What most people need to do

HappyRachel123

That it's not only the end result you look at what you do everyday that helps and watching the scale won't help at all it'll just bring you down. Measuring once a month is way better and also most people give up because they worry to much about the future not the present.

getoffin1year

To each their own, especially when it comes to weighing in.

wizzybeth

What most people need to do is to find what works for them, and do it, and not expect others to do what they do.

Alatariel75

What most all people should do is what works for them.

kgirlhart

I weigh every day. I lost over 60 pounds and now I am in maintenance. Watching the scale daily helped me and didn't bring me down. What people need to do is find what works for them and not worry about what others do. If you want to weigh daily then do that. If you want to weigh monthly do that. What works for you may not work for everyone and that is ok.

christareid28

I need to weigh daily or I get way off track. I could gain a lot of weight in a month. Just what I prefer

Rocknut53

60 pounds down as well, daily weighing. What everyone else said, whatever works.

Therealobi1

I did a mixture of weighing and measuring with a pair of old tight shorts

TitanGM

What ALL people need to do is committ to their goal. After you do, each and everyone follows their unique path. But first you have to decide to throw the first step and chase whatever your goal is.

ColoradoChlo

Commit, learn to feel confident, do what they love.

MontyMuttland

When it comes to weighing and measuring, the key thing is to try and do them at the same time of day each time. Your weight varies throughout the day so you won't achieve much by weighing multiple times in a day, nor for example by weighing first thing on one day then at lunchtime on the next.
The same is true to a lesser extent for taking body measurements due to hydration levels in your body.
Your body is most likely to be in balanced hydration around the time of your evening meal, so just before eating your dinner is a good time for weighing and measuring.
As to how frequently you weigh and measure, that's really just down to individual choice. Daily/weekly/monthly is all good.

km8907

Nope. Every day. If I waited a month and didn't see a loss, that scale would be going out the window. If I can catch earlier why there's not a loss, I can adjust.

thisonetimeatthegym

I agree with OP. I ditched my scale and weigh in once a week at my gym.

I was getting obsessed with weighing (multiple times daily), and the number decided if I was doing well or not.

Not anymore! Now I focus on daily things that help - eating healthy, exercising. It's much more balanced and doesn’t drive me nuts.

Jruzer

If I had an instrument that could weigh me continuously, I'd do that. I'd love to see minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour data. As it is I have to settle for daily weighing.

Oishii

Often the advice I read from skinnier countries (France and Japan) is to weigh daily. Works for me too, but I'm looking for trends over time, not flipping out over a single weight.