How often do you weigh yourself?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
How often do you weigh yourself?
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Tue, 04-18-2006 - 11:47am

How often do you weigh yourself?



  • Every Day
  • Every Other Day
  • 3-4 times a week
  • Once a week
  • Other (please explain)


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 Karen


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Registered: 04-22-2003
Tue, 04-18-2006 - 6:02pm

Hi,
I am an 'other' I weigh in every other week. I am in OA and was weighing obsessively before (sometimes 3 or more times a day) to release control of my weight to my higher power I am doing the bi-monthly weighin. Many people only weigh in monthly however I do need to lose 100+ so I need the guide to adjust my food intake. (Yes there are days when I wanted to rip my eyes out cause I just 'needed' to know the number. I find that is going away and now seems to happen only close to my weighin day.)

I will tell you I am doing fine with my weight lost 8 pounds so far (4 weeks) and I lost less this last 2 weeks but I was not suprised. I feel much more at peace now and free to work my program my way (w/help of my HP)

Valerie
328/313/150

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Registered: 02-06-2006
Wed, 04-19-2006 - 7:11am
It depends on the week.. If it's a busy week and I'm on the go, I rarely weight myself. Sometimes I even forget to weigh-in for a couple of weeks. But usually I hop on the scale every couple of days just to see what's up. I should stop doing this. I use a Kg scale and the lowest change I can see is 1 Kg which is

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Registered: 04-25-2003
Wed, 04-19-2006 - 12:24pm
i used to weigh myself daily, but that was too depressing. now i do it maybe once a week or less. i know when i start losing weight, i'll probably do it more
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Registered: 04-19-2006
Wed, 04-19-2006 - 12:27pm

I voted for once a week - I have this obsessive nature to do it several times a day (even when I'm not trying to lose or maintain a weight), but I'm forcing myself to not do that. It's just self-destructive for me to constantly get on the scale every time I go to the bathroom.

I've made my husband hide the thing and he knows to only get it out once a week. :)

Robyn

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Registered: 03-01-2006
Wed, 04-19-2006 - 2:05pm

Pretty much every day for me, for a few reasons:

I'm really just re-starting and like the reinforcement (love that water weight); daily weighing reminds me that one french-fry lapse is not catastrophic; and to prevent that weekly weigh-in on the day that I'm bloated or whatever from pushing me into a funk.

Some days, I just forget... especially if I'm off routine for some reason. (Get up, bathroom, pills, strip and weigh in!)

Misha
275.5/258.5 (today!)/135

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Registered: 04-19-2006
Wed, 04-19-2006 - 2:45pm
Once a week is bad enough for me. I'd hate to get on the scale everyday and see how badly things are - that scale can really break your heart. I already know I'm overweight so I see no reason to let the scales continually remind me of it. When I start getting into outfits I couldn't wear then maybe I'll do it more often but for now - once a week is just fine. :-)

I'm a cancer survivor and now comes the hard part....losing weight.