To Weigh or Not to Weigh....

I am not a proponent of weighing oneself daily or even often for that matter. It can be self defeating to do so.
I base this on personal experience. Just the other day, I weighed myself and the scale confirmed my opinion.

While at the Y after a workout, I was getting dressed and in the mirror I could see it's reflection....a scale...it was right behind me. I have about as much fondness for scales as I do getting a shot. For both, the anticipation is horrible. However, as much as I dislike scales, I had been working out quite religiously for about three weeks, and thought I should weigh myself and allow the scale to validate the rewards of my hard work.

I approached the scale, reluctantly I stepped on. It was a digital scale, the name on the scale said, "Dectecto". So I am on the scale and within seconds my weight appears. Or so what Mr. Detecto says is my weight. As I am looking at the number and already saddened by what I see, I notice that directly below the number, the scale also displayed a word in bold black letters. The word was GROSS.
Yep, right under my weight appeared the word gross....

Did I mention I don't care for scales?
Good grief, I thought, what a nasty scale. Whoever designed it, sure wasn't thinking! I am sure that gross was referring to gross weight, but don't we already know that?! As a measurement, gross means the item you are evaluating consists of the overall total exclusive of deductions. When standing on a scale in the buff, there are no deductions! Please wipe that visual from your mind.

My advice: Instead of weighing yourself daily or weekly, simply monitor your weight by how you feel and how your clothes fit! Weigh yourself maybe every two weeks. And if you are on the weight loss journey with me, I suggest weighing yourself every three weeks and definitely not at the Y with Mr. Dectecto!