Can you lose weight without weighing yourself?

absolutely NOT. there's no way you can lose weight unless you are stood on a scale.

care to explain why not?

because you NEED to know you are losing weight. how can you lose weight if you don't know you are losing weight?? The only way to monitor this is to be stood on a scale every waking moment of your life.


( if you think i am being dumb, then all i will say is that you started it)

Reported: insulting/attacking.
You might want to seek counseling to address why you think its ok to attack people online.

Wow. Welcome to the internet. Besides, I think the poster was just being dryly sarcastic, a humour lost on many people.
They're both from the UK, I bet she gets it.

Nah.....I doubt it. "Dryly sarcastic" ended and "45 year old internet bully” began when he implied that his 6 year old niece was smarter than her.

Seriously? Someone reported that as an insult? Wow! That's insane!

I found that weighing more than once a week makes me frustrated. My weight bobs up and down daily, so once a week gives a more accurate indication of my progress.

Yes, if you eat only food whose calorie content you know.

it sounds like you have an eating disorder??

If you use the scale too much, you'll seriously go crazy.
Weight changes a lot throughout the week/day. You might be gaining muscle so you might gain weight, so you don't really need to freak out if you gain.
Weight your self every week.
It's all about your physical appearance than what the scale tells you.

You can lose weight without checking the scale often, just keep logging, see how clothes fit or you could even take a photograph each month to check progress visually

The simple answer is yes. The scale is intended to only be a tool to track progress. Coming from a girl with a history of eating disorders I can tell u the scale can be ur friend and enemy. My suggestion as to where u r now, yes stop weighing yourself so often. The mindset u r falling into is where ed's sneak in and tks over. I only weigh about once a week. Weighing before meals cheats our bodies. Weighing after going to the bathroom cheats our goals. This number isn't what matters. I know a girl who is a size six but weighs 185. I know another girl who is only 140 and wears a 10. Does that weight number mean much? No. Fitter people weigh more due to muscle mass. Think of it this way. Would u rather trash the scale (so to speak) and be fit or obsess over the scale, else muscle mass and be "skinny fat" as Pauline Nordin calls it. That number alone is no indication of your fitness level or your size. Take alone my size 6 friend would be considered obese. She spends 2 hrs a day at the gym. I don't think so. Just keep on track if u don't weigh as often and u will b fine.

I think I need to cut down on my scale usage. I noticed that I weigh myself before and after each meal now, as well as every time I finish using the bathroom

Do you guys think it's possible to lose weight without using a scale very often? I was thinking of only weighing myself every 1-2 weeks now.

Thanks in advance!
Lulu

yup!

Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but if you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale; water retention, digestion, hormones, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose or gain weight when they eat more or less because of these fluctuations.

Losing weight requires tremendous patience. You will not lose it when you want it or where you want it. The body does its thing. Some apparent plateaus can last a month or so. You cannot make it happen faster. You must focus on two things; calories and exercise. Nothing else matters. Scales and metrics don't matter. The day in and day out grind of exercise and calories are all that matters. It is not very exciting until things fall into place. You get your victories and you ride one victory to the next.

The scale is a trend tool. The scale is good but put it away and only check once a week and only use it as a trend tool. It will fluctuate, it does not matter. Take front side and back progress pictures at least once a month. You will see differences that the metrics won't tell you and it's that little bit of NSV that will keep you going until the next victory.

The goal is to get away from the scale when you reach maintained. I have not used the scale all this year. It was hard for me to get away from it even when I was first in the maintenance phase of this journey. I have such freedom now letting go of the scale and simply going by how I look in the mirror and how my clothes fit. I know when I've been eating extra at social events and vacations and can see and feel it a little when I get back. It takes a long time to lose that little bit because once you get lean you can't eat at a deep deficit anymore, so I've learned that if I just ignore the scale I already know what to do, focus on exercise and calories and things fall into place.

I, also am recovered from an ED and I used to do the same thing. It's easy to fall back into those habits, unfortunately. I find that weighing myself once a day, in the morning, before I eat and after I pee works for me. That way I can monitor my weight without going nuts about it. I also record my weight once a week in a log book and also measure myself at least every few weeks. Other than that, I stay away from it. This is coming from someone who has 4 scales, scattered throughout the house, so it's an accomplishment for me to only weigh once a day!

I completely agree! My weight has been fluctuating since I have started weight training with heavier weights but the inches keep going down.