Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:54 am
Aside from when I make ill-advised choices or have external events like air travel which causes my weight to go up, my weight only shifts a small bit from day to day, probably under a pound. Because I don't have a digital scale, those are as much perception as reality since my weight is always an interpretation of what I see on the dial. I step on and off the scale three times in a row, adjusting it back to zero in between, and take the average. The difference in those 3 readings is often a pound.
I gave up on my old digital scale because I figured I didn't need all the 'precision' when it was only being displayed to me, but not actual reflecting the weight (it had a +/- 2 lb precision when I read the manual.)
On my current, dial, scale, I only add losses to MFP if they show up more than 2 days in a row. At the end of October, I was between 167, 168 and 169 but nothing would last more than a day or two. Then Halloween struck (or rather my reaction to open Halloween candy in the house) and I've been between 169 and 170 every day except yesterday I was slightly under 169 and today I'm between 167 and 168. If I'm in the same spot (or lower) tomorrow, I'll log the 168. Not sure I'm quite through my Halloween madness so I can't guarantee I'll have as good a day today as yesterday.
I was over on my calories on Tuesday night but it was a magnificent feast put on by a Native Culinary School and I wanted to taste each course. I had 2 pieces of bannock so probably way too many carbs. There was not any unhealthy food served, and each portion was small (except the bannock was unlimited) so I didn't mind going over because it was not the same as bingeing on chocolate bars or cheese sticks; I was having buffalo meatloaf and butternut squash soup.