It's easy to lose track. There's a benefit to daily weighing, even if it's frustrating. It's easier chasing two pounds then five or ten.

I actually don't think daily weighing is helpful for me. I don't think weighing daily is the only way of staying on top of weight. I was doing it because I am impatient. Im not chasing 2 lbs of fat gain from a bad diet its just weight fluctuations from water. Which can actually cause some people to dehydrate themselves (via sweating it out or water restriction) which isn't healthy.

I think weekly weighing could work the same way and keep things on track.

Do what makes you happy. Whatever works for you.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2016/01/03/weight-loss-scales-daily/77584478/

https://authoritynutrition.com/daily-weighing/

It's a slippery slope.

I've read those and others about daily weight before but:

Authority nutrition article:

-- If you find that daily self-weighing causes you to have bad feelings about yourself or your eating behaviors, you should find other methods to measure your progress.

-- Although self-weighing may be a valuable tool, it has some limitations.

-- If you’re exercising and gaining muscle, the scale may not show your progress and instead simply show that you have gained weight.

While losing weight can indicate progress, a scale does not differentiate between healthy weight (muscle) and unhealthy weight (fat).


I don't think daily weighing is the only weigh to stay on track. I have successfully lost weight and kept it off before with weekly weighing. I only gain weight when I stop weighing all together.

Everybody is different.

2/1: 129.6
2/3: 130
2/5: 132 (on my cycle)
2/6: 129.8
2/7: 129
2/8: 127.8 (Finally got a drop!)
2/9: 128.2
2/15:128.6
2/16: 129.2
2/17: 128.8
2/18: 129.4
2/20: 129.8 (ate ice cream and pasta on 2/18)
2/21: 127.8 (started back on low carb) ~ 20 g
2/22: 127.4 perfect day
2/23: 126.4 perfect day
2/24: 126.8 perfect day
2/25: 127.4 perfect day
2/26: 127.4

Trying to decide my weight loss pattern to pick my official weigh-in days.

It will help you lose weight and maintain it instead of having to lose weight again. Once again, good luck, I have no horses in this race. Hope you reach your goals.

2/1: 129.6
2/3: 130
2/5: 132 (on my cycle)
2/6: 129.8
2/7: 129
2/8: 127.8 (Finally got a drop!)
2/9: 128.2
2/15:128.6
2/16: 129.2
2/17: 128.8
2/18: 129.4
2/20: 129.8 (ate ice cream and pasta on 2/18)
2/21: 127.8 (started back on low carb) ~ 20 g
2/22: 127.4 perfect day
2/23: 126.4 perfect day
2/24: 126.8 perfect day
2/25: 127.4 perfect day
2/26: 127.4
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3/2: 128.2
3/3: 128.2
3/8: 130.0 (PMS I think)
3/9: 128.2
3/10: 128.0
3/11: 126.2
3/12: 126.8 (started cycle today)
3/13: 126.2
3/14: 126.2

I have lowered my calories to ~900 per day for the first time and it seems to be working. I

2/1: 129.6
2/3: 130
2/5: 132 (on my cycle)
2/6: 129.8
2/7: 129
2/8: 127.8 (Finally got a drop!)
2/9: 128.2
2/15:128.6
2/16: 129.2
2/17: 128.8
2/18: 129.4
2/20: 129.8 (ate ice cream and pasta on 2/18)
2/21: 127.8 (started back on low carb) ~ 20 g
2/22: 127.4 perfect day
2/23: 126.4 perfect day
2/24: 126.8 perfect day
2/25: 127.4 perfect day
2/26: 127.4
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3/2: 128.2
3/3: 128.2
3/8: 130.0 (PMS I think)
3/9: 128.2
3/10: 128.0
3/11: 126.2
3/12: 126.8 (started cycle today)
3/13: 126.2
3/14: 126.2
3/15: 125.8

2/1: 129.6
2/3: 130
2/5: 132 (on my cycle)
2/6: 129.8
2/7: 129
2/8: 127.8 (Finally got a drop!)
2/9: 128.2
2/15:128.6
2/16: 129.2
2/17: 128.8
2/18: 129.4
2/20: 129.8 (ate ice cream and pasta on 2/18)
2/21: 127.8 (started back on low carb) ~ 20 g
2/22: 127.4 perfect day
2/23: 126.4 perfect day
2/24: 126.8 perfect day
2/25: 127.4 perfect day
2/26: 127.4
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3/2: 128.2
3/3: 128.2
3/8: 130.0 (PMS I think)
3/9: 128.2
3/10: 128.0
3/11: 126.2
3/12: 126.8 (started cycle today)
3/13: 126.2
3/14: 126.2
3/15: 125.8
3/16: 125.0

2/1: 129.6
2/3: 130
2/5: 132 (on my cycle)
2/6: 129.8
2/7: 129
2/8: 127.8 (Finally got a drop!)
2/9: 128.2
2/15:128.6
2/16: 129.2
2/17: 128.8
2/18: 129.4
2/20: 129.8 (ate ice cream and pasta on 2/18)
2/21: 127.8 (started back on low carb) ~ 20 g
2/22: 127.4 perfect day
2/23: 126.4 perfect day
2/24: 126.8 perfect day
2/25: 127.4 perfect day
2/26: 127.4
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3/2: 128.2
3/3: 128.2
3/8: 130.0 (PMS I think)
3/9: 128.2
3/10: 128.0
3/11: 126.2
3/12: 126.8 (started cycle today)
3/13: 126.2
3/14: 126.2
3/15: 125.8
3/16: 125.0
3/17: 125.6

2/1: 129.6
2/3: 130
2/5: 132 (on my cycle)
2/6: 129.8
2/7: 129
2/8: 127.8 (Finally got a drop!)
2/9: 128.2
2/15:128.6
2/16: 129.2
2/17: 128.8
2/18: 129.4
2/20: 129.8 (ate ice cream and pasta on 2/18)
2/21: 127.8 (started back on low carb) ~ 20 g
2/22: 127.4 perfect day
2/23: 126.4 perfect day
2/24: 126.8 perfect day
2/25: 127.4 perfect day
2/26: 127.4
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3/2: 128.2
3/3: 128.2
3/8: 130.0 (PMS I think)
3/9: 128.2
3/10: 128.0
3/11: 126.2
3/12: 126.8 (started cycle today)
3/13: 126.2
3/14: 126.2
3/15: 125.8
3/16: 125.0
3/17: 125.6
3/18: 125.0
3/19: 125.4 (think the braids I got installed added the 0.4 lbs)

its been a while but I have still been actively trying to lose weight. My goal is 119 for my birthday in June.

4/12: 124.6

Im at 125...was once as low as 113 and had plenty of flab to lose even then. Im only 5'1, so even a little extra weight matters. Currently low carb, under 30g and 1000 calories a day. Had a rough weigh in after 3 weeks where I only lost 1 lb. Hoping it was my ovulation bloat, since I was dilligent about calories and didnt even eat back exercise cals. Was hoping to have lost about 4lbs. Feel fine with this plan, since Im so petite, I think the calorie goal is acceptale. Hard to admit that I start gaining at 1500 cals a day, but thats my body. Love to be 107 by August!