To weigh or not to weigh

I weigh every two weeks. I started daily. It did help in the beginning to see that there was or was not any progress, but then there were weight fluctuations. It drove me nuts.

Then I went weekly. So I weight once a week to see that I am in check with my goal. Make a change if necessary.

Second week I measure and log it all!

I readjust or change my plan if needed.

i weigh every week.

i find it helpful to check in once in awhile

I'm with you. I hate the scale. Here's how you can do it.
Figure out what clothing size you are now, and what size you would be fifty pounds down:


http://mybandita.blogspot.ca/2009/08/weightheightclothing-size.html

Here's a chart that gives corresponding bust, waist, and hip measurements.
http://www.womenssizechart.com/

Be warned however that inches go down slower than the scale. You may not see movement for a while.

That all being said I am on a six week project myself to weigh daily just to understand my own fluctuations.

whilst weighing daily would give you very varying results you do need some form of marker so that you can see if what you are doing is right for you and is working. If it isn't then you can review and change things! Fortnightly would be far enough apart to not make it obsessive but close enough to measure if something is or isn't working and make changes it needed.

I weigh daily because it keeps me accountable daily and it helps me track the changes in my eating and how they affect my weight.

If you weigh daily you have to know that there will be ups and downs on the scale regardless of how hard you work or fall off plan. I've noticed that the scale usually takes about 2-3 days to catch up to my effort. For me, when I see the number go up, I know I have to work harder, so it's my motivation.

Everyone is different. Find something that works for you, whether it is the scale, measurements, clothes, pictures. The one guarantee is if you don't monitor it somehow, you WILL NOT be successful 99.9% of the time. (No that is not scientific fact, but neither will your success unless you can measure it).

Find what works and put it into action NOW. Good Luck

I've had problems where I weighed in everyday, and I found the scale would dictate my mood and eating for that day, so now I try to do it every week to two weeks. If you don't want to weigh in often maybe do it once a month or so?

For me personally, weighing myself every day sets me up for failure. Sure I could lose 10 lbs and see it reflected on the scare, but then I'd treat myself, again and again and before you know it, that diet you were on just went out the window.

Another con of weighing yourself every single day is that you become obsessed with the number and not with the way you feel and look. Personally, I would measure your success by the way you feel (you can take measurements too), example: energy levels, mood, etc. The scale is important yes, but not if you're trying to get some where in the beginning - truthfully, the scale can hinder your progress hugely because in your mind, you have an expectation based on how hard you've been working and if that number on the scale does not reflect that expectation, you will feel as if you've failed and may give up. I've given up many times based on what was revealed to me on the scale.

So my advice, work hard for 2 or 3 months (don't stop though, keep going!) and then weigh yourself. By the 2nd or 3rd month you would have made huge strides in your progress and this healthy lifestyle you created will be something that your committed too and not something you would throw away if the scale doesn't reflect a certain number. Besides, fitness and health take time and it's a path that never ends. Plus - the transformation after this period of time will be so much more than a couple of pounds (if you're consistent) that it will completely shock you and send you on a mission to keep pushing!

I hope this helped! So basically, don't weigh yourself everyday - it's just a number, go with how you feel, how your clothes fit.

Good luck!

I weigh every day, but since daily weight fluctuates all over the place, I have this equation to smooth out the variables to give me a steady curve (up, down or straight). This keeps me on track well, without me freaking out about daily changes.

I weigh every morning. It's just data collection. Weighing this frequently takes the emotion out of it because one single weigh in means little in the long run. I would be much more emotional weighing weekly or monthly because that weigh in means more.