uhm, I think you do that because, in your heart, you still secretly hope that there will be a miracle/magic that would probably happen, and you'd drop pounds and pounds just in 1 day.
Your brain might don't think like that - well, and since we all know that won't come true.
But your heart still want to believe that would come true.

uhm...that's what i think... But i could be wrong

Anyways, if it gets into you and your emotions, i think you better weight once/week or once per 3 days. Get away from the addiction with scale in a while

There were days I'd step on the scale feeling great, but then it would say something I didn't like and ruin my whole day. If that's happening to you, maybe you should cut back a little. But there were times when the scale kept me on track; where I would stand on it, remind myself where I am, and where I want to be and make healthier food choices. I've been obsessed with the scale to the point where it was crazy...stepping on every hour hoping for a miracle. Currently, the scale is in the closet and I take it out on the weekends when I need to be reminded that I shouldn't eat too much. When I see it in the bathroom, I know to get the side salad instead of the french fries.

I agree with Spoz - you are the one who knows whether weighing yourself often is helping or hurting your staying on track.

For me weighing twice a day has ended up being helpful because, for some odd reason, I have been weighing less when I first get home from work than I do in the morning. I also discovered that my weight usually fluctuates 2 or 3 pounds from one day to the next sometimes up and sometimes down(occasionally as much as 5 lbs either way) - If I was only weighing once a week and my weigh day happened to fall during the up cycle, I'd be really depressed.

A gallon of water weighs about 8 pounds. 16 cups per gallon. Depending on what you call a "glass" of water, you could easily have had a pound of water.

I personally like weighing myself once a day, usually at the nice electric scale we have in our campus' gym.

If I'm up or down a pound or two, I just realize it's probably water weight and the like but I like to know that I'm on track and it's not jumping up 4lbs or more, ya know? I didn't weigh myself at ALL this summer, and I gained 10 lbs. One day it was like hum, my jeans are feeling snug... step on the scale, BAM!

I have OCD over just about everything except Work. Anyway I was weighing myself everyday hoping to have lost even a 1/2 a pound. When it fluctuated it ruined my day and then proceeded to eat and sit in misery (like that was gonna help teh situation). On the other hand once I broke the habit and didn't way for a couple months I totally gained like 15 friggin pounds!!!!! For last two weeks I have been weighing only once a week at WW. I am so proud of myself. However my scale is still in my bathroom and everytime I use the bathroom or take a shower I have totalk myself out of not stepping on. So it is an uphill battle. As Spoz said do what works for you but don't let it get you down. Remind your self of the realistic fact like your weight fluctuates and you are heavier at nite...things like that.

This is my greatest OCD problem and I didn't know anyone else had it. My scale, like most people who have them, is in my bathroom. I weight myself about 10 times a day, when i get up and then randomly though out the day. It never changes, I know it's not going to change, but I do it. When I first started trying to lose weight, I hit the scale in the cabinet, but I ended up just going and bringing it out, weighing myself and putting it away.

I know my morning weight, what i weight after work and when I got to bed.

I used to only weigh myself once a week on Wednesdays... I'm like the chick above me... the scale is right there in the bathroom and I find myself on it every time I'm in there. It weighs in .2 increments and it fluctuates throughout the day. I think I'm going to hide it in the closet where I have to reach to get it or something because I'm starting to drive myself crazy!!!

Funny thing is, I've never really been hung up on the numbers on the scale until I got this new one. I don't think its very good for me mentally because if it shifts a bit so does my mood... I think I'm going to go put it up now, in fact.

What program do you use to graph it? I am wondering because this sounds like something I would love to start. I love graphs.

Sephy, I also graph my progress... Measurements for each parts of my body, Body fat, Fat weight, Lean Body Mass, BMI, and of course, the weight itself. I use Excel and it's easy to manipulate, so.

Dkneec19, IMO, it's really upto you...and both of the opinion on you should and you shouldn't are right. If it's actually helping you to stay focused, rather than getting you depressed about it, then yes, you should. But if you get depressed about it and it's rather hurting your self-esteem and stuff, then def you should do it less often so that you can actually see some progress and be happy about this journey. I used to get depressed and sad and upset over small 1 lb gain but using graphs and weighing once a week let me see the whole downward progress, which is good. I also measure myself because I know for a fact that I am gaining muscle...meaning I can weigh the same but still getting smaller. Remember that scale is not the only way to measure the progress and don't let it get to you too much...

I think what most people are trying to say here is that everyone's habits are different. Personally, I weigh myself every single day - I'm another who does it every morning after peeing, in my undies! haha - and I do not apologize for this whatsoever. I don't believe that it's an unhealthy habit for me, because it really doesn't make/break my mood for the day. It's like some of the other posters have said; it helps to keep me on track. I don't sweat the really little fluctuations, but I love seeing my progress on a day-to-day basis. And at the same token, sometimes I have to make myself weigh in on the day after a binge (even when I'd prefer not to), because it helps to remind me that yes, bad eating habits do have an effect on my weight. I think as long as you don't let it rule your life, and you understand that there WILL be inexplicable fluctuations from time to time, I don't see a problem with weighing yourself a lot. If it makes you happy to see the number get lower in the morning, then power to ya.