Scale wars...

i tried doing a once a week weigh in, but it gave me the excuse to eat like crap. for example, i'd weigh in on saturday then eat whatever i wanted thinking i had the entire week til i had to weigh in again. now, i'm weighing myself every single day. it forces me to see my weigh go up and down. and when it goes up i'm motivated for it to go back down. when it does i go down i get that satisfaction that i'm looking for.

Ha! I was just thinking about this today. I weigh in once a week but decided I'm going to change since I weigh myself everyday anyway. I think I'm just going to start logging it whenever I see a loss. Maybe I just need to see more of my efforts than just once weekly...

i weigh every day, once in morning and once at night. do what works best for you but for me, weighing each day helps keep me on track.

I weigh in once a week. I tried doing it once a day but seeing the scale go up and down like that actually caused me to lose focus and give up. It's so discouraging to see the numbers go up when your working your *kitten* off to make them go down. So that's why I weigh in once a week.

I weigh everyday. Been here 4 weeks tomorrow.. really more serious about it last 2 weeks.
I personally likke weighing in everyday. BUT it can come with excitement and disappointment. As I posted in another thread on the same topic earlier today, I went down a bit to 197 on Friday. Sunday was so excited at 195.4, but today, Monday one day later, I am 197.4. So thats 2 pounds down and right back up. And I didn't go over Sunday or eat to badly.. plus I walked alot that day. So many factors in weight each day you have to be ready to see all that.
Still, I haven't been able to get over the curiosity since the scale is next to the shower every morning.

I do weigh myself almost daily. I will skip for a few days after a weekend away or a bad day just to avoid the crash and burn of knowing its gone up. I eat well and drink so much water and then jump back on in a few days. I was doing ww before and online it only lets you submit once a week- i found i cheated bad for 2 days or more til i got closer to weigh in officially. I like making it official and working to keep it that way.

I weigh every morning. And only record when I lose It keeps me motivated and makes me more aware of what I'm eating through out the day because the last thing I want to see first thing in the AM is a gain.

I want to weigh every day to keepmyself accountable but know that when the scale goes up, I get depressed and frustrated and think "why the hell do I even bother?" That's where I am now. It's more fun to weigh every day if the scale continues to go down. But, if a fluctuation would bug you, don't do it. We can fluctuate naturally 2-3 pounds based on water, sodium, etc. Some people swear by using a measuring tape instead of a scale. Best of luck to all who posted!

For me weighing in daily would be torture, fluctuates too much on a daily basis. I weigh in on Monday morning to see if I have to do any damage control from the weekend and to set up my week. I weigh in again Friday morning to check progress and hopefully inspire myself to keep on track over the weekend.

I only weigh once a week, but have on rare occasion weighed myself during middle of week. I am trying to help myself not to focus on the actual weight that I lose, and think more about a new lifestyle that I am creating. Listening to my body and my heart. If I were to give in to the temptation to so closely monitor my weight, that would be the focus. I figure, if I create a sustainable lifestyle, eating a healthy amount, and only healthy foods, then I can keep this up for as long as I need to. If I allow myself the natural fluctuations in weight and willpower, and build in to my regimen the space to be imperfect and make mistakes, then I feel that will only serve to strengthen the new structure that I am building my life upon.

Since I started, I am lucky to have been fairly disciplined about what I eat, and it was fruitful: I lost an average of 1 to 1.5 pounds a week. Now, only this week did I have the time to begin exercising with any regularity. Hopefully, I will be able to build on the small success I have had in the last few months. Finally, I have the two important building blocks in place to create a healthy body and way of living.

I hope to be able to guard against ALL temptations to become obsessive or compulsive about anything. The last thing I want is to replace one obsession with another. I'll need those two building blocks to assist me, along with the support network of my friends and family.

Good luck to us all.

I weigh everyday and find that it actually helps me not put as much credit in the numbers and for the most part I can usually predict what the number is going to be based on what I ate and the amount of working out that I have done. It has helped me learn my body. I only "count" it once a week but I check in every morning,

I weigh myself daily. I think it's just fascinating seeing how one can gain or lose pounds in a day... the overall trend should still be towards weight loss, so I don't freak out if one day I see I "gained" a couple of pounds.

me and my scale have a love hate relationship. lol
I do weigh in almost every morning but I only officially record the number once a week. Good or bad Friday morning is the day.

In theory I believe in the once a week weigh in, but always want to sneak in a preview. So I definitely weigh more often.

Although, I'm kind weird... I won't record my loss until I've maintained that for 3 days at least in a row.

I can't stand the idea of the humiliation of having to post a gain.

I have weighed in each morning after waking up before getting dressed and have noticed a daily drop of weight with the exception of this morning where I somehow went up two pounds from the previous day... yikes! Not sure what the reason, perhaps it was because the day before I went back to the gym for the first time and lifted weights. Anyhow, I think weighing in each day helps me to keep myself on track.