I saw this article on MSN.com and it caught my attention - especially the weighing in every day.

How often do you weigh in? What do you think of these 10 secrets?

http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/sl...8116&gt1=31036

I take serious issue with the title - "effortlessly thin". I have maintained for four years and it is a heck of a lot harder than losing weight.

But I do agree with all 10 points. All those points are very much a part of my life now.

I chuckled when I read the title, thinking to myself "if it is effortless then there shouldnt be anything to tell me". Great job maintaining for 4 years!!!

Ditto! I think there's plenty of people who are effortlessly thin. They are called the naturally thin.

I am not effortlessly thin or naturally thin and I think those people live in a much different universe than I do!

EDIT: I do several of the things on that list and I can't say any one of them are without significant effort. Great advice, horribly misleading and misrepresenting title.

Gosh, even weighing in every day (something I do believe in) takes some effort, especially after a weekend off plan

I agree with every word of that article. Those are all habits I have noticed in my thin friends.

I agree with most of the article. Nine of those tips are things I either do already or am learning to do as part of my weight loss journey. The only one I'm not on board with is the weighing in every day one.

The topic has come up several times on the boards and there seem to be two camps about how often we should weigh in.

Camp 1 says that weighing everyday helps us maintain discipline and keeps us accountable.

Camp 2 says that weighing in everyday does not give an accurate account of how much we weigh as weight fluctuates over time and that doing so can make us obsessed with numbers and our scales.

I'm something of a Camp 2 person myself simply because I have been obsessed with the scale in the past. Having too many oppotunities to see disappointing numbers could make me give up so I only weigh in once a month (okay sometimes I give in to my curiosity more often) so that, as long as I'm sticking to plan, the scale should move at least a bit in the right direction and I won't get too discouraged.

I think, though, that when and how often you weigh yourself is definitely a personal choice: whatever works best for you - but I do think that it's good to have an awareness of your weight/size. I've started using my clothing as an indicator.

I would agree to weighing in regularly as being a good idea. Whether it's daily or weekly is a personal choice.

I also employ all 10.

Absolutely a personal choice and the clothes test is also a great one to administer!

I do like the consistency of weighing every day. It can snap me back to reality if I'm trying to fool myself and it can help me thwart a potential gain.

I packed on almost 20 pounds last winter by neglecting my scale. I don't think that was coincidence. Lesson learned!

I think weighing yourself has to be very personal. I don't do it often but I still do it every couple of weeks.

If people suffer from eating disorders or other forms of mental illness (such as anxiety,etc), I would say to stay away if you can get fixated on numbers. The average person could do it without issues.

I can't see it

My computer keeps saying BAD REQUEST whenever I click the link or put it in another browser.

But I do believe with weighing everyday.

Awesome. Thanks.

Nice article!

I will say that the last point threw me off... the idea of not skipping meals is good, obviously, for anyone trying to lose weight. But many of my naturally thin friends do skip meals occasionally, if they're too busy or just would rather be doing something else. They just don't really CARE about food very much. And in the text it mentions eating small meals every 3-4 hours, which NONE of them do. Most naturally thin people I know eat 2 or 3 meals a day, maybe a dessert or snack or drink some nights, or a bag of chips from the vending machine mid-afternoon, but definitely no more than that.

I guess it seemed to me that a few points were written about people who have maintained a loss, or have a tendency to gain but keep it under control. (I'd include the weighing one, and keeping healthy foods around, and eating breakfast.) In other (imaginary) words - the "effortfully" thin.

I agree with weighing in regularly, but im not such a fan of weighing in daily. I tried that and it was just depressing, it didnt make me more accountable at all. It was like, if my weight fluctuates anyway I can write off any gain during the week to natural fluctuation. Whereas once a week I know that it should be down, even if it is up a little more than what it should be for any reason. Plus it gives me something to "look forward to", so i stay on plan more so i can be excited about weighing in

stella - this is still on msn's homepage, you should be able to read it there. It's in the "also on msn" section above entertainment.

I think I'm going to make the headlines into a list - that way if I need a reminder I can just peek at it.

thinking about the effortlessly thin people i know i agree with #s 4,5,7 and 9