I keep it honest, too. When I hit a new low, I update my ticker. Gives me something fun to do to celebrate! However, it might vary be a pound or so. I don't update it if I had a lot of sodium and have a pound of retention. I give myself another couple of days, and then if it is still up, I would update the ticker. So far, I haven't had to do this because I am super motivated to eat on plan and get the weight off ASAP!!!
I only adjust my ticker on Fridays, whether it be up or down (so far only down, thank goodness! ) I fluctuate up and down a bit during the week, so my ticker might be a bit off. Right now I am 175.2.
Last edited by sept15lija; 11-08-2010 at 07:29 PM.
I weigh myself most days, but not every day... if I hit a new low, I make myself wait till the next day to confirm the loss, and then I'll update my ticker. Same thing with any gains. If the number is still the same on the second day, then I'll adjust the ticker...even though it makes me very sad
I update mine whenever I see a new low, although I usually try not to update if it's a .8 and I've only seen it for one day.
I've never updated it upwards before buts that's because I've never seen a gain that I thought was an actual gain, rather than just a water weighty bounce. But I've been hovering 2-3 pounds above my ticker weight and if I don't see a post-TOM whoosh, I'm going to bump it back up.
I update my ticker every Saturday morning after I weigh myself for the week. I adjust up (or down) so that I stay accurate. As I get closer to my goal (within 30 lbs or so) I may only change it once per month.
I weigh daily, but my "official" weigh-in is Monday, and my ticker is accurate based on my Monday weigh-in. The only exception is as follows: my scale breaks down the weight to fifths of a pound, but I only record a whole number. If it ends in .2, I round down. If it ends in .6 or .8, I round up. If it ends in .4, I round up, but I make Tuesday's weigh-in "official" if it's lower. For example, I weighed 148.4 this morning. If I weigh in at 148.2 or less tomorrow, I'll change my ticker.
I update mine weekly, after my "official" WI for the week. Sometimes if I hit a new low during the week I might update it. But, for the most part, once per week.
I try to keep my tracker and weight signature true to my newest low, and if I wiggle around a bit before moving down past that weight, I am not worried about it. So many things can affect your weight in one week! Anyway, that's how I see it
I update my ticker on Monday mornings. That is my official weigh in day. Some days I want to update even if it isn't Monday...like on Saturday...I was down to 201 and I so badly wanted to change that darn ticker...But I didn't. Monday only. I always put the current wt I am on Monday, even if it goes up.
Mine is usually pretty accurate. I go by my lowest weight and don't discourage myself with TOM weight gain. I know it'll come back off anyway. So, I'd say accurate within 4 lbs.
I quit updating my profile when I started maintaining/IVF. IVF meds caused a certain amount of bloat. Now I'm actually a pound or two below my profile, but, again, it seems silly to change it when I am starting some different meds in a week or so.
I think tickers are a tool to use, and that generally speaking accuracy matters only as much as it is useful to the person. Certainly I see the value of not recording every temporary upswing. That said, I also think that too much inaccuracy can by harmful to the community. A person might well find it motivational to record a 2-3 lbs loss every week, even if they haven't lost anything or have lost less. If a significant number of people did that, it could be discouraging to others who would start to see that kind of loss as "normal" and there own progress as somehow inadequate or flawed.
So while I think it's reasonable for a person to keep their ticker/profile "accurate enough", I don't think they ought to outright lie on it, or use it to create a false picture of themselves. Of course, there's no way to mandate this, let alone enforce it, and I wouldn't do that if I could. But I still think outright lying on your ticker is being a poor sport.
) I fluctuate up and down a bit during the week, so my ticker might be a bit off. Right now I am 175.2.
