Yeah yeah, this is late too... Progress Prompts:

How often do you weigh? Does the number on the scale matter? Why or why not? Do you have any other methods of measuring your weight loss?

I weigh at least twice daily - first thing in the morning after I pee and brush my teeth, and last thing at night before I climb into bed. I track the morning weights on three different sources, which is a bit obsessive, I'll admit - the Calorie King application on my Palm, my Palm EatWatch application (which makes nice smoothed charts, plus shows me if I'm on track to make my 2003 goal), and on my spreadsheet on my laptop. The night-time weight is to give me a sorta glimpse as to whether I'll be up or down in the morning. Usually I'm about 2 pounds down in the morning from my night weight. Fridays are my official check-in day where I record my weekly weight loss and measurements for chest, waist, hips, and thigh. Those get posted here. I've also got a body-fat measurer thing which I occasionally use, but honestly it fluctuates so much that I don't trust it.

I pretend that the numbers on the scale don't matter when they're up, and I rejoice when they're down. The past ten days I've been within .5 pounds of the same weight, and I was getting really frustrated. It went down this morning and I felt oodles better. Hopefully it won't rocket back up again tomorrow. We shall see.