With a day shy of having completed one week on my Graphite online progress. I really am getting the hang of it. The input of exercise and meals was easy from the start, but the more data you have the more the trend shows your progress. Duh. But seeing the graph take shape is fun and motivating. The flu and crud has been going around my wife has been sick for several days and I started to get down a little today, but checking my results is inspiring me not to take the day off from exercise.
I found a new feature today on below the graphs on the results screen. It is a pop up window of the raw data and gives you a daily average alongside the calories burned and calories consumed. If you have kept an honest account of your daily intake and output you can calculate your weight loss w/out a scale. I’m 8,200 calories down this week and each 1lb. equals 3,500 calories. So even my poor math skills can see that I’m down 2lbs. this week. Scales don’t lie, but they can definitely decieve. Water weight (gallon of water= 8lbs.) can be misleading in both directions, and this can be discouraging when dieting and we need every psychological edge and mental strength advantage possible when undergoing any kind of positive lifestyle change.
Nothing is more discouraging than being on target with your weight loss goals on one weekly weigh in and the next week be holding a couple of water weight pounds. You may have lost a lb. of fat, and your scale says something else. Lean muscle gains are also deceptive in an exercise and diet lifestyle change. Bottom line, use the scale as one of your tools, the mirror, the fit of your clothes, and Graphite online being another. Don’t be married to the scale, she’s an evil woman.