Weighing In
Hello world and hello Monday!
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As you know, today is Monday. What that means for me and a lot of dieters is that it’s time to weigh in.
I highly recommend setting a weigh-in day – one per week, the same day each week. No matter if you only weigh yourself on those days or whether you like to peek at the scale during the week doesn’t matter as long as you have a certain day picked out that you use to check in and record your weight.
As we all know (or will learn if you are just starting out), weight fluctuates a lot due to water intake, the temperatures outside, and even hormones. That’s why a lot of people don’t recommend looking at the scale every day and why I recommend the once a week check in.
Personally, I don’t care how often anyone checks the scale, but I’ll talk about the whole scale debate later.
Choose the day that is the start of your week, be that Friday, Monday or whatever. As long as the weigh-in is your ’start’ to the week, then you’re set. My start of the week is Monday, and I find that works for me because any fluctuations tend to happen around Friday and Saturday.
In case you were wondering, yes, I’m with you in this. I’ll be checking in every Monday no matter if I’ve gained, lost, or stayed the same. (I’ll be weighing in today on a different post.)
The thing about weighing in is that no matter how much or little you’re going to weigh in, it’ll give you a starting place. Yes, going by how you feel is good, but keeping track of the losses in pounds can help you a lot with motivation and confidence.
February 4th, 2008 at 3:14 am
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February 4th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I weigh in on Mondays mostly because then I won’t have the thought that I can goof off all weekend. It keeps me accountable on those two dreaded days.
But I weigh every day just so that I can take care of something as soon as it happens.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
The weekend can be many times harder to get through for a lot of people. I agree that a Monday weigh-in is good for keeping that in check.