Gaaahhh! I really need to stop weighing myself daily.

You've done great so far! Be patient with yourself - maybe ignore the scale for a bit.

I weight myself daily too, and it can sometimes drive me crazy. Especially when I think I ate really good and the scale goes UP! It can be frustrating. I too need to learn to weigh myself once a week or something, because I think I stress myself out when I weigh in every day. But I just have to know if I am making progress!!! I feel your frustration!!! I wish I had a good answer or motivation. Good luck!

put it in the trunk of your car you'll just make yourself crazy... you've done great so far!

No worries, I do it too. I get on the scale every single morning (and while I'm being honest... probably about 3 times a day after that!) My weight will fluctuate that much too, somewhere around a good 4 lb range a day depending on my sodium intake or what not from the previous day.

I find the thing that helps me stay motivated is even tho I am weighing myself everyday, I only track/input it once a week.
Congrats on your weight loss so far :drinker: , just don't let the scale get the best of you!

I am in the same boat! I check at least once a day, but it does not bother me too much. Only once a week do I write it down (set days), but I try not to obsess - it is totally normal that you go up and down a few pounds a day! If you can accept (and get your head fully around) that you have not lost all your work for the last weeks because you weigh yourself in the afternoon and before you have had a poo, then keep doing it and you can learn from the different times of the day.

If you can't, then I agree with previous posts - HIDE IT! :-)

Good luck.

Christy

Put the scale in a closet or something, on a shelf above your head and only take it out once a week!

I used to weigh myself 3-4 times a day, and I would get discouraged, but then I stopped and now I maybe weigh myself 3 times a week. But only take Mondays and Friday as serious weigh in days.

my thought is if it makes you too nuts, don't do it.... if you can look at it and not obsess, go for it

Looking at your diary you had a lot of sodium yesterday. It's probably water retention. MFP is very generous at 2500 a day. I try to keep my sodium under 1800 a day and only fluctuate about 1/2 lb a day.

Drink a lot of water today and that number will be back down soon.

Good luck on your journey.

I am the EXACT same way. I weigh every morning and get mad if I gain, but I know there are going to be fluctuations. I took my first day off yesterday in over 2 weeks... wasn't as strict with my eating and didn't work out. Of course... there was a 3 pound gain this morning. I am pissed off about it, but I'm hoping it's water retention. It's like I can't even take a day off anymore without my body getting back at me. I had worked out 9 days straight so I was due for a break but now it's kicking me in the butt apparently. So annoying.

Also... sodium... I hate you. It's my downfall too.

Don't forget to measure yourself also... you'll see inches lost more often than pounds lost, especially if you're working out. The fat decreases (less mass), and muscle increases (more mass), so the scale doesn't move but the tape measure does!

I agree and it is very true!!! A couple of summers ago, I joined a gym and it had a deal about a month long membership where they would weight and measure you at the beginning of the trial period and then at the end. (They also walked you though what workout you should do to maximize weight loss.) I would weigh myself every time I came in (at least 3x a week) and didn't see much of a difference. But at the end, I lost over 10" in my arms, waist, hips, and thighs.

I weigh myself daily, but only log it once a week. Why do I weigh daily? This~

Research shows that monitoring your weight on a regular basis is positively linked with both losing weight and maintaining weight loss. Studies indicate that weighing at least once a week is linked to greater weight loss than weighing less frequently. But daily weight measurements appear to have the greatest weight-loss advantage (see http://www.myoptumhealth.com/portal/Information/item/Losing+Weight:+How+Often+Should+You+Ste?archiveChannel=Home/Article&clicked=true).

I weigh at the same time of day. I also have been daily weighing long enough (over 5 years) to know that my weight will fluctuate at certain TOM. If I see a "creep" upward that should not be happening, then I know it is time too look at what I am doing (or not doing) and buckle down~ I find weighing daily keeps me very accountable.