could I really weigh in once a week?

I know it's not recomended but I weight myself every morning. That way I know if whatever I did the day before worked or was a little bit too much

I always always always weigh in daily. I get up, get naked, get ont eh scale, get dressed, work out, get showered, avoid the scale like the plague the rest of th day. So, for the last seven days, I had my husband hide it. I lost 3.4 lbs this week being religious about my numbers and keeping my deficit high. I used my own knowledge to make up for the lack of scale time. It was AWESOME!! I'm not sure how regimented and strict you are but, I use my bodybugg and know exaclty what my deficit should be. I'm so happy righ tnow nothing can bring me down!!

I used to be like that, weighing myself everyday and driving myself insane that the numbers would never change! Now I only weigh myself once a week and it's so nice to see significant chunks of weight coming off instead of nothing! This week I was convinced I had gained weight, only to jump on the scales and find that I had actually lost 3.5 pounds! I was over the moon.

I don't think it's good to weigh yourself everyday, for any day that you say you feel motivated when the numbers go down, the exact opposite will happen if you see no change or the weight goes up! I would encourage you to try your hardest to weigh yourself just once a week and feel how amazing it is when you see a much bigger loss. You can do it! X

I found I have to weigh myself everyday to stay on track, I think it's up to the individual on what works best for them. If you feel like you want to try once a week go for it, if you find it's too stressful to wait, go back to once a day. Don't let it dictate your mood though!


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While most weight loss programs don't encourage the practice, a new study suggests that daily weighing may be better for weight loss and weight control than weekly or less frequent weighing.

People in the study who weighed every day lost more weight or maintained their weight better than people who did not.

The early findings must be confirmed, but researcher Jennifer A. Linde, PhD, tells WebMD that daily weighing may serve the same function as keeping track of daily food intake and exercise.

"People who make lifestyle changes consistent with weight loss use all kinds of tools to help them," she says. "Daily weighing provides feedback. It may be one more thing that someone can do to keep them on track."

Daily Weighers Lost Twice the Weight
Linde and colleagues at the University of Minnesota examined the self-weighing practices of more than 3,000 people for two years. About 1,800 were either obese or overweight and were enrolled in a weight loss program. The rest were overweight and enrolled in a program designed to keep them from continuing to gain.

About 20% of the people in both studies reported never weighing on their own and 40% said they weighed either weekly or daily, according to Linde.

In both the weight loss and weight control groups, people who weighed themselves daily lost more weight than those who weighed less frequently.

People in the weight gain prevention group who weighed themselves less than once a day tended to gain rather than lose weight during the study.

Daily weighers in the weight loss group lost twice as much weight as weekly weighers -- an average of 12 pounds vs. 6, Linde says. People who never weighed on their own gained about 4 pounds.

The next step, Linde says, is to test the findings in a larger study in which people are assigned to different self-weighing schedules.

Daily Weighing Not for Everyone
It is clear, however, that some people shouldn't weigh themselves every day. Constant weight monitoring is common among people with eating disorders. And Linde says unpublished research suggests that daily weighing may not be a good idea for people who are clinically depressed.

"We would not want to encourage a behavior that is symptom of an eating disorder," she says. "But for reasonably healthy people who want to control their weight, stepping on a scale every day might be one more tool they can use."

Daily weighing is not encouraged at Duke University Medical Center's Diet and Fitness Center, its director, Howard Eisenson, MD, tells WebMD. He says the issue of when to weigh remains controversial in weight loss circles. But he adds that he can see potential advantages for some people.

"I don't think there is anything in the treatment of obesity that is absolute," he says. "There are some people who shouldn't get on the scale once a month, but others may be well served by daily weighing."

Dieters following the Weight Watchers International program weigh in each week prior to meetings. The program discourages clients from weighing on their own at home while they are trying to lose weight, says spokeswoman Karen Miller-Kovach, MS, RD, because daily weight fluctuations can be discouraging.

Miller-Kovach, who is chief scientific officer for Weight Watchers, says people tend to obsess about the numbers early on and can end up elated or discouraged based on what they see on their scale each day.

"During weight loss people are psychologically looking for big changes," she says. "The bathroom scale is really not going to reflect what is going on."

But Weight Watchers does encourage members trying to maintain their weight loss to weigh often on their own so that they can identify significant changes early.

"The studies show that the best time to take action is as soon as the weight starts to creep back up," she says.

Actually Dr Oz recommended somewhere that you weigh yourself once a day to help you keep on track. I do it most days and it does keep me on track most of the time. My husband thinks its a bit much but he is in a NORMAL weight range

Everyon'e different hun. I was obsessive for a while. Now I only weigh once a week. And unless you're eating 17,500 more calories per week than allotted you are not going to gain 5 lbs in that week. If that has happened to you it was most probably water weight. It will be a tough transition but you can do it if you really want to. Good luck!

Stay off the scale, watch the calories even though you're only weighing once a week and take back your power from the scale. I weigh in weekly and almost ALWAYS see losses. No need for me to stress about the water I'm retaining being heavy and causing gravity to pull on me harder.

Charmagne

I weigh myself religiously every morning and pretty much let that number dictate my mood/day. I'm thinking about only weighing myself once a week but that really scares me! I can EASILY put on 5 pounds in a week if I'm not watching every calorie. But maybe it'd be more exciting if I saw an actual loss instead of a .2 up/down every day?

Can I do it? Should I even attempt this now that the holidays are approaching?

First of all, I don't think I could live like that, allowing an inanimate object in my bathroom decide what my day is going to be like. If you feel you have to weigh every day to stay on track and motivated, by all means do so, but I wouldn't let that number be the deciding factor of mood. It can help you approach your day with extra caution in terms of your calories and what foods you choose, but mood? I just shudder at the thought.

That being said, if you're watching your calories carefully, what does the scale have to do with it? The kitchen scale will help with that, but not the one in the bathroom.

Personally, my official weigh-in day is on Friday, which I do on purpose in order to help my motivation. I do sometimes weigh other days, just out of curiosity, but I don't take it to heart.

To me there are too many variable for fluctuation weighing in daily. Plus it feels good to see the big numbers come in by waiting

I only weigh myself once a week..Thursday mornings @ roughly the same time every week..i dont think weighing yourself does anything for your motivation and i can't see how it can give a true analysis of how you're doing, surely it's better once a week to see what you're actually doing, you can then see what you did well the previous week or where you made mistakes and rectify it... weighing daily you can't really get a picture of this?

I too used to weigh every morning but it got obsessive and even though I knew I would fluctuate (even to the point I knew that Tuesday is my heaviest day, have a loss Weds then lightest on a Friday.....!) it drove me INSANE!

Then I changed to once a week (Friday of course, it being my lightest day!! Lol) and that helped me A LOT! Saw losses and was motivated.

NOW I'm at a point where I'm wanting to tone, I'm shrinking size-wise and GAINING so I'm not weighing myself for a month at a time to save my disappointment!

I think just do what is best for you, your motivation and your overall mentality
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