I decided at the end of December I would commit to improving my eating habits and working out for 3 months before weighing myself. The main reason for this was just to just focus on healthy habits and not obsessing over a number.
My issue is that I feel like I’m gaining weight. This is despite working out every day and eating decently well (better than before but still working up to two meals and no snacking). Plus, I’ve checked my measurements and I’m up 1.5 inches on my stomach from November. I really don’t want to break that 3 month promise to myself, but is prolonging weighting myself a bad idea in this case? Thanks!
It all depends on you… some people do well with daily weighing, others seem to get distracted/discouraged by it. When I started I waited two months before weighing… thought it worked well, gave a chance to adapt and not worry about daily fluctuations. So… if you wanted to go 3 months, already 1/3 the way there…
I was apprehensive about weighing; but overall I find it really helpful. If you get a digital scale with an app for example, you’ll be able to see some trends after a month or so.
Weighing once a week, same day, in the morning, works for me.
When I’ve dieted in the past I would weigh myself every day, multiple times. It’s not healthy. This time I’m trying my best to not do that. I went like 2 or 3 weeks without weighing and then I just had to know. Now I’m probably doing it every other day. Ugh why is losing weight so god damn difficult
Weigh first thing in the morning after you use the facilities.
And track your calories. You would likely be able to avoid the scale entirely if you spent a few minutes googling a tdee calculator and then logging what you eat.
I weigh myself every morning. It actually helps keep me on track and understand how much I can eat and still make progress with weight loss.
For example, I might treat myself to a big take-out meal on a weekend. I only allow myself to eat until I’m comfortably full and save the rest for another day. The next day when I check my weight, if I’m like 0.5lb more, then that’s good. That tells me I didn’t eat too much. Of course there are weird days where I eat very little and the scale doesn’t move, but then a few days later it’ll drop.
I use to feel obsessive about the number but now I don’t. As long as there’s an overall downward trend (which of course isn’t linear), I’m happy.
At the very least I would weigh once a week. But it’s what works best for you and keeps you in a positive mindset!