does anyone weigh monthly?

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  • kxlly
    kxlly Posts: 21
    I weigh daily. I don't expect miracles. Every morning I reasonably try to predict what the scale will say, while being completely honest with myself about how well I ate yesterday, how much sodium, etc. I'm usually accurate within a pound because of that honesty.
  • mazmataz
    mazmataz Posts: 331 Member
    I moved recently, so haven't owned scales in a few months. I feel liberated! I'm judging my weight loss on measurements and how clothes fit...I will have to weigh in at some point but it's nice not letting 1/2lb of fluid retention ruin your whole day.
  • baldielove13
    baldielove13 Posts: 219 Member
    I weigh monthly.

    Here's what I found for me: Losing weight isn't something I can DO. It's something that happens as a RESULT of what I do. I can't control results. I can only control what I do. I wanted to make a lifestyle change, not go on a diet. So I judge success and happiness based on things I can control: did I eat right, did I exercise hard, did I get enough sleep, did I drink enough water.

    I set my goal to being healthy, not to losing weight. If somebody cuts off one of legs will I weigh less? Yes. Will I be healthier? No. Therefore, hanging everything on my weight loss is not a good indication of health. I could be skinny but still be unhealthy. So health became my motivation, not weight.

    Made it easy to get off that !@#$ scale.

    I like that point of view.
  • kellymoconnell
    kellymoconnell Posts: 11 Member
    Try weighing in once a week. My weight can fluxuate up to 2 pounds over the course of 24 hours depending on things like: water intake, sodium (from eating out), alcohol, etc. I've found that weighing mid-week is nice because then you don't have to stress about whether or not it's accurate from a Saturday morning breakfast out or a couple of glasses of wine. :)
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I do weekly, but I have done monthly. Especially when I was hitting a little plateau. I made my self step off the scale for a month and when I went back to weigh I had dropped like 7lbs.

    If that works for you great just continue to focus on eating better, smaller and move more.
  • JulesAtkinson1
    JulesAtkinson1 Posts: 219 Member
    I weigh monthly.

    Here's what I found for me: Losing weight isn't something I can DO. It's something that happens as a RESULT of what I do. I can't control results. I can only control what I do. I wanted to make a lifestyle change, not go on a diet. So I judge success and happiness based on things I can control: did I eat right, did I exercise hard, did I get enough sleep, did I drink enough water.

    I set my goal to being healthy, not to losing weight. If somebody cuts off one of legs will I weigh less? Yes. Will I be healthier? No. Therefore, hanging everything on my weight loss is not a good indication of health. I could be skinny but still be unhealthy. So health became my motivation, not weight.

    Made it easy to get off that !@#$ scale.

    I like that point of view.

    Me too.

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