Yes, I am a SCALE ADDICT.

When I bought the scale, I put it in the bathroom. Problem is, every time I walk into the bathroom, there it is, calling my name. I've done the middle-of-the-night weigh in! This post has just inspired me to move the scale to somewhere I visit less often. I'd like to keep it down to once or twice a week.

I'm right there with you sister, this post made my day! I'm not alone

But also it has made me more aware of my macros. Sodium, for instance. I know the scale will be higher after a sodium-heavy day, or when my cycle is about to begin. It's making me aware of the daily changes in my body and I like being aware.

Agree wholeheartedly with this! seeing the patterns has helped me to get to know my body more and (slowly) become more accepting of it.

not sure if anyone else does this but one way I've helped control the concerns over day to day fluctuations is to use an app that calculates my trend (I use Libra on my droid device).. that way as long as I'm below the line (even if it's up from the day before) I know I'm on the right path!

I am not only a scale addict (weigh every day) I am a MFP computer addict. I stay on this site way too much!

I love your post Sue!

I do weigh myself every morning but I don't consider myself a scale addict. I use too "obsess over looking at that "number" and that would drive me crazy!

Like many here have said, I too, do it to learn about my body and how it responds to my new healthy eating habits and types of activities I do. I have found that even though I eat the correct amount of pasta or beans or fatty foods (once in a blue moon), I will gain weight and I lose more when I swim. I use to weigh some during the day too and at night, but I rarely do that anymore because I know that my body changes from morning to afternoon to night. I take a water pill too and if I have missed taking it I know I'll be up the next day or 2.

But what I really like is that on my "rest" day from exercise sometimes the scale shows a loss the next day! But I also have learned that when I push the exercise or weight train sometimes the number on the scale goes up and that's ok too because I know that I'm building muscle and most likely loosing inches!

Keep up the great work Sue and the great post! You are a blessing to us all here on MFP!

I weigh myself daily but it has nothing to do with addiction. I am in maintenance and I trend my weight fluctuations along with my food intake and exercise to see what causes changes.

I weigh daily, and record it on a weight tracker on my phone, but the only one I let myself feel happy or sad about is my Wednesday weigh in, which is the only one I record on mfp.

For me the daily weigh in takes some anxiety out of my day, whether the number is up or down from the previous day doesn't bother me, I just need to know the number.

I am a scale addict it used to be bad that hubby hid them as it was destructive this time so far not so much yes I weigh daily but I dont let little fluctuations both me too much I try to keep perspective if I have had a bad day I check to see the damage and how hard to work to get it back and when its good its satisfying to go in the right direction but this time I seem more determined than I have ever been so maybe that mindset helps I wont let discouraging scales ruin me

I'm also a daily weigher unless I know I absolutely messed up the night before. I just weighed myself in fact and I'm trying not to get discouraged cause I messed up a decent amount on Wednesday and Thursday night. Not even but a lot, but it sure shows on the scale But now I'm picking myself back up and getting on my exercise bike right now

I personally find it good to weigh daily because then I can see what I've done good and what I may have done bad the day before. It helps me to adjust my diet and exercise daily to fit my needs.

I'm a daily weigher, sometimes twice, but I have a reason...

If I am busting my butt, and working hard, and I weight weekly, and that happens to be a day I'm retaining water, I would be really bummed. BUT, if I've weighed all week and seen the numbers creeping down, then it's up on a given day, I find it easier to handle. It's just a blip, one day, not a reflexion of my current trend.

It also helps me see the effect of evening UPE (unplanned eating) and wine