Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hi, Where do I find this program? Is it free or.....? I like the idea of daily weighing for the same reason expressed by many, i.e. if I let weighing go to long, then I actually get scared to weigh. Daily weighing takes the power out of that fear. And since I understand that wild fluctuations can occur, daily ups and downs don't concern me too much. I do/would like to see that trend line head south. LEt me know, if you would, where I can obtain " Weight Commander " . Thanks Brett in Kent > I weigh everyday and enter it into a program called > weight commander. It shows you a trend line based on > your daily entries. > > a in KC > > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:48:30 -0000 > From: " b_h_s_7 " <hayden888@h...> > Subject: Daily Weighing > > Hi > > For those of us who need to weigh daily...try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Each to their own, of course, but the reasons - to me - for weighing only weekly are many: 1. We are trying to normalize our lives and get far, far away from the " DIET " mentality. This has pervaded our minds for years, and delivers a message (often subconsciously) that we are doomed to another failure. These suble messages are very powerful. Mental attitude is EXTREMELY important in a banding journey. Dily weighing discourages us from looking at the weekly and monthly picture, which is so important in banding, when there will not be weekly changes every week. 2. The number we see on the scale often sets up our day as a " good " day or a " bad " day, even if we think we understand that the number is meaningless. Thisd encourages frustration and depression, if we are up a pound or two temporarily. Mental outlook has been proven to negatively impact weight loss, metabolism, and activity. 3. If we understand the daily numbers are meaningless, then why are we still doing it? Banding is about learning to change what did not work, or what did not help in the past. 4. If we are aiming for a 1-2# loss, on average, over a week's time, weighly daily is only measuring water weight changes. How can these be useful? They will make any graphing totally inaccurate. Averaging inaccurate weights will give inaccurate results! I found this early on, when I WAS weighing daily. Some weeks showed no loss, or even a gain, this way. But when i went back and graphed only the weight on the same ONE day a week, the graph changed completely, and showed the downward trend that was accurate. This positive proof is much more uplifting than inaccurate results. If you are up a pound or two with a WEEKLY weight, THEN you know you must look at what is going on. 5. Weighing so often encourages us to look only at numbers as a proof of success, when it is actually the NSV's and improved health that are most impt. IMO, we need to be much more concerned with becoming healthier and more active, and these are changes that will not show on the scale. I believe we need to try hard not to look at the goal pof banding asa weight loss - and daily weighing encorages this misconception. I learned all this only in retrospect. Most of the experienced people also told me not to weigh daily, but I had to learn it myself. Many of you may have to learn yourself, too. But - again - each to their own! Good luck to all in finding what works for them! Sandy RN > I weigh everyday and enter it into a program called > weight commander. It shows you a trend line based on > your daily entries. > > a in KC > > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:48:30 -0000 > From: " b_h_s_7 " <hayden888@h...> > Subject: Daily Weighing > > Hi > > For those of us who need to weigh daily...try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Sandy, I'm the first one to say " to each his own " , but wouldn't weekly weighing set one up for a good week or bad week. It doesn't seem to matter how often you do it, it's going to affect you until the next time you get on the scale. Then you may be second guessing all week long on whether or not you just had a bad day, or if it's an upward trend. When I was thin I weighed every day. Many times it gave me the kick in the butt to get on the stick again. I usually noticed when my habits went downhill a daily trend up. Then I would loose the 5 lbs by good habits. LOL Of course I am a weighing fanatic. I have a pair of Drs. scales so that the numbers don't fluctuate greatly in the first place. Much better than the less expensive scales that can show a minute by minute variance. Chris 8-25-04 235-222-145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 The way I look at weighing is that Im not on a diet so I dotn need to weigh in. My life with the band has changed. I know i am loosing weight by how I feel and my cloths. Scale means dieting. Its like you weigh in to determine if you can stop yet. I figure if i weigh in and i am down several pounds then i can give myself permission to eat the ice cream bar - cause im doing so well. But if i havent lost or perish the thought gained -- then im depressed and what the hell wont matter anyways, and one again its time to eat that ice cream bar. Better to step off the roller coaster and off the scale and live you life knowing every day you are gettign thinner, healthier and sexier to the best of your ability and just have that ice cream bar when you really want a special treat with no excuses made. (however just take one bite and throw the rest out the car window ha!! jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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