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Old 09-16-2004, 01:47 PM
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WeighOnce a Month

I recommend weighing yourself only once per month. Same day, time, place. Try weighing yourself first thing in the morning, before breakfast, after your morning “constitutional.” Then write it on a piece of paper, with the date, amount, and variation up or down.

Once a month is enough. If you weigh yourself more than that, it’s easy to get lost in small variations that may scare you into taking measures that are too dire.

Be reasonable with the pounds. Weighing yourself more than once a month never presents an accurate picture. You certainly don’t want to just see water weight changes; those are not real fat pounds. Some days you may go up slightly because of water or the weight of what you ate.



What you want is the net result of changes; the long-term not the short term fluctuations.
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