How often do you weigh, and why?

[runawayllama]

I weigh every morning lately. When I got back on the Atkins wagon Monday, I didn't weigh. I was scared of what the scale said. Tuesday I got brave and I was a little discouraged. I've weighed every day since and I've been happy every time. The more progress I see, the more curious I get every morning. It's just something I've always done. It kinda lets me know if i need to be strict on myself, or if I can just eat normal low carb stuff. So far so good. My scale and I have a love/hate relationship.

[loulou78uk]

I would love to only weigh myself once a week, but i always weigh myself first thing in the morning.

[myabigail]

I think maybe I need a challenge -- to try not to weigh everyday. I'm not basing my eating habits on my daily weight, but it definitely does affect my mood.

[msanjelpie]

I weigh twice a day. In the morning naked with no hairbands or jewelry after going potty etc... and then in the afternoon just to see if there was any water retention that decided to go away...

Whatever the number is I don't get upset. I get very happy if it is a new number, but all other numbers are just... eh...

This morning I was up a pound so that told me that the mandarin chicken I had at the chinese restaurant last night must have had sugar on it and not to have it again... Had I not weighed I might have assumed it was ok... I use weighing to tell me what I do right and what I do wrong...

[BurnFat]

Once a week mostly on Sundays. The weight fluctuations drive me crazy when I weigh myself more often.

[phil h]

I weigh every morning.A part of daily maintenance.I record my official weight every friday morning.The scales are my friend now.No need to hide from them anymore.

[carlae]

I also weigh every morning, and I have since January One!! That way, I can see if something I ate the night or two before will go against me. The first time I did
Atkins, the scale kept me going, and it's doing it again. It's a great motivator for me as long as I don't see it move in the wrong direction. Then I cry!! LOL!!

carlae
SW/206
CW/166
GW/145
Restarted Atkins 01/01/09
Female/53 yrs/5'4"

[Sherri]

Once a week is sufficient. Also it's what Dr. Atkins suggests as well.
Here' a challenge you can join to help you stay off the scale.
Ongoing Scale Free Challenge

[ilahstrait]

When I was on induction/extended induction I weighed once a month in the beginning, then eventually every two weeks, and for maintenance once a week. I never got discouraged when I weighed in, because it gave me plenty of time to reach a small goal for the next weigh in. As long as I was on plan I never had to worry about weight gain, and I never saw fluctuations on the scale, because I didn't weigh everyday.

[rifleman]

I weigh myself everyday first thing in the morning--I like seeing a nice smooth trendline on my wii fit.

I doubt I'd weigh myself every day if it weren't for the wii fit; I find conventional scales way to inaccurate and subjective based on how you stand on them. With the wii fit it's accurate to +/-.05lbs and it doesn't matter how you stand on it. AND, you can watch your mii get thinner, which is really the only reason I'm doing the diet