How often do you weigh yourself? and not going crazy

[Sweetcarol238 181]

I only weighed myself when I had my monthly checkup with the doctor and NUT. Now that I am only 8 pounds from my goal...my doctor said to only weigh myself once a week to see how I am doing. I think we can get ourselves nuts weighing ourselves too much. I am down 127 pounds since 10/15...

[Someonefab 25]

What is the my fitbit? I am very curious about that. I am familiar with sparkpeople.com, but am not familiar with is.

[leanintoit 32]

What is the my fitbit? I am very curious about that. I am familiar with sparkpeople.com, but am not familiar with is.

Fitbit is a measuring device that I wear everyday (attached to my bra so it is not visible) that tracks my steps, the number of flights of stairs, calories burned and my sleep efficiency. It has a gentle alarm that wakes you up at the time you set but in increments so that it does not disturb your deepest sleep cycles. It syncs with sparkpeople.com where I track my daily food, Water and exercise. It was only $99 and I really love it! There is a flower icon that grows as you get moving. It is one of the motivators to keep me moving and I enjoy seeing my progress every day. It is very accurate when capturing sleep modes of: awake, restless, sleeping. Always interesting to see that report in the mornings.

[Someonefab 25]

Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me!! :-)

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

I don't own a scale nor am I interested in my weight. I weigh whenever I go to the dr's, if it's required. *shrug*

[Shirlann 14]

I am now almost 6 weeks out and I am still weighing every time I pp. every time I poop. When I take my mascara off. Before my shower. After my shower. In the middle of the night. My scale loss has been so slow but everyone is commenting and my clothes are too big. I just keep thinking I will get on there and wham 10 lbs gone.

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

Lol but why? You won't drastically lose lbs by peeing or pooping. If anything you are setting yourself up for disappointment for the next time you eat or drink and see a gain. At minimum, weigh once a week.

PS...mascara weighs a ton so....just kidding

[getlownurse 105]

My scale broke a few months ago and I'm refusing to buy a new one. Here in Florida, we have a grocery store that has a badass scale in every store. I usually do my grocery shopping elsewhere, but once every week to two weeks, I make it a point to pick something up there so I can use the scale. Ditching the scale was a great thing for me. I will probably be a daily weighed once I get closer to goal though, ugh.

[Michellemo 161]

I weigh every morning. I will continue to do that for ever. I would rather gain a pound and be able to work on that one pound then then wait a week gain 5. Then have to worry about getting 5 pounds off. I've had that happen my entire life first I was 5 over weigh then 15 then all of a sudden I weighed 318. I'm determined to say on top of it this time.

[AmyInOrlando 348]

I'm sure I'll be one of those obsessive weighers.... naked, as soon as I wake up, before I pee, after I pee... definitely after a Poop. TMI, I know.... but it's the truth.

[Michellemo 161]

I weigh every morning. I will continue to do that for ever. I would rather gain a pound and be able to work on that one pound then then wait a week gain 5. Then have to worry about getting 5 pounds off. I've had that happen my entire life first I was 5 over weigh then 15 then all of a sudden I weighed 318. I'm determined to say on top of it this time.

[clk 3,519]

When I'm in loss (like right now) I either have to have my husband hide the scale or I have to remember that I'm only tracking my weight one day a week. Because my loss pattern fluctuates a lot and I can bounce as many as eight pounds overnight. It's maddening. So if the scale gets to you, put it away.

In maintenance it's another story. I weigh every single day to keep myself on track. It's one reason I feel like I never had an issue maintaining.

Now, if I could just shed these last couple of post pregnancy pounds, I could go back to having a better relationship with my scale again. You know, one where I'm not tempted to throw it out the window or break it into little pieces!

~Cheri