This mature weigher let the scale impact her so much that she has put it away. I've been sticking 100% to plan since January 1 and the flucutating scale was freaking me out. I'm peri-menopause so I really only show a weight loss maybe two weeks out of each cycle. Using the scale was making me really depressed and I was not enjoying the small day to day successes of eating on plan and excercising. I might hop on in a few months if I see a big difference in how I'm looking but right now...I'm scared that not seeing a loss every week after working so darn hard will throw me off.

mature weigher lol! i am with you there. I am 49 and holding and my weight is wacky. You have a good idea, I think I'll put mine in the basement and step on it once a month. The only concern I have it that I won't know if what I am doing isn't working so I may do every 2 weeks. I admit to being addicted to my scale. When I was doing Medifast (last month) I lived and died by it because the program was so hard and I wasn't seeing great results. On a healthy eating plan it's not so bad if it doesn't move down every day or two. :p

I have this scale too. LOVE it. It always seems to be pretty "on." ...I weigh myself randomly really, but my official weigh in is on Tuesdays at about 5:15pm. I do this at Mayo Clinic with my trainers... I've found that the scale I have at home is almost perfectly accurate. I can step on and off and get the same number each time. I can shower, get back on it...and still get the same number--down to the tenth of a pound even!

I recommend this one. No idea where it came from though, I think my grandparents got it at Sam's Club probably...

I am absolutely obsessed with my scale. I hate it, I knew I shouldn't have bought it but I wanted to have a measure of how I was doing. But it seems everytime I am in the bathroom I jump on it...even though I know I get the best reading in the morning after a shower. Ah, free me from this obsession!

I have an analog that's quite old and therefore probably quite inaccurate. I plan to get a new digital one when I, you know, have time.

I weigh myself on Tuesday mornings after the bathroom, before breakfast.

I have a health-o-meter digital. $30 at wally world and weighs in .5 lb increments. I have always liked these scales and they generally rank well in Consumer Reports. That said, I have to line it up along the same 2 grout lines on my tile floor, and stand on it with my toes just touching the seam between the foot pad and metal side, and make sure my calves are just touching. Then I get mostly the same weight over and over.
Can you say OCD? LOL
I have recently stopped updating my tickers daily, only weekly will I report my weight, but I weigh in every day to remind myself what my goals are.
Great thread!

I have a health-o-meter scale and it seems to be pretty accurate. At first I would weigh myself three times in a row just to make sure the readings were the same. I have stopped doing that now since it was always the same. The only time I re-weigh is if i forget the number before I log it. Mine has a body fat analyzer and that seems to be all over the place. Anyone else notice this with the body fat analyzers?
I used to not weigh at all when I dieted, I just looked for differences in my clothing. Now I am weighing every morning and it seems to be keeping me focused.

That Darn Scale!
 

OMG! That's me! I thought I was the only obsessive person alive. I have been trying my best to stay off the scale except for my once a week weigh-in because that darn little number messes with my head :devil:. I never realized that a digital scale will give you different readings every time. I'll need to investigate this scientific phenomenon further.

THE Scale To Buy
 

Recently, we realized we were without a scale and happened to find a digital one on clearance at Wal-Mart. I hopped on and it said I weighed 124 pounds - probably about 70 pounds less than I did! I told DH we were buying it! Of course, we didn't. Soon after that, I found a SOLID old scale at an estate sale. That thing is one heavy mug! It will vary my weight a pound or so.

I generally weigh myself first thing in the morning before drinking or eating anything, but after going to the restroom. I figure that gives me the most consistent reading. For curiosity, I have gotten on the scale at other times of day and it can be many pounds difference! But, I know that and just weigh those times to see how much they vary. I also don't fret about daily variations in my weight too much. I know that will happen, too. In fact, the last two times I was up a pound, I was down TWO the next day! :)