How often do you weigh?
 

I used to be a daily weigher once upon a time, but it was just too volatile for me. I decided to weigh in weekly post wls and the numbers are much more satisfying now, lol! ;)
I'm just curious, how often does everyone else weigh?

THIS IS JUST ME. I don't. See, here's the deal. One of the many reasons I had the surgery was to STOP the madness: what am i going to eat, what am i not going to eat, is it good. is it bad. did i lose today. did i gain today. how should i cook it. is there room for a treat. and on and on and on.

When I was gaining, I was obsessed with what i was going to eat next. When I was losing, I was obsessed with what I was going to eat AND what the numbers showed. I wanted to STOP all this. And that meant not weighing myself, either.

I wanted to focus instead on LIVING. school, work, friends, family, hobbies, ANYTHING that had little to do with food. I wanted to see if i could get through this without fueling yet another obsession [largely successful]

i use the pants-o-meter generally. Admittedly far from perfect, though, as I cannot tolerate clothes that actually fit [yeah, i have issues]

having said ALL THAT, there are people sprinkled throughout 3FC who believe that they cannot succeed unless they weigh themselves a few times a day, or once a day, or three days a week, or whatever. We can all agree that we have to have some form of accountability. Personally, however, I draw the line at a frequency/routine that ends up feeding my own obsessiveness. That line is apparently different for everyone. Some call it 'being accountable.'

Right now I don't have a scale at home that works. I have been spending a lot of time thinking about going out and buying one. Okay, maybe obsessing some too. The truth is, it doesn't matter what the number reads, the number isn't going to be good enough OR the number is going to send me into some sort of spin, either good or bad. I don't want a spin. I want to concentrate on what is in front of me. I want to be present in today. The answer is, for today, no scale.

There are times I weigh every day, because you can see a pattern emerge. I find I obsess less with the numbers if I weigh every day. Different strokes!

Cathy Doe, I absolutely love the Cheshire Cat quote in your signature. Very appropriate for me!

Thank you chickadee! Very appropriate for me too!

I used to be obsessive with it, anxiously weighing myself multiple times a day, but now I just weigh once, right after using the bathroom in the morning. Things can definitely fluctuate or stall out for a week or two, but I've learned to trust the process and wait for the whoosh.

It just makes me feel better and more motivated to keep my finger tight on where I'm at, and like mentioned above, every day accountability! Working so far. ;)

I used to weigh every day now I don't. It just doesn't interest me. I get on it occasionally. I do what jiffy does now the pants o meter. :)

I weigh myself every morning so I can get a good idea of how what I'm eating effects my loss and if I see I'm heading back up it usually sets me back on the right path. But with that comes a little bit of depression or frustration if I've gained even slightly. I do have Fridays as my 'official' weigh in day and just remind myself Friday is the only day that counts. Doing it daily has it's up and downs for me, but I'm just too impatient to wait an entire week. ;)

When losing and trying to get to a goal I weighed a couple times a week. But, now that I am trying to maintain it helps me to weigh once a day. It just helps me not let things get out of hand with maintenance..... BC everytime I yo-yoed it was b/c I let it get too far and the 5 pound gain... it would turn into a 10-15-25-50, etc.

But, that is just me......

Tammy

I usually weigh myself once a week. It seems to be better for me than obsessing over each pound lost/gained each hour lol.

I'm maintaining, so I weigh every day. If the scales is up a bit, I cut back. Like ladyrider said, it helps to keep things in hand.

That said, I think weighing weekly while losing is often enough to prevent stressing over each fluctuation. But each person should do what works for themselves.

I weigh myself everyday but I agree it can get frustrating with all the fluctuations however it also keeps me motivated. I also look at my WI day as the official one that counts

I'm do a daily weigh-in, but I only record my weight once a week. It helps keep me accountable with binge eating. If I don't see my weight, it's very easy for me to justify a binge. I try to have a judgment free attitude about it though. Some days I'll go up, some I'll go down.

Exercise is great for health, general well being and prob' needed for maintenance but its not required for weight loss. That is done by what and how much you put in your mouth.

I also used to do daily weigh-ins but I realized I would get obsessive about any weight gain and would starve myself for that day just to see the scale go down...but because I'd be starving myself, that would sometimes backfire and I'd binge leading to weigh gain, self-loathing, and thus begins the cycle again...

Haha, yeah so I weigh in a couple of times of week (max 3 time) but only record my weight weekly. I find it helps me not obsess so much about every little thing I put in my mouth and has lead to better consistency (yay! I've logged into myfitnesspal for 60 days straight!).

I weigh daily and record my weight once in awhile when I noticed it has gone down four or five pounds.

I still weight myself the same time every day ONCE a day AND I also use Trend weight. It links into my fitbit account and has a "Trend" so that even if you weigh yourself and you gain you could still be trending down.

Here is MY trendweight to show you what I am talking about. So in some cases I don't mind gaining the next day because on the curve I am still heading towards my goal :)

I can post the link because I need to make 8 more posts. I will show you when I have reached that point :)

I am only 8wks post surgery so I weigh every day. Sometimes twice a day. If I put in a extra hard exercise day I will check again. :cool:

I weigh myself once a week. It can become a bad habit if you do it too often and start worrying about small fluctuations that are totally normal for our bodies to go through. I have to be careful because of my history with disordered eating and obsessing over numbers. At my worst I probably stepped on the scale 3-4 times a day.

I weigh every morning, just makes me feel more in control knowing my weight each day.

I weigh daily, first thing in the morning. But just once, so I don't think I'm overly neurotic. :carrot:

I am now almost 3y after surgery and still weigh my self every morning. Just a quick check...don't obsses over the number if it's low or high...it's just a check :)

I don't weigh myself at all. I know how I'm doing by how my clothes fit and my energy level. I'm trying to free myself of obsessions - and the number on the scale is (for me) so emotionally loaded that I find it's better to judge how I'm doing with the way I feel. Besides, if the number is too high, what am I going to do, take one fewer bites of yogurt?? Just trying to focus on doing the best I can each day.

What ever works ... I tend to run from the scale, but for me thats bad because I can gain 15 lbs and not even realize it. sigh.

I'm the same way Leenie lol I gotta weigh daily or BAM it's like over a week I gain 10 pounds :/

I find myself being scared to get on the scale, which means I *KNOW* I've done some things that are not on plan and I need to snap out of it! Ideally I should be checking once a week.