A word about weighing
On Monday I'll post the second week's chat thread, and there will be a link to the spreadsheet for you to input your weight.
As we've said in PP, you don't have to be on the spreadsheet, nor do you have to weigh - taking your measurements or trying on the same item of clothing each week are all as equally valid ways to monitor your progress.
But if you are weighing, there are number of different ways to do it:
Daily weighing
The most 'involved' way to do this. For me, weighing daily helps to keep me focused and accountable. BUT you do need to accept that your weight will fluctuate quite naturally and that some days, even if you've been following the rules to the letter, your weight will go up. This can be hard to accept, psychologically.
There are number of different things you can do if you're a daily weigher
- record the weight you are on Monday (regardless of any lower numbers you might have seen earlier in the week)
- record the lowest weight you've seen that week
- take an average of your daily weighings and record that
But if you can't cope with possible daily increases, then don't weigh daily but leave it till once a week. This doesn't have to be a Monday, it could be any day that works better for you.
However you're weighing, you should always weigh yourself first thing in the morning, naked, and after you've been to the loo. Don't bother weighing yourself later in the day, because then all you're doing is weighing the food and drink you've eaten!
The other thing to recognise is that scales can be a pretty crude tool - the important thing is to recognise that we're measuring the loss, rather than the weight itself. Because you'll find that if you use anyone else's scales they're almost definitely going to give you a different weight. So use the same scales each time, and register the change more than obsessing about the actual number.