Do you own a scale?

bethfartman
bethfartman Posts: 363 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've always weighed myself at the gym, but I've recently moved and my new gym location doesn't seem to have a scale around. I haven't weighed myself in over a month and I know I'm loosing weight since clothes that haven't fit in a while now fit, but I have no idea how much I've lost. I was thinking about just waiting until I go to the doctor and use my weight from there, but who knows when that will be. I always felt like if I owned a scale I'd be to tempted to weigh myself daily and beat myself up over water weight gain and the such, but now I'm thinking I should just get one to see how on track I am (or how off track I am.) Does anybody just not weigh for months at a time and are still successful long-term? Or do you feel like weighing is somewhat essential on a regular basis?
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  • Runhard13
    Runhard13 Posts: 138 Member
    if your clothes keep seeming looser i wouldnt worry about a scale...people get too obsessive with the numbers they see..thats why some gyms dont keep them around. If you feel great thats all that matters..gets to a point where your body will pretty much tell you that you gained a pound here or there anyways..you just feel it.
  • jbbrannon
    jbbrannon Posts: 167 Member
    yes!
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I weighed only once a week during my weight loss, and about once a month while maintaining. If you are worried about beating yourself up, you can track your measurements instead of your weight. Quite a few people have taken that approach successfully.
  • BoomstickChick
    BoomstickChick Posts: 428 Member
    I don't. My kids broke mine. I've just been getting weighed at every doctor appointment I've had in the pregnancy. I refuse to obsess over my weight during this time. It's depressing. However, being in the 3rd trimester and being hypothyroid, gaining only 12 or so lbs is amazing.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    Food scale yes. People scale no.
  • SkinnyMsFitness
    SkinnyMsFitness Posts: 389 Member
    Hi! I weigh myself weekly. The day I started, (last June) on a Tuesday, is my official weigh-in day! I keep a personal blog and enter the dates and weights each and every week. While some people have commented that this might be too frequent to weight oneself, I've found it helps keep me on track. Although I fell off the bandwagon for 10 months, I didn't gain any weight back; so that's good!

    I believe that I found myself 100 lbs overweight (at my heaviest) because I never did weigh myself, or went months at a time without doing so. So, yeah, I think it's a good idea to keep track, just don't do it daily! Hide the darn scale if necessary! lol

    Best of luck! :-)
  • 1brokegal44
    1brokegal44 Posts: 562 Member
    Yes...I only weigh 1x a month though.
  • timbrom
    timbrom Posts: 303 Member
    I'm one of those weird people who is actually comforted by numbers, so for me, I would go crazy without a scale and I weigh myself every day, often several times throughout the day. I find the weight fluctuations interesting. I think it's kind of neat to see that, hey, I ate a really high-sodium meal the night before and guess what, I weigh two pounds more in the morning. Then it's gone a day or two later.

    But I'm just weird like that.
  • ChangingAmanda
    ChangingAmanda Posts: 486 Member
    Yes, both a food scale and a people scale.

    I only weigh myself once per week and then the scale goes back into the closet. I can't have it out or I'd be on it every time I went into the bathroom. While I use it as my main way of tracking my weight loss, I also take into consideration measurements, how my clothes fit, progress pictures and how I'm feeling for judging my progress. The scale can "lie". One week I "gained" 2.4lbs but the jeans that were a bit tight the week before fit perfectly the morning I logged the gain.
  • marcvandenberg
    marcvandenberg Posts: 190 Member
    Yes, it motivate me to keep going
  • Mrshotwing
    Mrshotwing Posts: 166 Member
    I own 2 of them I weigh in every Friday. Its alot easier to lose 2 lbs than 20. So if you can catch the gain at the lower end your better off.
  • TheBeerRunner
    TheBeerRunner Posts: 2,777 Member
    It's essential for me to weigh myself on a weekly basis at a minimum. I tried going a month without weighing myself to see how that went... It was a no go for me. I need the constant feedback to make sure I'm on track. Doing it on a regular basis helps me keep track of what's a normal fluctuation, and when I should be concerned. I have realized that it's not worth it to obsess over the number EVERY day, as what you eat can make a big difference in water retention.
  • TheStephil
    TheStephil Posts: 858 Member
    I own a scale but weigh myself daily. I don't beat myself up over it but its just part of the morning routine. i don't have much left to loose so if I was to go off of how clothes fit and how I look in the mirror, it would take awhile to see results. For me personally a scale at home works.

    If it doesn't bother you to not have a scale at home, don't waste the money and buy one. Clothes fitting is a good sign you are going in the right direction.
  • sawiemken
    sawiemken Posts: 39 Member
    I only officially weigh once a week but sometimes I will jump on to see if anything is changed but I don't track it and don't have a very good memory and so 20 minutes later I'm wonder was it a 6, 8 or 2. I believe God is protecting me from myself with my memory issues.. lol
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    i w eigh mysel f once aweek on monday morning naked at home
  • wannabpiper
    wannabpiper Posts: 402 Member
    Yup; weigh myself most days first thing in the morning. I'm sure there are people out there who say that's obsessive and that's okay with me.
  • lilbearzmom
    lilbearzmom Posts: 600 Member
    Yes- I weigh myself once a week. I don't like being a slave to it or having my attitude for the day dictated by a number. Once I get to maintenance I will probably weigh myself every day.
  • PrincessYorga
    PrincessYorga Posts: 63
    I weigh myself once a week (on Fridays) just make sure that I'm on track. But I keep the scale in the spare bathroom upstairs so that I don't see it every day and am not tempted to weigh myself daily! :-)
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Yes, it motivate me to keep going

    Me, too. I weigh every day. Record once or twice a month
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Yup; weigh myself most days first thing in the morning. I'm sure there are people out there who say that's obsessive and that's okay with me.

    Same here.
  • jojoboxing
    jojoboxing Posts: 118 Member
    My wife has one that I never use. I never used to weight myself but since I'm on a weight loss program I actually do it weekly. I restrict myself to the scale at work (once per week) though since I don't want to develop a habit of daily weigh checking.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I went almost a full half century without owning a scale. I only weighed at doctor's visits, at other's houses or on those machines at the drug store. I wasn't overweight so it really didn't matter. Now that I own one, I weigh nearly every day. Sometimes several times a day. I don't freak out over the fluctuations though. Not as long as my pants still fit. :wink:
  • jfauci
    jfauci Posts: 531 Member
    Yes. I weigh myself every morning at home. BUT, my official weight is logged every Tuesday from the scale at work.
  • traceytwink
    traceytwink Posts: 538 Member
    Buy a tape measure instead????I've got scales but I'd love to throw them out, hubby likes to keep them as we have to weigh the cat (he's very fat) on a regular bases, the scales otherwise remain hidden under our bed as I don't like my kids weighing themselves they don't need that in their lives
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    I have one and a good tape measure I weigh myself when I think about it which is normally laundry day since its in the basement. Keep it put up if your worried about weighing too much. Just don't freak if you gain a pound and weigh right after you use the bathroom in the morning its the most accurate.
  • Pnuke77
    Pnuke77 Posts: 23
    I'm a numbers guy so I weigh myself and get my BF checked every Friday. I like to keep all sorts of graphs and charts on my progress.
  • annebubbles
    annebubbles Posts: 83 Member
    Yes, but I only get on it maybe twice a week. I'm not going to regain my lost weight if I KNOW how much I weigh. I will not obsess over my numbers. I obsess over eating healthy food and staying active.
  • Jenny_Ren1
    Jenny_Ren1 Posts: 65 Member
    Hi! I weigh myself weekly. The day I started, (last June) on a Tuesday, is my official weigh-in day! I keep a personal blog and enter the dates and weights each and every week. While some people have commented that this might be too frequent to weight oneself, I've found it helps keep me on track. Although I fell off the bandwagon for 10 months, I didn't gain any weight back; so that's good!

    I believe that I found myself 100 lbs overweight (at my heaviest) because I never did weigh myself, or went months at a time without doing so. So, yeah, I think it's a good idea to keep track, just don't do it daily! Hide the darn scale if necessary! lol

    Best of luck! :-)

    This is exactly what I do. I have an app on my phone and a spreadsheet where I track my weight each week. I have to do this to keep myself in check. Different things work for different people. I've found I gain weight when I stop weighing regularly. I pretend my clothes aren't getting tighter! Ha! I think weighing on the same day, at the same time of day, gives me the consistency needed to not fret over daily differences. Also, I keep it in my closet so I'm not tempted to weigh more frequently.
  • AquaFitQueen
    AquaFitQueen Posts: 218 Member
    I own one, but it is now confiscated and buried in the cupboard. I get a bit OCD...which isnt good with an ED, so now I weigh weekly at my GP office. Although I am tempted to buy a body analyser once I hit a certain goal. Look for loose fitting clothes, tape measure, more flexibility, stamina, etc as this is a health journey not just a weight loss journey :)
  • El_Cunado
    El_Cunado Posts: 359 Member
    Yes, weight scale & food scale.

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