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Weight Loss/Maintenance

True Dough

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1. There are a number of variables that can make your weight fluctuate

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 08:56 AM

Apr 22

throughout the day. Weighing yourself multiple times per day isn't useful, IMO.

If you step on the scale once a week or once a month and you're not seeing the corresponding change you are driving toward, then I would question the calibration of the scale.

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Is it time to buy a new digital scale if [View all] no_hypocrisy Apr 22 OP

There are a number of variables that can make your weight fluctuate True Dough Apr 22 #1

Thank you. no_hypocrisy Apr 22 #2

The numbers don't mean so much day to day, what matters is over time: do you weigh ... marble falls Apr 22 #3

I weighed 450, Benn at 200 kozar Apr 27 #4

Thanks. Will take your advice. no_hypocrisy Apr 27 #5

Weight loss, is a marathon, kozar Apr 27 #6