I don't know about you, but for my weighing myself gives me anxiety. I have to literately pump myself up to weigh in and only like doing it after I have worked out. I think I'm scared of the scale.
I usually try and weigh myself twice a week. I dont ever weigh myself on the weekends or Monday, but think it may actually be hurting instead of helping.
Whats your weigh in schedule? Do you think weighing in daily is a positive or a negative??
I have no set schedule. Actually, I avoid weighing myself for the exact reason you stated above - anxiety. I try not to focus on the number too much because then I become discouraged. So, instead of obsessing I just skip it. I don't weigh myself for at least two weeks at a time, preferably more. I'd rather see something like a 10 pound drop rather than just a 1 or 2 pound drop, it isn't worth it to me. But I've come to notice that I'm in the minority, almost everyone seems to be weighing themselves on a regular basis.
I weigh every morning and keep track of it on a spreadsheet in my computer. I love having the data, haha. I've also become in tune with my body's fluctuations and I can now usually predict successfully what number I'll see on the scale.
I weigh myself five or six times a day. For me, it's actually fun now. I've learned so much about my body by weighing in all the time. Most important of all, I've learned not to stress when my weight is up and I know I've been eating well. It's just water weight from muscle soreness or water intake or that time of the month or any manner of other things.
Officially, I look at my weight on Saturday morning. That's what let's me know that all is well. And, if I know I drank an extraordinary amount of water the night before, I'll take that into consideration and I'll wait until Sunday morning to judge. But, as I say, I weigh over and over and over throughout the day.
I don't actually track anything officially—weight, calories, protein, etc. It's all in my head. That's how I balanced my checkbook, too, back when I wrote checks—and I have never been overdrawn.
Last edited by Petite Powerhouse; 02-06-2012 at 02:49 PM.
What was nerve-wracking for me was going on vacation last year and not being about to weigh in for nine days. I came home the same weight at which I left, and the next day I was actually down to 106, but the whole time I was on vacation it drove me crazy that I couldn't weigh in. I made sure I never took the elevator, walked and ran miles every day, and lifted weights three times during the week, but I still wondered if vacation living was catching up with me.
This year I think I'll be more relaxed about it because I know now that I can go on vacation without gaining weight. I also know that, when you do gain over vacation, most of it is water weight. That was something I had to learn by watching the scale. Before I knew that, I came back from a cruise seven pounds heavier and got so upset that I fell off the wagon.
Weighing regularly has put everything into perspective for me.
Last edited by Petite Powerhouse; 02-06-2012 at 03:26 PM.
I weigh in every morning and write down my weight on a piece of paper I have taped on the wall next to the scale. I do this so I can see the fluxuations that happen throughout the month. I could never weigh more than once a day as I know my weight would go up with food consumption and clothes which would make me depressed for the whole day.
I like to track everyday as it keeps me on plan. I KNOW that on Sundays I will always weigh more as I tend to eat crummy food on Saturdays full of sodium, but since I keep track all week, I know it will go down by Tuesday again.
I weigh myself a few times a day and write down the lowest weight. It's helped me to learn about my body and my fluctuations. I know which foods make me bloat a bit more, how much sleep I need, what a night of drinking will do to my scale...
I get anxious if I don't weigh myself for a few days because I worry that when i do step on the scale I'll see a big gain. Every time I've tried the weekly weigh-in schedule I've gained... weighing myself a lot keeps me on track and more in-tune with my body.
To me, weighing yourself once a week can be much more stressful because you don't know whether you are up two pounds because you have been overeating or because you had a lot of sodium the night before. Granted, if you know you are eating on plan, you should also know that what you are doing is working, and that the number will go down. But I still think it is useful and freeing to understand how your weight fluctuates by getting on the scale at least once a day.
Last edited by Petite Powerhouse; 02-06-2012 at 04:35 PM.
It's very freeing! I've gotten on the scale and seen as much as an 8 pound gain overnight and not stressed about it because I knew that it was due to carbs or sodium. Sure enough, a few days later (with lots of fiber and water) I was back to normal. If I only got on the scale once a week or so I might have seen a big gain and worried. Or the opposite, I might not catch a bad trend until I packed on a couple of pounds.
To me, weighing yourself once a week can be much more stressful because you don't know whether you are up two pounds because you have been overeating or because you had a lot of sodium the night before. Granted, if you know you are eating on plan, you should also know that what you are doing is working, and that the number will go down. But I still think it is useful and freeing to understand how your weight fluctuates by getting on the scale at least once a day.
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Originally Posted by Soon2BSlender
It's very freeing! I've gotten on the scale and seen as much as an 8 pound gain overnight and not stressed about it because I knew that it was due to carbs or sodium. Sure enough, a few days later (with lots of fiber and water) I was back to normal. If I only got on the scale once a week or so I might have seen a big gain and worried. Or the opposite, I might not catch a bad trend until I packed on a couple of pounds.
I agree with both of you. Weighing every day has actually been freeing and given me the opposite effect many "experts" suggest. I'm not obsessed, I'm not a slave to the scale, but now I understand how my body's weight can change from day to day. I don't freak out over fluctuations, but instead understand that they are a normal part of my body.
Had I gone with weekly weighing, I wouldn't know any of this and I'd probably have given up long ago.
im going to weigh myself tomorrow am and report to this thread.
I use to weigh myself everyday about 10 years ago. I gained 10 lbs the first year of college and then lost the 10lb. During that time and for a couple years after I weighed myself everyday.
I was brave and weighed myself first thing this am - 129.2. Pheew. I ate very very little carbs yesterday so I think that helped with all the over eating that happened this weekend. Staying low carb the rest of the week.
I weigh myself every evening, nekkid, before I shower. I track my weight on a simple graphing app on my phone.
I used to get anxious by weighing every day. But now I do find it to be more freeing. Maybe because I'm graphing. In an odd way, weight every day makes me feel less obsessed about weight. I guess it's because I watch the numbers change by two pounds (or even more) on a daily basis (up or down), and I've learned that my "weight" is very inconsistent, so it's not really a big measure for me.
Then again, I do it every day, so I guess it is a measure of some sort. lol
Weigh-Ins! Whats your weigh in schedule?
