How often do you weigh yourself

[Laura Lane 0]

used to weigh myself daily, then i started every couple of days and now i limit myself and i weigh myself weekly. :biggrin:

[daqui26 4]

i have been daily for years and i focus way too much on it. if i dont like the number it could mess up my whole day. i dont think i have ever went longer than 2 days without checking so this will be something. day 1 and i already miss it lol.

[DataBit 0]

Most of the time I checked on a medical examination.

[JoiaRox 430]

Ditto what another poster said - every morning before my shower, but after I've gone potty...always naked! It helps to keep me on pace and remind myself of the journey I'm taking. I usually shower, get dressed and then come update my ticker online :tt2:. I love seeing the number move!

BUT - although I'm a daily scale addict, I do NOT let it mess with my head. There are days I go up, so what? I had a vanilla malt tonight (yummy!) and I'm sure I'll be up tomorrow...so what? Overall, the trend is down, and that's the statistic that keeps me smiling :thumbup:

[Megg40 0]

I admit it...I am a scale whore.

I weigh 3 times a day....first in morning before anything goes in and after liquid has come out....

Second in the mid afternoon, usually after exercise

Third, before bed. If I know what my weight is at night, I can usually estimate what my weight will be the next day....

If in the morning it says 291, and at night it says 292....then I know I will be a t 290 the next morning...

Meg

[scodwyer 0]

Hello!

I am a 51yr old single mom of 3 and I weigh myself every other day, unless I have been really good. If I think I may have lost weight overnight b/c of eating right and exercising I reward myself and get on the scale. Or if I have not had a good day I give myself an extra day to recover and get back on track. Then I get on the scale. I find that if I do not weigh myself often, I begin the denial train and tend to eat more. It is all about accountability for me.

[mila86 15]

I weight myself at least 3 times a day!!! is that normal?:thumbup:

[LeighaMason 19]

Every. Single. Frickin. Day. I weigh myself several times (my scale is a liar!) and forget averages, I go with the lowest number. (I close the door first because I would be embarrassed if my husband saw me getting on and off the scale. That must be a sure sign of addiction.):thumbup:

[steph_co 9]

I weigh myself daily. I think as long as you don't freak about possible fluctuations (water weight, PMS, whatever), it's not a big deal. Plus, they have found that people who weigh daily are more likely to keep the weight OFF. But that may be more applicable to people that are already in maintenance. I like to weigh everyday so I know if there's anything I need to adjust - like less carbs, more Water, different exercise - SOMETHING. This way I always know what my body is doing.

[bambam31 168]

I have always been an awful obsessive scale hawk. I progressed to the point where I could be very accurate guessing what it would say at any given point in the day... :thumbup:

But in reality, the scale can be a poor measure of progress. We're trying to lose FAT not WEIGHT. If you're starving yourself and losing lean muscle then what's the point...

Watch the mirror, see how your clothes fit, note how you feel, AND

see what the scale says. It's the totality of the factors that is the true determination of progress.

Brad

[iwannabealoser 0]

I currently weigh about 3 times a day. I record my morning weight, but I also check mid-day and again at night because like another person mentioned, I can usually predict my morning weight when I know my weight before bed.

I hope that when the pounds start coming off slower, I will move to weighing every few days or every week. Right now, I like being conscience of my weight, because if it goes up or doesnt move, I know that I will be making up for it the next day. It really keeps me moving in the right direction

[kcarny 0]

Sunday mornings. That's it. I never have been and don't ever want to be obsessed with my weight. I know when I'm losing weight because of how I feel and how my clothes fit. The scale isn't going to tell me that.

[TheUrbanWasteland 0]

Wow guys !!

Now I feel like a freak I weigh once a week and resist all temptation to weigh in between.

I had a disorder in my teens and now know that if I only weigh once a week I have to keep to my eating and exercise in order to not mess up that number ! - Although almost 3 weeks post-op I still have no hunger so I may be lucky in that regard...

[KayleighsMommy 16]

Now I feel like a freak

Ya Freak!!!!

Congrats on showing some restraint. Wish I had some.

Julie AKA scale junkie

[TheUrbanWasteland 0]

Hahaha this thread soo reminds me of the post on someone's blog "scale whores anonymous" !!!!