“The weight scale to most human beings can be like a Ouija board. It can start messing with your head.”

The trick is not to let it.

I love weighing myself daily, but I also learned not to worry about the daily fluctuations and worry about the longer term trends. It’s along the same lines as your recent “blip in the scale” post.

Just as some bloggers, managers, brokers get obsessive about their analytics, I’ve seen many people become obsessive about their weight fluctuations to the point of weighing themselves three or four times a day. I think the mental game of short-term fluctuations vs. long-term trends is one of the reasons why weight watchers and many other programs only recommend weighing in weekly even though many different scientific studies have demonstrated daily weigh-ins help slow weight gain and improve weight loss.

I hadn’t seen that NY Times article. Thanks for sharing and linking.
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