Keeping legal
December 2, 2008 by lisagriffis
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My tracking device to keep legal on my diet
I keep a calendar right by my scale along with my tape measure. Once a month I record my measurements and daily I write down by weight. Some days, I am thrilled with my progress and then there are days when I want to take the scale and pitch it out the window.
For the last two weeks the scale hasn’t been to kind to me. The inanimate object has no idea that I think it was devised by Satan. It isn’t the scales fault that I overate or didn’t workout the previous day, the blame lies solely on me.
I could fill several books with all the excuses I have come up with over the years as to why the scale was being mean to me but in reality it is me, being mean to myself. I know what it takes to lose weight and it is hard to stay on track but if I don’t the scale tells me that I made bad food choices.
I know that they have scales that talk back at you but frankly I do a good enough job of it on my own. I want to see 140 so bad and I have to remember that nothing will taste better than that.
What is the proper way to weight yourself? Should you do it at the same time every day? Should you average a couple readings throughout the day? Should you attend to your morning (or evening) event prior to stepping on the scale?
There are days when I see a seven pound or more swing between what I weigh butt-ass naked when I go to bed and what I weigh naked when I wake up. The law of physics seem not to apply. There no way I gained or lost 3% or 4% of my body weight overnight. How is that even possible?
Do I have a busticated scale? Are its springs colder in the morning leading to invalid weights?
So, back to my original question, what is the proper way to conduct a weigh-in?
—Matt