Avoid That Scale!

mushymom

I’ve only been back at this for a month. At about this point in past attempt, the scale stops showing a loss and might even show some gains. I have TWO scales set up in clear view but I’m hesitant and anxious about weighing in. I’ve been under my daily calorie goals all week. I’ve moved around a bit more according to the Fitbit. So, all should be ok but I’m never the less scared of doing it. Anybody else out there with scale-itis?

cathipa

I used to hate the scale, but since I started keeping a trend of my daily weight its become less frightening. Use a trend app like Libra or Happyscale. Even though I may have some days I'm way up and then way down I can usually account for why so it doesn't get to me so much any more.

Johns_Dope_AF

Daily weigh ins let me know if what I'm doing is working. I'm not just hoping for a loss, I work diligently towards that daily. If I gain I need to know immediately to adjust my caloric intake.

steveko89

I understand the anxiety but the longer you put it off the more that anxiety will build. I also support daily weighing and tracking the trend vs. emphasizing the daily number.

brightresolve

I agree on daily weighing! I go up and down depending on lots of things, and if I weigh and record here daily, the report over time helps me understand what's going on. I can avoid getting discouraged by a bad day that way. Maybe sounds counterintuitive but works for me.

kristen8000

Daily weighing and a trending app has pretty much stopped causing me frusteration. I was noticing when I weighed 1x week, I'd miss the day I dropped...I make go for days and days with the same #...then POW 2lbs gone.

Daily weighing and using the trend ap (Libra) give me a graph with data and show what's really happening.