When Do You Weigh?

I only weigh in once a week. That way I don't have the teeter-totter
effect. ie Yeah! I lost 2 lbs. or Rats! I gained 3 lbs. like you get
from doing it every day. It's just too aggravating for me. Good Luck;
Marty

I bouce between weighing daily and weighing a few times a week. I tend
to weigh less in the evening than I do when I awaken (diuretics.) I
need to pick a time of day and stick with it for comparison, but is it
helpful to weigh daily or does that border on obsessive? Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

--
Jean M.
348/330/180 - 5'10"
Atkins Since 01/28/04

"Jean M." wrote in message
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I bouce between weighing daily and weighing a few times a week. I tend
to weigh less in the evening than I do when I awaken (diuretics.) I
need to pick a time of day and stick with it for comparison, but is it
helpful to weigh daily or does that border on obsessive? Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

i find that the more often i weigh myself, the less i lose. :-)
seriously, i think weighing oneself every day can be detrimental to mental
health. it's how eating disorders are born, that obsession with numbers. i
find it much nicer to be pleasantly surprised when something doesn't fit me
anymore, because it's now too big. with this in mind, i think i'll do my
numbers in dress sizes.

-kelly

(18w/14/10)

Jean M. writes:
I bouce between weighing daily and weighing a few times a week. I tend
to weigh less in the evening than I do when I awaken (diuretics.) I
need to pick a time of day and stick with it for comparison, but is it
helpful to weigh daily or does that border on obsessive? Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

I weigh every morning and keep a running graph. I don't consider it
obsessive, it's just a number I record each day. I like to see the
graph itself - trends, variances, etc. Seeing a month's worth of
wiggles makes you *less* obsessive about today's wiggle, if the
general trend is desirable.

From: Jean M.

Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

Jean, I don't/didn't weigh often. Started 5/27/03, maybe weighed once a month.
Otherwise, it would've driven me crazy with plateaus, hormonal fluctuations,
etc. I used Fitday, drank water, took my supplements & knew that as long as I
stayed on plan, the weight would go according to my body. I've been
maintaining my initial loss until I'm ready to go after what's left.

Be patient, don't make it a trial.

Trish 5'2"
LC since 5/27/03
166/136/125ish?

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I bouce between weighing daily and weighing a few times a week. I tend
to weigh less in the evening than I do when I awaken (diuretics.) I
need to pick a time of day and stick with it for comparison, but is it
helpful to weigh daily or does that border on obsessive? Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

I think that's up to the individual. I lose so slowly that I weigh every day
just so I can see SOME progress :-) A sudden gain also alerts me that I'm
entering PMS. Some people only weigh once a week or even once a month. Some
people don't handle weighing every day very well and freak out at the normal
fluctuations, sometimes to the point of throwing in the towel and pigging out.

I always weigh first thing in the morning, naked (after peeing). I don't weigh
again until the next day.

--
Saffire
205/173/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

wrote:

I only weigh in once a week. That way I don't have the teeter-totter
effect. ie Yeah! I lost 2 lbs. or Rats! I gained 3 lbs. like you get
from doing it every day. It's just too aggravating for me. Good Luck;
Marty

I can do that, even from hour to hour. I'm excited about this and
don't want to do something to trip myself up.

Used to be once a week, now it's every two weeks or so. That way I can count on
seeing a two or three pound loss every time.

"kc" wrote:


"Jean M." wrote in message
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I bouce between weighing daily and weighing a few times a week. I tend
to weigh less in the evening than I do when I awaken (diuretics.) I
need to pick a time of day and stick with it for comparison, but is it
helpful to weigh daily or does that border on obsessive? Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

i find that the more often i weigh myself, the less i lose. :-)
seriously, i think weighing oneself every day can be detrimental to mental
health. it's how eating disorders are born, that obsession with numbers. i
find it much nicer to be pleasantly surprised when something doesn't fit me
anymore, because it's now too big. with this in mind, i think i'll do my
numbers in dress sizes.

-kelly

(18w/14/10)


I like that idea. Hm. But I'm a graph kinda gal and dress sizes would
come too slowly for me right now. Maybe after I've lost a bit. I'll
keep that in the back of my brain.

DJ Delorie wrote:


Jean M. writes:
I bouce between weighing daily and weighing a few times a week. I tend
to weigh less in the evening than I do when I awaken (diuretics.) I
need to pick a time of day and stick with it for comparison, but is it
helpful to weigh daily or does that border on obsessive? Those of you
who have been at this awhile, when do you weigh?

I weigh every morning and keep a running graph. I don't consider it
obsessive, it's just a number I record each day. I like to see the
graph itself - trends, variances, etc. Seeing a month's worth of
wiggles makes you *less* obsessive about today's wiggle, if the
general trend is desirable.

I keep graphs of my blood sugar and b/p, so what's one more? I stalled
for 3 days this week and swore I'd never step on the scale again. I
did this evening, and my graph is taking a 4 lb. dip. :-)