Weighing yourself everyday vs once a week (Weight Watchers, carb, workouts)
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You do understand that when you weigh 194 at 5'4 inches you are not going to be running any 5k, right? It is always best to start out small and work your way up from there.
Yeah, but you can walk it. Or, if you do a mile on the treadmill in 14 minutes, next time, try to do the mile in 13 minutes. Get it?
I know conventional wisdom says once a week. However, I am afraid I am going to slack off and cheat if I only weigh myself once a week. However, I am afraid to weigh myself daily because I might get discouraged if I see fluctuations. Any advice? I really need to see that scale go down.
I don't think it makes much difference. If you see a fluctuation, chances are you know why "i had a huge dinner last night" for example. Scientifically it makes no difference. Most scientists would prefer more data, the more the better. Do whatever is most convenient.
I don't think it makes much difference. If you see a fluctuation, chances are you know why "i had a huge dinner last night" for example. Scientifically it makes no difference. Most scientists would prefer more data, the more the better. Do whatever is most convenient.
Agreed, the reason I weight myself everyday is to have more data, and have a better defined trend.
Look at it this way, sometimes you weigh yourself on tuesday, and you are a pound below or above what you were monday, only to be right back to mondays weight by wednesday.
There are many factors to why you weigh what you do in the morning, and the best bet is it have more data to work with... because what if that one day a week you weigh yourself is one of those odd anomalies of a day... Better to have as much info to work with as possible, and figure out which way you're trending, unless of course it becomes obsessive or determines your mood for the day.
Originally Posted by theatergypsy You came and asked for advice. You got the advice from several people. Some said, "Weigh", some said, "Don't weigh".
Confusing, I know, but let's face it, you're going to do what you want to do anyway. But your weight loss won't happen until and unless you make it happen. That means commitment to proper eating and regular exercise. Neither of which you seem inclined to do just now.
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Originally Posted by mistygrl092
I don't know why people keep saying this. I REALLY wanted a bowl of Ramen noodles and shrimp last night and said NO to myself. I weighed myself this a.m. and lost another 1.4 lbs, bringing the total for 29 days to 8.8 lbs. in a month. Just because I have not jumped on the elliptical YET doesn't mean I'm not sincere, but I really would like the opportunity to start a walking program first. I live in the desert, where temps have been between 108 and 112 every day recently. I am NOT going to walk in that. Heck, according to a poster in the Phoenix forum we have not seen a summer like this in forty years. It reached 117 the other day and there have been several heat advisories. I am not going to drop dead trying to get into shape.
BTW, people really do adjust their lives around the heat here. I go to bed usually before 9 (or like to) and I get up at 3 or 4 as it's not as hot. Workers really have a hard time (outdoors) and like to start as early as possible. This heat is brutal. Like I said, I think I'm doing the Atkins diet, except cheating with cream in my coffee. 8.8 lbs later it's working. I will take that loss anyway I can get it. It's a slow and sensible loss.
If "people" other than myself, are saying this to you, Misty, it just may be that it's true.
You failed to disclose that you live in hell...er, Phoenix...and that's the reason you can't regularly walk. And yet earlier on, you did state that it was possible to walk if you did it early in the morning, before the heat became overwhelming.
You say that you're following the Atkins but cheating with cream in your coffee.
You have more to worry about than whether or not to weigh yourself every day.
If this sounds harsh, I don't intend it to be. I'm just trying to make you see the contradictions in what you post here and encourage you to commit fully to better eating and consistent exercise.
I suggest you forget the scale for now and use your clothes as your guide to weight loss. When your pants (or skirts) start feeling loose, you know you're losing.
I haven't been on a diet in 20 years, but when I was I liked the reinforcement of weighing daily. I had (still have) an accurate balance scale (aka doctor's scale) in my bedroom, and I'd weigh each morning and enter in on a graph for how much I wanted to lose.
The problem with any weight loss diet is that when the goal is reached, most go back to the old eating habits and gain the weight back, and that's worse than never losing it.
I haven't been on a diet in 20 years, but when I was I liked the reinforcement of weighing daily. I had (still have) an accurate balance scale (aka doctor's scale) in my bedroom, and I'd weigh each morning and enter in on a graph for how much I wanted to lose.
The problem with any weight loss diet is that when the goal is reached, most go back to the old eating habits and gain the weight back, and that's worse than never losing it.
So, are you saying it's better to weigh yourself every day to determine by graph how much you want to lose, but it's pointless to do so because you'll only gain it back anyway?
I view weight loss just like quitting smoking. Just because you relapsed doesn't mean you shouldn't try again...and again...and however many times it takes to make it stick. I have quit smoking - a 55-year-habit. That was seven years ago next month. I am currently on a weight loss regimen. I fully intend to keep doing what I'm doing, because it is doable, even after I have lost the desired amount of weight. Will I gain a pound or two at some point? Sure. But it won't be determined by the scale - as soon as my pants won't button, or snap, or zip, I'll know I've reached critical mass and attend to it.
The scale is not always your friend, especially if it causes you to be discouraged when it doesn't tell you what you want to hear/see, which is what the OP said would happen to her if she didn't see results.
Originally Posted by theatergypsy You came and asked for advice. You got the advice from several people. Some said, "Weigh", some said, "Don't weigh".
Confusing, I know, but let's face it, you're going to do what you want to do anyway. But your weight loss won't happen until and unless you make it happen. That means commitment to proper eating and regular exercise. Neither of which you seem inclined to do just now.
If "people" other than myself, are saying this to you, Misty, it just may be that it's true.
You failed to disclose that you live in hell...er, Phoenix...and that's the reason you can't regularly walk. And yet earlier on, you did state that it was possible to walk if you did it early in the morning, before the heat became overwhelming.
You say that you're following the Atkins but cheating with cream in your coffee.
You have more to worry about than whether or not to weigh yourself every day.
If this sounds harsh, I don't intend it to be. I'm just trying to make you see the contradictions in what you post here and encourage you to commit fully to better eating and consistent exercise.
I suggest you forget the scale for now and use your clothes as your guide to weight loss. When your pants (or skirts) start feeling loose, you know you're losing.
I'm sorry, but I just have to LOL. I don't always like to disclose I live in Phoenix, because it IS hell and it's something to be embarrassed about. However, if pressed, I will. Without a doubt, this was the biggest and dumbest thing I ever did, so I don't advertise it. As I already said, I won't dodge sprinklers at 6 a.m. and I won't walk in the heat and it does get tiresome to walk around the same damn houses over and over at 6 a.m. I will disclose I had NO issue walking the hills in San Francisco and LOVED walking in Chinatown, the financial district, on the beach, all over (which was actually the best decision I ever made). When one has lived that experience, it's just too hard to walk in the same monotonous neighborhood day after day. Oh well, I'll take it day by day and worry about it all when I get there.
Right now, eating less is working for me and results are what matter. Who cares if I'm not perfect? This thread was about to weigh everyday or not? I already said I'd weigh everyday earlier. This thread was not about telling Misty she has more to worry about and "other issues" more important. I already have a therapist, thank you.
You do understand that when you weigh 194 at 5'4 inches you are not going to be running any 5k, right?
i have a friend whos 5'4, 200lbs and RUNS 5ks on a fairly regular basis...she does very well, enjoys it and usually falls in the early middle of the pack but shes only been running for about a year and improves with each run she does...
sorry i just had to pick that bit out because it bothers me when people say your height and weight mean you CANT do somethign...ive known many sknny people who couldnt run a 5k and plenyt of fat people who can and do...
at my heaviest (350) i was constantly being told there was absolutly no possible way i could swim a mile in any amount of time...and yet i was doing it 3 times a week and charting in typically under 45 mins for that mile (now i do it in less)
generalizations dont work.
in terms of the OP...
personally i cannot weigh in daily, id drive myself crazy...i weigh in once a week, first thing, in my undies, after potty just after getting up.
i take my measurments once a week too...and pictures once a month. i do however keep track of how im feeling every day and i keep track of everything i eat every day
i find those all keep me plenty on track without driving me batty wiht the daily fluctuations of a number on the scale.
I'm sorry, but I just have to LOL. I don't always like to disclose I live in Phoenix, because it IS hell and it's something to be embarrassed about. However, if pressed, I will. Without a doubt, this was the biggest and dumbest thing I ever did, so I don't advertise it. As I already said, I won't dodge sprinklers at 6 a.m. and I won't walk in the heat and it does get tiresome to walk around the same damn houses over and over at 6 a.m. I will disclose I had NO issue walking the hills in San Francisco and LOVED walking in Chinatown, the financial district, on the beach, all over (which was actually the best decision I ever made). When one has lived that experience, it's just too hard to walk in the same monotonous neighborhood day after day. Oh well, I'll take it day by day and worry about it all when I get there.
Right now, eating less is working for me and results are what matter. Who cares if I'm not perfect? This thread was about to weigh everyday or not? I already said I'd weigh everyday earlier. This thread was not about telling Misty she has more to worry about and "other issues" more important. I already have a therapist, thank you.
Rest easy, there grl. I'll not mention your whereabouts again.
As for everything else, your original question was about weighing daily or not, along with the statement that you were afraid you'd get discouraged if you didn't seem to lose.
Well, I'll answer your original question - I vote for not weighing every day. What you do with that information is up to you. Will you keep us posted on your progress?
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As I already said, I won't dodge sprinklers at 6 a.m. and I won't walk in the heat and it does get tiresome to walk around the same damn houses over and over at 6 a.m. I will disclose I had NO issue walking the hills in San Francisco and LOVED walking in Chinatown, the financial district, on the beach, all over (which was actually the best decision I ever made). When one has lived that experience, it's just too hard to walk in the same monotonous neighborhood day after day. Oh well, I'll take it day by day and worry about it all when I get there.
I already have a therapist, thank you.
