Weighing yourself!?.

You know, I started MFP in August feeling a lot like you and over the course of about a month I changed a complete 180 direction. Why would I not want to know? Why is one number 'good' and another number 'bad' if my physical weight is constantly fluctuating? I realized I was getting in my own way by reacting emotionally to data that should just make me mildly curious at worst. So I got an aria and I've weighed every day since. I don't say any single daily weight is my weight; I use the average weekly weight Aria calculates for me. I see the trend go down 1-2 lbs each week this way without any stress, unless I'm doing maintenance for a trip or something. I'm done being emotional about little numeric 'snapshots' of all my various weights. I've had a complete change of heart. And the first day I see some new lowest weight yet? Woot woot! Happy dance, even if it disappears. I know pretty soon it will be the boring old weight I can't wait to get rid of! LOL

If you are happy with your progress, the scale is irrelevant. I weigh daily, but fluctuations don't bother me. You don't have to weigh at all, if you don't want. Set a size goal and just aim for that. Scale weight is not the best measurement of success.

cieradowning wrote: »

Thank you guys!. All meant a lot. I do plan on eventually weighing myself I think I just need to build more confidence in myself and remember that it's just a number despite how I may feel. I've notice a difference in my clothes and just looking in the mirror I'm so proud of the progress I've made in a little over a month but I know I need to buck up and just man handle the scale. Even if I'm weighing once a month, it's a start lol.

I weigh myself daily, some days it stays the same, some it goes up and most it goes down. The way I see it is that my total weight loss keeps getting larger, so progress is measurable,but weight is just part of it. I set small goals, so the total is less intimidating. I also measure myself and compare how much more I can do and the strength I have gained. Measuring progress is useful in encouraging oneself, and also being able to determine if small changes are needed (such as changing calories or workouts, etc).

At first, I would say 10 lbs lost was a great start, then 20 lbs was great consistency, then 30 lbs was proof of new lifestyle change and great progress, etc... When I lost 40 lbs, a friend told me to go buy 40 of something! So I did! I bought 40 Quest protein bars! I have lost 70lbs so far. My remaining 55lbs feel achievable, not intimidating like the 125 did when I started!

Keep it up and be encouraged.

Weekly. Unless I feel bloated, then I wait for that to go away first lol.

I usually weigh twice a week, and I use the scale at the gym because mine at home is so stupid. And by "stupid" I don't mean that it tells me stuff I don't want to hear; it just won't move at all until a pound or more has been lost so I don't get incremental encouragement for a week or more, and it also runs two pounds "heavy" compared to both the gym scale and the WW scale when I was on WW. I might as well drop the thing off at Goodwill.

ZeroDelta wrote: »

Every morning. Metrics are good.

This.

It is interesting to watch the fluctuations up and down. Plus I'm a numbers person. I find the numbers motivational

My scale infuriates me most days. But on the days that it says that I've lost weight, I love it. I weigh myself every morning and I am learning to accept whatever it says. I don't have a lot to lose and I'm not trying to lose it quickly but I'm still surprised when the scale shows me that that's exactly what's happening.

I am in a small group here in Italy and we weigh ourselves once a week together for accountability and will be taking measurements once a month. We started this 3 weeks ago...I did not put the data in MFP yet. The scale we use...my friend who is a physical therapist has this expensive scale....it tells us not only overall weight but water, bone and fat. the first two weeks i lost "weight" but fat and water were almost the same...last week I did not lose much (0.2 lbs) but I lost FAT!!! It is really a positive feedback! It kept me from getting discouraged as I had done some big hikes and walks.

I used to weigh myself once a year if that. I never owned a scale either. For 15 years my weight fluctuated very little considering how large I was...for example 267, 271, 259, 264...it was like that for well over a decade. I knew I sometimes had a tighter fit in clothes when I'd gone up in weight, or a better time looking at photos of myself when my weight had gone down...but I pretty much knew I was around those weights. Then suddenly, with a slight jump in clothing sizes, I didn't weigh myself for about a year and then realized I had actually gone over 300 lb with a new sedentary job and more stress-eating. YIKES.

So anyway...yeah, the 307 weigh-in scared me...I got serious with eating better and exercise - and lost a little weight but then found myself back in that 260-275 cycle for a couple more years and rarely weighed. It depressed me to actually see those large numbers on the scale so I just avoided it, and felt pretty happy I'd at least gotten back to my status quo.

Then I bought a scale and joined MFP on the same day. I decided to give it a serious try because one of my online friends (from somewhere else) lost 100 lb using this site. I weighed 262 on that day and I then proceeded to weigh myself every single day despite what others advised (weekly, monthly, etc).

Now I've been in sort-of-maintenance and not always the best at logging, for about a year. I hover in the 160s and low 170s but I still weigh every few days at least. I find that when I seriously wanna get my weight down, weighing daily helps me dramatically. It also shows me a lot of trends like which restaurant foods will cause me to balloon up with sodium (most Chinese and Mexican) and which don't (Thai, surprisingly most independent restaurants' pizza, seafood). I've learned what to expect. This helped me a lot especially during the 2 years when I was actively losing. Even with over 100 lb lost, I never lost more than 2.5 lb in a week, and I also identified the "whoosh" of weight loss in trends that fall in line with my menstrual cycle.

Mileage may vary but for me weighing daily was awesome to see tiny trends and stay on track. I stopped fearing the numbers and over time for me it was VERY motivational. I remember hitting the 190s and being amazed (since I'd weighed over 200 since my teens).

I weigh myself daily and put it into the Happy Scales app on my iPhone. It shows me my moving average and if i'm actually losing. I find it helps me.

cieradowning wrote: »

Hello everyone!!!!. yesterday I was told I've been losing weight, and it's a large amount according to the people that talked to me, I was so happy because I haven't stepped on a scale yet. I was wondering how often you should you weigh yourself???. I'm so excited to hear that people are noticing I'm losing weight and I do see it myself but the scale is my hardest judge im worried it'll give me a number im not happy with even though I'm so happy with myself and the changes I've made in my life. I do feel a big difference... Just worried the scale will set me mentally back rather than push me forward.. Word of advice anyone. Thank you!!!!.

Hello
I weigh every day. This works for me. But that said i really only track my weight weekly.