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How often do you weigh in/take your measurements?

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  • civilizedworm
    civilizedworm Posts: 796 Member
    edited October 2014
    Depends.

    On a cut, weekly I weigh after the last workout in my weekly training cycle and pull of the skin fold calipers and get reading of that too.

    On a bulk, at the end of that period (6 to 8 weeks), including measurements of key metrics, i.e. biceps, chest, thighs, chest. I'll weigh myself at the end of that period too, but it is not a metric I worry about to much.
  • CJsf1t
    CJsf1t Posts: 414 Member
    jenny3008 wrote: »
    I weigh daily, its taken me a long time not to get too wound up by the numbers though but I've found that I fluctuate a lot. For example yesterday I weighed 78.9kg, I did a gym session which I'm paying for in DOMs today and this morning I weigh 80.4kg. Now I ate very little yesterday as I'm not feeling great so there is no way its a real weight gain but if I hadn't weighed yesterday morning I would have missed the 'low' weight and felt down today.
    I measure about 4-6 weeks
    Its probably water retention from DOMs
  • ChescasFeather
    ChescasFeather Posts: 27 Member
    Wow thanks everyone for all the replies. I have been weighing everyday and measuring every other day for quite some time now and at the beginning of my weight loss journey seeing positive changes nearly every day-every other day was so motivating but recently I've hit such a plateau and actually some days seeing up to 4lbs increase in weight (most likely sodium/bloating etc) is so upsetting.

    I might try weighing every 3 days and only measuring once a week so I feel Im working towards something throughout the week....?

    Thanks again!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,947 Member
    I weigh daily, but only log losses on MFP. My daily weights go into an app that tracks the trendline.

    I measure alot less frequently, perhaps every 3 to 4 weeks and I didn't even start measuring at all until I had already lost 60+ lbs.
  • jenny3008
    jenny3008 Posts: 97 Member
    edited October 2014
    bcomingfitmom wrote: »
    jenny3008 wrote: »
    I weigh daily, its taken me a long time not to get too wound up by the numbers though but I've found that I fluctuate a lot. For example yesterday I weighed 78.9kg, I did a gym session which I'm paying for in DOMs today and this morning I weigh 80.4kg. Now I ate very little yesterday as I'm not feeling great so there is no way its a real weight gain but if I hadn't weighed yesterday morning I would have missed the 'low' weight and felt down today.
    I measure about 4-6 weeks
    Its probably water retention from DOMs
    Yes I think it probably is I'm not to fussed by the 'gain' I've learnt over the last couple of years that as long as the trend is in the right direction not to worry too much. But everyone likes to see the number drop by a 'reasonable' number when they are working hard :smiley:

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