You weigh yourself everyday? You mad bro ?

Hey Guys,

So today i want to talk about something that's important. Numbers.

You may be wondering what this has to do with weight loss.... well it has everything to do with it.

At the heart of weight loss , its all about the numbers , consume less calories than your body requires and burn calories via exercise and boom , your weight will decrease. Its all about the numbers.

Now i have a (bad?) habit of weighing myself everyday.... yes ... everyday.... Now before anyone starts talking about the affect that habit has on my mental health, Here is why i do it.

In my case , i have about 40kg(88 pounds) that i want to lose overall. Now , I know already that this amount of weight will take about a year or more to lose. That is a long time, if i weighed myself every week , that means in that year there are 52 weigh ins... means that i can course correct over a week at a time if i don't happen to lose any weight. Daily weigh ins means i have 365 weigh ins , means i can course correct on a daily basis.
The other and most important reason is trends and patterns.. I have an app that i log my weight under everyday , and it provides me with a graph. When i review the graph i can clear see that there are patterns in the numbers... In my instance , its weekends were i tend to eat a bit more than i should .. that's valuable data i can use now to adjust my diet... if i weighed weekly , i wouldn't know where about in the week exactly things went off. I have also found been able to find out that soy sauce causes me to retain water which leads to increased weight. All because I weigh myself everyday.

Now , as good as all this data analysis is , there are several downsides to doing this. You have to understand that the numbers don't define your progress, putting on muscle and losing fat could mean that you don't actually change in weight you may even increase! This may make you feel that you're not making any progress , so in addition to this , i take measurements of my arms , waist , etc to supplement my weight analysis. As long as those measurements are going down , i know i'm making good progress regardless of what my weight is doing.

You have to understand that i do this for simple data analysis methods.. yes when the numbers go up , does cause a bit of stress , but i've learned that its nothing to stress about, I know that i am eating healthy calorie controlled diet and i am training hard. If i do those things , I am definitely going to hit my goals...

This method is not for everyone , but there is merit in it , if you decide to use it , proceed with caution. Don't let your journey become about just hitting a weight goal , let it be about becoming healthy and trying to extend your life.... thin people at your target weight have also died from heart attacks and also have had diabetes... so focus on being healthy and living a long and prosperous life.

Stay Strong. Eat Clean. Train Hard.
Peace.