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	It's OK to Weigh Every Day! Part 2 by Jim Stone
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It's OK to Weigh Every Day!
Part 2
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And some people really probably can't put things in perspective, and are probably better off weighing only once a week. But I have a hard time believing this involves anything more than a small minority of dieters.

How can you tell which group you are in? Well, weigh yourself every day and see if it drives you crazy.

Let me now tell you how weighing just once a week can actually drive you more crazy than weighing once a day.

How Weekly Weighings Can Backfire

Suppose you are losing a pound a week, but your weight normally fluctuates 4 pounds depending on the level of fluid retention you have. So suppose your average weight is 180 and your weight fluctuates between 182 and 178. When you lose a pound the next week you will weigh 179, and your weight will fluctuate between 181 and 177.

Now suppose you weighed just once each week. The first week you weighed and the scale read 178 (the bottom end of your normal fluctuation at that time). And the second week you weighed and the scale read 181 (the top end of your normal fluctuation a week later). What will you think then? According to the scale you've gained three pounds! You waited all week, and you found out you gained three pounds! You would be understandably disappointed.

But if you had weighed daily, perhaps you would have seen something like this: 178, 180, 182, 181, 179, 178, 177, 181.

Now that 181 reading has some context. Sure your measurements that stand exactly 7 days apart say that you gained 3 pounds in 7 days. But let's look at the context. Both readings were aberrations. The first reading was unusually low, and the second unusually high. There's really nothing to worry about here, and the readings are consistent with ongoing weight loss.

In this case, then, weighing every day is clearly superior to weighing once a week. In fact it might be the difference between sticking to a diet that's working and getting discouraged and giving up.

In Conclusion

Now you might be wondering why I'm spilling any ink over this issue at all. Is it really that important how often we weigh ourselves? My answer to that question is no. It really doesn't matter how often we weigh. What matters is that we can put the measurements in perspective and understand the role of normal fluctuation. I guess I just like to question advice that I hear over and over when it doesn't seem like there are very many good reasons for the advice in the first place.

And since I don't want to be completely one-sided here. There are some benefits to weighing only once a week, too. First, it takes less time. Second, you don't have to deal with the little emotional ups and downs (just be prepared not to over-react if your weekly weighing goes against you.) Third, you will probably go through fewer scales in your lifetime. And fourth, you can test your will power by trying to stay off the scale every morning.

Well, I guess that's it.

Thanks for listing to this little rant. You are truly a good friend.

Copyright © 2004, Jim Stone All rights reserved.

Jim Stone writes about low carb nutrition and human motivation. You can read more of his articles by visting The Low Carb Way or you can sign up for his monthly newsletter.

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