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Smith05032105

Hi I’m new to this. Like a lot I’m trying to start the new year off right. I’ve tried many times and failed . Always saying maybe this time. I don’t weigh myself just go by feeling and clothes. Anyone have feelings either way about that? I’d love to hear your experiences.

wm3796

What really helped me is daily weighing. I knew that whatever I ate would show on the scale and wanted objective data to show if I was reaching my goal. There will be daily weight variation but the scale will show trends and keeps me accountable.

54ShadesOfBlue

I think what gives foks the inner strength to continue is as unique as their fingerprints. I also think having a stronger ‘why’ is more important than a good ‘how’
My current why is to finally show myself the respect I deserve. Through trial and error the a good how will come to be. Currently I do weigh myself daily and have a 80/20 focus regarding food and exercise.

AnnPT77

I think any of those methods can work: Scale, clothes fit, tape measure, monthly progress photos, whatever.

For myself, I prefer to weigh daily. I've done it for years (even before trying to lose weight) and recorded the results. (This is not an obsession in my case: I'm a data geek in various ways, after a career in data management. ). I learned a lot from weighing daily, and I don't get stressed about any one day's weigh-in. It's just a momentary snapshot of my body's relationship with gravity, an isolated data point, not a yardstick of my worth as a human being.

I put my daily weight into a free weight trending app. (In my case, that's Libra for Android, but there's also Happy Scale for Apple/iOS, Trendweight with a free Fitbit account (don't need a device), Weightgrapher, and others.) I care more about the trend over many weeks than about individual weigh-ins.

That won't work for everyone. If someone finds scale weight really stressful, or gets obsessive about the scale, I'd say don't use it. If it's possible to learn calm about day to day fluctuations, then daily weighing can provide some useful insight to how our individual body behaves, and over time tends to make fluctuations more understandable.

I'd say it's important to be somewhat consistent and structured about some metric, whether it's weighing or one of the other things like clothes fit. Using something vague or not consistent can let wishful thinking set in . . . or unfounded catastrophizing, depending on one's individual psychology.

Best wishes!