Scale stress!!

I actually do weigh myself every morning before I eat breakfast , bearing in mind I want to see the trends more than the actual number.
If , for some reason, I need to decrease the regularity of my weighing, as soon as I get up I drink as much water as I can to 'sabotage' the scale reading, and that stops me weighing for that day.

I like to weigh every day to help me stay on track. I don't think there is anything wrong with daily weighing as long as you understand it can fluctuate - some people upwards of 5lbs. Water, sodium, exercise etc can all affect the weight each day. But I like to know what I'm in for each day and if I need to buckle down a bit or if I'm on track.

Weighing yourself everyday is foolish, cause like you've already admitted you are "stressed" and "obsessed" with it. Your body can naturally fluctuate from day to day, just solely based on water consumption. You are creating a nightmare for yourself and I highly suggest you stop.

I completely empathize with you. I wake up every day wanting to weigh myself. Often times the number on the scale dictates my day. If I weigh less, I feel good and feel as if I can have an extra snack. If I gain, I get depressed and end up eating more because I feel like all of my efforts are not paying off. Of course, its probably only water weight but that is not what my brain perceives. Something that helped me was weighing in at night. When I weigh in at night I can keep track of whether Im losing or not and I know that the number is often 2 or more pounds less in the morning. I'm often surprised on weigh in day that I lost more than I've been estimating from my nightly weigh-ins. I am trying not to get on the scale at all now though because I want to practice more self control and know that a number on a scale shouldn't dictate how I feel.

I'm with you. I weigh daily but don't let it frustrate you. What I've learned is I can be on a plateau for a few days then finally get some movement.

My partner hid my scale. I refuse to weigh for a while. I kept "gaining" on the scale - but losing on the body. My clothes fit better and I feel better. I work out but I also have a sodium sensitivity so any small stray with the salt adds upwards of 8lbs on me at times (my fault for loving sodium rich foods). Then I get depressed when i see the number rise on my scale.

So, I am much happier doing what Im doing. I adjusted my tracking to even out. I will weigh again at some point...but for now, I will let my clothing show my progress!

Seems its a personal choice about weighing daily. Its just different for everyone!

I have two scales one at home and one at work. The one at home I step on probably every morning. (Normally naked) But the one at work is the one I started with, and I only step on that once a week around the same time. The work scale is the one I track. By doing this my weight may fluctuate at home, but the work scale I can look in my notebook and see progress.

I will say the thing that inspires me the most is being able to look at the chart over a few months and see the reduction. Maybe not as fast as I would like, but progress, one step at a time.

On my program I weigh-in once a week, on Sunday mornings. I don't even own a scale. I find it keeps me from obsessing over daily fluctuations.