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I was just wondering, how often should we weigh ourselves? I was thinking that a monthly weigh in would be best but then I have doubts...I think every two weeks would be best.

What do you guys think?

i weigh myself only once a week... on the SAME scale... every monday morning. and i only trust the weighted doctor type of scale. i'm almost sure that if you stood on 10 different digital scales, you'd get 5 different weights. (but that's just me.) i tend to obssess about the scale, so i won't have one in my house.

If you're going to go monthly, I suggest weighing in right after your TOM, so any water weight gain has time to be released.

A lot depends on how YOU respond to what the scale says. If you're the type of person that will get depressed if you step on the scale one day and see a 2lb gain, then space out your weigh-ins. If you're like me and a "up" scale I use as a reason to add exercise or be tighter with what I eat, then you can weigh every day.

....bottom line, it's up to you..but that's my 2 cents worth!!

For myself I do it once a week on a Sunday after a potty visit and nude. Since I am a creature of habit it's usually the same time each week. Sometimes is not the result I was hoping for but usually I am happy. Normally it's a pound or nothing (I'm a slow loser) except this week when 5lbs went missing and I am not about to send out a search party.

Kristine,

Thanks for the advice but can you elaborate more on why is it more important after your TOM?

I always thought that as long as you weigh yourself in the morning and in the nude and definitely not while your PMS'ing then it was ok?

Because during TOM there is usually a gain of water weight. I weigh daily and can always tell when TOM is coming because I go up 2-3 lbs before and during. Can be discouraging.

LOL - I'm on it almost everyday!!! Thats a bad thing.....I think once a week is fine...but others do it once a month, once every two weeks etc....its really up to you...and as said above....if you don't overreact to what it says sometimes....get on it as often as you want! JUST MAKE SURE YOU MEASURE!!!! I think thats the most important thing to do. The scale may fluctuate - but the measuring tape doesn't lie!!! & its great to see how many inches you lose....even if the scale doesn't budge....and there WILL be days / weeks where the scale won't move !!! Its maddening!

I'm going against what most people say to do on this board, and I weigh myself every day. But, I don't "count" the weight every day as being absolute. I have a good digital scale but I know it's not 100% accurate. The main reason that I weigh in every day is I use a software program and put it in each day. The program generates graphs for a weight loss trend and doesn't focus on each individual weight entry. But, this doesn't work for many people. I know the majority of people just go nuts weighing every day if there is a day with a 2 or 3 pound gain. I would think a month would be hard to do though -- a long time between checking progress.

I weigh myself just befor I'm tempted to eat a high carb meal.

Lez

I weigh everyday but only do an 'official' weigh in every week. I've had my husband hide the scales on me for almost a month and it was a great relief not to be a slave to the thing. I have to be careful because I have cheated in the past, because of a gain on the scale (which could very well have been just a 'blip').

Like everybody else has said, it all depends on your reaction to the scale.

After TOM is definitely a good idea. This month I weighed the day before TOM (this past Thursday am) and it had me at 183.5 - now TOM is here and I've lost 4.5 lbs in just those 3 days - if you were weighing yourself only once a month, which reading would YOU prefer???

I've tried weighing myself only once a week, but it doesn't never seem to work out that way. I just can't help weighing myself when I pass my scales. I only take my morning readings seriously because I know that I will weigh differently throughout the day. If I see a weight gain in the morning, it motivates me to exercise a little more.

I weigh in every day, first thing in the morning. This can be problematic as the scale does fluctuate, often times for reasons beyond our control or without explanation. If you can battle off urge to cheat or scale-induced depression, only then can you handle the daily weigh-in.

When I first started this WOL I weighed every morning. With an official weigh in every Monday morning. However, after several weeks, and feeling more comfortable and confident in this plan, I no longer weigh with any regularity. I know that as long as I am following the plan I will loose weight. I also know that I will eat this way for the rest of my life, so I am in no hurry to chart my progress. I already feel so great, I find I don't need that scale to put its 2 cents in.

I weigh (and measure!) every Friday morning... that way, any damage I did over the weekend has been evened out by how good I've been during the week.