How often do you weigh yourself?

[MASSGUY 51]

I weigh myself weekly at weight watchers. I dint follow their plan, but do like weighing in.

[erp 2,016]

I'm in maintenance so I weigh everyday to stay vigilant. Very worried about regain.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

@@marfar7 Weighing every morning at the same time is normal... for you. Don't worry about trying to be like others because it doesn't work for you. I'm someone who also needs to weigh in every day. But only once a day at the same time, which is right after I wake up and use the restroom. This does not make you or me obsessive, it's just your way of keeping yourself in check.

[tanaproma 12]

I weigh myself once a week.

[PdxMan 4,292]

@@marfar7 Weighing every morning at the same time is normal... for you. Don't worry about trying to be like others because it doesn't work for you. I'm someone who also needs to weigh in every day. But only once a day at the same time, which is right after I wake up and use the restroom. This does not make you or me obsessive, it's just your way of keeping yourself in check.

I agree. I think it is when we start beating ourselves up over obsessive weighing is where we do damage to ourselves. I went to once a month after reading a post from someone posting ... in all caps ... about how they had gained 0.3 pounds in the afternoon from their morning weigh in. They lamented they knew they would be a failure at the sleeve. I also knew I was capable of that obsessive behavior and beat myself up like the poster did, so I changed my weigh ins.

Currently we have thread from someone panicking about a 3 pound weight gain from the night before. Do they really believe they gained 3 pounds of fat overnight? Daily weighing, I believe, is fine if it is in the context as described by Irene. But we have to also monitor our brains and ensure we are not moving into unhealthy reactions to truly know what readings the scale give us means.

[pinksjo1 137]

I weigh once a week and before I step on the scale I say outloud "No matter what this says, I am a good person".

[vsg_joanna 67]

At least once a day- since I understand that weight fluctuates and that stalls happen, it has no affect on my happiness. I just have a habit of stepping on it everyday.

[Folly 308]

Once a week works for me. My weight fluctuates slightly from day to day but I find invariably from one week to the next 3-6 lbs less than the week before...

If I weighed every day it would drive me bananas. Others would go bananas if they had to go that long between weigh-ins. Do what works for your emotional needs.

[JW3 5]

Every Friday AM at the gym.

[NJVSTuser 32]

Another once a week person, Sunday mornings before Breakfast. Just to keep track..

[re14768 72]

Day of surgery Tue 4/15..was 242lbs..got on scale on Thursday was down 239 lbs..going to have my hubby hide the scale for me..don't want to become obsessed with the schedule. .

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

how often do you weigh yourself?

@@hrhlaurie

when i started my walk through sleeveland i weighed once a week

as time passsed i weighed myself more often, 2, 3 days apart

at goal - i now weigh daily

i don't think thats obsessive

like others have said...............

i want to stay accountable - make sure that # doesn't go up more than a couple of pounds

i'm not committing hary cary, but i'm up 4 lbs (but please dont tell anyone ok/?? )

now, back to the drawing board - i'm sure i can take the weight off within a few weeks

but if i didn't weigh myself, it might have been more pounds to take off!!!!

anyways.............as you can see, many of us do things in there own way, however it works for them!!!

good luck

kathy

[mooncat 106]

I also weigh daily even though I am aware of the issue of normal fluctuations. I weigh each morning, after going to the bathroom and before drinking or eating anything, to try to keep to a stable comparison. When I see a bump up, but I know I have followed the program, I don't let it worry me. However, when I know I need to exercise more or I know that I did not follow the eating guidelines the previous day or two, the change on the scale serves as an affirmation to what I know and causes me to get back in the saddle.

Each person has to find what works for them. This works for me.

[slocin12 41]

I weigh at least once every three days, I just want to see that I am loslosing.

[macman 603]

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