How often do you weigh in?

sdwelk11

every morning,. i have to because its the only thing that keeps me focused on losing the weight. I feel more accountable when I weigh every day. I dont get discouraged if the scale is up one day because I know it has to do with my sodium intake and i drink more water than normal to help flush it out of my body

AylaBean

Right now Im not WI for a month, but normally its weekly (Mondays)

gashinshotan

Everyday - motivates me when I even lose half a lb from the day before....

Artemis_Acorn

I try to do it every morning. I'm not a slave to the scale by any means, but it is an important tool for me to understand how my body reacts to thngs like sodium, exercise, sleep (or lack of it), hormones, water intake etc. I also take my Blood Pressure every morning and see similar patterns - on my doctors recommendation.

If I was diabetic and was taking my blood sugar levels every morning, noon and night, no one would consider that excessive, or being a "slave" to the monitor - it's a critical thing to know how your body is responding to diet, stress, exercise etc. It's a perfectly reasonable step for a person with blood sugar issues, just as tracking BP is wise for a hypertensive person. Why is it considered obsessive for a person with a weight issue to monitor it daily? I can tell you that for me, scale avoidance caused far more damage, allowing me to live in denial about what the scale could have told me.

So I face the scale every day, and happily log every drop that occurs (I do whole numbers only). If the scale goes up, I don't freak out - but I am determined to get it back down. The point is...this is what works for me right now. It could change down the road. You need to figure out what works for you. There are no MFP police that will knock down your door and confiscate your scale if you don't do it the way they say on the check-in page. You know yourself - you should be able to find what feels right for you and run with it.