Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!!!

Posted on September 3, 2014

I have to laugh when I look at my weight loss graph.

It is such a lie!

I never report the ups (unless I'm starting a new DB), and I sometimes spread my losses over several days to make it look like I am losing consistently.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this!

My real graph would look like a jagged line with lots of peaks, valleys and a BUNCH of plateaus.

Two weeks ago I hit an all time low weight of 146 lbs. I was so excited that I started messaging people, and I'm pretty sure I danced a little jig.

Since then, my weight has done nothing but go UP! For absolutely no reason at all. I've been eating well and exercising my butt off - well, not literally, cause that would be like the most awesome thing ever!

But the point is that I've been doing everything right and the scales make it look like I am doing everything wrong!

The scales LIE I tell you! Lie!!

Which is why I create a lovely graph line to more accurately reflect what the scales would say if it wasn't such a bold-faced liar!

I'm pretty sure the reason for my weight gain has something to do with the fact that I am 47 years old and going through perimenopause.

perimenopause
noun
the period of a woman's life shortly before the occurance of menopause during which she experiences - at random times and for varying lengths - PMS FROM HELL!

I am expecting - any day now - to wake up, stand on the scales (after I pee and strip nekid, of course) and hear "I am so sorry for lying to you Mendy! Your actual weight is 145 lbs! Please forgive me!"

Of course I'd probably completely freak out because my scales don't talk.

But, they do LIE!

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Heather D.

09/17/2014 7:35AM

i am the opposite lol, i get to work every morning and i weigh myself and i track it like a hawk, obsessively, if it goes up half a pound i tweak my intakes, etc
coming back from a 4 day camping trip and then weighing myself monday morning was like a kick in the gut, ohhhhh my goodness my graph IS a mess! but i love having super accurate tracking so i can look back and see patterns
one of the things i noticed was that i was retaining a ton of water over the weekends and once i got back to work monday and my fluid intake was back on "work" mode, those 2-3lbs would come off by tuesday morning.
this has been one way my OCD has been working FOR me haha

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J-Mom

09/03/2014 8:32PM

Very funny :) I had a problem with my new scale I put it on the side and my weight was getting higher lol I only update the dietbet graph once a week. I have a private app to enter my everyday weight too.

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Mendy A.

I use my fitness pal - and I actually truthfully update that once a week. What do you mean by "put it on the side"?

Denise L.

09/03/2014 5:08PM

I love it! Maybe you are gaining muscle and it weighs more than fat. Menopause sucks I can relate I have suffered for two years!

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Mendy A.

muscle - I wish!!
You have my sympathy on the mp! It's one of those things you really never think about, until suddenly you have to!

Michel Grutter

09/03/2014 3:33PM

LMAO - so funny :)

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Mendy A.

thanks! Sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying :)

Lynda H.

09/03/2014 3:10PM

OMG! Thanks for the laugh! Like you, i HATE graphing gains and only do it when I have to. Scales may or may not lie, but they definitely don't tell the whole story! Thats why I keep checking my Non-scale victories (NSVs) for the true story, like another pant size down or feeling good after exercise. Thanks again for the laugh!

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Mendy A.

Totally agree on the NSVs - unfortunately, DB won't pay me money for those - lol!