how often do you track your weight on MFP?

tiffany82manross
tiffany82manross Posts: 48 Member
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how often do you track your weight on MFP?
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  • csutherland873
    csutherland873 Posts: 7 Member
    I track it every morning after I use the bathroom. I feel it's the most accurate way. I often go up and down but it's usually going down for me.
  • Castrofreak
    Castrofreak Posts: 67 Member
    Every day. I also track on trendweight, it makes me feel better sometimes.
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    I weigh daily. It's not for everyone though. I personally find the ups and downs interesting. I dont get discouraged if I see a gain, it spurs me on to be dilligent with my food in order to see a good loss. The losses dont make me complacent, in fact they spur me on to get more losses.

    So you can see, it suits my character to weigh and track my weight every day. Some people get very unpset when they see a gain in which case, weighing weekly might suit them better.

    I found that if I had a gain I would be fedup for a week if I weighed weekly.Now I weigh daily I generally see a loss again within a day or 2 so it's not so bad.

    Just my personal experience. The basic answer is do whatever works for you. It might take trying different approaches for you to see what suits you best.
  • csutherland873
    csutherland873 Posts: 7 Member
    This is also before I eat breakfast so I know it's not weighing in the food I just ate too.
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,861 Member
    Daily weigher here. Every day for 3 1/2 years now. I understand that it's not for everyone. The daily fluctuations are too much for some people. But if it doesn't bother you, a daily weigh-in provides a very accurate picture of your weight if you look at a weekly average. It takes out the highs and lows.
  • tiffany82manross
    tiffany82manross Posts: 48 Member
    do you guys log your weight on the MFP weight thing everyday?
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    I weigh way too often and log every single loss, even if it's a tenth of a pound every day. I've decided to take a break from it. I got dunked yesterday to find my body fat and my next test is in 8 weeks. I'll weigh in again then.
  • csutherland873
    csutherland873 Posts: 7 Member
    I log my weight in every time I weigh. Though I feel less inclined to when I've gone up a bit. Hah!
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    tiffany82manross wrote: »
    do you guys log your weight on the MFP weight thing everyday?

    yep
  • Castrofreak
    Castrofreak Posts: 67 Member
    tiffany82manross wrote: »
    do you guys log your weight on the MFP weight thing everyday?

    Yeah, so that I can see a trends and losses on the chart.
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    I weigh daily, but only log losses. I'm post menopausal, so any weight gain fluctuations are easy for me to associate with either increased sodium/carb intake or gym visits.
  • IAmTheGlue
    IAmTheGlue Posts: 701 Member
    tiffany82manross wrote: »
    do you guys log your weight on the MFP weight thing everyday?

    I weigh every morning. I have the fitbit Aria scale and it links to MFP so it is automatically logged every day. I want to know my weight because it is so easy for me to lie to myself.

    I really trust the CICO process though. I don't stress over water retention. I just want to see a decline in weight overall. The tiny fluctuations don't make me crazy like they do some people. It's a personal decision so do whatever is best for you.
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    I weigh daily but I track it in MFP weekly.
  • leighdiane91
    leighdiane91 Posts: 225 Member
    I weigh every couple of days, but only record the number on Mondays mornings.
  • mylosingtool0612
    mylosingtool0612 Posts: 7
    Every day : )
  • eddiedamn
    eddiedamn Posts: 17 Member
    Weekly.
  • aComputerHero
    aComputerHero Posts: 20 Member
    I weigh almost daily, but only log on Monday mornings. Sunday mornings I'm typically hung over, so I worry that dehydration will affect my weight. So Monday is the official start of the week for me.
  • TheSurge0n
    TheSurge0n Posts: 113 Member
    Every morning after getting freshened up
  • noon1200
    noon1200 Posts: 35 Member
    Once a month I weigh myself five mornings in a row and enter the average value into MFP.
  • flippen75
    flippen75 Posts: 5 Member
    I weigh myself every week, only if I lost though....(lol)
  • Katus130
    Katus130 Posts: 50 Member
    Every day but I only log once or twice a week.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I did weekly

    Then when I set up trendweight.com (linked to MFP through my fitbit) I did daily to map fluctuations

    Now when I fluctuate a lot or hit a new low so every few days

    Whatever works for you
  • spzjlb
    spzjlb Posts: 599 Member
    noon1200 wrote: »
    Once a month I weigh myself five mornings in a row and enter the average value into MFP.

    Great approach
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    Once per week. :)
  • krissyreminisce
    krissyreminisce Posts: 284 Member
    edited April 2015
    I weigh once a week (I tried daily at the verrry beginning of my weight loss and yeah, fast track to depression for me) on Sunday mornings. I only log losses on MFP but I'll jot every number down on my calendar. I also don't bother if the number didn't change.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    I only log new lows while losing weight.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,730 Member
    edited April 2015
    I weigh myself once a week under the same conditions and then log the average at the end of the month.
  • _QueenE_
    _QueenE_ Posts: 459 Member
    I try to once a week.
  • thisdizzy_dreamer
    thisdizzy_dreamer Posts: 24 Member
    I weigh in every day but post once a week, usually always the same day so it remains consistent.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Once a week.

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