DISQUS

JulieG · 11 months ago

While I was losing weight (I lost about 25 pounds in 2006), I didn't weigh myself at all because I didn't own a scale. However, I've found that since then, I'm most consistent in keeping the weight off when I weigh myself every day. I find that if I only weigh myself once a week and catch myself on a bad day, I might be bummed for a week. When I'm weighing myself every day, I get used to my body's fluctuations and know that a one-pound gain today will probably be gone by tomorrow.

So long as I realize that I'm aiming for a 3-pound range instead of a spot-on number, I'm fine. If I go outside my range, I can catch it early and pull back. It's a heck of a lot easier to lose one pound than ten!

dajolt · 11 months ago

Totally agree with JulieG. It's easy to weigh yourself once every morning and will not drive you insane at all. On the contrary, if you log your daily morning weight into a spreadsheet software, you will be able to spot fluctuations from real gains or losses within a few days by comparing them to earlier values. This helps to quickly lose gains or to relax diet rules when you lose too much.

I managed to lose over 50 pounds in within the first 9 months of 2008. Now I intend keep this off permanently and so far daily weighing does a great job assisting me with this.

carolynn · 11 months ago

I don't weigh myself. Once I got rid of my weigh scale and the fixation on a number as the definition of who I am or what my value is as a person, I was also able to develop a better self image. And, oddly enough, my weight stabilized.

One's weight is not an adequate indicator of one's fitness level, in my opinion, for all of the reasons cited above. In addition, muscle weighs more than fat, so if I'm exercising and building muscle tone, my weight may actually increase. If I don't understand this concept, then that's going to be horribly discouraging.

I traded in my weigh scale for a measuring tape. It's a much more effective method of tracking my physical state, at any given time.