Prevention Magazine: Weigh yourself every day

I know we've talked a lot in the past about how often we step on the scale. That's why I found this article very interesting in this month's Prevention Magazine. It's entitled 10 ways to lose weight and keep it off. Number one? Weigh yourself 1 time per day. "Why it works: Weekly weigh-ins are a staple of many popular diet programs, but studies now show that daily weighing is the key to lasting loss. When researchers at the University of Minnesota monitored the scale habits of 1,800 dieting adults, they found that those who stepped on every day lost an average of 12 pounds over 2 years (weekly scale watchers only lost 6) and were less likely to regain lost weight. The reason? The more often you monitor your results, the quicker you can catch the behaviorial slip that causes weight gain." I'm glad to see it's OK to weigh daily, which I do. It keeps me honest. The other nine: 2. Watch no more than 2 hours of TV a day 3. Get weight loss support from a friend or group 3 times per week (Like here!) 4. Eat 4 g of fiber in every meal or snack 5. Take 5 (thousand) extra steps a day 6. Log it (food and exercise) 6 times a week 7. Sleep seven hours every night. 8. Drink 8 glasses of water a day 9. After a 9 hour day (lun*****luded) go home. 10. Shave 10 points off your glycemic load Just sharing! Joni

Thanks Joni, I weigh myself daily as well. I could never go a week without knowing! Candy

I heard this before too and I am definitely a dailly weigher~every morning before I eat, LOL! I find that it helps me to stay on track and if I gain a pound or two, to get my head on straight and take it right back off! Tracy B 328/152 5'9"

Hi my name is Jennifer...and I am a compulsive scale stepper on.... I have recently read a few different articles stating that it is better to weigh daily. It keeps you on top of things and prevents several pounds adding up before you have a chance to do something about it. I just went to camp to work as a nurse for 2 weeks. I purposely didn't bring my scale with me. It was really hard not to know what my weight was. Happy news is that I did lose a pound while I was gone. It was hard to eat up there. You know camp food...all carbs. But I did walk ALOT and brought my protein shakes with me so that I could start my day with 22 gms of protein. As soon as I got home the first thing I did was step on the scale. But I have noticed that over the past week I haven't been quite as obsessed as usual. I guess the 2 week break did me good!