Ignore those bathroom scales, its so liberating

(Allan L) #1

Hey all,

During the first 5 months on keto I’d weigh myself every day and I’d fixate on the smallest 1 lbs movement up or down. I’d over analyse what I had done in the previous 24 hours. During the first few months this was fine because the weight was just falling off, but then things started to slow, I hit a few plateaus and this is where things started to get stressful.

I unnecessarily put myself through so much psychological stress.

Now, I have not weighed myself in over 1 month and it feels amazing. I occasionally get the urge to jump on but I refuse. It has been the most liberating thing I have done since starting this way of life.

My clothes continuously feel looser. My jaw line is getting more prominent, my hip bones keep sticking out more. Now its all about the changes I see in my body and not my weight. If I overeat one day I naturally under eat another. I listen to my body rather that watch a number on the scales.

So I can just stick with the way of life and not overthink things.

Give it a go! :slight_smile:

Allan

(VLC.MD) #2

I’m not checking because I know I gave back 5 lbs.
:frowning:
Dammit.

(Brian) #3

I get on it every day or two. But it doesn’t rule my day nor my attitude. I am fully aware that certain meals may see the numbers go up for a day and I am fully aware that a good poop is worth at least a pound as is the morning pee.

There are just too many things that change (sometimes nearly hourly) to put too much value in an exact snapshot of a person’s weight. It’s like measuring the water level of the ocean. The tide goes in and the tide goes out. While there are small moves up and small moves down with the individual waves, it’s the overall level that’s important. People get too excited about seeing the crest of a wave or the valley between and forget the big picture.

When the crests continue to get higher, I’ll notice. And when the valley’s get lower, I’ll rejoice. I just want to see them both going in the right direction. They are. And life is good. What today’s scale reading says has no impact on what kind of day I’ll be having, I’ll be ketoing onward.

:slight_smile:

(Michael ) #4

I check every morning for my journal but i don’t fixate. It’s just nice to have the numbers for long term tracking and science. Science!

(Brian) #5

I doubt most scales do it, but if they even had a 5 day or 7 day or 10 day or even 14 day average that it would keep track of, that would probably smooth out the noise pretty well. I haven’t seen it yet but maybe it already exists. (?) It certainly wouldn’t cost much. It’s the technology of a $2 calculator.

(Michael ) #6

I think mine has something like that. As well as impedance measurements for body composition, but I just use it as a scale

#7

There are smart scales that work with a app on your phone that will do that. It can track change for the week, month, etc.

(Chris) #8

I’m the opposite. I have a spreadsheet set up tracking daily weights, a trend line for goal setting. Now in addition, I’ve started tracking
Alcohol
IF>16hr
IF>24hr
Zero Carb days
Lately I’ve been weighing myself before bed to track the fluid loss over night. Only keeping a mental note though. Highest overnight loss I’ve seen is @7lbs though 3-5lbs seems common

Someday ideally closer to goal weight I’ll stop. I guess my only concern is what if I hit goal and keep moving it. Probably a good problem to have