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How Often Do You Weigh Yourself?
Every Day? Every Week? Every Seventeen Years?
A friend once confided that when it comes to evaluating the mental health of her friends, she had one simple criteria. Their bathroom scale.
No scale at all?
Enviably sane and well-adjusted.
An ordinary bathroom scale?
No problem.
Spa-quality scale measuring not only weight but body fat percentage, muscle mass, bone mass and total body water?
Needs to get a life.
With this in mind, I logged onto Facebook and asked my pals how often they weighed themselves.
Many told me that they just aren’t into it.
“Doctor’s office only.”
“I have no need for a scale in my life. I’ve got more important things to focus on.”
“How often do I weigh myself? Like, uh, never! If I can button my jeans, I’m good to go.
This “by the seat of your pants” method of tracking weight was, in fact, quite popular:
“I don’t need a scale. I can tell if I’ve gained or lost weight by how my clothes fit.”
“If my “Happy Weight Pants” feel too tight, I cut down on the carbs. If they start to hang on…
