Monitoring weight is a relatively simple and effective way for us to control our health. The best time to "weigh yourself" in a day is around 7 am, which is the first thing to get up.

Therefore, experts suggest that weighing scale should be placed at the end of the bed, and he should not eat or drink in the morning, nor wear more clothes. Just "weigh" him directly, so that the measured figures are the most accurate.

However, weighing is not something you need to do every day. Otherwise, not only can you not see the change, but it will also cause unnecessary pressure to women who are losing weight. Choose a fixed three days every month and record your weight in the morning. If your weight suddenly fluctuates greatly for no reason, whether it is rising or falling, you should go to the hospital for an individual examination!

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1, male routine weighing effect is good.

For some people, weight is an "ulterior secret". If someone else is present when you weigh yourself quietly, you will feel embarrassed and embarrassed.

Most studies have investigated the effects of self-weighing and other weight loss methods, such as low-calorie diet. Research shows that self-weighing can be regarded as the cheapest strategy, which can help to lose weight and maintain weight, especially for men, who usually respond well to weighing.

Only one study investigated the effect of self-weighing as the only way to lose weight. Researchers from the United States invited 162 adults who want to lose weight to attend an educational weight loss lecture.

Half of the participants were asked to weigh themselves every day and give "visual feedback" on their weight changes within two years, while the other half of the control group were asked to wait until the next year to weigh themselves every day. In the first year, compared with the control group, men who weigh themselves every day lose more weight, while women do not have the same "effect".

On average, these participants weighed themselves four times a week. In the second year, the men who weighed themselves every day kept the trend of weight loss, and the people in the control group began to weigh themselves every day. Men lose weight, while women's weight remains unchanged.

Experts also found that it is helpful to weigh regularly under the guidance of health experts. More than 65,438+065,438+0,000 overweight people participated in the weight management program of Israeli general practitioners' clinics.

The results show that those who weigh regularly under the "witness" of nurses or nutritionists are more likely to lose more than 5% of their own weight. When the weight drops to this level, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes will be greatly reduced.

It doesn't matter whether you say it every week or every day.

A survey of 24 randomized controlled experiments found that there was no difference in weight loss between daily weighing and weekly weighing. Regardless of the characteristics of the ongoing weight loss program or the "killer skill", regular weighing is the key to achieving good results, which means that these people should weigh at least once a week.

Experts have two opinions, either make a timetable for weighing yourself or join a weight loss plan, so that you can control your weight regularly. In addition, it is very important that if you are in the process of losing weight, don't weigh yourself too often in one day, so as to avoid being too anxious, because there are many factors that cause short-term fluctuations, such as just drinking water or eating.

3. Adolescent girls should not be weighed

Experts don't advise teenagers to weigh themselves regularly. Studies have shown that it not only contributes to weight management, but also has a negative impact on the mental health of young people, especially adolescent girls.

A study lasting 10 years asked nearly 2000 teenagers in the United States to investigate the relationship among self-weighing, weight status and psychological reaction. The results show that self-weighing does not contribute to weight or body mass index (BMI).

It is also related to weight problems, inferiority complex, and trying to lose weight through unhealthy methods such as fasting. In the past ten years, frequent weighing has been related to the decline of physical satisfaction and self-esteem, which has also increased young women's concern about weight and depression.

For men, there is no significant relationship between self-weight and other variables except weight. In the whole senior high school stage, if the frequency of self-weighing of teenagers increases, it may indicate that physical health and mental health need to be checked.

Not only teenagers, but also adults' self-esteem and mental health, especially women. Especially for some people who have eating disorders themselves, frequent weighing may lead to more serious eating disorders.