Contrary to general advice and contrary to my trainers’s advice - I do use the scales every day. Here’s my reasoning.
- I have an expensive upright balance scale that is highly accurate. Most bathroom scales are not - (though I used to have one many years ago that was).
- I weigh myself every morning at the same time, after getting up, before eating or drinking - that sets up a uniform environment.
- My body is predictable and does not vary much in the morning, even though during the day it’s unpredicatable and can fluctuate over five pounds.
- If I see my weight move up, it acts as a warning that my eating might have gone off. For those who weigh once a week, you might go through six days of bad eating before getting the warning.
See the section Keep Track of Your Weight and Eating in this site
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It’s the end of the week and I was feeling so trim I weighed myself in the afternoon, not something I normally do, since my weight would be unpredictably higher than the start of the day. I’m at 295 still, that’s excellent, since I thought the loss at the start of the week might be an anomaly.
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OK, it’s been three days without exercise, since I’ve been too sick and totally exhausted. However today, I was outside, and my pants seemed much looser. So I got on the scale, and I’ve dropped three pounds in two days. (I weighed myself yesterday and was down, but just assumed I was dehydrated)
So is this the new regime - exercise less - lose more. I’m back to what I was at the start of last December - but I worry that it’s just a temporary loss.
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After a week of just loosening up - I feel some rocks just fell on me. Twenty minutes on the treadmill, and a half hour of serious stretching and pushing. I’m wiped. I didn’t know my trainer was going to push me like this.
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The trainer’s ground rules
- Make a written contract and read it every day
- Plan on losing no more than two pounds a week
- Do not weigh - do not use scales
- Look at how your clother fit and how you feel - ignore the weight
- Allow one day a week to eat what you want (without going crazy)
Ok, but I can’t ignore the scales - despite the fact that everyone says to not weigh more than once a week - I’m going to keep weighing every morning. My scales are commercial and accurate and my morning weight is a good guidline to how I’m doing, even though it may vary over 5 pounds during the day.
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Finally have a personal trainer.
Not quite my first one, I did get someone to set up a basic workout several years ago, but it was so boring, I stopped doing it after a week.
Since I work out of my house doing computer support work, he’s coming to the house and going to use some equipment I have - mostly a treadmill, and chairs and stairs.
I’m 300 pounds, up some from last month.
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