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How Often Do You Weigh Yourself?

Weighing yourself is part of losing weight and keeping it off. You celebrate when you see a “good” weight, and you reconsider your diet and exercise when the number’s not what you hoped. The number on the scale keeps you accountable, but it’s not the only way to measure success. Weighing yourself is important, but doing it too often can hold you back. How often do you weigh yourself?

  • Every day, and I record (or remember) it as my “official” weight.
  • Every day because it keeps me focused, but I only count it as an “official” weigh-in once a week
  • Every week, to monitor how I’m doing.
  • Just once a month. I have plenty of other things to worry about besides what the scale says.
  • Not often anymore. I’m at my goal weight or I’ve been losing weight long enough that I know how I’m doing.
  • Other. Let us know in the conversation below!

Mark your answer and then explain it in the discussion below! We want to know how weighing yourself fits into your weight loss plan!

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  • MeAndTinyTina
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    Every time I use the bathroom, I hop on the scale. Even in the middle of the night. I guess I transferred my food addiction to the scale I also check bariatricpal way too often!

  • I am just 25 days post op and made a decision to just get weighed at my surgeon and PCP appointments until Jan. Which will be about every 2 weeks or so.

  • I am only 11 days postop so I weigh myself every day because it is new and exciting to see those numbers going down! I only record it weekly though.

How Often Do You Weigh Yourself? 105 members have voted

  1. 1. How Often Do You Weigh Yourself?

    • Every day, and I record (or remember) it as my “official” weight.
      22%
      24
    • Every day because it keeps me focused, but I only count it as an “official” weigh-in once a week.
      33%
      35
    • Every week, to monitor how I’m doing.
      31%
      33
    • Just once a month. I have plenty of other things to worry about besides what the scale says.
      2%
      3
    • Not often anymore. I’m at my goal weight or I’ve been losing weight long enough that I know how I’m doing.
      1%
      2
    • Other. Let us know in the conversation below!
      7%
      8

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I reached my goal weight back in August, yet I still find myself weighing in every day. I've been trying my best to resist the temptation, since I've become so accustomed to checking my progress!! Now I'm more in the mindset of trying my best NOT to lose anymore weight, and possibly gain muscle now, so maybe my obsession to is see myself gaining rather than losing?? What a very strange and different concept for me!!

  • 1 year later...

I weigh myself once a week for the holiday challenges which helps me to stay accountable.

  • 2 weeks later...

I weigh every morning . keeps me aware how fast I can loose or gain. Now I'm maintaining.

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Every morning!! It helps keep me accountable

I weigh in twice a week-The beginning Sunday and Friday lets me know what I'm doing wrong or right.

  • 5 months later...

I weigh everyday. Im 3 yrs out and stay within 5 pounds. Wat a feelung....

Everyday, sometimes more... For years now. I started when I got my lap band in 2009 and haven't stopped /cry. I use the app Libra to input my number every day. It is only for weight data and gives awesome stats.

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  • 3 months later...

Once a week unless I'm concerned about something. Trying to establish a normal relationship with the scale!

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Now that I am working out and counting calories.....I weigh once a week to make sure I'm losing weight. Before I only did it once a month because I kept stalling and it was frustrating not seeing any weight loss.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Daily, but record once a week or so

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During the months where the weightloss was extremely fast, I did it once a week, but for the last few months, I have lost rather slowy and I am starting to have a stabilized weight, so I climb on the scale every day for a "maintenance" check.

It has somehow become an obsession, when I sleep over somewhere and in the morning a scale in nowhere to be found, I feel weird, it has become a part of my morning habits...Oops.

  • 2 weeks later...

Everyday

When the doc weighs me.

Too dang gone much (almost every day) but it holds me accountable even when I am fustrated.

Now once a week or once a fortnight. I used to weigh myself every day but I just couldn't keep that up long term. It would have driven me bonkers

Kate

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