Do you weigh yourself everyday? Bad/good?

[SunflowerGal 30]

So I think I did something wrong I weigh myself everyday. I stepped on the scale today 2 lbs heavier from yesterday. How... Is this possible ????? Anyways do you step on it everyday? Should we ? Shouldn't we? Once a week? What do you think

I do not weigh every day; I give way too much power to the number that appears on the scale which has an effect on my self worth.

After surgery, I know I'll be excited, but I will continue to try and NOT weigh myself very often.

[SlimJill 291]

I weigh myself pretty much everyday...

I like to record my weight daily so I can see any gains, losses, or stalls and how long it lasted. Usually when I stall for a few days, I'll have a bowel movement (several) suddenly and lose 2 pounds the next day! I don't see my daily weigh ins as a bad thing because I know in my heart and soul that I'm giving it 100% right now, so if the scale doesn't reflect that it's just my body is not ready for it yet, a few more days and I'll see the results.

[Dream4tc 192]

@@rejeannern I lost 7 pounds overnight just last week. Weight can fluctuate based on alot of different reasons including disease processes that I won't mention. As a nurse, I also see those extreme fluctuations in my patients daily, so it is possible

[katgio52 1]

That happened to me today too. I'm doing what I'm suppose to and dr and nut said I'll stall. My clothes are so baggy so I'm losing inches. It's all good.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Every day for me. Right now while I'm trying different foods post op it helps me know that if the scale went up 2 lbs I probably shouldn't eat that food I tried yesterday. Plus I'm trying to find the right calorie range that will keep me losing but not be too low.

Except that is not an accurate way to tell how your body reacts to specific foods.

If you ate a box of donuts and the scale showed a pound loss the next day when you weighed; and then ate nothing but good Protein and vegetables the next day and you showed a gain on the subsequent day you would conclude that the box of donuts is good for your weight loss and the good Protein and vegetables is bad for your weight loss? I think not.

We have to understand that our bodies are complex systems and not simple machines.

[Trinn 139]

I do every day. We have a Fitbit Aria scale that sends the measurements to the cloud so they're recorded there. If I don't want to see what it says, I don't have to look down (or can weigh without my glasses/contacts, so I can't see what it says!). But I really like having a graph going back years, and access to the data. Plus, my scale sends me cute badges when I do something good. Like yesterday, I got a notice that I'd lost 30 pounds and got a badge for that! :-)

However, if it didn't make me feel good, I wouldn't do it. And sometimes when I *know* I'm going to read high -- like after a long plane trip, when I always retain a lot of Water -- I just don't weigh that day.

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Just had to share this!

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

NOT weighing regularly is one of the enablers of how I got to be over 300#. For me, weighing regularly is a key accountability step.

So, if you are the type to freak out over every little up and down - don't do it. If you are the type that understands weight fluctuates a little, you retain and release Water weight for unknown reasons, and it is the trend you are monitoring, i think it can be helpful. Just don't drive yourself (and us!) crazy everytime the scale doesn't match what you think it should (hey, I followed my program yesterday why did i gain a pound!?!)

when I was in the loss phase i weighed daily, but only Monday was my official weigh in day.

In maintenance I weigh around 3-4 times a week.

[Bndtoslv 292]

NOT weighing regularly is one of the enablers of how I got to be over 300#. For me, weighing regularly is a key accountability step.

So, if you are the type to freak out over every little up and down - don't do it. If you are the type that understands weight fluctuates a little, you retain and release Water weight for unknown reasons, and it is the trend you are monitoring, i think it can be helpful. Just don't drive yourself (and us!) crazy everytime the scale doesn't match what you think it should (hey, I followed my program yesterday why did i gain a pound!?!)

when I was in the loss phase i weighed daily, but only Monday was my official weigh in day.

In maintenance I weigh around 3-4 times a week.

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[Rogofulm 2,440]

I weigh myself every day and have for the past 14 months. It helps keep me on track. If my weight starts to creep up, I want to know it and address it immediately, not next week. Putting it off to "next week" is what got me here.

[miller1109 116]

I weigh every single day! Keeps me accountable, at first the little fluctuations drove me crazy but I have learned to deal with it. If I didn't get on the scale for a week and then my body decided to hold a bunch of extra Water I would have to wait another week to see it come off. Everyday weighing is the answer for me.....for the rest of my life. If I was not committed to weighing everyday it would be easy for me to slide back into old habits.

[Thenewnic 139]

I weigh everyday. It keeps me honest...lol

[Chrystee 838]

I weigh every day.. sometimes twice.. I'm obsessive. HAH.

In the beginning it bothered me if I was up a pound.. now that I'm my lowest weight in my adult life, it doesn't bother me at all.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Weighing daily can be good or bad, depending on the person. I weigh daily, and have since surgery. For me it is good, because it keeps me focused. I'm in maintenance, and I do fluctuate 5 pounds over the course of a week. I have read more than once lately that people who weigh daily tend to keep their weight off. I don't have an scientific evidence to support that claim, but it is true for me.

Probably the most useful thing I started doing for myself in maintenance is taking that daily weight and averaging it for the month, and then trending that data. Since I started doing that, I've realized my weight is very stable, within a pound or two. That's how I can really tell if I'm starting to creep up.

[Bndtoslv 292]

Weighing daily can be good or bad, depending on the person. I weigh daily, and have since surgery. For me it is good, because it keeps me focused. I'm in maintenance, and I do fluctuate 5 pounds over the course of a week. I have read more than once lately that people who weigh daily tend to keep their weight off. I don't have an scientific evidence to support that claim, but it is true for me.

Probably the most useful thing I started doing for myself in maintenance is taking that daily weight and averaging it for the month, and then trending that data. Since I started doing that, I've realized my weight is very stable, within a pound or two. That's how I can really tell if I'm starting to creep up.

Love the idea of averaging it over a month.