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How often do you weigh yourself?

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Allsorts Thu 27-Jun-24 07:41:58

Im seriously thinking of ditching the scales as don't like what I see. I know I'm overweight by my clothes and I know why.

Vintagewhine Thu 27-Jun-24 07:40:22

Every morning when I wake up. I keep my weight within a 3kg window. I don't diet as such as I can shed the odd kilo just by adjusting my diet slightly. There's nothing obsessive about it, it's just part of my routine like cleaning my teeth. If I've put on weight I just modify my diet slightly by eating smaller portions.

silverlining48 Thu 27-Jun-24 07:35:36

Kitty the reason I weigh every morning helps me focus and if I have put a little on I am more careful what I eat for the next few days.
Most people who lose weight put it back on plus even more. I have done the same in the past because I stopped checking my weight.
Twelve years ago I managed to lose 2 stones and by getting on the scales every morning I have kept most of it off. It doesn’t feel obsessive. Each to their own way of dealing with it and it’s worked more or less for me.

kittylester Thu 27-Jun-24 07:16:13

silverlining48

I do the same as OP. If I waited until my clothes didn’t fit I woukd have put on too much which would be harder to lose.

What do you do if you find you've put weight on?

nanaK54 Thu 27-Jun-24 07:11:31

Not very often - I don't like bad news! grin

silverlining48 Thu 27-Jun-24 07:04:05

Having lost 2 stones and kept it off for 12 years it works for me.

silverlining48 Thu 27-Jun-24 07:02:51

I do the same as OP. If I waited until my clothes didn’t fit I woukd have put on too much which would be harder to lose.

BlueBelle Thu 27-Jun-24 07:02:48

Never, I can feel my weight
I do think every day is obsessive

DanniRae Thu 27-Jun-24 06:59:51

BigMamma

I never weigh myself, I just go by how my clothes fit. I can soon tell if I have put weight on.

I am the same!

BigMamma Thu 27-Jun-24 06:52:38

I never weigh myself, I just go by how my clothes fit. I can soon tell if I have put weight on.

downtoearth Thu 27-Jun-24 06:49:29

Same as OP just to keep an eye on weight creeping up unnoticed.

PamelaJ1 Thu 27-Jun-24 06:44:13

Hardly ever.

Calendargirl Thu 27-Jun-24 06:35:20

Once a week.

Shirleyw Thu 27-Jun-24 06:34:13

I do most mornings just to keep tabs, I don’t think I’d call myself obsessive and I don’t stress out if it’s gone up, it just keeps me on the straight and narrow.