Scale obsession?

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  • katrinkap
    katrinkap Posts: 443 Member
    i'm thinking of starting to weigh myself "officially" once a month because i became obsessed with it before when i was starving myself...
  • puffidredz
    puffidredz Posts: 119 Member
    i weigh myself daily just for tracking. i am aware my weight will fluctuate and it doesn't bother me if i gain a few.
    i have bigger things in life to worry about than if i gained a few pounds lol.
  • otrlynn
    otrlynn Posts: 273 Member
    i weigh once daily in the morning, i find it helps keep me acountable and i tend to stay on track easier.

    Yep--same here! Plus, I need the validation that I'm losing as frequently as possible--even if it does take a week or two for the number to head in a downward direction.
  • Penelope2Plyr
    Penelope2Plyr Posts: 166 Member
    I weigh every morning. It works for me. I do fluctuate. I don't call it obsession. I would rather see it daily and see when it goes down, than to get on once a week, and that day happen to be a higher weight day, and think I had made no progress that week.

    However, I only use my weight watcher scale weight at 7am on Thursday morning as my official tracker. As they say, to each his own! If it works for you, continue on the same way you have been doing it.
  • dfborders
    dfborders Posts: 474 Member
    I weigh myself every single day...I only log my weight every other or once a week. I also keep in mind, if the scale goes up, what I have been doing to make myself accountable. If I didn't do anything wrong with my diet then I figure it is water fluctuation due to starting exercising again. It is a way to help me stay accountable and motivated.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I'm very scale obsessed. I weigh in now at least once a day. It serves my interests right now while I have so much to lose. I know from past experience that when I reach goal weight it will not serve my interests and I intend to put the scale away and concentrate on other goals, like fitness.
  • fityfriend
    fityfriend Posts: 21 Member
    Same extremely scale obsessed, my scale is under my bed and I usually weigh myself about 2-3 times a day and every time I go to the gym, before and after my work out ahah

    I like seeing how what I eat affects my wieght, I don't think its very healthy though lol :D
  • HeatherNicoleMomOf4
    HeatherNicoleMomOf4 Posts: 201
    I weigh every morning. It works for me. I do fluctuate. I don't call it obsession. I would rather see it daily and see when it goes down, than to get on once a week, and that day happen to be a higher weight day, and think I had made no progress that week.


    this is how i am
  • DIYmomma
    DIYmomma Posts: 74 Member
    I weigh every morning. It works for me. I do fluctuate. I don't call it obsession. I would rather see it daily and see when it goes down, than to get on once a week, and that day happen to be a higher weight day, and think I had made no progress that week.


    same for me, except you could probably say mine is a borderline obsession!
  • natymatos
    natymatos Posts: 8 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. It has become part of my morning routine and it helps me watch out for any upward trends. Is it obsession? Maybe, but so far is working so I shall remain obsessed.
  • herstrawberri
    herstrawberri Posts: 347 Member
    I weigh myself every monring. For me, it helps keep me accountable. I'm very aware of my daily fluctuations though. I might venture to say I can be a bit obsessed with it. But honestly I don't care. I started out with a ton of weight to lose and if this is what keeps me on track then so be it.

    Do whatever works for you though.
  • AlayshaJ
    AlayshaJ Posts: 703 Member
    I do it.... monthly? Not really. I do it when I am curious... which isn't that often. I weighed myself yesterday, but I had my shoes and stuff on, so it wasn't really accurate. I don't really care that much though.
  • Kybelle132
    Kybelle132 Posts: 71 Member
    I weigh in once a week....i have a hard time believing that what we ate the previous day effects our weight the very next day, i would think looking at a whole week would be a more accurate messure..
  • twaltemade
    twaltemade Posts: 68 Member
    I weigh daily, and the results do affect my mood. Yes, I am obsessed. I just ordered a body fat monitor...hopefully that will be a better measure of progress. I know that I am putting on some muscle with my training, so that gives me some "excuse" when I don't like the results that day.
  • dreena222
    dreena222 Posts: 34 Member
    I love the saying "A watched pot never boils over" so I watch daily. It keeps me in check. I know sometimes is will be up a little,
    so I'll be more careful that day. When it's a little down, it's sooooo exciting and inspires me to stay on track.
  • dreena222
    dreena222 Posts: 34 Member
    sooo true about muscle weight.....good to keep that in mind when it's up a little. :)
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Counterintuitive . . .

    I weigh myself all the time on a scale that is old and creaky so the mechanical number wiggles a lot.

    The inaccuracy lets me know I can't obsess - I can wiggle my feet and move 3 pounds.

    But I CAN tell that the lowest number I can wiggle it to went from the high 180's to mid to low then the high 170's now the middle - in fact I'm pretty sure I'm in the low 170's now. I'll write that down after it does it a couple days in the row.

    Looking at the numbers all the time remind me I really, really am losing weight.

    The inaccuracy makes me know that I can't obsess about any one number any one time. It's the trend.
  • ahlani
    ahlani Posts: 25 Member
    I don't have a scale. I weigh in with my nutritionist every other week. I don't like to see the weight bounce up and down. ;-)

    here too! Actually I had not owned a scale until this past week and I have been content to just use my size and measurements to judge my progress.

    Otherwise, I've only weighed in at the Dr.'s office but they have always respected my requests that I NOT be told or see evidence of the actual number. They would only tell me "yes, you're doing good" or "you need to work a little harder at ...".

    The last I weight I do recall prior to my recent scale purchase was when I was accidentally told the number by a new P.A. I was a little more than 50lbs heavier than I am today and that was on July 31st, 2007. After I asked her not to do that again and explained my reasons (it's a mental attitude thing so I don't become obsessive), she understood but she just wanted to know what I was doing to lose all that weight... (no, I wouldn't let her tell me the peak). She had the best intentions, but I would have been happier not to know.
  • NicoleHernandezz
    NicoleHernandezz Posts: 51
    I am totally 'scale obsessed'! I weigh myself through out the day. I am a food crazy person and found that if I weigh myself often, it helps to keep what I want out and what I really need going in. Food is my first and last thought every day. Even after a big meal I am planning the next one. Not that I need to eat it, but what can I make for others as well.

    Oh My I am the same way, I hate it but I cannot help it!!!

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