How Often To Weigh?
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Topic: How Often To Weigh?
Posted By: Bratty
Subject: How Often To Weigh?
Date Posted: May 14 2003 at 5:14pm
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Hi, My biggest problem is that I want to weigh myself all the time, which just sets me up to be bummed out because there is not enough time in between and I don't see progress. What do you all recommend for a good weigh in schedule? |
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Posted By: Elissa
Date Posted: May 14 2003 at 6:14pm
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Welcome to the board, Bratty. What an excellent topic. I find that I have this tendency, too. I always want to jump on that scale. The thing I hate most about this tendency is that we tend to base whether we feel good or bad on a number. To answer your question, I think it depends on the individual. I've known women who say they need to weigh themselves every day to stay "honest". But I think for most people, that's way too often. Because of shifts in water weight and other factors, once a week will give you a much more accurate picture of where you are weight-wise, particularly if you are dieting. In the very early stages of my diet, I weighed in weekly. After a while, I changed to once every two weeks, then once a month. Once a month works best for me, because I like to see progress. So even if I only lost 1/2 or 1/4 lb a week, I'll still see a nice drop every four weeks. I would like to lose another 10-15 lbs and then I'll be done. Then I think I will continue to weigh in once per month, in general. When I get on and off the scale too often, I tend to become too obsessed with the numbers when I should be focusing on feeling good and exercising. I know if I follow the steps to good health, the numbers will take care of themselves. Keep those great topics coming! Elissa -------------  [/url]
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Posted By: Firefly Gal
Date Posted: May 15 2003 at 10:15am
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Ah yes. The scale. I try to only weigh about once a week but really it is best to go once a month. That is hard to do so I hide my scale so I won't think about it because after all, it is just a number. :-) ------------- |
Posted By: Elissa
Date Posted: May 15 2003 at 10:21am
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Forgot to mention--I don't keep one in my house for that reason. We have a doctor's scale at work, I use that when I need to. ------------- [/url]
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Posted By: Giles
Date Posted: May 19 2003 at 8:04pm
I agree with the weekly or less often. I like weekly when I am tinkering with the diet, but after I am happy with it, I go with bi-weekly. I can see monthly, but that has not been enough for me personally.
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