[CorpoRasion]

A bit of an oddball topic, I am not sure really where to categorize it so I am going to put it here. Feel free to move it Mods!

For most of my weight-loss life I have been stuck around the concept of weekly weigh-ins, no more often than that. "You can't track your progress on a daily basis" I was told or read in many forums. And while I still largely agree with that sentiment, I think it misses a key point. Yes your daily fluctuations of 2-3lbs (or more or less depending on your weight and body) make it difficult to track progress while losing weight. But, what daily weigh-ins can do is give you a very early indication when you are starting to slip.

Last time I was doing Atkins I got in the habit of daily weigh-ins. I would only report a loss when I weighed less than I did last time I weighed in. There were days where I was 2lbs heavier than the day before. All this did was provide me a little extra motivation to get it off though.

Once I was out of "weight loss" mode, the daily weigh-ins continued, and did a very good job of letting me know when I was slipping. (more than a 3lbs gain over my lowest weight) Only once I got out of the habit of daily weigh-ins did I start to slip.

I am curious to hear form others about your weighing schedule and what success you have with it. I am definitely an advocate of the daily weighing technique, PROVIDING that the individual can accept there will be daily fluctuations and not to panic about a slight one. I think the benefits of catching the slipping nearly immediately far outweigh the negatives in my case.

Thoughts and comments more than welcome!