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How often do you weigh?



How often do you weigh yourself?  

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  1. 1. How often do you weigh yourself?

    • Once a week
      84
    • Once a day
      224
    • Multiple times a day
      67
    • Only when my dr. does it
      26


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OK I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that bounces around 1-3 lbs. I usally weigh about 2-3 times a week just to make sure I don't shoot up 10 lbs. The weight loss is really slow right now, I feel like I will never get to my goal.

Look what a few months can do... 13 lbs from goal. Congrats!

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I weigh myself at least once a day after I get up in the morning.

Sometimes I will do it later in the day, but dang it can sure fluctuate!

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Once a week.

More than that I would start to become obsessive about it. So, I just accept that during the days and week my weight will fluctuate, and I weight once a week, the same day of the week, on the same scale wearing the same thing.

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I step on that scale once a day and hate to say but sometimes twice and agree with you that it can be depressing weighing once a day; however, for now I don't plan on changing until I am more comfortable at my weight. Good luck!

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Only once a week and Thursday's is my weigh in day. That is just the day I desginated for my weigh in's. I then record the weight on my calandar that is right by the scale.< /p>

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I weigh myself every morning before I jump in the shower. The only weigh-in that I count as official is the one from my monthly doctor visit.

I measure inches lost once a month too, when I return from my doctor's visit. I journal the numbers, so I can reflect where I was and where I am going.

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I weigh myself most every day.. I miss occassionally. I like to do this in the morning, after a BM, naked, and after I feel the puffiness leaving my body. I always retain fluids overnight.. I test my rings.. If I can't get them off, then I don't weigh!!!

I know that sounds weird...but I think of my scale as my friend. It tells me what I need to know.... I do try very hard to not let what it says upset me if it isn't favorable.. I try to remember that we weigh different at different times.. with clothes, with Constipation, with a cold... But not knowing or waiting a week or more would drive me nuts.. Just make it your friend and let it be a tool just like the band is... Julie

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Right now I have been weighing myself once a day, naked, right before I get in the shower. I know they say once a week is more accurate, but I just can't believe how much its moved already.

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every day, and I do get frustrated, it's weird I will weigh the same for up to two weeks and then finally one day it will show a two or 3 lb loss. i need need to increase exercise activity for sure

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I officially weigh in once a week. Though I am on the scale every morning just to see. For the first few weeks after banding I was on the scale multiple times a day. I was becoming obsessed so I now limit to once a day :confused:. Though I have cheated a bit, but tend to not like the results when I weigh in at night....morning is ALWAYS more weight friendly!

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My dietitian told me to weigh myself one time per day to make sure I stay on track. If I see that I am gaining I can fix it before it gets out of control. I think I am a little obsessed though. I weigh myself at least 5 times a day, most of the time more than that. I am so ready for this weight to come off. It's not like after 1 hour of exercise I will see a drop in weight but I just have a bad obsession with the scale and I don't know if I can stop. If I see my weight hasn't gone down in a couple of days I get depressed and do whatever I can to speed up my weight loss. This last fill has helped me out because my weight seems to be dropping as the days go by. I hope it continues for a while as long as I keep doing my part but I know it won't always come off this easy.

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I am completely addicted to the scale....I was weighing, in the morning, when I got home from work after I ate dinner and before I went to bed....I have had to limit myself to just once a day...its really hard for me not to step on each time I see a scale or walk into my bathroom. But I have learned that hard way that if I dont weigh I gain very quickly...luckily for right now I am losing it very quickly.

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I had to finally take my scale to my daughters house so I can't step on it every time I walk past it. I was getting way to obsessed. but still if I am visiting someone and see a scale in their bathroom, guess what I'm on it! probably not a good idea since all scales weigh differently, so now I only log what I weigh at the gym once a week

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I voted once a day (in the morning), though you should really only do it once a week. Your daily weight can fluctuate so it is not an accurate reading.

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Every day!! Sometimes again in the evening if I feel that I've been particularly good or bad :blink:

I have now started taking measurements so that I can see it changing when the scale doesn't. (one more thing to obsess over lol)

I feel horrid if I can't weigh myself - like on vacation. I have to know how I'm doing.

I weigh every morning and no more than that. I find it does help me monitor so if I ate something the night before and the next morning I hit the scale and I have gained a pound or more, then I put that food on my no-no list until I am at the maintenance level. Then I will revisit but not until then. I liked the point that you make above. It seems like I have lost more inches than pounds. It has helped me a little bit to lose the inches. I told my husband yesterday, I need new undies. I can pull my old ones almost to my chin!:)

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