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- Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:24 pm #16092 We all know that the best way to lose weight is to adopt a lifestyle change rather than a temporary diet. Many expert sources agree on a slow weight loss of 1-2lbs a week in order for the weight loss to be healthy and sustainable. Then, we are advised to only weigh ourselves once a week, in order to not be discouraged by seeing the same number on the scale for a few days in a row. It is definitely hard to stay motivated to eat less when it seems like that stubborn scale never moves, but some of us just need to weight ourselves once a day, right?

I know that I myself lose motivation quickly if I don't weight myself every day. It's just too easy to forget that you are creating a calorie deficit, and too easy to have an extra little snack here and there...so by the time I get to my weekly weigh-in, I've gained 2-3 lbs instead of losing one!

I'll share with you all the secret of how I beat this habit:

I ditched my old scale, and bought a new, digital one. My digital scale can tell me my weight to a fifth of a pound, so I can weight myself every day, and even if I have only lost 0.2 of one pound, it keeps me motivated because I know my hard work is paying off! It's so much easier to stay motivated to eat less and lose weight when I can see results more often than once a week.

Hope this tip helps a few chronic scale-gazers out there!

- Sun Aug 14, 2011 3:36 am #16109 Good advice for those that also suffer from obsessive compulsive behavior at least with the digital scale they can go high tech and follow there weight loss to the gram.