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Originally Posted by itsjustmagic
In my opinion, weighing in daily is an unhealthy mindset when it comes to losing weight. Your weight does fluctuate and depending on that number to decrease daily is just unrealistic and depressing when it doesn't change. I think weighing in once a week is the best way to go. Update your ticker once a week as well. You shouldn't really gain much if you're still dieting/exercising during the week, so you won't have to worry about that anymore. I don't understand the obsession with weighing daily to be honest. It's weird, lol.
Weighing daily gives you a really good understanding of how food and drink and exercise and dehydration, etc. affect your weight. This can actually be a lifesaver for a lot of people who might be discouraged when they weigh in one Sunday and then the next Sunday find they weigh the same amount. They often don't realize that they actually have lost weight, but that the added sodium they had the night before, or the water retention from weight lifting, etc. is affecting the scale.
It's a personal preference. For me, well.... Ironically, what you call obsessive is what ended my obsession with the scale. Now that I understand how my body works day to day, I don't get concerned when I am up three pounds one morning, if I did everything right. I know the previous morning and the morning before that, I was where I should be and that I didn't overeat, so I don't panic. I get it now. Conversely, if I know that weight has a lot to do with all the excess food I ate the day before, then I start the morning off knowing I need to get back on track. It's a visual reminder to get right back to it. By weighing daily, I remain continuously accountable, but I also am not ruled by the number on the scale. It's the best of both worlds for me.