I weigh daily. I am never concerned if I have a sudden 3 pound gain, but I'll be concerned about slowly creeping up. A sudden 3 pound gain is almost certainly water retention due to increased sodium or whatever. But if I am slowly creeping up, that will demand my attention. And if I don't weigh daily, I don't know if that 3 pound gain is a weird water anomoly or lack of vigilance. thus, daily. I also know that I bounce around a pound regularly (like I was 144.8 a few days ago, then 145.8, then 145.6, then 145).
I'm in maintenance, but I weigh twice a week. I became obese by avoiding the scale so that I could avoid the truth about my weight. I don't do that anymore. I don't need the constant input of daily weighing, how my clothes fit is usually good enough, but twice a week makes me have to deal with a finite number that is a direct result of the choices I've made.
I weigh daily but don't let the scale dictate my mood- I probably should change to weekly but I can't help it! lol.
Daily. I log it in my WW tracker. It's useful to go back and look at trends throughout a 3 month journal.
I weigh each Thursday and Friday and average the two for my weekly weight. I do NOT weigh if it is TOM.
I weigh daily. First thing in the morning, after I've "bathroomed" and before I have breakfast. I consider that "my true reading". I take into consideration those goofy aggravating fluctuations from my monthly interference and whether or not I had a bit too much salt at dinner time the day before, etc. But it keeps me on track.
I'm a happy daily weigher. It's not an obsession at all, but rather the absolute best way for me to calculate how many calories I actually eat and burn, based on the scale's response over time. It keeps me accountable and removes the power of the random number generator, all at once.
Artic Mama I agree, it isn't an obsession. It's a tool. I used to think it was wrong to weigh more than once a week but then I read a study that showed people who weighed daily were not only more likely to lose the weight but also to keep it off. I don't weigh daily but I'm not afraid to weigh several times a week now.
I think I used to weigh myself every day, despite the fact that they tell you not to as weight can fluctuate even if you are dieting, it can go up.
Every morning, first thing. I know it fluctuates but it keeps me focused.