Scale obsession!!

i too weigh myself every day... i think that once a week is a very good plan. i sometimes wish i could just do it once a week.. although when that number does go down i feel inspired and usually have a better day (nutrition-wise) than i would otherwise. sorry i'm not much of a help. i'm interested in what others have to say!

I like weighing myself daily but I will only record my weight on Friday mornings. I have a rule not to stress about it but it has been helpful to me as well. I know how my body will react to workouts, water, alcohol, bloating etc...

I weigh myself everyday...it keeps me focused and aware. I've learned not to let it get me down if I go up or stay the same. Its a good "checking in" tool.

I completly understand! This is me! I weigh every morning because I need some motivation to keep going but than if I dont see a loss or worse I see a gain than I get discouraged. I would strongly reccomend NOT weighing yourself more than once a week! and what you have done with your husband is exactly what I did and it wokrs! My hubby hides the scale and on Sat. Mornings he gets it out and we weigh in together. Its great because it helps to have someone who is encouraging you and someone to cheer you on when you have a loss or be there if theres a gain :-) Keep doing this and you will see more loss trust me! Another thing you can try to do is find other weighs to measure your success besides the scale, maybe measurments (do once a month) or a fitness goal. I just set some new goals myself, No fast food for thirty days and I want to walk a mile a day :-) these things will keep your mind off the number and remind you that you cant jsut go off what the scale says cause theres other ways besides your weight that you will see change like in how your body looks and how you feel. Another thing I do is chart my energy level for the day, if you track how much energy you have on a scale from 1-5 once a day you wiill start to see how much better your body feels inside in additon to how it looks outside :-) Keep up your hard work!!

I do have some obsession issues with the scale. I am only supposed to weigh on Fridays but I weigh every morning and get furious when there is a slight gain. I know that there will be slight gains because of water weight/sodium intake etc but I just can't help it. :ohwell:

i weigh everyday, but i dont make the slight fluctuations in weight bother me. I make notes (check in) once a week

There are a lot worse things to be obsessed about... if you feel like weighing everyday, do it.

I weight myself all the time -- mostly out of curisity after a good workout, or a bad meal. I only "officially" weight myself on Monday morning. I track it then --- but only if it is lower than the week before. If I set my weight here everytime I weight, I'd be up and down 1-5 lbs every day

The scale is just a tool, one of many in your weight loss goals.

weighing daily is not an obsession, it is a healthy practice that will allow you to stay aware of your weight

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/338630-weigh-in-day

to quote from that thread:

You get used to the fluctuations, and you get to see immediately how foods affect you personally.

There are a lot of scientific studies in reference to daily weighing, and the results are that you are able to keep the weight off.

the trick is to not obsess over the "number" don't look at your number as a good or a bad thing, just look at is as another tool.

Daily weighing was the topic of a weight loss study I am involved with. I have lost 37 lbs in 7 months weighing daily, and tracking my calories here on MFP. (and yes I only log here on my official weigh in day)

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The scale is just a tool, one of many in your weight loss goals.

weighing daily is not an obsession, it is a healthy practice that will allow you to stay aware of your weight

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Now if you had said you are weighing multiple times in a day, then *maybe* an obsession, otherwise just a healthy practice

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I had the exact problem except it was every time I went into the bathroom. The scale was there so I automatically just weighed myself even if I already did an hour to so before.

I threw mine away. I had too. I'm not saying you have to but it was the only thing that made it stop. After a few months I got super curious and bought one....

I got on to find that nothing had moved even though the tape measure and the clothes said so. My husband returned it that hour.

I say just have him give it to you the one time a week and not let you know where it is. That may help.
I am way too pushy to have it hidden, I would bowl him over until I got it back :grumble: Good luck!

I need some advice!!

I have found myself (with the help of hubby) that I am obsessed with weighing myself. I know it's not good to weigh everyday. On top of that I get so discouraged when the scale doesn't change. I weigh the same time and the same way everyday. I don't know how to stop this. My husband took the scale and hid it so that I don't end up going insane. I know I have done well with losing weight but I just don't know how to stop this. I have decided to only weigh once a week. Hubby is only getting it out on Saturday's. Help, how do I stop. I feel like this is worse than smoking and I have been smoke free for 40 days.

I am the same way, that it got so bad, I had to tell my bf to remove it from where I knew where it was! I would highly suggest taking measurements, and focusing on that! I have lost so many inches rather than weight! which is really what matters! good luck!