Lose the Scale?

MelOdira747
MelOdira747 Posts: 9
edited January 14 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello!

I have A LOT of weight to lose. OVer the past month I have been trying to lose weight and find myself weighing myself all the time. I get so discouraged even if I lose or gain just a pound.

Is it possible to lose 75 pounds and not weigh myself for a few months or would that be setting myself up for failure because I wont have anything that tells me if Im being successful or not?

Opinions? :)

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  • jallenjax
    jallenjax Posts: 23 Member
    I weigh in once a week. I found that it helps me to know if I am staying on track.
  • ashleey1000
    ashleey1000 Posts: 256 Member
    I had the same problem when I started a month ago. I was weighing in everyday and would be disappointed when I didnt see any changes on the scale or when my weight went up even tho I had done everything the day b4 to see a loss. So now I am not weighing in everyday but every week. So my advice to u would be to work ur *kitten* off and weigh in every week just for ur sanity =)
  • katoabes
    katoabes Posts: 15 Member
    I've switched to a Friday weigh in. Gives you motivation to not lose heart over the weekend and to see the benefits of working hard all week!
  • Onaughmae
    Onaughmae Posts: 873 Member
    I weigh every day but I only *count* my Monday weigh in usually. I have learned to not get too freaked out by scale fluctuations. I am sometimes up and down by several pounds. Its usually just fluid weight. It is pretty hard to gain 3 pounds of fat in just one day! If it is going to discourage you too much I would step away from the scale and just weigh once a week. Take your measurements. Those are going to really tell the story more accurately than the scale does. I know once I started lifting I went up a couple of pounds. Muscles you work out tend to hold some water initially. Also I have noticed that even when my scale goes up a bit or stays the same, my clothes all fit looser. This will be especially true as you build more dense muscle mass and lose the less dense fat.
  • moonsforeyes
    moonsforeyes Posts: 228
    I never weigh myself! The mirror and clothes feeling looser have been my motivation lately. Just do what you have been doing and maybe weigh yourself once a month if at all. :)
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    This is my first month scale-free...I am going to start weighing in on the first day of the month and measuring, too...I don't yet know how it 's going to work, but I'm optimistic. I was getting too focused on the number!!
  • alipmiller
    alipmiller Posts: 2
    I weigh every day but I only *count* my Monday weigh in usually. I have learned to not get too freaked out by scale fluctuations. I am sometimes up and down by several pounds. Its usually just fluid weight. It is pretty hard to gain 3 pounds of fat in just one day! If it is going to discourage you too much I would step away from the scale and just weigh once a week. Take your measurements. Those are going to really tell the story more accurately than the scale does. I know once I started lifting I went up a couple of pounds. Muscles you work out tend to hold some water initially. Also I have noticed that even when my scale goes up a bit or stays the same, my clothes all fit looser. This will be especially true as you build more dense muscle mass and lose the less dense fat.
  • clrjames
    clrjames Posts: 1 Member
    Girl stay off that thing. Have someone hide it from you and pull it out only on planned weigh in days. Watching the ticker go up and down everyday will make you crazy. Set a weigh in date, have them pull the scale out on that date at that time, log your weight and move on.... It will keep you shackled if you don't.
  • alipmiller
    alipmiller Posts: 2
    I weigh myself about once a month. The proof is really in how your clothes fit. Sometimes the numbers on the scale will go up, but my clothes feel looser. When you're working out regularly (especially women), I think things like water weight/retention and muscle gain make it too hard to rely totally on the scale to track results.
  • Derpinaaa
    Derpinaaa Posts: 70 Member
    I use the scale only for purposes of calculating Body Fat Estimate.
    Sometimes the number on the scale goes up but my measurements (and therefore my BFE) go down.
    It's important to use some sort of visual to track your weight loss.
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