The answer is to not pay attention to the daily number, and instead focus on your 7-day or 30-day average. I built a spreadsheet for this purpose, screenshots below. You’ll notice that I’ve been gaining weight on this diet for the last few months, and I can be certain it’s a real phenomenon because I’m just not looking at daily fluctuations.
Compulsive weighing
KevinB
#22
I weigh myself every morning and record my weight in a spreadsheet. I also record blood pressure, blood glucose, and blood ketones every morning.
I don’t freak out if my weight goes up a bit from one day to the next - it’s usually just water. If it seems to be holding steady for a few days in the upward direction, then I’ll throw in a day or two of IF or OMAD to get it back down.
daniellealberta
(Danielle)
#23
I’ve also been keto since March, and I’ve lost 46lbs, so I’m very pleased!
Obviously, based on the first sentence of my post, I have been weighing myself, about every week or so. I use the scale at the gym at work to keep it consistent. I also use Ketostix every few days.
The “data” from these measurements is what I use to keep me on track, but not necessarily what I use to keep myself motivated. What keeps me motivated is how I’m feeling, rather that the measurements I’m getting. My energy levels are higher and more consistent. My clothes are looser. I’m sleeping better. I don’t have the stomach upsets I had before keto. Most of all, this way of eating is getting results and I’ve found it relatively easy to stick to. I can see myself eating this way for a long, long time.
Based on that, a suggestion I would make is that every time you feel the urge to weigh yourself, instead write down three (or five, or ten!) ways you feel better since you started keto. To me, that will be a far better record of your success than recording your weight every day, and is far more likely to keep you optimistic and motivated!
blacksylvester
(TT)
#24
I find myself weighing in everyday in an addictive manner too…thanks for all the tips
Bellyman
(Brian)
#25
It’s not something I fret over at all. I do generally weigh myself every morning. Occasionally, I’ll miss a morning. Some days, it’s up. Some days, it’s down. Some days, it’s the same as the last time. Really, I’m not all that concerned about any of them. It’s more a matter of keeping a general track of where things are. I’m to the point in my journey where I don’t have that many more pounds to lose and over the next month, it may only be two or three pounds. And I’m perfectly fine with that.
If you’re really going to worry over what those numbers are, do like has been suggested above and keep a record of it. Then, if you are a computer type, input it into a spreadsheet and let it make some pretty graphs for you… 3 day averages, 7 day averages, Monday averages, 30 day averages, whatever you have the data points to make into something you’ll find interesting. That would be way more useful than just worrying over today’s number.
Just my opinion…
Nomoreweighting
(Trudy)
#26
Hi charlie3, I have my Fitbit scales so can see my downward trend with occasional blips. I do enjoy looking at my weight going down on the app.
Nomoreweighting
(Trudy)
#27
Thank you daniellealberta, I am following this WOE for more reasons than weight loss, cheers for the reminder.
Farback
(Kirk)
#28
My scale sits there in the bathroom, unused in a couple months. I see it when I get up early to head out on a walk (5 to 10) miles, or a run, (3 to 5 miles.) My scale can kiss my bony white keto ass.
lfod14
#29
I weight daily right now, but it’s to track trends because I’m changing a lot at once lately and if something starts going south, I wanna catch it. I’ve always had a pretty wide weight fluctuation so i’m not so much caring for small rises and drops which are normal but catches worse things in progress. Weight daily if you want BUT if you do you have to have the right mindset about it. A mindset like “I ate xyz yesterday and now a holding a lot more water” or “I skipped breakfast and now I’m down to xxxx” is fine, it’s a teaching thing. BUT if you can’t shake the type of thinking of OMG I’m up 2! Better not eat or drink tomorrow… that’s when it’s unhealthy. If that’s what you’re dealing with toss the scale in the trash and walk away.
monsterjuice
(Ashley)
#30
I got rid of my scales. I clean a doctors office so I do have access to scales on Monday Thursday and Friday. So typically I weigh once on Monday and once of Friday. I find this the best. Especially since between that break of days I can have a whoosh and be excited that I dropped a few pounds instead of seeing a fluctuation in ounces. I realized that days I drink more or eat more I won’t see a change daily due to food and water still sitting in your system.
DodieB
#32
I started a couple of weeks ago. I’m checking my urine for keytones at least 2-3x/day. I weigh myself nearly every time BEFORE and AFTER I use the toilet. I see how the scales vary depending on the time of day, etc. I also see how my food choices/quantities affect my keytones.
However, I only RECORD my weight on Wednesday Weigh Day.
Soon, I will put the scales in my husband’s bathroom & I’ll run out of keytones strips. Now, I’m trying to get the foods and feeding times figured out. Before long, it will become routine & I’ll not think of it as much. Until then, I’ve given myself permission to analyze everything to the nth degree! I have a long road ahead - over 100 lbs. However, it’s still only one day at a time!
Nomoreweighting
(Trudy)
#34
DodieB, my road is long too…25kg down (approx 50lbs) with 20kg to go (approx 40lbs). It’s a real issue when I’m weighing daily with flatuations and no real change in three weeks, kinda defeating psychologically. Must remember there is more to this WOE than weight loss😁
Ketokellie
(Kellie)
#35
Yup and I should know better . Honestly the weight I care about the most is the one the scale says when I fist wake up but even then I weigh myself every day and I get discouraged because it says the same weight like all week
gardengirlkp
(Karen Parrott)
#36
I also use weekly and monthly averages to adjust for longgg term Weight maintenance. Bravo for data collection then the valuable decisions that come down the road.
Rajseth
(Raj Seth)
#37
Try to see if the scale can weigh your car. If it can, then try to weigh your car in reverse motion. That usually works. 
However, if it doesn’t, just try and try again. Guaranteed to work with repetition
gabe
(Gabe “No Dogma, Only Science Please!” )
#39
Yeah – it leverages my tendency to want to weigh every day, and turns it to my advantage. This way, I have a whole lot of data points, so I know my actual weight with a much greater level of certainty than people who weigh once a week.
In terms of non-scale numbers, I do think waist, hip, arm, and other measurements are great, though I can easily feel if I’m gaining or losing girth without an objective measure. Probably the single best measure of body fat is the US Navy body fat calculator, which combines your weight with your age, sex, and some body measurements, feeds it into an equation, and calculates your body fat % to within a hair of DEXA-level accuracy.
Tagging the OP @Nomoreweighting because I think this will be of interest to you.
Bellyman
(Brian)
#40
I generally hop on the scale right after I get out of the shower in the morning. But interestingly, at least for me, that is generally NOT the lowest weight I’ll see in a day’s time. I very often find that the lowest weight I’ll register will be right before supper. It’s not a time when I weight myself regularly but when I have very heavy outdoor work days, that’s about when I’m likely to be coming in, hot, sweaty, and tired, and will take a shower before supper. Granted, some of that may be dehydration showing on the scale. It’s not something that I worry much about, nor do I rejoice overly when it’s so low. It’s just something I find interesting.