to weigh or not to weigh, that is the question.

[Guest guest]

Hello all, I have not posted in years, but here I am again, like a bad

penny showing up. Or maybe like that annoying Aunt who you don't hear

from unless it's to tell you what you ought to be doing...lol

Many of you are just starting and freaking out about scale weight.

One looses 6lbs the frist week, one looses nothing...one gains 0.6lbs

and tries to cut free day....it is all a mind game with the scale.

My opinion is either don't weigh yourself, or weigh every day. Put the

numbers in a spread sheet and look at the trend line. The trend line

will tell you more than the actual scale reading. Since our weight is

a system in flux, it is easy to feel like we are out of control. If

you follow the trend line you can see if you are really in control or

not.

My two cents.

Barbara

[Guest guest]

I weigh every day and use a trend line on an excel spread sheet. It's much

better for my head.

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:15:30 -0000

alysd38 <no_reply > wrote:

> Hello all, I have not posted in years, but here I am again, like a bad

> penny showing up. Or maybe like that annoying Aunt who you don't hear

> from unless it's to tell you what you ought to be doing...lol

>

> Many of you are just starting and freaking out about scale weight.

> One looses 6lbs the frist week, one looses nothing...one gains 0.6lbs

> and tries to cut free day....it is all a mind game with the scale.

>

> My opinion is either don't weigh yourself, or weigh every day. Put the

> numbers in a spread sheet and look at the trend line. The trend line

> will tell you more than the actual scale reading. Since our weight is

> a system in flux, it is easy to feel like we are out of control. If

> you follow the trend line you can see if you are really in control or

> not.

>

> My two cents.

>

> Barbara

>

Doc

www.pinkbunnyears.com

[Guest guest]

> I weigh every day and use a trend line on an excel spread sheet. It's

> much better for my head.

A few years ago, I had " Diet & Exercise Assistant " loaded on my PDA:

http://www.download.com/Diet-Exercise-Assistant/3000-2360_4-

10185727.html?tag=lst-1

If you enter your weight on a regular basis, it has a trend line. It also has a

pretty

good food data base. It's not specifically targeted to BFL, but still a useful

tool (if you

want to dink with entering all your food into a database The good thing is

that you

can copy items from one day to the next, making it easier (for instance, if you

eat the

same bfast every day). Plus, you can add custom foods.

Has anyone tried the PalmBFL:The Body for Life Companion 6.4?

http://www.download.com/PalmBFL-The-Body-for-Life-Companion/3000-2360_4-

10633399.html?tag=lst-4

It looks like it also comes with a " workout companion " and it is centered around

the

BFL principles (so it appears).

Both are available for free trials on download.com (the links above).

Dana

[Guest guest]

I do weight and body fat once a month. That's it.

>

> Hello all, I have not posted in years, but here I am again, like a

bad

> penny showing up. Or maybe like that annoying Aunt who you don't

hear

> from unless it's to tell you what you ought to be doing...lol

>

> Many of you are just starting and freaking out about scale weight.

> One looses 6lbs the frist week, one looses nothing...one gains

0.6lbs

> and tries to cut free day....it is all a mind game with the scale.

>

> My opinion is either don't weigh yourself, or weigh every day. Put

the

> numbers in a spread sheet and look at the trend line. The trend

line

> will tell you more than the actual scale reading. Since our weight

is

> a system in flux, it is easy to feel like we are out of control. If

> you follow the trend line you can see if you are really in control

or

> not.

>

> My two cents.

>

> Barbara

>