How often do you weigh?

Just wondering how often you weigh yourselves?  I can become a bit obsessed with the scales and am debating about having myself weighed every week or every 2 weeks.  Any thoughts?

If you focus on the scales and the numbers you lose sight of the big picture, the day to day of doing what you need to do.  I get on the scales rarely.  If my body feels lighter, or heavier as has been the case recently, then I weigh.  But mostly I just try to focus on doing it.  Doing what needs to be done, eating right, exercising and being happy in my decision.  It has not been easy at times but I am okay with that.  Its not about the numbers, its about how do I feel in my clothes, can I walk and play with my grandchildren and go swimming and dance with my husband and travel - if I can do that - the scales are just a tool to measure the space I am taking up. 

As far as I am concerned - keep your scales in the room you least use in your home, under a piece of furniture and only dust them off now and then.

Ann

I weigh myself daily, it keeps me motivated and gives me the knowledge that lets me know when I need to do better.

For the first year after my surgery the only time I weighed myself was at Dr. B's office now I tend to weigh myself about once a month.

Only a few times a day!! LOL Really, I weigh myself every morning. When I am having difficulty drinking & eating, I helps push me toward the doctor's office....I lose too fast. If I don't have restriction, it reminds me to get back on the program. After you have not been able to eat for a week or longer, you are literally starved and I go on a "See-food Diet" ...I eat everything I see. It doesn't take long to backfire on the scales. When i have good restriction, with no problems I start skipping days and weigh myself about once a week.

As little as possibe! Seriously - we are such SLAVES to scales. When I was still actively losing - I would try to not get on the scales any more than twice a week. Now - I'm maintaining - and I try to stay off the scale - getting on once every few weeks. But old habits die hard don't they. I do find that my clothes can tell me if I need to reign in a bit - as well as how I feel generally. 5 lbs when you weight 165 - sure shows up a lot more than 5 lbs at 285! Take care!