The daily bounce doesn't rock my world (anymore)

[Carly]

I've been reading about the pros and cons of daily weighing a lot on the JUDDD boards recently. It terrified me at first, but I have found it a useful tool. This was when I began daily weighing/ recording. I thought I would be unable to tolerate the bounce, but am fairly immune now.

6/9 DD- 171.5
6/10 UD- 172.1
6/11 DD- 173.3
6/12 UD- 171.5
6/13 DD-171.5
6/14 UD- 170.6
6/15 DD- 169.5
6/16 UD- 169.5
6/17 UUAD- 169.5
6/18 DD- 170.5
6/19 UD- 170.5 TOM
6/20 DD- 170.5 TOM
6/21 MD- 168.7 TOM
6/22 UD- 169.7
6/23 DD- 168.5
6/24 UD- 168.5
6/25 DD- 169.4
6/26 UD- 168.8
6/27 DD- 169.0
6/28 UD- 168.3
6/29 DD- 166.6
6/30 MD- 166.5
7/1- UUAD 167.0 (after a MD yesterday- I hate needing to use MDs!)
7/2- DD 168.0- I deserved that- I ate a ton yesterday!
7/3- UD 168.2 wrong direction!
7/4- DD 167.5
7/5- UD 166.4
7/6- DD 165.6
7/7- UD 165.6
7/8- DD 166.5
7/9- UD 166.8 wrong direction!
7/10- DD 166.9
7/11- UD 164.5
7/12- UD 166.7 (last evening I was 164.0 and this will be a weekend of UDs)
7/13- DD 165.5
7/14- MD 164.0
7/15- UD 163.8
7/16- DD 163.9
7/17- UD 164.8
7/18- DD 163.2
7/19- UD 161.5
7/20- DD 162.0 TOM
7/21- UD 161.0 TOM
7/22- DD 164.4 TOM- What! I don't even get it?
7/23- UD 162.9
7/24- DD 162.5
7/25- UD 161.5
7/26- DD 163.4
7/27- UD 162.1
7/28- DD 161.3
7/29- UD 160.7
7/30- DD 161.9
7/31- UD 161.9
8/1- DD 160.6
8/2- UD 160.6 (last night 159.8)
8/3- DD 160.7
8/4- UD 159.3
8/5- DD 161.4 (Wow- Mexican food last night- that's a big bounce for me)
8/6- UD 161.4
8/7- DD 160.1
8/8- UD 160.3 (I seem to be great at maintaining )
8/9- DD 160.7
8/10-UD 159.7
8/11-DD 159.7
8/12-UD 159.5
8/13-DD 161.1 (ugh! These last 2 weeks seem like bad re-runs!)
8/14-UD 161.1 (157.9 at night!)
8/15-DD 158.0
8/16-UD 156.1 (155.9 at night)
8/17-DD 157.5
8/18-UD 155.6
8/19-DD 155.9
8/20-UD 156.8 ( Huh? TOM should be here in T - 5, 4, 3...)
8/21-DD 155.9 (... 2, 1... I'm miserable would TOM just hurry up!)
8/22-UD 155.9
8/23-DD 155.6
8/24-UD 155.6 (TOM)
8/25-DD 155.6 (TOM)
8/26-UD 153.9 (TOM) Whooshed past August's goal of 155.0
8/27-DD 154.3
8/28-UD 154.3
8/29-DD 153.9
8/30-UD 152.3
8/31-DD 151.4
9/1- UD 151.4
9/2- DD 151.4
9/3- UD 151.4
9/4- DD 152.5
9/5- UD 151.4 (This would be great if I wanted to maintain.)
9/6- DD 150.4
9/7- UD 149.8
9/8- DD 149.8
9/9- UD 149.8
9/10-DD 148.9
9/11-UD 150.5 (Got flu shot last night... feel terrible!)
9/12-DD 150.5
9/13-UD 149.3
9/14- DD 148.8 (Recovered from the flu shot!)
9/15- MD 148.6
9/16- UD 150.4
9/17- DD 148.3
9/18- UD 148.3
9/19- 148.3 Fast till dinner and then I'm on vacation!
9/20- DNW
9/21- DNW
9/22- DNW
9/23- DNW
9/24- DNW
9/25- DNW
9/26- DD 154.5
9/27- UD 152.7
9/28- DD 151.9
9/29- MD 151.9 (TOM)
9/30- UD 150.9 (TOM)
10/1- DD 150.3 TOM
10/2- UD 149.0 TOM
10/3- DD 149.0 TOM (Can't get back to 148.3)
10/4- UD 146.7
10/5- DD 146.7
10/6- UD 145.5
10/7- DD 147.7 (Mexican last night!)
10/8- UD 149.0
10/9- DD 146.5
10/10-UD 145.0 (What happened on the 8th?)
10/11-DD 144.0
10/12- UD 144.0
10/13- DD 143.5
10/14- UD 144.3
10/15- DD 142.9
10/16- UD 144.2

[SoHappy]

Truthfully, I think it's sort of a good way to learn about how your body works. All of us have weight fluctuation, often by quite a few pounds in just a few hours. To be upset or fearful about how our bodies naturally function seems strange, doesn't it.

We are so glad that JUDDD teaches us how to eat, encourages us to develop new habits in eating, in relating to our food and our eating.

What we should also be thankful for is the opportunity to allow JUDDD to teach us about what is normal and acceptable weight fluctuation as our days go on, so that we become comfortable about how our bodies fill and release water in a perfect and protective balance in response to what we've eaten or what we've worked through in the past day or so.

I'm very keen on knowing and understanding as much as I can about *how I work* and the weight is just one of those things.

It no longer causes me a whit of concern either. Yay!

[Carly]

I agree. I know so much more about how my body works and responds to a lot of things beside just what I eat. I've learned a great deal about how sleep effects me and the bounce as well as TOM, energy levels, current health and moods. Not to mention my level of pain. This is one of the newer things I'm learning. An unexpected bounce often can be connected to higher levels of pain. I love learning and might as well become an expert in... Me!

[Debrat3]

Wow Carly thanks for posting that! That was a real eye opener. It makes me excited about JUDD! I just got unbummed lol

[Carly]

I'm glad it helped. I used to feel unnerved by the bounce and needed to see weeks and months lined up to help take the power away that I freely gave to it.

[sorenkkg]

Thanks for posting this Carly! I don't weigh daily on JUDDD, but I used to weigh 2x a day when I first started serious weight loss (2003!) on Atkins, and I too found patterns, and the ups/downs didn't bother me.

gotta say, they bother me now though so I'm sticking with after-DD-weighing, which makes me just crazy enough

LOVE your progress! YAY YOU!!!

[sorenkkg]

p.s. I get the stacking/lose weight even with bounces over time - effect from my tracking software, that puts in a graph of the weigh-ins. So does the ticker site, actually... seeing any trend graph go downward over time is a good thing.

[LoCarbGal]

That's really interesting, Carly. Just looking over your progression, the main thing that sticks out is the downward movement of your numbers. Then when you look at smaller slices, you can see the bounces and the "mini-stalls". But you worked it, and had patience, and now look at you!

This is really helpful. I'm still not sure I'm ready to weigh every day, but I know that I'll get there in time. I do think we can learn a lot about our bodies this way.

Thanks!

[gotsomeold]

Originally Posted by Carly

I agree. I know so much more about how my body works and responds to a lot of things beside just what I eat. I've learned a great deal about how sleep effects me and the bounce as well as TOM, energy levels, current health and moods. Not to mention my level of pain. This is one of the newer things I'm learning. An unexpected bounce often can be connected to higher levels of pain. I love learning and might as well become an expert in... Me!

Log everything! And be both expansive and creative about the definition of 'everything'. Over time, I have learned my mood and level of inflammation/pain are tied together in ways I never would have expected...until I started watching bounces.

[Carly]

Yes- it started about watching weight/ weight loss, but developed into so much more!

[cici52]

Great post. Very helpful. May help me get through another day in fact as this morning's weight was not what I expected.

[Kissa]

Sending you hugs Cici xxx

[vilanteira]

Carly, thanks for sharing this with us and I love that wonderful downward trend! I do the same with daily weighing and I also write the notes on the side and keep track of TOM, ovulation, and other things of special note like a particularly large meal while eating out or something really different that I ate or anything that isn't like the usual thing every day. I also have my online tracker daily log to compare the weight log to.

I've found this extremely helpful in identifying the whys and hows of my diet and weight loss during WLM and even after reaching goal. It really helped me understand so many things about my body that I never even realized before I started tracking. We're talking stuff that isn't even related to weight loss directly that I was so glad to learn about myself. All of that helped me to get over the fear of the daily bounce.

[cici52]

Thanks, Kissa.

[Zib]

Great numbers and a good reminder of the general downward trend.

I, too, weigh every single morning. I keep a log so know that even if I don't think anything is moving, the trend is still downward. I may have a day where I am up after a down day or suddenly drop into a zone 2 pounds lower than expected. Because of the log, I know that these anomalies don't matter and I just watch the general trend in weight.

My best number is my cholesterol, which had skyrocketed out of control for several months (I donate platelets so get a non-fasting cholesterol test each time). After 7 weeks of JUDDD that's down 45 points and ratios are good. Doc is very pleased and said she's not going to fuss over it if I'm trending so well.

[Luv2Eat]

Love your quote, Zib!

[Carly]

More time added to the bouncy chart.

6/9 DD- 171.5
6/10 UD- 172.1
6/11 DD- 173.3
6/12 UD- 171.5
6/13 DD-171.5
6/14 UD- 170.6
6/15 DD- 169.5
6/16 UD- 169.5
6/17 UUAD- 169.5
6/18 DD- 170.5
6/19 UD- 170.5 TOM
6/20 DD- 170.5 TOM
6/21 MD- 168.7 TOM
6/22 UD- 169.7
6/23 DD- 168.5
6/24 UD- 168.5
6/25 DD- 169.4
6/26 UD- 168.8
6/27 DD- 169.0
6/28 UD- 168.3
6/29 DD- 166.6
6/30 MD- 166.5
7/1- UUAD 167.0 (after a MD yesterday- I hate needing to use MDs!)
7/2- DD 168.0- I deserved that- I ate a ton yesterday!
7/3- UD 168.2 wrong direction!
7/4- DD 167.5
7/5- UD 166.4
7/6- DD 165.6
7/7- UD 165.6
7/8- DD 166.5
7/9- UD 166.8 wrong direction!
7/10- DD 166.9
7/11- UD 164.5
7/12- UD 166.7 (last evening I was 164.0 and this will be a weekend of UDs)
7/13- DD 165.5
7/14- MD 164.0
7/15- UD 163.8
7/16- DD 163.9
7/17- UD 164.8
7/18- DD 163.2
7/19- UD 161.5
7/20- DD 162.0 TOM
7/21- UD 161.0 TOM
7/22- DD 164.4 TOM- What! I don't even get it?
7/23- UD 162.9
7/24- DD 162.5
7/25- UD 161.5
7/26- DD 163.4
7/27- UD 162.1
7/28- DD 161.3
7/29- UD 160.7
7/30- DD 161.9
7/31- UD 161.9
8/1- DD 160.6
8/2- UD 160.6 (last night 159.8)
8/3- DD 160.7
8/4- UD 159.3
8/5- DD 161.4 (Wow- Mexican food last night- that's a big bounce for me)
8/6- UD 161.4
8/7- DD 160.1
8/8- UD 160.3 (I seem to be great at maintaining )
8/9- DD 160.7
8/10-UD 159.7
8/11-DD 159.7
8/12-UD 159.5
8/13-DD 161.1 (ugh! These last 2 weeks seem like bad re-runs!)
8/14-UD 161.1 (157.9 at night!)
8/15-DD 158.0
8/16-UD 156.1 (155.9 at night)
8/17-DD 157.5
8/18-UD 155.6
8/19-DD 155.9
8/20-UD 156.8 ( Huh? TOM should be here in T - 5, 4, 3...)
8/21-DD 155.9 (... 2, 1... I'm miserable would TOM just hurry up!)
8/22-UD 155.9
8/23-DD 155.6
8/24-UD 155.6 (TOM)
8/25-DD 155.6 (TOM)
8/26-UD 153.9 (TOM) Whooshed past August's goal of 155.0
8/27-DD 154.3
8/28-UD 154.3
8/29-DD 153.9
8/30-UD 152.3
8/31-DD 151.4
9/1- UD 151.4
9/2- DD 151.4
9/3- UD 151.4
9/4- DD 152.5
9/5- UD 151.4 (This would be great if I wanted to maintain.)
9/6- DD 150.4
9/7- UD 149.8
9/8- DD 149.8
9/9- UD 149.8
9/10-DD 148.9
9/11-UD 150.5 (Got flu shot last night... feel terrible!)
9/12-DD 150.5
9/13-UD 149.3
9/14- DD 148.8 (Recovered from the flu shot!)
9/15- MD 148.6
9/16- UD 150.4
9/17- DD 148.3
9/18- UD 148.3
9/19- 148.3 Fast till dinner and then I'm on vacation!
9/20- DNW
9/21- DNW
9/22- DNW
9/23- DNW
9/24- DNW
9/25- DNW
9/26- DD 154.5
9/27- UD 152.7
9/28- DD 151.9
9/29- MD 151.9 (TOM)
9/30- UD 150.9 (TOM)
10/1- DD 150.3 TOM
10/2- UD 149.0 TOM
10/3- DD 149.0 TOM (Can't get back to 148.3)
10/4- UD 146.7
10/5- DD 146.7
10/6- UD 145.5
10/7- DD 147.7 (Mexican last night!)
10/8- UD 149.0
10/9- DD 146.5
10/10-UD 145.0 (What happened on the 8th?)
10/11-DD 144.0
10/12- UD 144.0
10/13- DD 143.5
10/14- UD 144.3
10/15- DD 142.9
10/16- UD 144.2
10/17- DD 144.4
10/18- UD 144.2
10/19- DD 144.2 (hum... how to get back to 142.9...)
10/20- UD 144.2
10/21- DD 144.2 (I will be great at maintaining)
10/22- UD 143.2
10/23- DD 144.3
10/24- UD 144.6 (I have shrunk out of my 12Ps, but scale not budging!)
10/25- DD 146.3 (What!?!)
10/26- UD 144.2
10/27- DD 143.5
10/28- UD 143.5
10/29- DD 143.5
10/30- UD 143.2
10/31- DD 142.3
11/1- UD 142.2
11/2- DD 142.8
11/3- UD 141.5 (TOM)
11/4- DD 140.4 (TOM)

[Sooz]

Wow Carly.... these are awesome numbers and SO inspiring for me. I needed this post today. I really blew it yesterday and to tell you the truth was really thinking JUDDD wasn't something I could do. After seeing this, I'm NOT gonna give up!

Great job on your weight loss in 2012!!

[Carly]

Sooz
I feel like it helps me to know I'm in JUDDD for the long haul so little ups and downs don't matter as long as the trend is down. I hope I can stick with this WOE forever if that is what I continue to want.

[Sooz]

Originally Posted by Carly

.......I hope I can stick with this WOE forever if that is what I continue to want.

You have done it long enough and successfully enough that I'm sure you can! I hope I can follow your example!

[Carly]

If I can- there is no reason you can't. Just take it 1 day at a time!

[jacci48]

Thanks so much for this Carly, its so inspiring seeing your daily weigh ins with the ups and downs. This woe is so unlike any other and I now find I dont mind the bounces and am confident now to weigh after an UD whereas to begin with I would only weigh in after a DD!!

On any other woe if I put weight on I would binge as it meantaccording to my brain that as the diet wasnt working I may as well eat.....not now though!!

Thanks again!!

[DesertGurl]

Thanks for sharing, Carly. This was very impressive to see. Had a big bounce today and despite how irrational the thought process I began to start doubt myself. This served to remind me that it will all be ok!!

[wildflower]

I found this thread referenced earlier and I am so glad I came to read it. Thank you Carly -- you are such a help to the rest of us!!!


Arlene

[Carly]

I know that for me it was very freeing to no longer be fearful of or try to control the bounce- it is just part of the JUDDD journey.

[Librarygirl]

I so love this thread. It's been referenced so many times, and for good reason. I want to bounce all the way to goal!

[JayLynn]

Once in awhile I weigh more than once a week, but usually just on Fridays. I might try a week or two of weighing every day after recording everything I eat...just as a science experiment...lol. This is interesting.

[wildflower]

Bumping this --- newbies could do well to read this ---as well as needing it for myself.

My bounces are going crazy. I'm older, to be 65 this month, and on a few drugs for heart so maybe that is affecting my weight. I'll keep trying -- only three weeks Sunday so I haven't really given it much time -- but I'm so impatient!

Thanks Carly!

[Carly]

Update

This was when I began daily weighing/ recording
6/9 DD- 171.5
6/10 UD- 172.1
6/11 DD- 173.3
6/12 UD- 171.5
6/13 DD-171.5
6/14 UD- 170.6
6/15 DD- 169.5
6/16 UD- 169.5
6/17 UUAD- 169.5
6/18 DD- 170.5
6/19 UD- 170.5 (TOM)
6/20 DD- 170.5 (TOM)
6/21 MD- 168.7 (TOM)
6/22 UD- 169.7
6/23 DD- 168.5
6/24 UD- 168.5
6/25 DD- 169.4
6/26 UD- 168.8
6/27 DD- 169.0
6/28 UD- 168.3
6/29 DD- 166.6
6/30 MD- 166.5
7/1- UUAD 167.0 (after a MD yesterday- I hate needing to use MDs!)
7/2- DD 168.0- I deserved that- I ate a ton yesterday!
7/3- UD 168.2 wrong direction!
7/4- DD 167.5
7/5- UD 166.4
7/6- DD 165.6
7/7- UD 165.6
7/8- DD 166.5
7/9- UD 166.8 wrong direction!
7/10- DD 166.9
7/11- UD 164.5
7/12- UD 166.7 (last evening I was 164.0 and this will be a weekend of UDs)
7/13- DD 165.5
7/14- MD 164.0
7/15- UD 163.8
7/16- DD 163.9
7/17- UD 164.8
7/18- DD 163.2
7/19- UD 161.5
7/20- DD 162.0 (TOM)
7/21- UD 161.0 (TOM)
7/22- DD 164.4 (TOM)- What! I don't even get it?
7/23- UD 162.9
7/24- DD 162.5
7/25- UD 161.5
7/26- DD 163.4
7/27- UD 162.1
7/28- DD 161.3
7/29- UD 160.7
7/30- DD 161.9
7/31- UD 161.9
8/1- DD 160.6
8/2- UD 160.6 (last night 159.8)
8/3- DD 160.7
8/4- UD 159.3
8/5- DD 161.4 (Wow- Mexican food last night- that's a big bounce for me)
8/6- UD 161.4
8/7- DD 160.1
8/8- UD 160.3 (I seem to be great at maintaining )
8/9- DD 160.7
8/10-UD 159.7
8/11-DD 159.7
8/12-UD 159.5
8/13-DD 161.1 (ugh! These last 2 weeks seem like bad re-runs!)
8/14-UD 161.1 (157.9 at night!)
8/15-DD 158.0
8/16-UD 156.1 (155.9 at night)
8/17-DD 157.5
8/18-UD 155.6
8/19-DD 155.9
8/20-UD 156.8 (Huh? TOM should be here in T - 5, 4, 3...)
8/21-DD 155.9 (... 2, 1... I'm miserable would TOM just hurry up!)
8/22-UD 155.9
8/23-DD 155.6
8/24-UD 155.6 (TOM)
8/25-DD 155.6 (TOM)
8/26-UD 153.9 (TOM) Whooshed past August's goal of 155.0
8/27-DD 154.3
8/28-UD 154.3
8/29-DD 153.9
8/30-UD 152.3
8/31-DD 151.4
9/1- UD 151.4
9/2- DD 151.4
9/3- UD 151.4
9/4- DD 152.5
9/5- UD 151.4 (This would be great if I wanted to maintain.)
9/6- DD 150.4
9/7- UD 149.8
9/8- DD 149.8
9/9- UD 149.8
9/10-DD 148.9
9/11-UD 150.5 (Got flu shot last night... feel terrible!)
9/12-DD 150.5
9/13-UD 149.3
9/14- DD 148.8 (Recovered from the flu shot!)
9/15- MD 148.6
9/16- UD 150.4
9/17- DD 148.3
9/18- UD 148.3
9/19- 148.3 Fast till dinner and then I'm on vacation!
9/20- DNW
9/21- DNW
9/22- DNW
9/23- DNW
9/24- DNW
9/25- DNW
9/26- DD 154.5
9/27- UD 152.7
9/28- DD 151.9
9/29- MD 151.9 (TOM)
9/30- UD 150.9 (TOM)
10/1- DD 150.3 (TOM)
10/2- UD 149.0 (TOM)
10/3- DD 149.0 (TOM Can't get back to 148.3)
10/4- UD 146.7
10/5- DD 146.7
10/6- UD 145.5
10/7- DD 147.7 (Mexican last night!)
10/8- UD 149.0
10/9- DD 146.5
10/10-UD 145.0 (What happened on the 8th?)
10/11-DD 144.0
10/12- UD 144.0
10/13- DD 143.5
10/14- UD 144.3
10/15- DD 142.9
10/16- UD 144.2
10/17- DD 144.4
10/18- UD 144.2
10/19- DD 144.2 (hum... how to get back to 142.9...)
10/20- UD 144.2
10/21- DD 144.2 (I will be great at maintaining)
10/22- UD 143.2
10/23- DD 144.3
10/24- UD 144.6 (I have shrunk out of my 12Ps, but scale not budging!)
10/25- DD 146.3 (What!?!)
10/26- UD 144.2
10/27- DD 143.5
10/28- UD 143.5
10/29- DD 143.5
10/30- UD 143.2
10/31- DD 142.3
11/1- UD 142.2
11/2- DD 142.8
11/3- UD 141.5 (TOM)
11/4- DD 140.4 (TOM)
11/5- UD 140.4 (TOM)
11/6- DD 141.1 (TOM)
11/7- UD 141.1
11/8- DD 141.1
11/9- UD 141.1 (The anti- bounce. How is this possible?)
11/10-DD 139.7
11/11-UD 138.8 (138.4 in the evening)
11/12-DD 139.9
11/13-UD 138.3
11/14-DD 138.3
11/15-UD 138.3 (It's the anti- bounce again)
11/16-DD 138.3 (so far the anti-bounce has never exceeded 4 days)
11/17-UD 137.1 (bye-bye anti-bounce)
11/18-DD 138.4
11/19-MD 137.1
11/20-UD 137.9
11/21-DD 136.9
11/22-UD 136.9
11/23-DD 137.9 (Not bad after T-day)
11/24-UD 137.1 (TOM- too early)
11/25-DD 137.9 (TOM)
11/26-UD 138.2 (TOM)
11/27-DD 137.9 (TOM)
11/28-UD 137.9
11/29-DD 136.7
11/30-UD 135.7 (slipped past goal!)
12/1- DD 138.0 (that must have been the Chinese Food- salty!)
12/2- UD 136.3 (Yesterday was potato only DD)
12/3- DD 136.6
12/4- UD 136.6 (Starting maintenance break through 1/1/13)
12/5- DD 137.3
12/6- UD 135.3 (maybe it was the loss of spinal fluid)
12/7- DD 138.8 (I'm still in pain from the 5th- so maybe it's inflammation?)
12/8- UD 137.9
12/9- UD 136.5
12/10-DD 134.7 (TOM again! Otherwise, I love maintenance!)
12/11-UD 136.2 (TOM kinda)
12/12-DD 135.1 (TOM)
12/13-UD 135.1 (TOM)
12/14-UD 136.6 (TOM)
12/15-DD 136.5
12/16-UD 136.5
12/17-DD 136.7
12/18-UD 136.7
12/19-DD 135.3
12/20-UD 134.0
12/21-DD 137.0
12/22-UD 137.0
12/23- 136.0- Fasting till dinner- then whatever
12/24- 136.0- Fasting till dinner
12/25- 137.2- Who knows- enjoying December for now.
12/26- 137.2- Plan to fast till dinner
12/27- 137.2- (TOM again! Low cals till Dinner)
12/28- 136.1- (TOM) Fast till dinner
12/29- 137.1- (TOM) Fast till dinner
12/30- 138.7- Fast till dinner
12/31- 137.7- Fast till dinner
1/1- UD 137.7 (Last day of maintenance break)
1/2- DD 136.8
1/3- UD 136.4
1/4- DD 134.5
1/5- UD 133.6 (new low!)
1/6- DD 135.4
1/7- UD 136.6
1/8- DD 136.4
1/9- UD 136.2
1/10-DD 137.1
1/11-UD 135.7
1/12-DD 134.4

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CARLY u r amazingggg!