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How Often Do You Weigh Yourself?

Aug 27 2008 - 4:30am Source

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  • sundaygreen's picture
    sundaygreen
    1

    Never! I simply cannot base my progress or the way I look on how much I weigh, especially when I'm gaining muscle from working out.

    18 hours 53 min ago Report Comment
  • sandykf's picture
    sandykf
    2

    I weigh myself twice a week. If I don't, I gain weight as I can easily convince myself there's nothing wrong with an extra handful of m&ms or cinnamon toast. I find it helpful in maintaining.

    18 hours 39 min ago Report Comment
  • cmd0610's picture
    cmd0610
    3

    I used to convince myself that i was getting more "fit" even if the scale wasn't moving (i.e. i thought i was just gaining muscle), but when the scale moved a little (downward thank goodness) i could make a direct correlation with that and being my "ideal size". So now I weigh myself more than once a week to keep myself in check like sandy said. This is an interesting topic though bc I've discussed it with my friends and we realize every woman's body is so different in terms of weight and how clothes fit for determining how they feel with weight gain or loss.

    17 hours 31 min ago Report Comment
  • tlsgirl's picture
    tlsgirl
    5

    Well, my scale broke about 6 months ago, and I haven't bothered to get it replaced, so only when I go to the doctor now.

    17 hours 27 min ago Report Comment
  • Feesje's picture
    Feesje
    6

    I don't have my own scale, so I weigh myself just about every weekend at my mom's house.

    17 hours 18 min ago Report Comment
  • Maribug's picture
    Maribug
    8

    I'm trying to lose weight, and (almost) every website with various advice tells me that I should only weigh myself once a week, but I find that every day works better for me. It helps me keep myself in check, and once a week will not always tell the "truth", as my weight tends to jump a bit up and down arbitrary (within about 2-3pounds, just, you know, different 2-3 pounds Sticking out tongue). When trying to lose weight, that can be disheartening if there's a week between each time I weigh myself and the difference isn't very large, but if I weigh myself every day (and keep track), I can see the overall curve, and it's easier to ignore single days than once-a-week-numbers.

    17 hours 5 min ago Report Comment
  • Pallas Athena 's picture
    Pallas Athena
    9

    The last time I weighed myself was in March with my cousin. I had used my sister's father's scale and he said he has his own because the scales at the doctor's office aren't level. I am supposed to be 100 pounds, but I'm 103. Good weight. I rarely weigh myself though because my grandmother's scale broke and I just don't trust the doctor's scale anymore lol.

    16 hours 57 min ago Report Comment
  • nv27's picture
    nv27
    10

    I only get weighed at the doctor. I'd rather not know how much I weigh, just how I look and how my clothes fit is good enough for me. Last time I went to the doctors I weighed the most Ive ever weighed in my life and Ive been freaking out ever since. SO Ive been calorie counting (for the first time in my life) and I hope to see the scale go way down next time I drop by the doctor's.

    16 hours 49 min ago Report Comment
  • sugoionna09's picture
    sugoionna09
    11

    If I weighed myself I'd only get self-conscious and depressed about the number. While I don't like the way I look at least I'm not obsessing about a number.

    16 hours 44 min ago Report Comment
  • heyjen19's picture
    heyjen19
    12

    I tend to weigh myself every day to keep myself in check; if the number is higher than I'm used to seeing, I will keep myself in control with eating for that day as well as trying to walk more during the day. It might be somewhat obsessive, but it keeps me at the weight I want to be.

    16 hours 38 min ago Report Comment
  • Renees3's picture
    Renees3
    13

    I weigh myself daily, every morning usually. it helps me keep tabs on my weight loss

    16 hours 37 min ago Report Comment
  • princess_eab's picture
    princess_eab
    14

    I used to weigh myself every day and it got me into big trouble, so I've been trying for once a week. The thing is, I've slipped a couple of times and started getting on it every day - I have a real problem. I guess it's better than never getting on it, which is what I did for awhile....

    16 hours 37 min ago Report Comment
  • lawchick's picture
    lawchick
    15

    I haven't had a scale in many years. Weighing myself was a compulsive, unhealthy thing that helped me on my way to an eating disorder. Now I am only weighed when I go for my yearly gyn appointment, and I still dread that. my average/normal weight has been in a 10 lb range since I was 15 years old (I'm 30) so there isn't any point in getting stressed out over weighing 5 lbs more or less from week to week.

    16 hours 24 min ago Report Comment
  • zabrow's picture
    zabrow
    16

    i never used to weigh myself, but my weight kept creeping up & up. i tried just keeping track of how my clothes fit & going by that, but it was wayyy easier to tell myself that my jeans just shrunk in the wash or whatever. now i weigh myself every day & have seen my weight steadily drop from watching what i eat & working out more.

    16 hours 18 min ago Report Comment
  • Francoisehardly's picture
    Francoisehardly
    18

    I weigh myself when I remember to because I'm good with forgetting to. I don't like depending on how my clothes fit alone. I'm still losing weight and even when I finish I rather keep myself in check and there's not necessarily a big enough difference in how my clothes fit that I want to depend on that alone. I don't obsess over the number so I don't feel like being one of those people who doesn't weigh themselves just because it makes other people obsessive about it. It works for me.

    15 hours 20 min ago Report Comment
  • Stephie Hobbs's picture
    Stephie Hobbs
    19

    During my active weight loss, I use my Wii Fit to do daily weigh-ins. I like seeing how my body fluctuates over the weekends, after eating too much, etc. It keeps me in tune Smiling

    15 hours 2 min ago Report Comment
  • sonya ina's picture
    sonya ina
    20

    Probably only every couple of months. I tend to forget and don't feel the need to unless I notice an obvious weight gain or loss, which is pretty rare for me.

    14 hours 54 min ago Report Comment
  • kaytwo44's picture
    kaytwo44
    23

    Every once and a while. I'm happy with the way I look and I don't need a bathroom appliance to validate that for me.

    13 hours 53 min ago Report Comment
  • Allytta's picture
    Allytta
    24

    ywap, a weight myself every dya now too. as i skiped a few weeks and gained 8lbs.

    13 hours 46 min ago Report Comment
  • Taadie's picture
    Taadie
    25

    I'm going to start doing it once a week with a scale at work. I dont own a scale because I know it would discourage me. I'm trying to start measuring myself once every two weeks though and see if that helps me.

    Though I weigh myself less I keep track of what I eat on fatsecret.com so I know when my calorie intake becomes out of control and what I'm eating that is really hindering my weight loss.

    13 hours 34 min ago Report Comment
  • apinkchicklet's picture
    apinkchicklet
    26

    Every morning before I shower. I just like to keep track of where I'm at. I've been within the same 5 lb range for a year now, so that's good. I keep track of any weight loss or gain by how my clothes fit, so I'm not worried about what the scale says.

    13 hours 27 min ago Report Comment
  • Sun_Sun's picture
    Sun_Sun
    27

    never
    last time i weighed myself was when we were playing around with my freind's wii fit.
    checking my weight would drive me crazy. i prefer a visual scale. its works way better for me. i really dont care how much the number is as long as i looked trim and toned.

    12 hours 52 min ago Report Comment
  • blueyedbombshell's picture
    blueyedbombshell
    28

    i never got around to buying a scale for my apartment, but i weigh myself on the industrial scale in the shipping department at work, hehehe!

    12 hours 43 min ago Report Comment
  • Raquelie's picture
    Raquelie
    29

    I'm a sicko that weighs myself all the time. It's a problem and I have to put the scale away or I will keep stepping on it.

    A nurse told me to be skeptical of a doctor's scale because often they have not been calibrated in years (meaning it hasn't been tested and reset). Now that's a relief.

    12 hours 19 min ago Report Comment
  • dmartinxoxo's picture
    dmartinxoxo
    30

    I have one of those digital scales, and it drives me nuts! If I drink more water or tea one day then I gain .5 lbs. It's very discouraging and frustrating. I try to weigh myself about two-three times a week to avoid to whole liquid issue.

    11 hours 13 min ago Report Comment
  • valancyjane's picture
    valancyjane
    31

    I've been tracking my weight as I try to slim down, so I weigh myself "for the record" once a week. But I do check in between weigh-ins; I like to weigh with clothes and then naked, or before and after going to the bathroom, to see just how much difference my pajamas or a full bladder make. It's sort of fun, in a weird way.

    8 hours 30 min ago Report Comment
  • leeluvfashion's picture
    leeluvfashion
    32

    Once or twice a year, when I go for a physical. I judge my weight by how my clothes fit and how I feel.

    8 hours 7 min ago Report Comment
  • LilyLyra's picture
    LilyLyra
    33

    Every day. Because if I eat a little more one day the next morning I will see that I'm a little more (1/2 a pound to a pound) so I am extra careful that day or for two days until I'm back to my weight and less. I find that much more effective than once a week.

    7 hours 52 min ago Report Comment
  • Tami715's picture
    Tami715
    34

    Never! I haven't weighed my self in about 8 years. Only my doctor and personal trainer know what I weigh. As long as I'm happy with how I look and how my clothes fit, why stress myself out with a number?

    6 hours 43 min ago Report Comment
  • robinesque's picture
    robinesque
    36

    Every few weeks. I can tell my weight by how my clothes feel. It's all psychological, too, for me. If I see a low number, then subconsciously I think that maybe I can eat MORE, and will! So, I don't do the scale often.

    6 hours 34 min ago Report Comment
  • Cadi Con Carne's picture
    Cadi Con Carne
    37

    I'm trying REALLY hard to stay off the scale. I think I'm just going to take it out of my apartment. I want to judge by how I feel and how my clothes fit, not a number.

    5 hours 24 sec ago Report Comment
  • audrina's picture
    audrina
    38

    I weigh myself every morning now. I was on a really bad diet last summer and lost too much weight. I had a hard time gaining most of it back. So now I am paranoid about losing weight again and have to weigh myself every morning to reassure myself that I am still there.

    3 hours 6 min ago Report Comment

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