I thought I hit my 1st "plateau" at the end of Dec begining of Jan so I decided to start a daily weight log. I was a little bored today so I made this snazzy little chart. What's interesting is that I noticed I drop a couple of pounds and then I'm up and down and then again I drop a few more pounds, repeat. I no longer freak out when I gain a couple pounds because I know it's going to come off again in a couple of days. Kinda cool so I thought I would share.

I love the chart! Really helps give you a longer term perspective of what you're body's doing.

Very cool, thanks for sharing. What program did you use?

Oops! What YOUR body's doing. Typing too fast. I hate that!

Thank you Exactly! I used to obsess about the scale a lot when I first started out and I was worried that weighing myself everyday would make it worse but the opposite happened. Now what I have a longer history of what's going on I can see trends like when I have my TOM.

So if my weight spikes a couple of pounds over 3-4 days I'm not going to have a melt down

When you are consistent you will see results, the weight is going to come off just not in a straight line.

No problem Devsmama, I just use Excel.

I love my graphs too

There is a free online weight chart that I use. It privately tracks your weight, you can set goals with it. It also logs your food/water/and how you are feeling.

www.weightchart.com

I found that after my *ahem* stall in weight loss the past few months, I still am able to see the downward trend and it lifts my spirits a bit

that's awesome, some ups and downs, but that big black line is heading in the right direction all the time -- DOWN DOWN DOWN!!! yay! i love visuals

I've noticed this same pattern - I wonder how many people give up when they see a slight gain without realizing it. And I am recently guilty of doing that very thing!

Thanks for that site gumboot. I think I might try and track on a chart as well. I think it's important to see the big picture like that.

I've been logging my weigh-ins on excel since the beginning of the year, just never thought to put it into graph form. I think I'll wait until the end of May to do this.

Thanks for posting this. It is interesting to see what your body is doing.

When you are consistent you will see results, the weight is going to come off just not in a straight line.



I love what you wrote.....I wish we could all just grasp this concept and stop freaking out, myself included!!!!!

I think Im gonna start logging my weight and do the same as you did. What a great idea!!!!!!!

Most excellent illustration.

Daniela, your progress is phenomenal. And I thank you so much for sharing it and now I thank you even more for your very wise words. I wish we could have them atop every single post here at 3FC.

I oftten have to tell myself it is the trend that counts not the individual numbers. Thanks for such a great illusration.