Bigapplepie really hits on some big ideas that take some of us (like me) forever to get! I wasted so much time when I was younger wishing there was an "easy way." I am that person that was hoping for a magic pill, but the truth is, diet and exercise are just huge. One of the reasons I love running is because I feel like I am really learning to "hear" my body. On Monday I went to sleep hungry thinking it was a good thing, I really struggled through my run the next day and I kept thinking..."I need fuel."

Weighing everyday is personal...I know I go through phases where I have to know and then I can't stand the scale anymore and I hide it under my bed. It's funny how we all have a different approach to a number!

Really good post though! Thanks~

Then there are the obsessive-compulsive people like me that weigh themselves multiple times per day. I have two different saved readings in the scale's memory, fully clothed and buck naked. That way I can track my progress throughout the day without stripping off my clothes!

I also weigh myself after workouts (run and bike) to get an idea of my water consumption/dehydration.

Yes I am nuts.

The "magic pill" reminded me of a show I saw on tv this week. A 17 yr old boy decided to have surgery to lose weight, he was 407 lbs. So they did the surgery, and.... guess what? NOW he needs to eat less and exercise more! Well, shoot! Couldn't he just do that without such a risky surgery!

Holy Cow! people sure are crazy... :S

I agree with everything except the "Don't weigh yourself every day." When I was on my weight loss plan, I weighed myself every morning religiously. I understood and expected to see daily anomalies. Even so, it could have been discouraging if I has watched them.

The recording mechanism I used was part of a running logging program that was an Excel spreadsheet. The authors provided a sheet to log weight and applied a curve smoothing technique to the numbers before displaying a chart. Without the curve smoothing, it would have looked like that of bigapple. With the curve smoothing, the daily deviations from a smooth line disappear and you can see a continuous weight loss.

I found this to be very inspirational. By projecting the curve, I could see the target date at which I would reach my goal.

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gotta run...

quote:<HR>Originally posted by reefer:
Then there are the obsessive-compulsive people like me that weigh themselves multiple times per day. I have two different saved readings in the scale's memory, fully clothed and buck naked. That way I can track my progress throughout the day without stripping off my clothes!

I also weigh myself after workouts (run and bike) to get an idea of my water consumption/dehydration.

Yes I am nuts.<HR>

ah. good. another nut
i am encouraged when i see those small differences during the day - i have a scale that measures in .2 intervals, so i can really see the differences. and if there are none, i shape up my diet a bit more and work on my mileage a bit more. and if there are changes, i think twice about heading to the kitchen (or pouring a second glass of wine) - i worked hard to get those calories gone, do i really want to add them in again?
so yes, i weigh myself several times a day - obsessive, maybe. but i'm moving in the right direction. and mentally - the times when i don't weigh myself are the times i know i'm going to get bad news (when i've really put on weight with too many hours at the puter and not enough hours pounding the road).

other than that, BAP's suggestions are great.

susan