slave to the scale- should i ditch it?

I say everyone is different. If weighing yourself all the time is becoming less positive. Ditch it and weigh yourself less. If it truly pushes you and motivates you then keep with what works for you!

I too am a slave to the scale! I deffinitely get depressed whent here is no movement or even slips. I don't think ditching it is the right course... just use it as a tool to make sure you are headed in the right direction. If you feel and look better then what you are doing is deffinitely working

Only weigh in 2x a month...have some1 hide your scale for you

While I do like to weigh myself every now and again, what I'm MUCH happier with is inches lost and BF%. Those figures really speak the truth.

Im no expert... I've been trying to lose weight UNSUCCESSFULLY for 8 years............. BUT in my opinion, the scale keeps you in check. I look at it like this: I know how good or bad i did the day before based on what the scale says. Of course there are always factors to consider... that time of the month, whether you have gone #2 lately or enough, did you get enough sleep (burns soooo many calories!!!)... so i use it to keep myself in check... do whatever feels right to you. If you feel like its bringing you down in a bad way, ditch it. if you feel like its keeping you in check with what you ate/did the days before then WEIGH ON! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou:

I weigh myself daily and all it does it keep me on track. If I overeat & lie around on the couch, it shows. If I stay under my calories and workout, its shows.

I do not take my measurements.

I have not weighed myself this month except for the 1st. I feel out of control because I injured myself and am unable to exercise till my ankles are not so painful anymore. Soooo, I am going through major anxiety not being able to see what I weigh. I keep telling myself that the number on the scale shouldn't define me. As long as my clothes continue to fit, I should be ok. I was sick of letting the scale run my moods and feelings. I switched over from pounds to kilos a while ago because kilos are not so emotional for me as pounds. In a way it is liberating to be without it. Weighing in once a month keeps me on track but it also helps me not define myself by the number that I was seeing every day. You are not a number after all. Now I just need to get back to being active because it is really getting me down. On vacation for an entire month in the US, soooo July 1st will be my last weigh in for a couple of months. It is all good practice anyway.

I weigh myself every day, but I try not to let small fluctuations get to me. I try to look at the overall trend, rather than the day-to-day measurements. I actually have a spreadsheet that calculates the rolling average (the average of the last five days) for me, so that a huge loss or gain doesn't matter as much. This is what my weight-loss graph looks like (ETA: The red line is the average and the blue line are the actual measurements. Also, I add comments, which might be TMI, but at least they let me know why I might be seeing fluctuations):



If you can't look at your weight objectively, it's probably best not to weigh yourself so often, perhaps once a week at most. Also, I'm still measuring my waist, thighs, hips, neck and biceps, and I'm seeing loss there too, which is probably more important.