When I was looking at my October weight chart again today, something occurred to me that I had missed before. In the places where the data dots were bunched close together, the line generally went down more than when the data dots were spaced further apart. Basically, I lost more when I was weighing more often.
Now, this is not really a cause and effect, as in "the more often I weigh, the more weight I lose." In fact, it's probably the opposite. My body knows how it's doing, and I tend to step on the scale less if I think that it's going to say something I don't like. It also shows a lack of motivation and desire to document, which was also evident when I stopped the diet and exercise logs here.
That said, I am going to start tracking my weight daily again. It's not so much because I think it will help me lose weight, but just because I would like to remember what happened between weigh-ins. How what I ate on Wednesday affected my weight on Friday, and what I can do to alter my habits. And who knows...maybe it will help keep my motivation up.
Posted by Joy at November 7, 2003 12:32 PM