I CANT STAY OFF THE SCALE!!

allyxnatara11
allyxnatara11 Posts: 74 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
everytime I look at it I feel the need to jump on and see if I lost anything! Thankfully I am (for now) but does anyone rlse have this problem?
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  • betsysjl
    betsysjl Posts: 175 Member
    I do, I have to weigh myself daily. I know I'm not supposed to, but what can you do. I try not to let it affect my outlook, and am successful for the most part.
  • anordskog
    anordskog Posts: 3 Member
    edited April 2015
    I do! And I'm trying to stop! It has fluctuated so much for me I'm wondering if my scale even works.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I know that after I start eating and drinking for the day, the scale isn't going to show a lower weight than it did first thing in the morning, so it's not very tempting.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Nope then again my goals are to lose weight but scale wieight is not the scale as fat loss which is really top priority.
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    There's nothing wrong with weighing daily, though I don't much see the point in weighing more than once a day unless you're interested in seeing how different foods and activities affect your weight. Any weight difference within one day will be food & water related, not fat.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I do it too. Usually a few times a day. I log new lows only and then use the scale to more or less motivate me to make better choices about food that I might be about to eat.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    shadowfax_c11 wrote: »
    I do it too. Usually a few times a day. I log new lows only and then use the scale to more or less motivate me to make better choices about food that I might be about to eat.

    So then you only really log morning weigh ins then?
  • TheSurge0n
    TheSurge0n Posts: 113 Member
    Weighing daily has been kind of a habit, every day in the morning before getting ready for work
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    It might get better eventually after you bought the second set of new batteries :D
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    I do, which is why I took the batteries out of my scale. I only weigh once a month now. If I don't see big losses, I get discouraged.
  • allyxnatara11
    allyxnatara11 Posts: 74 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    It might get better eventually after you bought the second set of new batteries :D
    lol trueeee
  • allyxnatara11
    allyxnatara11 Posts: 74 Member
    Lexicpt wrote: »
    I do, which is why I took the batteries out of my scale. I only weigh once a month now. If I don't see big losses, I get discouraged.


    thts a good idea i feel the same
  • allyxnatara11
    allyxnatara11 Posts: 74 Member
    anordskog wrote: »
    I do! And I'm trying to stop! It has fluctuated so much for me I'm wondering if my scale even works.

    soo glad im not alone!
  • allyxnatara11
    allyxnatara11 Posts: 74 Member
    betsysjl wrote: »
    I do, I have to weigh myself daily. I know I'm not supposed to, but what can you do. I try not to let it affect my outlook, and am successful for the most part.

    very true have to stay positive even when checking everyday
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    shadowfax_c11 wrote: »
    I do it too. Usually a few times a day. I log new lows only and then use the scale to more or less motivate me to make better choices about food that I might be about to eat.

    So then you only really log morning weigh ins then?

    No I don't log every day. I log when my weigh in is at a new low. About once a week. For consistency sake that number has to happen in the afternoon about when I get home from work since that is where I started tracking.

  • scottacular
    scottacular Posts: 597 Member
    allyxnatara11 wrote: »
    everytime I look at it I feel the need to jump on and see if I lost anything! Thankfully I am (for now) but does anyone rlse have this problem?

    Cover it up with a towel, then you don't have to look at it.
  • hhnkhl
    hhnkhl Posts: 231 Member
    Numbers wont change...weight loss takes time.
    Just weigh yourself daily at the same time...preferably the morning when you wake up.
  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
    I weigh every morning. I wouldn't dare step on it any other time of day.
  • rjmudlax13
    rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
    I weigh myself every morning now. I track it in an Excel file and chart a weekly average. My weight fluctuate as much as 5 lbs in either direction but the weekly average is a steady downward trend.
  • JayRuby84
    JayRuby84 Posts: 557 Member
    I don't have a scale at home any more for this reason. I weigh in at the gym on the weekends in the morning.
  • AmberLeeMichigan
    AmberLeeMichigan Posts: 38 Member
    I weigh in everyday too and it frustrates me but I still do it. I don't know if I need a new scale or what but sometimes it shows a 2.5 lb gain overnight! I don't get that at all. I've never changed the batteries so maybe that's it. My husband tells me to just do it once a week. I really want to try that but haven't been able to keep myself off of it yet. I weigh every morning but log once a week.
  • Briargrey
    Briargrey Posts: 498 Member
    If you're going to freak out with every little fluctuation, then just stop and hold yourself to a one time a week protocol. Seriously. Just don't do it if it bugs you. Otherwise, don't worry about it. I tend to weigh daily so I can get used to my fluctuations, and if I know I'm eating right, logging properly, and working out, then I know that I'm doing what I need to do....so I don't freak out about the scale showing some water retention or whatever.

    BTW - a 2.5 lb gain overnight is typically just water retention and normal fluctuation - you didn't eat enough calories overnight to gain that much :)
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    I weigh a few times a day out of curiosity, but those fluctuations don't bug me; I'm a numbers person, it's just more data to play with! haha. I only log my weight when I have a sustained new low for 2+ days though.

    I also however have to give up my scale for long periods of time because I travel for work --and not like cute, oh I have to go somewhere for the week type travel, we're talking 1-2 months at a time-- so I definitely look to other indicators like measurements, how things fit, can I run further/longer, etc.

    I look at the scale as just one of my arsenal of tools. If it bugs you to see those fluctuations, don't weigh daily. Pull out your scale every Monday morning, then stick it in a cupboard for the rest of the week. Out of sight, out of mind.
  • jpalmettoguy
    jpalmettoguy Posts: 3 Member
    I have the same problem. Every time I'm in the bathroom I want to jump on the scale. I'm thinking about getting rid of it or putting it in the attic. I am lifting heavy weights now so I really shouldn't be going by the scale bc I am gaining muscle even though my waist is decreasing.
  • LindseyDD
    LindseyDD Posts: 160 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. I stay off after that because once I eat and drink anything it slowly goes up. I like to keep myself motivated so I make sure to do it first thing in the morning before any food and drinking.
  • sup3rb3ast
    sup3rb3ast Posts: 73 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. I have tried to only do it once a week, but I can't. I will admit it is a bit of an obsession. I don't think that is a terrible thing, but its probably not good. Heh. Sometimes I weigh myself at varying points in the day to see how my weight fluctuates in conjunction to things like drinking a lot of water, eating salty foods, after a big meal etc. But these are more out of curiosity than anything else. I have learned to NEVER EVER weigh myself when I am at the end of my cycle. Only despair can come of that. Haha.
  • Travis_2
    Travis_2 Posts: 1,445 Member
    No.
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    edited April 2015
    Jump on the scale as much as you want, its personal. Theres nothing wrong with weighing often as long as you realise its a tool that just gives data out and your body naturally fluctuates through the day. If you understand fluctuations and can deal with it then its just data.

    If you are excessive then you will get bored after a while. Daily is fine as long as you are consistent.

    If you cnat handle it do it less often at a rate that suits your personality.

    Use other measures besides just weight, such as the tape , how your clothes fit or performance measures at the gym. I fin the scale a very useful tool and it motivates me in the way I use it.
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    AmberLeeMichigan wrote: »
    I weigh in everyday too and it frustrates me but I still do it. I don't know if I need a new scale or what but sometimes it shows a 2.5 lb gain overnight! I don't get that at all. I've never changed the batteries so maybe that's it. My husband tells me to just do it once a week. I really want to try that but haven't been able to keep myself off of it yet. I weigh every morning but log once a week.

    2.5lb weight gain overnight is perfectly normal. Everyone fluctuates everyday.
  • zamphir66
    zamphir66 Posts: 582 Member
    For me, the scale and the number it reports to me is not my goal. That seems depressing and somehow empty.

    My goals are functional. I want to lose fat so that I can do X, Y and Z. The scale's only real purpose is to benchmark whether my balance of calories in, calories out is correct.

    Maybe instead of focusing a number, focus on an accomplishment (or two or three).
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