How often do you weigh???

Lynn5707
on 4/15/12 10:24 pm - IN

Hi,

I think I am driving myself crazy!!! I weigh at least once a day - maybe more - sometimes even before I go to bed.

I have my official weekly weigh in at Weigh****chers so I have one weight to count on and see progress. This past week at home, I weighed anywhere from 135.5 to 138. It seems like how much fluid I've taken in (usually if I don't have at least 64+ oz, I will weigh more & be puffy), sodium and if I'm constipated (sorry TMI) certainly plays a part in my weigh-ins (I know that's all common sense).

I just wondered if it is good/bad to weigh in so much? What do you all do?

Thanks for your input!

Lynn

southernlady5464
on 4/16/12 12:07 am

DS on 01/24/11

On April 16, 2012 at 5:24 AM Pacific Time, Lynn5707 wrote:

Hi,

I think I am driving myself crazy!!! I weigh at least once a day - maybe more - sometimes even before I go to bed.

I have my official weekly weigh in at Weigh****chers so I have one weight to count on and see progress. This past week at home, I weighed anywhere from 135.5 to 138. It seems like how much fluid I've taken in (usually if I don't have at least 64+ oz, I will weigh more & be puffy), sodium and if I'm constipated (sorry TMI) certainly plays a part in my weigh-ins (I know that's all common sense).

I just wondered if it is good/bad to weigh in so much? What do you all do?

Thanks for your input!

Lynn

You can make yourself NUTS weighing every day...but I weigh almost every day as well. Just remember to count ONLY the weekly or monthly weigh ins you do as that is a better predictor of trend. You can go up and down day to day and still keep losing weight overall.

You need to find a way to handle the constipation...and get regular. Maybe add fiber to your daily regimine. I used fiber pills when I stayed constipated...was taking as many as 3 a day but it helped keep me going. It's a fine balance on that between too little and too much. Now, I don't take any fiber pills at all, I just eat LOTS more fat. :)

Liz

Roz !!!!
on 4/16/12 12:14 am - Butler, PA

Getting weighed is not a stressful thing for me or I probably wouldn't do it. I weigh myself every morning in my nightgown as soon as I go to the Bathroom. I'm usually always within a 3 pound range but I don't get upset if I go over a day occassionally. I don't think I could handle weighing myself once a week or month.

Roz

God is walking with me every step of the way. Because of HIM this is possible!!

RNY 10/15/2008 9+ Years!!! Height: 4' 11" HW: 203 SW: 197 CW: 119 on Maintenance

Caitlyn_Cat
on 4/16/12 12:38 am

Every morning like clockwork, although I only chart the Saturday morning weight on my spreadsheet.

Height: 5'5" / HW: 223 / SW: 196 / GW: 125 reached 12/22/2011 / CW: 121

Price S.
on 4/16/12 12:58 am - Mills River, NC

RNY on 09/09/10

Every morning and every evening. I expect to go up and down but I like knowing where I am. It drove me crazy to not know for a whole week when I was on vacaton.

66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance

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lerkhart
on 4/16/12 2:08 am

RNY on 08/03/09

I weigh every morning as soon as I get up(after bathroom). Sometimes I will weigh at night, but not very often.

If it bothered me, I would limit it. I like knowing where I am everyday. Part of my problem in the past was I would stop weighing and then WOW I would be up 20-30-40 pounds before I knew what happened. I don't want that to happen to me again so I really need the accountability.

I love the weekly weigh in that we do here so I can keep a comparasion to the prior week and that is my official weigh in to make sure I'm under my goal.

Linda

14.5 lost pre-surgery 5'1 1/2"

determineddanni
on 4/16/12 3:31 am

DS on 12/19/11

I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOVE.

IF YOU ARE DISTRESSED BY THE SCALE NUMBERS THEN LIMIT YOUR WEIGH-IN'S. WEIGHT BOUNCES UP AND DOWN A LOT ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN.

I DO IT WEEKLY AND SOMETIMES I HOP ON IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS WELL FOR CURIOUSITY SAKE. BUT I DON'T TAKE IT TO SERIOUSLY, I ONLY LOG MY SUNDAY WEIGH-IN'S.

HW 259 SW 256 CW 141 GW 150

dasie
on 4/16/12 4:16 am

RNY on 11/17/09

Prior to maintenance, I tried to weigh no more than 1 time per month...at most 1 time every 3 weeks. Now that I am in maintenance, I weigh every single day for accountability.

Mama477
on 4/16/12 4:26 am

VSG on 04/28/11

I'm a daily weighed. Nekkid before my shower!

Meg

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HW 236 / SW 224 / CW 164/ GW 135

Mandy R.
on 4/16/12 6:04 am, edited 4/16/12 6:04 am - Callahan, FL

RNY on 11/07/11

I also weigh several times throughout the day, scale is in the BR so when I go-I weigh LOL
I only count the weight on Monday mornings :)
I agree that it was when I didn't weight, before surgery, I had no idea how big I had gotten until it was "too late" :(
Mandy

HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)

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