{"id":205,"date":"2009-05-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/05\/weight-and-scales.html"},"modified":"2009-05-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T01:00:00","slug":"weight-and-scales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/05\/weight-and-scales.html","title":{"rendered":"Weight and Scales"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nLucy asks: How often should I weigh myself on your program?<\/i><\/p>\n

My advice is that you weigh yourself once a month, on the same morning
\nevery month, before you’ve eaten anything, and preferably without
\nclothes and after voiding. Keep a written monthly log.
\nAnd that’s it. Please do not weigh yourself more than once a month.<\/p>\n

I suggest this because I know firsthand what getting on the scale can do for a weight loss program.
\nThere were times I weighed myself several times a day. I’d go down in
\npounds on intense diets (as much as 5-10 pounds in a week), and up in
\nwater weight whenever I ate or drank liquids. Depending on what the
\nscale dictated, I ate more or less. It made me crazy! I’d feel happy if
\nit went down a little, so I’d eat some more, which made it go up. I’d
\nfeel really depressed if it didn’t go down, so I’d starve myself, which
\noften had no effect, which made me feel worse.<\/p>\n

Weight change is cumulative and gradual. It’s affected by the overall
\naggregate of what you eat, and how much you use up the nutritional
\nenergy you’re consuming in the form of physical activity. When losing
\nweight, the pounds don’t go off steadily or predictably. Everyone is
\ndifferent. Allowing a month to let the wonderful work you’re doing take
\neffect is far more sane and safe than frequent, compulsive weighing.<\/p>\n

What’s YOUR relationship to your bathroom scale?  Friend or Foe?  Tell us below.<\/p>\n

Also, please sign up to receive my drnorrischumley Twitter.com short messages.  They can help you all day, throughout the day!<\/p>\n

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