How often do you weigh?

"the little ******* is just sitting there, smugly mocking me"   LOL!  I thought of the Beatles' song, and sang in my head, "while my weigh-scale gently weeeeps..."

I weigh every day.  And because I do, I understand and have come to terms with the ups and downs of it.  213 yesterday, 210today , 211 tomorow... .  I track the number in MFP, and check the weekly progress against where I hope to be for that week... look for trends in the numbers...  

In the past, if I was not in diet mode, I was in "eat" mode.  When in "eat" mode, I avoided the scale like the plague.  It's part of how the weight crept up on me... allowed me to keep my head in the sand.  That, and elastic waists...

It's only a number after all.  I don't care who knows how much I weigh, either.  I mean, you can look at me at see that I am way too heavy.  I can't hide that. The same with my age.  It's just a number too.  I'm astonished by how fast it changes these days, but still, it's a number.  It doesn't make me anything more or less or different than what I am already.

~Barbara

This!

I'm 7 months out and have learned not to let the daily fluctuations (or stalls) effect how I feel. Plus I always avoided the scale unless I was dieting before and those numbers sure creep up fast that way. I like the accountability it gives me. 

2.5 years out, and I weight 2x per week.  And yes, my weighing habits have changed!  Prior to surgery I never weighed (because obviously by not acknowledging the number means I couldn't possibly have weighed that much! ~grin~).  The 2x per week keeps me in check and aware.

You've gotten some great replies but I'll toss one in anyway. I actually got the idea from someone here. In the beginning I weighed everyday. I couldn't help myself. BUT I made Tuesday the "official" weight day. My surgery was a Tuesday so I went with that. It made it a bit easier to deal with the fluctuations that can occur from day to day.

I don't weigh everyday now but Tuesday is still my official day. That's the weight that gets recorded for the week. Any other day just doesn't count.

Hmmmm, once a week now?  I'm not too too sure as I'm not a slave to the scale.  I use it as a guide.  BUT, my head always knows if I was a "good eater" and my head makes me get on the scale to check in on how I'm doing.  And I dunno, I guess I'm grateful for my "head-sense" - because if I've gone up a pound or two, I'm really really conscious of my eating.

Example:  three days ago I weighed myself and I was up 2 pounds.  Oooooooh boy - that was a wake up call for sure.  So I increased my water intake and made more thoughtful choices and the next day I was only up 1 pound.  Today I have thought of chocolate a lot - but it's not a real craving - it's just a thought.  I'll just keep making the best choices I can and re-weigh maybe this weekend (like I said, I'm not a slave to the scale). 

Ohhhhhh, make no mistake - I have not given up chocolate!  It's just that my head is smarter than I.

Sandie

I hope I will be able to live like that when I'm more experienced and maintaining.  It sounds so... natural. 

Amen!

I weigh every day. Sometimes I'll skip a day if I'm pretty sure I haven't lost anything. I'd rather not know than see numbers stay the same or go up. I try not to let it bother me, but it really does. 

I am 14 months out and weigh myself every morning.  I am so OCD that if I don't weigh myself everyday I think about it all day and rush home to get on the scale.  

Prior to surgery I never weighed myself.  I always preferred to keep my head in the sand.  When I finally did get on a scale I was about 75lbs heavier than I thought I was.

Three and a half years here and a daily weigher.  In fact, I have written down my weight every day for the last 3 1/2 years.  I do it because when I regained 100 lbs after my first WLS I never weighed.  I stayed in denial by avoiding the scale and wearing baggy, loose clothes.  I wore the same clothes through 70 lbs of regain.  When I saw my surgeon before my revision if you would have asked me I would have said that I weighed maybe 200.  I weighed 220.  I managed to regain 70 lbs of that in less then a year.  So no hiding from reality for me.  For the last 2 years my weight was extremely stable.  I could show you the pages, lol.  Then in September it started climbing up a little.  With no conscious change in my eating.  Bounce back is here!  And welcome except it is painful to see the scale move up even when you don't mind the number.  But I won't hide from it because how can I get a handle on things if I don't let myself know what I may need to get a handle on?  Since September I am up 5 to 7 lbs, about 10 from my lowest.

I toy with avoiding the scale sometimes and going by my clothes and I've thrown out that idea since my clothes are fitting almost exactly the same even with a gain.  So by the time my clothes get tight I may have a lot more weight to lose then I would if I weighed myself.  It is easier to lose 5 lbs then 20 lbs.

I also post in a weekly weigh in thread.  I have since I was losing and that helps keep me honest and accountable.  That is also difficult when I post a gain from the previous week but really, no one cares or judges me.  We've all been there and we are here to support each other.

You will find what works for you.  And that is the important things.