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Originally Posted by HadEnough
Jayell and YH hit it on the head. Here is what I just started doing so I could detect a pattern to my bounces. I started weighing every day (from once a week) and put that in an excel spreadsheet. Then I have a comment section for each day so I can note what I did good or bad, so I can pinpoint the guilty behavior that puts me up. I don't want to see that scale go up ever (who does?) but the truth is, is that it does and you just have to deal with it, but attempt to learn what triggers it so we can avoid that (except TOM, which obviously we can not).
In the end, don't sweat it if you are staying on plan.
That is what I do too. AND I have a graph. So I can totally see trends. When something is new or different Birthdays, wedding tastings, new work out, a cold, TOM whatever, I put it on the comments section. 9 out of 10 times a spike of any significance (more than 1 lb) generally has a corresponding note. So it is never a "shock". Then I just know that I have to work harder or smarter rather the rest of the week. It used to really frustrate me, but having the graph has helped. I see a downward trend. Sure it is not as much as I would like, but its ALWAYS downward. Even when I totally "blow" it one day, at the end of the week, it has never gone up higher than the previous week. That is good.
Also what helped me is to sort of "tweak" my thinking. This is a life change, a full time always and forever lifestyle change. It is not a "diet". And because it is a lifestyle change...life happens. Birthdays, weddings, holidays, bad days ALL happen. Its ok. I have always said, if I gain 5lbs from goal weight, I am changing things up to lose that 5lbs, lately I just do that weekly. If my scale goes up more than 1.5lbs in a week, I hit it pretty hard the next week, and drop it back off.
It is frustrating for sure, but just keep at it and it will happen. Just do not beat yourself up too bad about it.