The Scale

im guilty of it too, but i only count it 1x per week. the body can retain several lbs easily- from sodium, time of month, stress, whatever-- so u cant let it drive you crazy. after a day of crazy holiday eating it has said i was up 6-7 lbs. in 24 hrs. 2 days later, 5 of it was gone...by the end of the week if i ate well every day aside from that one day, i may be a lb up.

you cannot accurately guage it on a daily basis.

I have not weighed myself in over 6months and that's the best thing for me I could have ever done IMO. When I had the scale at home I would check it almost every time I walked into the bathroom and it drove me crazy so happy with my choice to remove it and I know that I`m still on track since I`ve dropped almost 2pant sizes since getting rid of the scale

yeh i do the same thing. First thing in the morning after first bathroom trip i strip down and step on the scale.
I have Saturdays as my official weigh in day though,

I weigh in every day even though I realize that measurements and how my clothes fit are a better indications of how I am doing. And even more so, how I actually feel is the best indication of how I am doing.

However, making myself step on the scale even when I know the number might not be so good helps make me own up to those times where I "fall off the wagon" so to speak and realize that all is not lost because I decided not to be good one day. I think that is important since this is a LIFESTYLE change and not a temporary thing. I believe it is important to realize that yes, you are going to have some bad days here and there, BUT that doesn't mean that all is lost. It is one day and I need to get over it and start fresh again rather than beat myself up over it and give up. It helps make me re-commit to my goals. It also helps me realize how much your weight can fluctuate over the course of a few days and that those fluctuations aren't worthy of getting worked up over. It's just the way our bodies work.

i have vowed to not weigh for a month.. my weight has not dropped at all. i was doing it everyday...and my weight hasn't budged in over a month..now i'm exercising alot more..and i gain a few lbs... i start tripping out and saying "screw it..give me that pizza or ice cream, i'm never going to get there" just better off not looking at it for a month or so..

I'm in the maintenance phase so, if I remember, I step on the scale every morning. I don't get crazy if I have a bit of up and down as I know that's normal for me. I just want to catch things before it gets out of hand again.

For a while I weighed daily just to see how my weight fluctuates. Found it changes quite a bit on a daily basis, by quite a lot sometimes.

Weekly weigh ins are nice, but thanks to the daily weigh ins, I can see why there may be weeks where it seems my weight is the same, then I suddenly get a huge spike, and then back again.

I weigh every day that I can (e.g. not on vacation, whatnot) and track it. If you do weigh daily for a long enough time you'll get so you won't mind plateaus or little fluctuations. I think they'd bother me a lot more if I *didn't* weigh daily because once a week I wouldn't know if I was in a flux zone that one day (I only aim for .5-1 lb. a week so a .6 lb. flux would make a big difference!). As long as you look at a graph over time and don't obsess over a particular number, I don't think it's as bad of a habit as people make it out to be! Also gives motivation. Finally, a lot of .2 scales auto back to the last weight if it is pretty similar, so you may see fewer fluctuations (you can keep a heavy object near it (I use a set of 5 lb weights) to "reset" the scale so when you step on it may show a small change.

It's all in your perspective--you can say I'm disappointed that it hasn't changed in 3 days or you say I've been working hard for 3 days, so if I keep it up I'm going to see a big change soon! (And when I tell myself that and I do keep it up, there is usually a reward (e.g a 1.2 lb. drop out of nowhere).

I weigh in every morning. I like to know where I'm at. For instance, if I gained some weight, then I can think about what may have happened the day before to cause that. Like too much sodium (so I need to drink more water today), maybe it was those donuts I couldn't refuse (so I need to watch my sugar intake today), etc.

Weighing in every morning has also helped me in seeing my weight loss pattern. I tend to lose like 0.4 lbs, then stay at that weight for 2-3 days, and then drop again. I like knowing my routine.

I need to weigh in daily in order to keep my motivation. I get pretty discouraged if I go a whole week thinking I did really well and then the scale shows otherwise. If I weigh myself daily, then I can see where I went wrong and correct the problem right away. Usually the scale drops a little every day. The only times I stay at the same weight for several days is if I had a cheat meal and my calories weren't low enough.