Good afternoon!
I'm "back" from a busy/food filled weekend with my college friends. I weighed myself this morning and it was definitely up, but also the battery is low on my scale. So I bought new batteries and will try again tomorrow!!
I'm having a stressful day though, which is not helping my eating and it's raining out, so might not be able to get a walk in. I got a nail in one of my tires on the car and so now I need new tires (I guess they were getting worn anyway) and they tried to deliver my new washer/dryer unit again and were able to get the old one out (barely), but still can't put the new one in!
I'm going to Florida tomorrow, so I have no idea how that will go as far as eating/exercise. I plan to stick to my eating window and I hope to get up early to get in my walk to avoid the heat/humidity.
As far as scales go, I actually thought this was an interesting article. It talks about precision vs. accuracy. So each scale might not register the same weight of an object, but the same scale should register the object at the same weight consistently. It also talks about the fact that they can lose accuracy over time.
http://www.arlynscales.com/scale-knowledge/know-scale-accurate/So, @tracieknits - Because you cleaned the scale maybe you improved the accuracy a little, but that doesn't mean you didn't still lose all that weight. It is not the same comparison now. So had you cleaned the scale 2 months ago, your weight might've been higher then, so it still would be 10 lbs. less now. I hope that makes sense. When I did WW the first time I was using an analog scale and it was so hard to see the number, so I bought my WW digital scale, which has worked pretty well for a while now. But when I first got it, it was 2 lbs. higher than the old scale I was using. I didn't gain 2 lbs. between getting the scales it was just that one was more accurate than the other. But I just changed my recording of that weight and went from there.
I'm currently reading a book about building habits that others might find useful in trying to lose weight (or anything else).
https://www.amazon.com/Better-Than-Before-Habits-Procrastinate/dp/0385348630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502124866&sr=8-1&keywords=better+than+before+gretchen+rubin I haven't read that much of the book yet, but I have listened to the author's podcast which talks a lot about it. One of the main things that keeps coming up (and has come up on this forum too) is how the same things don't work for everyone. So, @Sassy1, while it's great that you don't need scales to help you lose (or maintain) your weight, some of us unfortunately do. I am a very data driven person and even if I know I haven't "behaved" well or my clothes are getting tight, it's easy to ignore/deny it, until I see that number on the scale. Or if I'm doing a good job, that number motivates me to keep going! I know to take it with a grain of salt and that weight can fluctuate a lot due to different things. That's why I weight myself first thing in the morning before I've eaten/drank anything and only really "count" it once a week. I also use the Libra app which gives a trend weight. I also think that maybe weighing is not as necessary when maintaining as opposed to losing weight. But I'll probably weight myself for ever, or until I'm so old I don't care anymore!! But, I think everyone just has to do what's best for them!!
Well, I better get ready for my trip. I will have my laptop, so I should be able to check in. Have a great week everyone!