Seriously. I'm not obsessed anymore in that I let it control my mood (mostly) or dictate whether my day will be "bad" or "good." I don't let a drop in the scale tell me I can eat more or a jump tell me that I can't eat at all. I know there are "fluctuations" and I deal with those...

But I've learned a nifty little trick. Right after my last snack and last water of the day (around 9pm) I weigh almost exactly 5 pounds heavier than that morning. My weight drops through the evening as I pee and whatnot and by bedtime I am down down down. Now I take that Just before bed weight (and this is around 12:30) and subtract 2 pounds. Because I ALWAYS weight AT LEAST two pounds less the next morning! ALWAYS. It's failproof! Sometimes it's more... up to 3 pounds.

So I can tell the night before whether the scale will drop the next morning or not.

Example: Yesterday morning I weighed 246
Last night after dinner I was 250.8
Before bed (12:30) I was 247.4
This morning I was 245.4


So SOMETIMES there is an advantage stepping on the scale a billion times a day. I know my body inside and out and therefore I can ALWAYS tell when it's a sodium jump, a dehydration jump or a true weight jump (never happened yet... but it could I suppose if I were to go off plan.)

Cool huh!

Wanted to share

Heh, I know what you mean! I don't let the scale dictate my mood anymore, but I've definitely been there before. Am I obsessed? I like to think not, because I only weigh in the morning. But right after I go potty, I weigh myself and I'm always just a little bit excited, because maybe TODAY is the day that it will really go down for sure. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't but I love logging my daily weight and seeing that yes, in fact, it IS going down even though it might not always seem like it. Wooo hoooo!!!!

YOUR NOT ALONE GIRL~LOL~ I do the exact same thing Cfmama! ~NO LIE~
I always get on the scale At night after I eat /drink ect. And know if I will have results for the next day....I am obsessed too!!
I think it's cool too.It does let ya know what you will weigh in the morning.
P.S. I think I am gonna get a drop again 2morrow ~HEHEHE~YEEHAW

I think that really knowing your body and tracking what it does by the scale is great. Of course, as long as this obsession is healthy and doesn't throw you into a depression or binge. I have started weighing every morning and I think I just might start every night before bed. It would be cool to know what my body will do like you know yours so well, cfmama.

The bottom line is - it works for you! Boy, does it work for you.

I'm still not at a place where I can cope with seeing daily fluctuations. Also, if I see a good result on a day by day basis, it actually makes me slack off that day, because I feel like I've got room for manoeuvre before my weekly logging. My brain has a long way to go yet!

Yup. Me too.

My official story is that I weigh ever day in the morning..... except that I often step on the scales the evening.....purely as an indicator so I'm not surprised the next morning....it's not really twice a day.....that would be obsessive, and I'm not obsessed.....I can stop any time I want.....probably.....just one more day ok....nooooo....don't take my scales....I promise I'll be good....

glad Im not the only one who cant stay off the thing!

I weigh every am, nudie and every pm just before bed in my pajamas/sweats. The scale is at least 2 to 3 pounds lower in the am. Yup.

Hee hee...I do the same thing. (Not the after dinner thing but morning and before bed.) I agree...I am happy knowing my body this well...and to know that I'll see a loss in the morn is actually encouraging for me. I have had a couple of occassions where I've gone off plan (for example last Wednesday I went to a Thai cooking class...coconut milk is NOT good for the diet!! LOL...and I gained 2.5!! I have been watching everyday since and I'm not even back to my original date (but I'm close) and I think I'll be there tomorrow. It will have taken a whole WEEK to recover from that night!! BUT it makes it easier to make the choice to stay on plan the next time a cool temptation comes along...I weigh my options (Bwahahahahaha...no pun intended)!!!!

I am considering just carrying my scale around in a tote bag! hehe!

I can't weigh every day like that. I am OCD when it comes to scales and then I let it dictate my day. Now I just get on it every few weeks.