I'm debating on whether I should weigh once a week or once in the morning. The once a day thing is getting very depressing because I don't see anything happening. What do you all do?

I'm so glad you guys posted this thread!!

I was weighing everyday since being banded. It is just painful given I will avg. the normal 1-2 lbs given my size a week from here on out. I can fluctuate 1-2 lbs based on everything from my period to constipation to day to day fluctuations.

It gets me so upset not to see improvement that I have decided effective today (my b-day!) that as my gift to myself I will only weigh myself once a week on Tuesday morning first thing in the morning after going to the loo.

I had so desperately wanted to hit 199.x for my b-day that I crawled right on back into bed when I was over 200 today. I want to be able to start not thinking about my weight during the course of the week but focus on eating well and exercising. I think weighing myself once a week should hopefully do the trick!!!

I weigh in daily at the least sometimes more. It makes me stay focused on eating the right foods. I find too that it shows the next day after I have eaten foods too high in sodium, because I will be up a bit the next day with water gain. I think weighing in once a week has it's positives as well, but in this battle of the bulge I take everyday at a time and find that it works for me when I see some progress even if it is .2 of a lb.

Weighing daily helps keep a close eye on progress, but can really screw with your head. The body naturally will bounce around a bit, and it may not have anything to do with what you're eating.

I prefer a weighted average trending, it gives a clearer view of what's happening. This site gives a clear, readable explanation: Moving averages

I use this tool: https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/HackDiet/

Highly recommended. I get my daily weight fix, but focus on the trend line, and that keeps on sliding down even when I see slight daily pops.

i only weigh once a month at the gym. if i had a scale in my apartment I would end up feeling crazy stepping on it 5 times a day.

when I do weigh- my number has jumped a good amount which is always exciting.

good luck everyone.

I weight in a few times a day It's becoming a obsession, but it motivate me to go workout when I don't see the number I like.

This is so funny, I just love the people that weigh every time they get near the scale etc. I do it to, it makes me crazy when I weigh myself, step off the scales then step back on in 5 min. and it has changed. I need a different hobby NOW!!!!

Stephanie my scale is my best friend. I weigh myself about 15 minutes after getting up in the morning. This has proven to be the most accurate weight.

In the evening? Forget about it. I weigh 2-4 pounds more.

Thanks--i May Try Doing It Everyday. Like Others Have Said--i Will Just Have To Remember That There Will Be Natural Fluctuations In My Weight. By The Way--you Are Doing Really Well On Your Goals!!

I weigh every morning after I go to the bathroom and before my shower.

i dont dare get on it in the evening.Always 1-2 lbs different.

Sometimes I get on (and if I lost)Jump off and back on to make sure

I read it right. I really need to have my family hide it from me and give it back once a week.Sometimes if I get up early like 4am to use the bathroom I will step on it!!!! Its to addictive!!

I weigh only once a week only. I've notice if I weigh daily its up and down because of fulid. I weigh on Monday right when I get out of bed.

~Betty

When I wake up, before I go to bed, before and after a poop, pretty much if I walk past the scale I get on it. lol

roflmao

ME TOO!!

When I know I'm slowly losing (it comes and goes) I only weigh once a week.. in the beginning I threw my scale out since I wasn't losing much.. then I hit plateaus and TRY not to weigh myself.

Right now I am losing steadily, and my scale is in the kitchen on the way to my bedroom... so anytime I pass, after I poo, after I change clothes, etc.. I weigh. hehe.

Once a week is more than enough for me.

When I was on the diet roller coaster-- lose 20 then gain 10, you know up and down and up and down. For almost 20 yrs. The scale was my master. It controlled my feelings, my outlook, how I treated other people and what I ate. It was very depressing.

Since my band, once a week is my promise to myself. I am a nurse, so I weigh on the same scales at the same time.

Now I'm not on a diet roller coaster and it feels good.

The scales are what we make out of them. evil-vs-good ..

Jennypoo--that Is Hilarious About Getting Back On When It Shows A Loss--i Swear I Got On Mine 6 Times And Then Bought A New Scale Because I Didn't Believe It Was Right--that Was The Week After Surgery!

I generally weigh everyday. I was going to cut down to once a week, but I'm too addicted. It motivates me to keep moving. The only time I get depressed is when I have been steadily losing a pound a day or every other day and then the next couple days is nothing or a one-pound gain. It's obsessive and I wish I could quit, but seriously, when I think that I'll be standing nekkie on the scale the following morning, it really makes me think about what food is going into my mouth.

I weigh myself twice a week - Saturday and Wednesday, first thing in the morning. I then enter the details in to an Excel spreadsheet (how sad is that?). I measure Stones, Pounds, Kilos lost and how many % I am to target. I also measure BMI. I even have hyperlinks in Excel to images of me at certain weights. It's quite interesting to see the data over the months.