I just wanted to share a new trick that has been keeping me sane even though my weight fluctuates quite a bit throughout the month.
Here's the idea: instead of deciding between weighing yourself or not, you can also choose the "ballpark it" method. This is where you add a small (but unknown!!) amount of weight to yourself as you weigh, so you have an idea within a few pounds of what you weight that day, without the exact number. In my case, since I usually weigh myself completely naked after going to the bathroom, I just step on the scale before going to the restroom and taking off my robe, which adds <5 lbs, but more than 0, to my total. This helps me get a sense of if my weight is high or low, without giving me an exact number to obsess over, and helps me decide whether I want to see the real number or not.
This has helped immensely with my mental health around weight loss, while still letting me stay aware of my eating choices and their effect on my body. For myself, for example, I can fluctuate 2 lbs up and down throughout the month, but if my "padded" weight is more than 4 pounds off of where I expect it, I can see that as an indication of my general eating trend, either general loss or a general gain, and that points me in the right direction for my eating habits for the next few days.
It's kind of a preview of what your weight will read on that given day, and I just wanted to share in case this might help other people keep some perspective on their weight loss journey. I hope this helps!
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