Question is, how were your clothes fitting during the time without scales? Did your muscles grow while fat reduced, and that was the weight you gained?

I do weigh myself plus measure different body parts (belly, hips, chest, arms) once a week to keep track of muscle and fat. I am not necessarily aiming to loose weight as such. I'd already be happy to reduce my body fat which unfortunately hovers around 29-30% right now. Healthy weight otherwise, if towards the upper limit.

I had a time where I stepped on the scales only, every day. Kept me thinking about food all day long, which in turn kept me hungry all the time Now that I do the once per week thing, I still keep track of where I am but obsess less and in return eat less. For me, personally, that works better.

I used to weigh-in every day, but I got to the point where the number I saw on the scale dictated my mood for the day. Now I do it once a week or so.
As to the body fat measuring scales. Good luck with yours, mine ( a high-end pricey Tanita body fat monitor ) is more or less useless. The results vary widely depending on how hydrated I am. As an example: last Saturday - 57 water % so it showed 65 kg, 22.8% BF and 48 muscle mass. Today ( Wednesday ) it was 64.8 kg but only 53% water so I got 28% BF and 45.7 muscle mass.

I weigh in (almost) every day but I use the Libra app so I can check the overall trend instead of a random number that changes every day. It really helped me!

irnz wrote: »

I weigh in about once a week. I noticed that when I stop completely I tend to gain weight, but if I check every week or so it lets me stay focused on my goals.

Also, I try to weigh myself in the morning after going to the bathroom and before I eat or drink anything. This keeps it more or less consistent (less fluctuations) and it's the lowest weight I will have throughout the day so it's a mood booster.

Totally agree with this! Women especially fluctuate a few lbs just in one day. So this way is most accurate and consistent.

I measure inches and weigh. I'm much more focused on measuring, though. I've been up in weight and down in inches.

I try not to weigh in too much because I start feeling discouraged when I gain a few pounds. So I prefer to measure inches and weigh in evey second week.

I'm maintaining and weigh in once a week, but when I'm trying to lose (like right now the few pounds from holidays) I weigh in almost every day...

I weigh a couple of times a week. I use the Aria Fitbit scale to spot check my progress. When I stay away from the scale and food journal I tend to go up in weight. It does change my mood when I see a gain first thing in the morning. Information is power - the power to change you all

I've started weighing everyday for the past 2 weeks to see those daily fluctuations. I do want to focus on the trend. I used to weigh once a week. I do plan to do this until I get to a place I'm more comfortable with my weight to go back to once a week.

My scale measures Body Fat but it fluctuates up to 3% from day to day and I'm always weighing in the morning after going to the bathroom and before drinking/eating, so I'm only tracking it to have an idea. I would like to go down from about 28% I'm now to something close to 20%.

frankiesgirlie wrote: »

I was the most happy with my figure when I was at 20% body fat. Don't know what my body fat
is now,but quick look in the mirror tells me it ain't no 20% haha!
But I'm working on it!!

We'll keep working then, I hope to get there...

I know everyone says don't weigh yourself everyday but I like to as well. Sometimes I will do once a week on the same day and time when trying to lose a lot. I like to see how much water weight I have and I also like to see how much water I've lost after a long run. So I say if it isn't causing an unhealthy reaction for you, than do what works for your weight loss journey! ;-)