How often do you weigh?

karasmom
on 8/16/10 9:42 am
Just wondering how often everyone weighs themselves.  I can become a bit obsessed with the scale and am debating whether to have myself weighed every week or every 2 weeks.  Any thoughts?
Clirishu
on 8/16/10 12:50 pm - LA
 I weigh twice a day and have from the very beginning.  It keeps me accountable.  I weigh every night because that high number motivates to do the right thing the next day and the lower number in the morning (which I consider my real weight) gives me a means to gauge how well I am doing at maintaining.  I went almost two years though counting my weight on Monday mornings as my official weight and God bless, I lost every Monday.  I am so thankful for no stalls during my journey that when the scale starting indicating a seesaw of the same 5 to 7 pounds, I couldn't get upset.  Instead, as I said before, I use it to keep myself accountable.  


chakara
on 8/16/10 9:54 pm - Springfield, OH
I am such the wrong person to ask. I want to weigh 1 or 2 times a week, but I become scale obsessed. I find myself weighing everytime I go to the bathroom. On bad weeks, or when my husband catches my behavior on good weeks, my husband hides the scale. Yes I have looked for it, no I can't find it. So, I am sneaky when he is home. I have gotten better this last month. I weigh on Thursday/Friday and that weight is the one that counts. PERIOD! I do think weighing constantly affects me negatively. I don't know how. Oh, the addictions and the behaviors we will do to keep them. Ridiculous!
    
margaret odom
on 8/17/10 1:30 am - sumner, GA
I will be out five yrs in Jan and have weighed everyday since before surgery day. It seems to keep me accountable and on the right track. If I have to much salt it shows or didnt have enough protein for the day it shows, or to many carbs or so forth. It is not for everyone and some can call it obsessed but it is what works for me and I know NOT weighing is what got me where I was to start with. Before I had surgery I weighed so much till had to go down to the local Kmart and weigh on there scale they had at the double doors as you come in and out. Think how much fun that was with everyone walking by me probably thinking hmmm jeez, why is wasting her time weighing lol....Margaret

Karma....What would life be without it?  250lbs gone! 410/160... Life's sweet!

Molly S.
on 8/17/10 6:00 am - Chicago, IL
Hello there lady!

I use to weigh in every day once a day.  That was getting to me and so I switched to 3 times a week. I weigh in on Thursday or Friday and then again on Sunday and Monday.  I count the best weight between Sunday and Monday.  I am going to send you a link on this later on today. 

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Kim O.
on 8/17/10 6:36 am - Winchester, KY
I weight everyday.  I also agree that it keeps me accountable.  Plus when I lose weight, it makes me really happy! 
     

      
jennilv
on 8/17/10 10:56 am - Ashtabula, OH
I weigh every Thursday because that was my surgery day .
Jennilv     
sparkling_dawn
on 8/19/10 5:45 am - New Castle, IN
At first I weighed once a week bc I would beat myself up and obsess. Now I weigh M-F to help keep me on track.



                
only1leavera
on 8/20/10 1:30 pm - Hanford, CA
I weigh once a month only at the doctors office. But I just got a scale that actually works and will give me the same reading more than twice in a row. So since I have had bad experiences with my scales I weigh every time I walk in the kitchen to make sure it still works! Now that I accept that it works it's back to once a month.
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