Anybody stopped weighing themselves?

melodyjosie

Do you feel better when you aren't weighing yourself? I used to be obsessed with weighing myself and it was really starting to get to me constantly seeing my fluctuations, however I have given up weighing myself and continued to eat healthy and have cheats on the weekend and I feel a lot better than when I was weighing myself.

Anybody in the same boat?

meenanachi

I don't weight myself immediately after I have had a cheat day. That's just makes me feel bad. I start weighing myself after two days after i have been good and got ridden of it all.

nicoleisback

I prefer regular weigh ins. I find without them I quickly lose motivation and get lax

rachlee777

Yep I don't weigh myself anymore, made me depressed if I'd gain weight and then I'd start eating again and telling myself what's the point. I can see if I'm loosing weight without the scales

stephe1987

Weigh in once per week and you can monitor your progress without becoming obsessed with the scale or without becoming too lax (if you stop weighing yourself entirely you might slowly slip into bad habits or slowly gain weight back and not notice).

Jobug8

I have started to only weigh myself once a month. That way all I see is the weight going down, and hopefully it is a big down. When I weighed every week I would then eat really bad and then give up. This way I work hard most of the month and have a few cheat days. Then all I get to see is the progress and not the ups and down.

Junebuggyzy

I like the once a month suggestion better than once a week. I personally weigh every day, but only because I am OCD about it, and only because I geekily love keeping little graphs and charts.

Fattackler2013

I only weigh myself once every two weeks and I used to be obsessed with weighing myself. It can really get you down if you don't see what you'd like to and some people tend to give up when they feel like they aren't making enough progress. You're not going to notice an accurate change if you weigh yourself too often so once a week or once every two weeks is fine. Hide your scales from sight if you have to.

I feel much happier now that I'm not as obsessed with it.

Jim_G10

Yip, months ago.
Scales are evil anyway so just went for measures instead as well as clothes fitting.

AnatolF

Once every two weeks here. I prefer to take pride in non-scale victories. Take a picture of yourself today (in just your underwear) then hide that picture away. One month from today, take another picture (in just your underwear) then compare the pics side by side. Considering that you have been working hard for those four weeks, you'll see much more progress that you can take pride in than that of any number on a scale.

Francl27

For me it was always the first stage of denial.

dlbredesen

For me it was always the first stage of denial.

So very me too.

rainbow198

I've switched from weighing in every Friday morning to once a month to make sure I'm staying in my range. So far so good.

I rely on taking my measurements and the way my non-stretchable clothes fit (like skinny jeans) to make sure I'm staying on track. Also I can tell by observing my hands and ankles if I need to dial things back a little bit.

During the holidays, special events or birthday's etc. I do weigh before and after. It's way too easy to get off track, and so I haven't gained.

I tried not weighing as much early on in maintenance and it didn't work. I ended up putting on around 7 lbs right before my eyes.

Now that some time has passed, I've learned more about my body, tried different things and figured out what works for me so I haven't experienced any weight gain this go around.

Going from daily to weekly (early on) weigh-ins, then weekly to month has been so incredibly freeing!

Rochester_mom

I stopped my weekly weigh in because it was too stressful for me. I started taking measurements and will only weigh in on the first Friday of the month.

QuietBloom

Once a week is all I weigh (if that). I have a FitBit and track faithfully, so I already have a good idea of what kind of deficit I have been running. The weigh ins are just to keep MFP on track with how many calories it thinks I should be consuming.

tremroy1

Once a week is enough. We are the cause of our weight gain, not the scale. The scale is an important tool in keeping track of our progress. The scale is not the problem it's us....Doctors use the scale to help their patients...why should we fear the results. When it shows a weight loss we are happy.....good thing.....if you feel like you have cheated then you fear the results of this and the scale. There is no such thing as cheating.....just eating more than is necessary to feed the body. We make bad decisions about types of food and quantity and we then feel bad and we feel this is cheating. This is likely a case of overeating. Maintenance requires planning......some effort required but the results are great.

honsi

I weigh myself maybe once a month if that, I just found weighing myself all the time was starting to drive me crazy. I'm consistently losing weight quite slowly now esp as I'm now lifting. But my body is changing all the time and I've just gone down a dress size. Every couple of months or so I use one of those scales that also measures BMI ,body fat etc and I keep all the slips as a reminder of my progress. I'm less focused on how much I weigh now which is healthier for me.

Ramen237

I stopped my weekly weigh in because it was too stressful for me. I started taking measurements and will only weigh in on the first Friday of the month.

I stopped for the same reason. I'll weigh in in 2 weeks or so, when I come back from my vacation to Maine. It'll keep me on my toes while in Maine

laineybz

I weighed weekly when losing the weight, now i'm maintaining it's monthly. I feel better for it tbh.

MyChocolateDiet

yep

ShannonMpls

I can't stop weighing myself altogether. Last time I did that, it was the start of a long trip to 300 pounds.

I only weigh myself once or twice a month now, though. The scale is one of many tools - including food logging, exercise, how my clothes fit - that keeps me maintaining.

Chris_Pierce

You can really only get an accurate weight once a day. And that's only if you do it first thing after waking up before you eat or drink anything, and in the nude. Otherwise it's just silly, your weighing the food and water your body is using for fuel and your weight is going to fluctuate. Worthless and pointless. It's like measuring your body right after working out, results will be skewed.

I've been weighing myself every few days if I remember. But then my scale broke, so I'm waiting for the new one to arrive from the amazon.com

64mustangsue

I still weigh myself every morning. I find if I don't, weight goes up really fast. It's another thing I do to keep myself accountable. It's not for everyone though. You have to do what works for you.