THERESA: How obsessive are you about checking your weight? It's my first move every morning, before I do anything else, before coffee or breakfast, before I shower (so my hair's not wet, you know!) Some women I know don't bother with checking the bathroom scales at all. I'm not unhappy with what I weigh right now, and I'm not trying to lose weight, but I don't want to gain either. So I like to keep daily tabs on this-- if I'm a little over where I want to be on a given morning, I'm more likely to be disciplined about diet and exercise that day. What's everyone else's thinking?

LAURIE: I agree with you 100 percent. I check my weight every day, and adjust my day's diet/exercise accordingly. Some say this strategy can be self-defeating, but I have found just the opposite. If I don't check, the pounds sneak on. A friend of mine weighs herself daily, and if she's over a desired weight, she'll cut bread out of her diet, or fats for a few days.

ELLEN: I used to be very interested in my weight. Then again I used to believe in horoscopes. Now my weight can swing five pounds either way. So when it's up, I'm sad. When it's down, I tend to reward myself unduly by eating badly. So I just skip the scales. I rely on how my clothes fit to corral me in if I am overindulging. I do get weighed every time I'm at the doctor so I do have some semiannual check. We also have a medical scale at work near the Medical Department's office. So if I'm feeling really thin, I'll go weigh myself there. It is time-consuming because it takes about 10 minutes to take off and then put back on all my jewelry, jackets, shoes, socks and glasses after I weigh in.

THERESA: I didn't know we had a scale at work! Shall I start weighing myself before lunchtime too?

OK, time for everyone else to --ahem-- weigh in!