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LiliannB
LiliannB
I love my home scale and just don't have the patience to weigh in weekly or monthly. I am addicted to my scale...I am doing my best to weigh in once in the morning, after my visit at the ladies room. I have heard that daily weigh ins helps to stay focus on choosing foods and keep a strong mindset as well.

I also read on another weight loss site that some folks keeps tabs on daily weigh ins and helping with weight loss. I did a search online and states daily weigh ins helps as well and losing proper loses than gaining or prevent a gain.

I used to weigh 3 times a day..before breakfast, before lunch ,before dinner and doing my best to understand the water weight..yo-yoing effect...which now am taking a water pill that my medical doctor presribed me,

Any thoughts about daily weigh ins? For those who is patient weighing weekly..How do you do it? I listen one segment on Dr Oz show this week, is best time to weigh in is at 7am...

My home scale is an old fashion doctors scale, with sliding block..so I know its accurate. I also weigh in whenever I see my medical doctor..which thier scale is digital..

Thanks for any thoughts about the scale/weigh ins input..

Have a nice day/evening

Liliann :)
stephanie777
stephanie777
For me doing a daily weigh in was great at first when I was losing weight but I found that if your weight fluctuates any little bit from day to day it can be extremely discouraging if you go up a little and down not so much as before. Maybe since you are used to weighing yourself every day like you did taper it down to 5 days a week then less as time goes on. I find that all of the emotions that come with daily weighing can also slow down the process of effective weight loss. That's just my experience with it and something I've heard from others as well who have a lot of weight to lose. And weighing in the morning after you empty your bladder is the best way to get the most accurate reading on weight. Good luck to you! :)
serenityspeaks
serenityspeaks
I do weigh daily altho I wish I wouldn't. But unlike many I don't freak out about day to day gains as in a given day my weight fluctuates 1-5 pounds. If I weigh at night I may be as much as 1-5 pounds more than morning weight. Friday is my official weigh day that I record but I weigh daily to stay focused. It's an obsession tho.
Admiral1cu
Admiral1cu
I weigh in 1st thing every morning. Every 2 wks, I use a measureing tape.Scale doesn't always show loss. my body reshapes -decresses in size but scale doesn't indicate loss.
I keep a daily food/cal intake log. I also include total cal's intake for wk.
last wk I tempoary tripped,lol, but I'm up n moveing forward. It's ok when we have slips. we know what we need to do n what to do n to restart asap.
araggs
araggs
I am about 7 months post-op from gastric bypass and I weighed daily for a few of those months. For me, emotionally I cant do it. Its too hard when the scale doesnt move for a few days. Any support group I have been to for the surgery strongly discourages ppl from weighing everyday, as it can fluctuate so much. And I agree with the earlier comment, just because the scale doesnt move, doesnt mean your not getting smaller. Fat re-distributes itself. Unfortunately for me, as far away from my boobs as possible.... I weigh in once weekly now. I am currently on a protein push, as I have been on a plateau for about 6 weeks. Its hard. Mentally, at least. Good luck to you!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I couldn't possibly weigh in daily. Your weight will fluxuate from hormones, water, etc. I'm personally going to do it once at the beginning of the month and track my progress month to month instead of driving myself crazy(er) every day. But, you do what makes you feel good and what works for you.
artickitty
artickitty
I weigh in 1 time a week. I can`t help but get up every day and check my weight. The problem I have doing so is it bothers me when I dont loose, so I try to just blow it off and go on about my day until the end of the week. It becomes an obsession. I weigh myself first thing as well.
Admiral1cu
Admiral1cu
Sunday Oct 28/12

For myself I do better when I weigh myself daily.
Dyly, I also keep record of food water n cal's in take/cal's burned. At end of ea wk. I weigh in n write/log the wkly total info.

Yes weighing in anytime other than 1st thing in morning will give a false reading.

Dyly,I drink a gal of water. A gal of water wt being 8 Lbs. so na I'm not going to wait later in dy to weigh in.
Body uses 5 of 8 lbs of water during the day & almost all of remaining 3 lbs while we sleep.

Lilli Ann how r u doing ?
I had slip last night,opp's. I had 3 hand fulls of potatoe chip's. A freind had left chips here yesterday, me bad
So of course w salt in diet soda n salt in/on chips I had/have temporary water weight :O no problem, I just know to take that into account when I weigh in.
justKate
justKate
daily weigh-ins are supposed to be for when ur maintaining ur loss but hey whatever works 4 u.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I've heard that doing weigh-ins about once a week or so it about right, since your body fluctuates during the day anyhow.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I personally cannot weigh in daily. It is more of a deterrent for me than a help. I weigh in twice a week - Wednesday and Sunday morning, with Sunday being my official recording day and Wednesday being my "Keep it up" or "Get back to it" reminder.
I have heard both sides from doctors tho. I have been told to do both, and I think you have to do what motivates and keeps you going. (Some people I know refuse to weigh in at all, except at the doctor. They use the tape measurer/clothes fitting rule.)
So, to each our own and GOOD LUCK to all.
Lisa
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