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Michelle_J
Michelle_J Posts: 362 Member
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How many times on your weigh in day do you step on and off and back on the scale to see if it reads different the 2nd (or third) time? I do it at least 4 :noway:
curious.........
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  • strandedeyes
    strandedeyes Posts: 392 Member
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    i do a three time check if i am weighing in at home... but only once at gym (don't want to look completely crazy)...lolol
  • BigDaddie79
    BigDaddie79 Posts: 4
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    LOL...Same here!!
  • dulcericanbaby
    dulcericanbaby Posts: 1
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    I weigh myself a few times a day if im home every day. Its an obsession for me that i try to not do but can't help it!
  • kao708
    kao708 Posts: 813 Member
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    Once, unless there isn't a loss and then I might wait and hour and try again. :bigsmile:
  • mislove68
    mislove68 Posts: 240
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    I do twice. The first time always is an error after i get off the scale.
  • jaydemikaela
    jaydemikaela Posts: 15 Member
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    Yeah but that's because I swear our scales are dodgy. Me and my Mum were weighing ourselves last week and it gave us a few different weights.
  • allystone
    allystone Posts: 134 Member
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    haha..atleast 3-4!
  • feliciapeters
    feliciapeters Posts: 525
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    once. before my shower 1st thing in the am on weigh day.
  • Jasmine_Moonstone
    Jasmine_Moonstone Posts: 80 Member
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    I weigh myself 1 time a week & that is it. I weigh myself on Saturday morning right after I get up & go pee. I also take the 1st reading it gives me. :)
  • tapwaters
    tapwaters Posts: 428 Member
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    I'll do it twice, and if i like, left socks on or my bra on for the first one, I take them off to see if that made a difference.
  • sammybey
    sammybey Posts: 72 Member
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    I definitely do multiple checks... it's an obsession :/
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    if the second time is the same, no need for a third. If it's different I'll check a third time. But don't just take the lowest, it could have been the wrong one, take the average if they're different.
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
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    Sometimes 3. Depends on the scale. Other morning got on and it gave a reading and as I was looking down at it, it changed to a different weight. I got off and gave it a minute to reset, got back on and it gave a different reading. So did it again and it said the second number again. I really need to get a better scale!!! Granted I lost this time around but.......How do I know if it is truly right?

    I ran to the box of too small jeans and grabbed a pair....Yup I lost!!!!! They are on and zipped up comfortably:bigsmile:
  • addlice36
    addlice36 Posts: 32
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    I also do it 3 times @ home going with the 2 #'s that are the same. I get upset some times because I like my 1st weigh in sometimes better then the other 2 lol. Not sure why it showing something different the 1st time so I just pick my last two because they match.
  • VialOfDreams
    VialOfDreams Posts: 217
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    How many times on your weigh in day do you step on and off and back on the scale to see if it reads different the 2nd (or third) time? I do it at least 4 :noway:
    curious.........

    Twice a day, but if I go on long runs, I weigh myself immediately after the run, so I know how much I need to hydrate.
  • Mo120
    Mo120 Posts: 20
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    Yup, once a week for me too. But for me it's on Monday mornings, and I only do it once. I use to weigh myself every morning, but it turned into an obsession and sometimes a disappointment! Now that I weigh myself once a week, there is a much greater chance that the number will be lower than the last one :-) Works for me!
  • LYNCARR
    LYNCARR Posts: 4 Member
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    I weigh every day (but only register it on the site once a week), and that's normally it. (If I had an electronic scale that registered "error" like one of the posters, yes, I'd re-weigh.)

    But the point is, for you obsessive folks -- IT'S JUST A NUMBER. It's not an evaluation of your worth as a human being. If I'm up half a pound, it doesn't ruin my day. If I'm down half a pound, I don't run out and buy a Cinnabon.

    Everyone approaches dieting differently. Personally, I'm working on maintaining last fall's 23-pound loss. I have about a 5-pound window that I allow myself, and if I go over the top number in that window, then I start restricting calories for a week. Usually I'm back in "the zone" after a day or two, but I continue to count and restrict for a week -- that buys me a little more wriggle room.

    So, by all means, weigh yourself regularly, but if you can approach it as a piece of information rather than a comment on who you are, it's much healthier.
  • boobee32
    boobee32 Posts: 450 Member
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    yep...two or three times. there is a certain spot on my scale i try to step on..becuase if i step up just a bit..its usually less...so i always step up there..just to see.
  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
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    3x and maybe one for luck if the reading is different. I always take the lowest. if there is a difference, but 9/10 times its the second reading that sticks. :bigsmile:
  • CharlieJuliette
    CharlieJuliette Posts: 459 Member
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    If the first result isn't what I'm hoping for I move the scales to a different part of the floor and weigh again!

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