 lb weight gain...it all smooths out of the course of a week or month. Since I'm a visual person, I even plotted the points on a graph once :).

Nov. 3 - 73.5kg
 
October began 284.2 lbs @ 39.0% BF and ended 273.4 lbs @ 37.5% BF with record lows of 271.2 lbs and 36.9% BF

Date..........Weight.....BF%....Lean....Fat.....Calories
Nov 01........271.8.......37.5......170.....102.....1673
Nov 02........274.2.......36.9......173.....101.....1468
Nov 03........270.8.......37.5......169.....102.....TBD


Steph2825 said:
Ok, i have to ask...how do you guys weigh everyday and not get discouraged? Ive only been weighing daily since sunday and i dont know if i can keep this up.
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Sometimes I do get discouraged, as happened 2 months and 10 pages ago when I had a nearly 2 week long plateau despite being at a >1000 calorie/day deficit: https://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/weigh-yourself-everyday-club.7618/page-362

I just try to stick to the plan because I know in the long run it'll work itself out. And when I'm looking to make adjustment to my calorie intake, I now look at the average of the last week compared to the averages of the weeks preceding to try and smooth out some of the variance, e.g.:

Week ______Avg Weight _ BF ___ Calories
Sep 27-Oct 03: _ 284.7 _ 40.0% __ 1439
October 04-10: _ 279.2 _ 39.3% __ 1483
October 11-17: _ 277.6 _ 38.7% __ 1472
October 18-24: _ 274.2 _ 38.0% __ 1506
October 25-31: _ 272.5 _ 37.5% __ 1599



I also try to focus more on the victories and not dwell on the setbacks (easier said than done). Increasingly that means looking to non scale victories like blood pressure & pulse, lap times, # of reps of an exercise, etc.
 
Im going to try and stick it out this week, but if i am going to get all neurotic about it then ill have to quit daily weighs for my own sanity. Haha
 
August began 161, ended 159, ranged 163 to 159.
September began 160, ended 158, ranged 160 to 154.
October began 159, ended 158, ranged from 155 to 162.

November
1 - 160 lbs
2 - 161 lbs
3 - 162 lbs, I want a recount!
 
October began 284.2 lbs @ 39.0% BF and ended 273.4 lbs @ 37.5% BF with record lows of 271.2 lbs and 36.9% BF

Date..........Weight.....BF%....Lean....Fat.....Calories
Nov 01........271.8.......37.5......170.....102.....1673
Nov 02........274.2.......36.9......173.....101.....1468
Nov 03........270.8.......37.5......169.....102.....1705 (over ate)
Nov 04........269.8.......37.5......169.....101.....TBD

alligatorob said:
3 - 162 lbs, I want a recount!
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Those are just the early results ;)
 
Scale is going a little crazy right now. My losses over the past couple of weeks were lower than expected, but if I could hold at around 196.4lbs for the rest of this week I'll be happy.

Nov 1 - 201.0 lbs
Nov 2 - 198.8 lbs
Nov 3 - 197.4 lbs
Nov 4 - 196.4 lbs
 
Nov 1 -330.6
Nov 2 -330.6
Nov 3 -330.6
Nov 4 -whoops, skipped
Nov 5 -328.8

Finally saw some movement today. I was really getting worried for a minute there.
 
Hey Err, Lingwo, and Steph, congratulations on the new lows!! And its good to see you here MsBubbles, I know you will be seeing new lows soon.

I am not happy this morning, I weighed in at 164 lbs, that's 10 pounds up from my lowest. I have to recognize that I am gaining weight, I am past being able to blame it all on water.... And I asked my doc about it yesterday and he said that it has nothing to do with surgery at this point. I can think of a few possible reasons:

  • Little or no exercise since surgery, however I did lower my calories by about 100 to compensate.
  • Poor calorie estimation, always possible.
  • Diet changes, I have been eating more veggies and larger evening snacks, all I believed to be within my calorie limits.
  • If y'all have any other ideas I am all ears...

Now I need to do something about it. The great thing about this thread is that it's allowed me to closely track my weight and hopefully catch this before it gets out of hand.

August began 161, ended 159, ranged 163 to 159.
September began 160, ended 158, ranged 160 to 154.
October began 159, ended 158, ranged from 155 to 162.

November
1 - 160 lbs
2 - 161 lbs
3 - 162 lbs
4 - 163 lbs
5 - 164 lbs!!
 
Thanks, Alligatorob! One other thing that makes a huge difference for me (and sorry for the TMI :leaving:), but I find my, err, digestion is responsible for a few pounds' worth of difference at times. I haven't been to your journal to see about your challenges for getting moving, so maybe that's a temporary hitch too.

Nov. 6 - 72.4 kg
Nov. 5 - 72.5 kg
Nov. 4 - 72.0 kg
Nov. 3 - 73.5kg
 
Rob I think you've probably gained a little with your reduced exercise, but I doubt the real weight is 10 lbs. I know I'm looking at a 6.6 lb swing in 4 days and that obviously can't all be real/fundamental change.


Date..........Weight.....BF%....Lean....Fat.....Calories
Nov 01........271.8.......37.5......170.....102.....1673 (day after strenuous hike hunger)
Nov 02........274.2.......36.9......173.....101.....1468
Nov 03........270.8.......37.5......169.....102.....1705 (over ate)
Nov 04........269.8.......37.5......169.....101.....1287 (ate entire spaghetti squash, wasn't hungry later)
Nov 05........268.2.......37.8......167.....101.....1517
Nov 06........267.6.......36.6......170.....098.....TBD
 
Hey Rob, I think Err is right. I know my weight can easily fluctuate 5 or more pounds without any real caloric change; it's probably a combination of the two. If you do purposely go into a deficit again, once you hit your goal weight, I would add 5% to your calorie target each week and gradually build up until you find your maintenance sweet spot. Apparently this method also helps with metabolic recover more than just going straight to your estimated maintenance intake.

Nov 1 - 201.0 lbs
Nov 2 - 198.8 lbs
Nov 3 - 197.4 lbs
Nov 4 - 196.4 lbs (New low)
Nov 5 - 198.0 lbs
Nov 6 - 197.4 lbs
 
Nov 1 -330.6
Nov 2 -330.6
Nov 3 -330.6
Nov 4 -whoops, skipped
Nov 5 -328.8
Nov 6 -328.8 still holding
 
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