What is your "scale" strategy?

[AnA92212 577]

I weigh once a day in the morning. I record in my planner my weight for the day. I only record my weight in my fitness pal when there is a loss. I am about 4.5 months out from surgery and it helps me to see what (if any) differences in my diet or exercise routine do. I do sometimes get discouraged. I had a 3 week period when I did not lose one single pound (this was about a month out from surgery). I recently had about a 2 week period where I didn't lose anything. Like others, when I am not losing on the scale I check my measurements. I also post selfies on my FB page at my "goal" weights such as not being morbidly obese, 200 lbs, 195, 190, 185, and 180. My next will be 175 because that is where I am no longer obese (still overweight).

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

Once a month or at the doctor's whichever comes first. Otherwise the scale makes me crazy. This way I focus soley on eating well and exercising. I didn't even replace the battery in my home scale until after my 6 mth f/u. I only did it then because I wouldn't see the baritric team again until my 1 year f/u. Even then if I had a medical appointment coming up where I knew I would be weighed, I wouldn't weigh at home.

[newmebithebypass 713]

I weigh my self every morning and it fluctuates about half a pound or so between days but it goes down I'm participating in the Halloween challenge so Mondays at home and Fridays at work are when I record my weight

[Indieflickers 298]

I weight myself once a month on my surgery date. Once I weighed myself twice in once month because I had added more calories after being exhausted for weeks and I wanted to see what effect it had on the scale. For me, more than once a month would make me nuts and obsessive. The other plus side of once a month is that the weight loss number is bigger.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I weight myself once a month on my surgery date. Once I weighed myself twice in once month because I had added more calories after being exhausted for weeks and I wanted to see what effect it had on the scale. For me, more than once a month would make me nuts and obsessive. The other plus side of once a month is that the weight loss number is bigger.

And if you do experience a stall you never notice it.

[Indieflickers 298]

@@BLERDgirl exactly!

[Sophie74656 1,572]

I weigh myself every morning, as soon as I wake up and go to the bathroom

[toasty 371]

I weigh myself every morning. I have a FitBit scale, that records both weight and body fat % and automatically uploads the values to my FitBit.com account. No need to record, it's done for me. I like data, so I measure daily.

Now, so far I am only one week out from my surgery, so I haven't seen any stalls yet (though I have experienced stalls in the past with weight loss). But I'm not terribly worried. The scale is only a tool. It records one metric (or in my case, two). There are others: body measurements, clothing size, visual appearance, stamina (e.g., steps walked), calories consumed, etc.

Taken together, over time all of these metrics help me to understand what is going on, and decide if I need to change things or if I am doing great.

My self worth is not determined by my scale or any physical measurement.