Scale obsession!

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  • NS81
    NS81 Posts: 192 Member
    Thank you for the input!
  • amongstthewildflowers
    amongstthewildflowers Posts: 89 Member
    I'm the same way, I weigh myself every morning after I go to the bathroom and before I eat breakfast. I've tried not to weigh myself everyday but I find it helps me stay on top of everything!
  • MeganAnne89
    MeganAnne89 Posts: 271 Member
    I don't even own a scale.

    The only time that I weigh myself is when I go to my grandparents' or my sisters. I find that I can easily become obsessed with the way that I look and if I had a scale my whole being would become about that number.

    I have to tell myself to not exercise on certain days, like if I'm feeling sick. It's okay to have rest days, it's okay to sometimes eat a little over, it won't make me fat because I generally lead a healthy lifestyle, it's okay, I'm okay, being 120 lbs is okay and I look great.

    It's hard - but I think I need to not own a scale or else it would become an unhealthy obsession of mine.
  • Rose6300
    Rose6300 Posts: 232 Member
    I weigh myself every morning and log it in an excel sheet. It's cool to see the graph with the daily fluctuations and then an overall downward trend.

    Personally for me, it has helped me get used to those fluctuations.

    This is what I do. And I keep adding things to the spreadsheet (it's rather massive now). Just yesterday, I added a column, "average (7-day rolling) higher or lower (than previous day)" and conditional formatted it to show red if it is higher. Because it was higher yesterday and I wanted to see if that had happened before and see that it moved back downward. Which it has in the past. And it did this time. But I add columns like that whenever I see something worrisome. Yeah, I'm not obsessed. But whatever, it helps me relax to see the data sometimes.
  • Jeslefisch
    Jeslefisch Posts: 27 Member
    I weigh myself every morning and log it in an excel sheet. It's cool to see the graph with the daily fluctuations and then an overall downward trend.

    Personally for me, it has helped me get used to those fluctuations.

    Yes, I log my weight every day on MFP. Even if I gain which is basically my Mondays. But I agree it is cool to see the "downward trend" and it does help since I know if I keep doing it, it will keep going down.
  • NS81
    NS81 Posts: 192 Member
    I'm the same way, I weigh myself every morning after I go to the bathroom and before I eat breakfast. I've tried not to weigh myself everyday but I find it helps me stay on top of everything!

    That's how I feel too! I think part of my attempts in the past, failed because I would "try" to make better choices, then I'd end up gaining a pound or two (which I now realize may not have always been the case) and I'd give up and go back to unhealthy habits (then I would truly gain!) If I weigh myself daily, I get more used to the fluctuations, and even when it's a .2 loss, it's encouragement... clearly a mind game, but whatever works, right? lol
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Daily though I usually log weight losses either in the morning before I do one of my long rides or the night I get back. I'll get higher numbers for a few days after a ride, around three to five pounds and closer to five if it's a longer trip than I'm used to doing. It's yet another way I have to tell if my body is still repairing muscle and whatnot.
  • mzfrizz15
    mzfrizz15 Posts: 135 Member
    I weigh myself 2 or 3 times a week, just before hoping into the shower. However, I only count the measurement I get on Sunday, as I only actually record it once a week.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Weekly weigh in
  • PinkCupcakes84
    PinkCupcakes84 Posts: 235 Member
    Several times a day
  • misscem94
    misscem94 Posts: 114 Member
    I weigh myself daily because I am interested to see how my food choices affect fluctuations. It is the first thing I do, after a trip to the bathroom!
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    My husband weighs himself every day. He just likes to. But then again, he's a guy and if he sneezes, he'll be at his goal weight. Alright - maybe not - maybe he needs to do it twice! LOL He's probably only got maybe 15 pounds to lose if that.

    I absolutely cannot weigh myself everyday. Some days, I'm tempted more than others to et on the scale, but I try to hold off until Saturday or Sunday (preferably Sunday) because my weigh-in day at WW is Monday. That's what I use for my "official weigh-in number". Seeing the daily fluctuations would drive me crazy.
  • Kirstie155
    Kirstie155 Posts: 1,001 Member
    I weigh myself around 3 times a day.

    Always first thing in the morning, I go potty, strip naked, get on the scale and log it on the calendar that I have on the bathroom door. this is actually what gets me out of bed in the morning. Ohh, I wonder if I dropped weight!! lol
    When I get home from work and am changing into my workout clothes, I weigh again.
    Then right after my workout and before my shower.

    I like to see how I can drop after a great workout but before I completely rehydrate. As long as you don't become obsessed, you'll be fine.
  • WAS287GOAL170
    WAS287GOAL170 Posts: 44 Member
    I have a desk job at a hospital. I weigh myself every morning post poo, in the same clothes and shoes (scrubs) in an exam room. Then I write the number on my calendar and just log in MFP on Fridays. I don't log gains, its discouraging to me. Then I can flip through my calendar and see for example May 1st weight-June 1st weight to see how many pounds I loose per month. I like monthly #'s vs. weekly #'s lost since its a bigger number.
  • themotherofdragons
    themotherofdragons Posts: 4
    isn't checking your weight in the morning the best time to check your weight? if not, then when?
  • mcclellan82
    mcclellan82 Posts: 18
    I believe you are right hun, the morning is the best...and there after that way you are consistent.

    I do mine once a week, but I also tape myself...I have gotten use to not "listening to the scale" but paying more attention to what my measurements are doing. I just found myself getting frustrated when the scale didn't change, or hardly changed. But that's just me.
  • NS81
    NS81 Posts: 192 Member
    I believe you are right hun, the morning is the best...and there after that way you are consistent.

    I do mine once a week, but I also tape myself...I have gotten use to not "listening to the scale" but paying more attention to what my measurements are doing. I just found myself getting frustrated when the scale didn't change, or hardly changed. But that's just me.

    I think I need to look up a site for measuring.. I know it sounds silly, but I'm not really sure how/where to measure myself... the exact placement etc - but I would like to know that info as well as weight!
  • Kita328
    Kita328 Posts: 370 Member
    I have a weird scale relationship.
    I weigh each morning after the bathroom, when im still half asleep. Then I move on with my day... Dont touch it all day. I only log my weight loss after 2-3 days of hitting that number. I know its weird... I just know how much weight flex through day/week and I refuse to change my ticker until it seems more concrete.
  • LoriLL79
    LoriLL79 Posts: 11 Member
    I weigh myself around 3 times a day.

    Always first thing in the morning, I go potty, strip naked, get on the scale and log it on the calendar that I have on the bathroom door. this is actually what gets me out of bed in the morning. Ohh, I wonder if I dropped weight!! lol
    When I get home from work and am changing into my workout clothes, I weigh again.
    Then right after my workout and before my shower.

    I like to see how I can drop after a great workout but before I completely rehydrate. As long as you don't become obsessed, you'll be fine.

    I do almost the exact same thing. Though my problem is I am obsessed. Watching myself loose and gain the same four pounds for the last two months is driving me mad.
  • goalss4nika
    goalss4nika Posts: 529 Member
    I weigh myself MAYBE once a month. I do not own a scale and I am scared that if I purchase one that I'll be obsessed. I weigh in at the gym. It works for me.
  • sugarlemonpie
    sugarlemonpie Posts: 311 Member
    I weigh every day. But, I don't let a slight gain bother me in the slightest. I know I'm logging my food at a steady calorie deficit and working out, so nothing to fear! Just plain curious.
  • medlaura
    medlaura Posts: 282 Member
    I used to be. but once i reach me highest weight i just stop because i would beat myself up for it. But its a good thing to do it atleast once a week (in my opinion) but i am now back at it weighing in once a week. really wanna lose weight this time :grumble:
  • scrapjen
    scrapjen Posts: 387 Member
    I weigh in every morning. I have the Fitbit Aria scale, so my weight updates to MFP every day (I had to turn off notifications as of course it fluctuates a ton). I also linked it up to Trendweight.com, which has a lot of cool graphs. Friday is my "official" weigh-in day.

    Because the Aria syncs automatically, it actually keeps me from weighing in during the day, as of course it will go up as I eat and drink and I don't want to see my MFP ticker slide back even further!
  • catb58
    catb58 Posts: 239 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. The scale is in the kitchen right next to the refrigerator.
  • turpenoid
    turpenoid Posts: 73
    You can always weigh yourself daily but only track the lowest weight you've observed within a 7 day period.

    I decided that I'm only going to weigh myself once every 12 days. The scale drives me insane. :noway:
  • Barbellarella_
    Barbellarella_ Posts: 454 Member
    2x a week works good for me..
  • endermako
    endermako Posts: 785 Member
    I was weighing myself on sunday's but I noticed that my sodium is higher on the weekend and I would retain water. So now I'm going to weigh everyday but log the one that is on Friday.
  • Karababy51
    Karababy51 Posts: 124 Member
    I weigh my naked self every morning after going to the bathroom and record any losses from the previous week's weight loss on a text document I started from the beginning. I post on MFP every Thursday the average weight loss number. But, only if I've lost at least a pound. If not, then I wait until the next week. So far this method has worked for me. :)

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