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I weigh daily -- mostly because I'm a data hound and a control freak.

Whether the weight is up or down, it doesn't bother me at all. It's just information.

I record my daily weight on My Fitness Pal. But I record only my weekly (Monday morning) and monthly weight (on the 18th, my monthly surgiversary date) in an Excel file.

I use the weekly and monthly information to see what my actual trends are. (I weighed exactly the same yesterday as I did two months ago -- which offers me assurance that I'm truly maintaining my weight now.)

I use the daily weight information to see how my daily weights relate to my daily (MFP) calorie information. That's the kind of information I used to determine (accurately) what my daily calorie budget in maintenance should be -- 1700 to 1800 calories/day. My daily calories will increase when warm weather arrives, permitting an increase in my gardening, hiking and kayaking activities.

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I weigh everyday but i am pretty detached from it. I never used to weigh myself before surgery so i am trying to make a new habit. Stalls dont bother me because i lose a lot of inches. Like other people Monday is my offical weight counting day.

I want to weigh every day or every other for the rest of my life. Once i get into maintenance, i never want to be in a position where i gain more than 5lbs. If you let it pile on, its too hard to get it off.

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I have been weighing daily since the pre op liquid diet. For me, it helps that I understand how my weight fluctuates throughout the week and month.

It is motivating as heck for me even now 18 months post op and at my goal as of today.

You do have to get it straight in your head that you are not going to see a loss every day nor even every week as you get closer to goal. I use the weight on the scale as 1 measurement tool only. If you cannot think about it as a tool, then you need to stay off because the stalls and fluctuation can be demotivating.

I use this info everyday. No, I don't change my plan because of what the scale tells me but if I see an increase in weight which has only happened a few times, I look back at myfitnesspal to determine what I am doing to cause that increase. Most of the time I can directly relate it back to salt. If I eat too much salt, I retain Water.

the scale is my friend, my guide.......there times when I argue with her. When I stall for longer than a week, I stay off for a week and then we can be friends again.

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@dhmojr. Congratulations. Goal weight!!

It has been exciting just to see the happiness in your posts as you have gotten healthy!!!!

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I do weigh daily, and have since I was 10. I used to completely obsess over the number on the scale, but my mentality changed as I was preparing for surgery and I became much more detached from the results, which has been nice. There is a lot to adjust to post-surgery, and I like being able to identify patterns in how eating behaviors affect weight. Like many others, I only record the weight on Mondays - the rest is just to keep an eye on things. I've proven that I can handle the fluctuations and the stalls without losing my mind, so I see no harm in continuing. :)

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My two year old grandson and I weigh ourselves every day.

He is learning his numbers so was upset when we "lost" my "2". I don't know if I explained "onederland" to his satisfaction, though. He really loves his "twos". :)

Weighing every day is "our" time and I'm going to enjoy it while he is little and still wants to spend time with "Granny".

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My official weigh-in day is Saturday. However, I generally weigh everyday except during my cycle. Initially, I was of the mind that weighing each day would be nerve-wrecking. But I find that knowing the number is quite calming, and not-knowing for an entire week is quite stress inducing.

It definitely depends on the person, and I believe you have to do what works for you. I admit that if someone is stressing about the scale, my advice to them would be to stay away, but otherwise, do what works for you at the time. Remember that what works can change and you may have to adjust.

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I weigh daily, sometimes more ;-) out of idle curiosity with the processes and effects of certain foods/fluid/behaviors (like walking).

I only chart it - it's only official in my mind once a week.

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I weigh a few times a week at work since I'm only there Monday and Fridays I use Monday as my official weight for the week in still preop though so that may change post op

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I weight daily because it was harder to go a week...then see the scale not move. Weighing daily helps me put the scale in context. It is only one part of how I think about my progress...did I exercise, how was my stress...did I manage it...those kinds of things. By thinking broader than the scale I can usually stay focused...although I'm heading over to the "don't sweat the stall" forum cause dang the scale is stuck bottom line...whatever works for YOU is what you should do....

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@@rydersmama,

Good question, especially when we’re always being told to only weigh once a week and not to obsess over the scale!

As others have said, one reason I like to weigh every day is to keep on track. I want to know if the scale creeps up. I won’t panic if it’s up one day, but need to get on it if it stays up for a while. If I weigh every day, I’ll know if it’s staying up or if it’s just a one day spike. If I weighed only once a week or once every two weeks, I wouldn’t know if that high weigh-in was true or just a temporary spike.

I also like weighing every day because it keeps me on track. I guess it’s like food logging – the idea is that if you know you’re going to have to write it down (or face the scale), maybe you’ll behave a little better.

I try not to worry about each day’s weigh-in. I just use it for information.

There are so many reasons to weigh every day…and probably just as many reasons NOT to weigh every day! It’s up to you. You need to find what works best for you

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Taking a daily weight can also help you keep track of which types of things cause temporary drops and rises. That way, eventually, you can transition to a less frequent interval and only weigh yourself when you know you've had a fairly "normal" day or couple of days on which the reading you get will be more or less your true weight.

I have always thought there should be a type of scale that will only give you your weight a maximum of twice a week and will tell you to step off if you try to weigh yourself more frequently. But so far it doesn't look like that exists...

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I weigh 3-5 days a week. In maintenance, only record Monday as my official weight.

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During my weight loss phase I only weighed myself once a month when I went to the Dr., now that I'm in maintenance I weigh myself daily as a way to hold myself accountable. If you don't see it then it doesn't exist right, well that can be a bad road for some of us and that's why I chose to stare the truth in the face.

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Personally, I absolutely cannot emotionally take the stress and pressure of the daily weigh in. I'm only about four months post op, but I only get weighed when I go to the doctor.

I feel that it is important for me not to focus on the numbers on the scale. Unlike past attempts at weight-loss, I am not on a diet this time. I had most of my stomach permanently amputated. There is no going back, or going off. If I have a day where I eat poorly, it's not like it was in the past. First of all, the damage I can do on a day like that is very limited. Secondly, it's not as though I can just give up. I made a permanent change to my anatomy, and so my focus is not on the scale, but I'm recognizing that long-term sustainable change is not formula.

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