COVERT COMPOSITIONS

2.  Weigh yourself first thing in morning after using the bathroom.  
        You are at your lightest weight.  I like knowing what my lightest weight is :).  

3. Weigh yourself the same time of day each time.  
        Your weight fluctuates throughout the day, so weighing  yourself at the same time of day each time (like first thing 
        in the morning or after work), will give you a more accurate weightloss result than if you weighed one week in the 
        morning and the next after work.  

4.  Weigh yourself on the same scale everytime.  
        Whatever day & time you choose for your weigh-in, make sure you use the same scale every time.  You will find that
        scales vary.  You go to the doctor or the gym and you will get a different amount than you do at home.  To track your
        weightloss accurately, use the same scale each time. 

        The only scales that are truly accurate are ones that are governed by the U.S. Weights and Measures. 

5.  Weigh yourself with the same amount of clothes on or off.  
        I weigh myself naked so that I have my true weight.  The clothes you have on your body will add to your weight.  So
        make sure it is the same amount of clothes each time you weigh yourself.  If you wear shorts & gym shoes on the
        scale, do it each time to have an accurate reading. 

6.  Determine how often you will measure yourself.  
        Most common is weekly.  I weigh myself every day, not as an obsession, but to know if I am staying on track.  If I ate
        badly one day and saw that I gained 3 pounds the very next day, I can make adjustments to my diet and exercise 
        immediately to start getting back on track…rather than waiting a week later to find out the damage that I had done.  

        If you are a weekly weigh-er, keep in mind that your weight fluctuates daily.  You may weigh yourself and not have any
        weightloss or very little or even look like you gained.  You may have just weighed yourself on what I call an “off day”.  
        Then you may find the next time you weigh yourself, there is a huge loss, since you didn’t see it on the day you had
        weighed yourself previously.  

        The disadvantage to weighing yourself daily is not seeing the bigger numbers.  It is easy to see a half pound here &
        half pound there and not feel like your losing much cause your not seeing it in the bigger number.  It is important to keep
        your own running total each week, so you see that you actually did lose 2.5 pounds this week after you add it all up.  It
        helps not to get discouraged with your progress.