{"id":651,"date":"2010-07-25T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T07:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/07\/how-often-to-weigh.html"},"modified":"2010-07-25T07:38:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T07:38:29","slug":"how-often-to-weigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/07\/how-often-to-weigh.html","title":{"rendered":"How Often to Weigh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recommend weighing yourself only once per month.  Same day, time,<br \/>\nplace.  Try weighing yourself first thing in the morning, before<br \/>\nbreakfast, after your morning &#8220;constitutional.&#8221;  Then write it on a<br \/>\npiece of paper, with the date, amount, and variation up or down.<\/p>\n<p>Once a month is enough.  If you weigh yourself more than that, it&#8217;s easy<br \/>\nto get lost in small variations that may scare you into taking measures<br \/>\nthat are too dire.<br \/>\nBe reasonable with the pounds.  Weighing yourself more than once a month<br \/>\nnever presents an accurate picture.  You certainly don&#8217;t want to just<br \/>\nsee water weight changes; those are not real fat pounds.  Some days you<br \/>\nmay go up slightly because of water or the weight of what you ate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recommend weighing yourself only once per month. Same day, time, place. Try weighing yourself first thing in the morning, before breakfast, after your morning &#8220;constitutional.&#8221; Then write it on a piece of paper, with the date, amount, and variation up or down. Once a month is enough. 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