Weight remains at 14st 10lbs. Frustrating. The scales only show whole pounds, so I am guessing they roundup up or down at .5 of a pound. I am hoping I'll register a loss tomorrow. Losing 1 pound a day is very ambitious, especially without additional exercise, so I am trying to boost my confidence by remembering that I have lost 7lbs in 14 days, which is 3.5lbs per week and is a very good and sustainable level of weight loss.
I have read many times that daily weigh ins are not to be trusted when dieting, I can see why. Reasons such as hitting short lived plateaus and variations in water retention can cause unreliable daily readings. However, I also think that they can show real cause and effect, which is why some people who diet cannot understand why it isn't working as they do not see the effect of what they are actually eating. Most people who are overweight really underestimate what they eat, the same is probably true when they diet and they are snacking without realising the implications. Because they only do weekly weigh ins they don't see the true cause and effect of coming off a diet, only the averaged out effect which may be to slow weight loss to a crawl. If they had only resisted eating that cake, or that Hamburger they may have shown an increased weight loss. As it is they don't associate the "bad" food with the fact the diet has slowed down or reversed.
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