camaswa - Normally, I just weigh myself once in the morning and that's it. I'm probably the opposite of most people in that if I don't, I tend to go off plan. Kinda like shoving my head in the sand. This is just my way of staying accountable to myself. Weighing myself twice on Saturday actually has a story behind it. When I was on bedrest in the hospital before my daughter was born, the nurses would wake me up at 4 AM every morning to do vitals and weight (and sometimes draw blood). As if being pregnant and huge wasn't bad enough, let's remind her how big she is at 4 AM!
Anyway, I was on a pretty strick low-sodium diet because of my pre-eclampsia and overnight my weight went up a pound. I told the nurse to let me use the restroom and let's try it again. She said, "Do you really think you can pee away a pound?" Turns out, I did. So, Saturday morning, after moving around a bit and using the bathroom again, I wanted to see if that was still the case and it was. LOL
bigdog - I've thought about weighing myself every other day, but I don't know if I could do that.
coarkkayaker - I got in almost 3 miles of walking on Saturday, so I'm happy about that. I've been getting it in about every other day. Hopefully I can start getting more days in this week.
Good luck on the new job!
jen916 -Welcome to the board! Hope to see you posting often and feel free to ask any questions. It's a great place and incredibly supportive!
joanie830 -I think 8 pounds is doable provided you follow the program as written and try to get some light exercise in several times a week
. Best of luck!