How often do you weigh yourself
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I don't, really. I don't care what I weigh anymore. Maybe one every 6 months, just for fun.0
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I weigh myself every morning. I have a digit scale that weighs half pounds and I have lost an average of .28 lbs per day (1.97 lbs per week). Weighing every day has really helped me see trends and my poor habits, especially around weekend eating.0
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I weigh myself at the end of every month
Sometimes I sneak a peek when I'm really curious though. I think the best thing to do is to just work out, eat right, and not worry about how much you weigh until weigh in day. I actually become excited for the end of the month so I can see what progress I've made!0 -
I do.
And it is.0 -
Every day, and I have a spreadsheet that I use to track and also have weekly goals for the nexxt 6 months on it.0
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I weigh myself every Friday morning first thing. I found it discouraging to weigh myself daily as it would go up and down so much! Weekly means I am seeing a consistent loss0
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I weigh myself daily. A couple of weeks ago I got a Fitbit Aria scale, and I use the site trendweight.com which links with the Fitbit scale and shows you the trend so the fluctuations aren't as bothersome. I like data. I like knowing that I have a pattern of sticking around a certain weight for a while and then dropping a few pounds in one day.0
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I read that some people weigh themselves daily. Wouldn't that be counter productive?
It's only counter productive if you gain weight by standing on a scale...weigh yourself as your obsession sees fit.0 -
Every day if I'm really working on eating well and being healthy. Avoidance for long periods of time means I'm in denial and letting myself eat poorly and be lazy. Weighing every day makes me accountable. I don't fret over a pound or two, but I have an acceptable range. If I'm above the range (like now), I have to take action.0
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Every day works for me - both for motivation and that I use libra which works out an average trend based on individual numbers.0
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I don't have a scale. But when I went to Dr. last week I had lost 17 lbs. since December. I go by the fit of my clothes and keep my Dr. appointments!0
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I last weighed myself sometime last fall.0
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I have been weighing myself every Saturday. If I weighed myself daily I would get discouraged seeing the numbers go up and down. Everyone is different though.0
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Counterproductive to what?
I weigh daily, fluctuations don't bother me. I prefer to keep in touch with my body that way. (But I do forget to do it some days, it's not like I do it obsessively.) After a while you can recognise patterns anyway.0 -
Every day.
It teaches me my fluctuation, it allows me to see my trend, and it can even help me see meal impacts. But, I am a data geek.0 -
Every now and then I'll have a fat day where I feel huge and like there's no point to what I'm doing, and I'll look at the scales and be like, no look, it is coming off, don't be a dumbass.
Lol. I like that. I should post "Don't be a dumbass" on my wall.0 -
Daily in the AM before my morning coffee.
And sometimes during the day just to remind myself about how greatly the weight can fluctuate even within a day and sometimes, if I am feeling particularly crazy and haven't pooped in a while, I will do a before and after on that too.
I like having the weigh in as part of my daily routine. I see how foods (and salt) impact my weight. How too many carbs one day = weight gain. How too much salt = weight gain. How not pooping regularly = weight gain.
As long as my overall trend is downward it's all good, even if the scale is sometimes all over the place.0 -
I weigh weekly. I used to weigh every morning just to see if what I did the day before (exercise) paid off. I tried not to, but curiousity got the best of me. I once had my daughter to take my scale and hide it in the house and only give it to me on Monday mornings. I can honestly say that by weighing weekly I like the results better. It seems like when I weigh daily the scale does not move.0
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Every day....I can't resist...lol But it keeps me on track!0
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Every day. Religiously. Knowing the number keeps me working hard to NOT sabotage it.0
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