SparkPeople advertisers help keep the site free! Learn more


    GOPINTOS   23,500
SparkPoints
20,000-24,999 SparkPoints
 
 
Summer Challenges

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Ok, I know. I said I wasnt going to join anymore Challenges. Why not? Well I had joined 3 this spring, each with a different weigh in day, and that was so mentally ... ummm something mental that was just too hard on me. To see all the day to day fluctuation like that. I would forget that even though I just weighed a few days ago, that I am really comparing today's weight to a week ago and not the weight from a day or two before. It was just too taxing.

However, now that the spring challenges are over, guess what I am still doing every day??!! Yes, I am weighing most every day. The difference now is that I know body weight fluctuates. I know not to trip on it. I am also mixing some things up, I am trying to see how food affects me so I can fine tune it if that is even possible. So I don't mind seeing the movement on the scale. I can see patterns, I can see what my body does right before a nice drop, I can see what happens if I dont eat enough calories, or if I eat this or that. So I am embracing this as knowledge and as an experiment. I am not OCDing on it but I am trying to learn as much as possible and stay on top of things. When I was just going through the motion of weighing in, and trying not to trip on the scale movement, I missed seeing that there were patterns. I missed seeing the stalls. I missed seeing that I was losing the same 2 pounds over and over. I missed seeing when it was time to shake things up. So now, I am trying to stay on top of things and keep things moving forward.

So I figured since I am weighing most daily anyways, why not join the challenges again. I am glad they would have me back emoticon

My official weigh in day is still Sunday. So I wont trip and wig out until Sunday emoticon
SHARE
  Member Comments About This Blog Post:

HIKETOHEIGHTS 6/12/2012 10:50AM

    I see we all have our personalized issues. I have never been one to get on a scale. Just the mere sight of it makes me cringe. I don't even own one. I am curious what does your user name stand for?

Report Inappropriate Comment
GOODHEALTH4EVER 6/9/2012 7:34PM

    GLAD YOU'RE BACK WITH THE LIMES!!! I LIKE YOUR EXPERIMENT:) THINK I MAY TRY IT THIS ROUND TOO. THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION. emoticon WISHING YOU MUCH SUCCESS! emoticon

Report Inappropriate Comment
SHANSHE 6/9/2012 5:26PM

    I weigh often as well!
Shan

Report Inappropriate Comment
EGALITAIRE 6/9/2012 2:45PM

    I'm in the weigh-daily camp - have been doing it for 5 years. I see those numbers as data points - the more data you have, the more things you can relate it to, if you are tracking other things, like salt, exercise, etc.

It goes up it goes down - I just look to see if I can find causation and look for trends.

Stay Strong

Report Inappropriate Comment
BLUE42DOWN 6/9/2012 1:58PM

    Good luck with your challenges!

Those daily weight fluctuations are definitely interesting when we can step away from the panic / upset every time it naturally goes up.

Report Inappropriate Comment
SWANATOPIA 6/9/2012 12:32PM

    I weigh everyday for the same reasons as you mentioned. I love studying the weight fluctuations....

Here's two interesting things I have learned!

Sodium makes your weight go up anywhere from 3 to 10 pounds...wow! Of course, it is not actual weight gain...it is mass and will go away once the sodium levels drop!

Beef....mmmm..this can stay in the body for up to two days and will make the scale tip a few pounds...I try and eat beef only once a week and make it lean! Again, this is not actual weight gain.....once the beef exits, weight returns to normal.

It's interesting to see the weight change. We count calories and exercise minutes...why not study the scale...I say!



emoticon I love the challenge teams! They keep me focused!

Report Inappropriate Comment

Add Your Comment to the Blog Post


Log in to post a comment.
 


Other Entries by GOPINTOS