My Nut. recommended that I only weigh myself once per week but im not sure if I'll even weigh myself that often. Id rather try on clothes in my closet and be surprised when they are loose! I have so many sizes of clothes in my house, I can probably lose 40 pounds or so before I'll start running out of things to wear.

I'm less interested in my weight than my size but I want to make sure I'm staying on track. I guess I'll see what my dr. recommends when I go in for pre-op appt.

I'm in maintenance so I weigh everyday to stay vigilant. Very worried about regain.

@@marfar7 Weighing every morning at the same time is normal... for you. Don't worry about trying to be like others because it doesn't work for you. I'm someone who also needs to weigh in every day. But only once a day at the same time, which is right after I wake up and use the restroom. This does not make you or me obsessive, it's just your way of keeping yourself in check.

I weigh myself once a week.

@@marfar7 Weighing every morning at the same time is normal... for you. Don't worry about trying to be like others because it doesn't work for you. I'm someone who also needs to weigh in every day. But only once a day at the same time, which is right after I wake up and use the restroom. This does not make you or me obsessive, it's just your way of keeping yourself in check.

I agree. I think it is when we start beating ourselves up over obsessive weighing is where we do damage to ourselves. I went to once a month after reading a post from someone posting ... in all caps ... about how they had gained 0.3 pounds in the afternoon from their morning weigh in. They lamented they knew they would be a failure at the sleeve. I also knew I was capable of that obsessive behavior and beat myself up like the poster did, so I changed my weigh ins.

Currently we have thread from someone panicking about a 3 pound weight gain from the night before. Do they really believe they gained 3 pounds of fat overnight? Daily weighing, I believe, is fine if it is in the context as described by Irene. But we have to also monitor our brains and ensure we are not moving into unhealthy reactions to truly know what readings the scale give us means.

I weigh once a week and before I step on the scale I say outloud "No matter what this says, I am a good person".

At least once a day- since I understand that weight fluctuates and that stalls happen, it has no affect on my happiness. I just have a habit of stepping on it everyday.

Once a week works for me. My weight fluctuates slightly from day to day but I find invariably from one week to the next 3-6 lbs less than the week before...

If I weighed every day it would drive me bananas. Others would go bananas if they had to go that long between weigh-ins. Do what works for your emotional needs.

Every Friday AM at the gym.

Another once a week person, Sunday mornings before Breakfast. Just to keep track..

Day of surgery Tue 4/15..was 242lbs..got on scale on Thursday was down 239 lbs..going to have my hubby hide the scale for me..don't want to become obsessed with the schedule. .

how often do you weigh yourself?

@@hrhlaurie

when i started my walk through sleeveland i weighed once a week

as time passsed i weighed myself more often, 2, 3 days apart

at goal - i now weigh daily

i don't think thats obsessive

like others have said...............

i want to stay accountable - make sure that # doesn't go up more than a couple of pounds

i'm not committing hary cary, but i'm up 4 lbs (but please dont tell anyone ok/?? )

now, back to the drawing board - i'm sure i can take the weight off within a few weeks

but if i didn't weigh myself, it might have been more pounds to take off!!!!

anyways.............as you can see, many of us do things in there own way, however it works for them!!!

good luck

kathy

I also weigh daily even though I am aware of the issue of normal fluctuations. I weigh each morning, after going to the bathroom and before drinking or eating anything, to try to keep to a stable comparison. When I see a bump up, but I know I have followed the program, I don't let it worry me. However, when I know I need to exercise more or I know that I did not follow the eating guidelines the previous day or two, the change on the scale serves as an affirmation to what I know and causes me to get back in the saddle.

Each person has to find what works for them. This works for me.

I weigh at least once every three days, I just want to see that I am loslosing.

Every Morning

I weigh every morning after I pee. Never thought I'd be an everyday weighed but I am also aware of the fluctuations and I don't trip because I know I'm doing great and I know how to keep the scale moving in the right direction.