I am new to dieting although I have always eaten healthily , just a lot too much of it!!

Well, I have bought some scales just so I can moniter my progress and I am amazed at how wildly my weight varies from one day to the next, even from morning to night.Yes, yes, I know I shouldn't be getting on the scales every day! but is that right to vary 3 lbs in one day? How can I accurately tell how much I've lost - except to say the lower weight is slowly reducing?

Any thoughts on this please? Should I be hiding my scales?

Don't hide them. Your weight will fluctulate a lot from morning to night.

I weigh once a week, every Thursday first thing buck naked.

I go up up to 5lb between day and night! I weigh myself right before I eat breakfast and take that weight.

Thanks for the replys! Wow, 5 lbs in one day!

I will try to only weigh myself once a week and first thing in the morning.

It depends on how much you drink. If you are not drinking enough the scale will go up. also sodium is big culprit it cause water fetention i willnot weight myself for a couple days after eating a meal that is high in sodium cause then the scales are not so nice. And don't forget dear old TOM.

Thanks - yes, I was suprised to see my weight go up at the time of my period and thanks for the info about water. I tend to drink a lot of water anyway but if I have retained water it really shows on the scales.

What drives me mad is my doctors scales! I can weigh myself at home and be say 11 stone 4 (my starting weight) and on theirs I am half a stone heavier I think they do it on purpose so they can tell you to lose weight!!!