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<blockquote data-quote="AllieRainbow" data-source="post: 1849045" data-attributes="member: 473025"><p>I weigh daily as I have a lot of weight to lose. I find this helpful as I have a spreadsheet and track weight online too, as it shows progress over time is not a straight line, and there are big fluctuations daily - I am around 250 pounds so up and down six pounds in a week is not unusual. If I was weighing less frequently I would find myself easily derailed by a big jump up, and it also helps to see patterns and link weight gain or loss to behaviour and food so I can see where I going wrong (or right). I have done this for several years and it is clear from the pattens that close attention needs to be paid when difficult life events are happening as this is when gains tend to happen gradually over several months - later on it is often possible to pinpoint the day it went pear-shaped. In particular there can be weight gain when increasing exercise due to temporary water retention. I find weighing daily takes all the emotion and pressure off losing weight as it is just another piece of data, but lets me see if there is an upward trend sooner rather than later.</p><p></p><p>I would say information helps me make informed choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllieRainbow, post: 1849045, member: 473025"] I weigh daily as I have a lot of weight to lose. I find this helpful as I have a spreadsheet and track weight online too, as it shows progress over time is not a straight line, and there are big fluctuations daily - I am around 250 pounds so up and down six pounds in a week is not unusual. If I was weighing less frequently I would find myself easily derailed by a big jump up, and it also helps to see patterns and link weight gain or loss to behaviour and food so I can see where I going wrong (or right). I have done this for several years and it is clear from the pattens that close attention needs to be paid when difficult life events are happening as this is when gains tend to happen gradually over several months - later on it is often possible to pinpoint the day it went pear-shaped. In particular there can be weight gain when increasing exercise due to temporary water retention. I find weighing daily takes all the emotion and pressure off losing weight as it is just another piece of data, but lets me see if there is an upward trend sooner rather than later. I would say information helps me make informed choices. [/QUOTE]
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