How to measure Dieting Success

Measuring youe dieting success is usually done with scales but there are other ways.

Its best to measure yourself fully at the start of your diet

Scales

Treat yourself to either a go on the scales in the high street - they'll be certified as accurate. Some of them have a print out, or a card to keep track of your weight. This is a handy option if you go in the shop frequently.

Write down your weight somewhere. You don't have to tell people your weight, and a lot of people prefer to keep it a secret.
Obviously you have to tell people who need to know, such as GP, nurse, person who ties bungee cord to you!

Scales weekly

What if you can't use certified accurate scales every week?

If you have scales at home then you can use these. They might show you as a different weight to certified ones but see if you can adjust them at zero (when you're not stood on) and see if it makes a difference.
Ideally you should keep your scales in the same place to stand on them. Wonky floors can make a difference.

Make a note of your weight every week and record it in a central place. You might want to get some graph paper and make a chart of how you're losing weight.

Weigh yourself at the same time of day and only once a week.

Tape measure

We think its a great idea to measure yourself properly before starting a diet. You can then measure yourself at intervals (We think every week is a bit too often, but maybe monthly is a good idea)

Write them down somewhere safe! Record the figures everytime you measure them.

It can be a real morale booster if you've not lost weight one week to measure yourself and count up those inches lost!

Measure your bust, waist and hips.

Charts and graphs

You can have lots of fun making charts to show how you're losing weight.

If you need graph paper you can print some out. visit this page - we are not associated with this site but at the time we visited there are Printer Files for Graph Paper and Other Goodies.

Its probably best to mark weight on the verical axis and date along the bottom. Use one division as a week (or seven small ones as a week according to the size)
Chart your progress each week.

Some women like to also make a note of their period start date on this sort of chart. That way you can see if you have weight fluctuations due to menstal stages.

You could also use a small notebook to record your weightloss.

Clothes

Clothes can be a good measure of your successful weight loss. Keep a pair of jeans or trousers that fitted you - get some photos of you in them when you're at full size too, then when you're losing weight take photos of you in them holding them out to show how much room there is in them!

Best measure of success of your diet

Is when someone says "Wow you look great! Have you lost weight?"

Get prepared for compliaments when your start losing weight as people will slowly notice. It is hard for people who you see a lot to notice but people who see you occaisionally will notice more. Don't shout at your other half if they don't notice you losing weight - it really is hard to see the day by day loss!