Weigh ins? How often?
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Weigh ins? How often?
| Tue, 12-05-2006 - 8:23am |
I am finding that I cannot go to the gym without weighing myself. I love to see it go down and am fearful that it will rise, etc. I also don't care if I am on my period or not - still gotta hop on that scale. Ironic seeing as I used to have a fear of the scale - I weigh myself to avoid getting that fear again. It's also handy for motivation.
So two questions, how often should one weigh themselves and does anyone know how much weight women typically gain during their periods?


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I've heard many opinions on how often you SHOULD weigh in.
I'm with JJ - I weigh myself every morning out of curiosity but only record the Monday morning weigh-in as my "weigh-in weight" for purposes of keeping track (ie. my Weight Watchers plan).
I fluctuate a lot too during the week depending on what I ate, what I drank, etc...
- Vanessa
It's interesting for me sometimes I'm obsessed with the scale, and I've realized that it's usually around TOM time.....I try to not do it every day, and I do have a 'weigh-in' day (Monday), but I usually step on about 2-3 times a week. Just to keep myself in check really ;-)
Here's an article on measuring beyond the scale: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=104
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I weigh myself every morning, I get up pee and before I even have my coffee, I weigh. It changes a little every day,
Rainey
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Interesting article, although I tried his non scale approach, and gained weight. I think going by the scale is important, so I shall disagree with the author, because people and even you will lie about your body proportions. I have a supervisor who will say hey you are looking great you are really coming along, when I had not dropped a pd in months! Clothes can stretch and sizes can change depending on the style. Granted its true they will get bigger as you get smaller; I tend to go by the fresh out of the dryer test. Lastly, being stronger and being able to run longer is good, however being cardio fit is different than being thinner sometimes. I know for a fact I am in far better shape than some women and men who are smaller than me. My bf is good, he rarely comments and if I ask if I am fat he says what does your bmi say? I don't ask him cuz he is a man of science and its all down to numbers. And no he does not think I am fat, just wants me to be healthy.
I am so glad people replied, and like you its nice to know I am not alone in my scale visits. When I was younger, I was given a scale as a birthday present (and yes it was what I asked for). I hope that I don't get that hooked, especially since my next fear is that the lovely and scientific scale as the gym will be wrong and in the wrong direction.
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