I weigh myself once a week, same day. If I forget, it's two or three weeks. I am only looking for excessive weight loss or gain in case there's something going on that I'm not aware of .

When I was on my active weight loss program - lost 60 pounds over a 10 month period - I weighed myself every two or three days

Once I got to target weight and switched to my weight maintenance diet (took a couple of months to get there) I started weighing Once a Week - typically it's a "Sunday Routine" so I don't forget.

On any given day our weight can naturally move up/down a couple of pounds so if we are actively trying to lose checking more often can give some reinforcement that we are still on track, but once we are at target, like diabetes, it becomes part of the long game.

So checking once a week and as long as you are +/- 2 lbs around your "stable" number, that tells you that you are doing fine.

And yes, @A DiabetesTeam Member makes an excellent point about our metabolism slowing down as we age. More specifically it's something called our Basil Metabolic Rate (BMR). It is the number of calories "in" that we need to provide for basic metabolic function. It varies by age, sex and weight (we need more calories to maintain function if we carry more weight, so as you lose weight you naturally need less calories then you did before).

Every calorie that we eat greater than our BMR plus whatever activities we do (and we grossly overestimate how many calories we burn going about our day) ends up as body fat. That's why the recipe is simple.

To burn body fat (lose weight) you have to eat less than you burn "period" - no special food, no secret diet - less in than you burn = weight loss

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A Diabete...

i put on a few lbs over the last few weeks but i know ill get it down in the next few weeks

I weigh myself daily and do blood sugar readings 2-4 times (after meals) a day. I’m a bit lazy when it come to checking my blood pressure although it’s stayed around the same for the last twenty years or so.

I weigh myself daily upon rising and then take my blood sugar reading. Then check my blood pressure in the afternoon.