What it Looks Like to Weigh Yourself Everyday

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  • luulu1999
    luulu1999 Posts: 119
    I also weigh everyday except on the weekend because I use the digital scale I have at work don't have a scale at home.....and I also record my newest low :) I think it really helped me seeing everyday it going down some but right now I have been the same since Friday but I have not gotten discouraged I just was glad it didn't shoot up and know I need to work harder on exercise.
  • BlitzClipz
    BlitzClipz Posts: 154 Member
    I weigh myself pretty much every morning. I also like to see what my normal weight fluctuations are. I record my weight every week or so though.
  • StacyAS999
    StacyAS999 Posts: 107 Member
    I weigh every day, as well, and keep track on a excel spreadsheet with a line graph, so I can analyze the changes over time. I also make notes about vacations (I don't track as close, and retain water when traveling) and that sort of thing. I also make notes if I change my tactics one way or another, so I can look back and see if anything makes an impact.

    Edited because I am typo prone.
  • momzeeee
    momzeeee Posts: 475 Member
    What is the most you see your weight fluctuate from one day to the next?

    I weigh myself everyday and have a neat app on my phone that tracks it :) Usually my daily fluctuation is around .5lb, except for occasional weekend food free for alls, like this past weekend-between Friday-Sunday the scale bounced up 4lbs, go me lol. It's not an actual gain so I'm not stressing out (too much) about it, by the end of the week it will be back down to where I normally am. It made my chart look wonky though lol.
  • IronFiend
    IronFiend Posts: 44 Member
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  • goalss4nika
    goalss4nika Posts: 529 Member
    Once a month for me. I see how people get overly addicted to weighing themselves and I don't want to be like that.
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    Every 4-6 weeks. I'm just about due for another weigh-in! :)
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
    i also track my daily weight at http://www.weightgrapher.com/ it really helps me and keeps me moving because it also shows you what you weight was 28 days ago and has a nice weight curve
  • barbaratrollman
    barbaratrollman Posts: 317 Member
    I weigh myself each morning. I also am interested to see the fluctuations. One thing I've noticed over this journey is that when I drink more than my usual amount of water the day before, it seems to result in a lower weight for me the next morning. I regularly drink a fair bit of water, but some days I will even drink more than my usual, and that is when I'll see another loss. :D

    Don't get me wrong. It isn't that I think that drinking water makes one lose weight. I just think it helps flush out any extra sodium caused water retention that I may have had.

    Anyway, I record the drops, but don't record if it fluctuates up a pound a previous entry's drop. I just leave it alone until the next drop, which has been coming pretty steadily ...about 1 pound every 5 days or so. :)
  • nooraltareif
    nooraltareif Posts: 4
    Every other time I've tried to lose weight in the past I've weighed myself once a week maximum. If that turned out to be a number I didn't like I would get depressed, binge incessantly and my weight would climb even higher. This time is the longest I've ever kept on track with a "diet" for lack of a better word since changing my lifestyle about 3 months ago with clean eating and exercise. This is also the only time I've weighed myself every single morning. At the beginning I thought doing this might make me even more depressed to see how much I truly fluctuate day to day but it definitely has given me even more motivation! I don't treat the scale as the enemy anymore and don't see it as my only measure of loss. If I weigh more from one day to the next it never angers or upsets me and not once has bingeing even crossed my mind. So I obsess less now than I did when I was weighing in once a week which in my mind seemed impossible
  • hollygoddess
    hollygoddess Posts: 78 Member
    I weigh every morning sans clothes & breakfast...I totally agree with the daily thing! It's not a stressor for me at all & it allows me to monitor my body's cycles :-)
  • hollygoddess
    hollygoddess Posts: 78 Member
    Totally agree!! I do the same ;-)
    I weigh myself each morning. I also am interested to see the fluctuations. One thing I've noticed over this journey is that when I drink more than my usual amount of water the day before, it seems to result in a lower weight for me the next morning. I regularly drink a fair bit of water, but some days I will even drink more than my usual, and that is when I'll see another loss. :D

    Don't get me wrong. It isn't that I think that drinking water makes one lose weight. I just think it helps flush out any extra sodium caused water retention that I may have had.

    Anyway, I record the drops, but don't record if it fluctuates up a pound a previous entry's drop. I just leave it alone until the next drop, which has been coming pretty steadily ...about 1 pound every 5 days or so. :)
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    lolscale.jpg

    It used to look like this^^

    Then I put the scale away and check about once a month just out of curiosity

    It still looks the same but, my clothes, arms, abs, and @$$ are happy so IDK
  • JAEGAmom
    JAEGAmom Posts: 39
    I usually weigh myself every morning! There are days when I forget, but I have almost every day for the last 6 weeks!!! I feel more in control and more informed than before!

    And you must realize that if you begin building muscle, your numbers may go up... and don't let that discourage you! I think it really depends on your personality! You just have to do what works for you, as an individual! Everyone is different...and I don't really think there is a cut and dry right or wrong way to this!!! :smile:
  • MightyMouse19
    MightyMouse19 Posts: 10
    I'm glad I'm not the only one that weighs myself daily although I dont record daily maybe once a week or when I've lost weight.
  • texastwilight
    texastwilight Posts: 25 Member
    I weigh every morning. It helps me to see what normal for me, how my body reacts to different foods, and normal fluctuations. I also don't record until I see a new low.
  • KatrinaWilke
    KatrinaWilke Posts: 372 Member
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  • Puffingmuffin
    Puffingmuffin Posts: 76 Member
    Weighing myself daily would drive me insane because I am the sort of person who likes to see results quickly. It's not for my morale and psyche too. I weigh myself once a month. However, I use the measuring tape almost 2-3 times a week.
  • Sparlingo
    Sparlingo Posts: 938 Member
    I'm also a daily weigher. I find it the most motivating for me, and I like to understand my fluctuations. It keeps me accountable and doesn't drive me insane like waiting for a weekly weigh-in would.

    I only record new lows, but that's more a function of what works for me on mfp -- I don't like being congratulated on losing the same 0.6 lbs 3 times in a week :smile:. If I knew of another simple weight tracker program I would use that to record my daily weight (including gains).

    Really, I advocate whatever works for the individual.
  • RichOC
    RichOC Posts: 243 Member
    I weigh myself daily. But I only record 1x week, on Friday and only after a rest day, figuring that will give me the most accurate measurement.

    One of the reasons I weigh everyday is I run 4 times per week and also lift on some of those running days. I also play a lot of sports like hockey, you'd be amazed how much you sweat playing goal. If I weigh 232lbs and then after running and sports weigh 228 the next day then it tells me I haven't replenished my fluids well enough and that I need to hit that water.
  • dondimitri
    dondimitri Posts: 245 Member
    One of the reasons I weigh everyday is I run 4 times per week and also lift on some of those running days. I also play a lot of sports like hockey, you'd be amazed how much you sweat playing goal. If I weigh 232lbs and then after running and sports weigh 228 the next day then it tells me I haven't replenished my fluids well enough and that I need to hit that water.

    I think this is a great point to make. I know darn well that when the scale drops 3 pounds in 24 hours I didn't really lose that weight. But the scale does tell me that I am low on water and need to hydrate. I sweat like a pig and don't have a strong thirst reflex. I can lose a lot of water in 24 hours. Weighing once a week wouldn't give me that immediate feedback.
  • m0jk
    m0jk Posts: 133
    oooooh! i thought it was bad to weigh yourself every day? i have to hide my scales so i'm not tempted until the end of the week or i wont see the results i want. This is making me rethink since so many are getting better results doing it daily :)
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    I weigh every morning (after using the bathroom and before consuming any food or water). I keep a spreadsheet where I track my weekly minimum, maximum, and average. It is the average weight I use to show my progress on the health sites I visit.
  • RoadsterGirlie
    RoadsterGirlie Posts: 1,195 Member
    I weigh myself every day and record it weekly.
  • kayl3igh88
    kayl3igh88 Posts: 428 Member
    I weigh every morning and record every friday.

    exactly this
  • NikkiiiT
    NikkiiiT Posts: 34 Member
    I weigh myself every day and record it weekly.


    Me too ^^

    I'm glad the majority also weigh themselves daily. I do it to see how my body reacts to certain food.
  • MrsDangerousCurves
    MrsDangerousCurves Posts: 85 Member
    I weigh myself daily, usually right after I wake up and use the bathroom. Every time I weigh, I put it in my handy dandy excel sheet and make a chart so I can see the downward tread. I only truly record on weight on MFP, if I lose a .5-.8 or more.
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    One of the reasons I weigh everyday is I run 4 times per week and also lift on some of those running days. I also play a lot of sports like hockey, you'd be amazed how much you sweat playing goal. If I weigh 232lbs and then after running and sports weigh 228 the next day then it tells me I haven't replenished my fluids well enough and that I need to hit that water.

    I think this is a great point to make. I know darn well that when the scale drops 3 pounds in 24 hours I didn't really lose that weight. But the scale does tell me that I am low on water and need to hydrate. I sweat like a pig and don't have a strong thirst reflex. I can lose a lot of water in 24 hours. Weighing once a week wouldn't give me that immediate feedback.

    ^^ this

    I am bad about not hydrating enough on runs because fluids go through me a little too quickly. I lost 5 lbs one day, mostly because I ran 10 miles that night. But I do count those weights. It is not cheating; it is your body weight. What that does is give false plateaus. I was "stuck" at 178 for nearly two weeks because the first time I recorded it was after the big run. When I finally did record a drop of another pound, I had probably dropped over 2 in average weight. But because I see weights every day, I knew this and it did not bother me.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member


    And you must realize that if you begin building muscle, your numbers may go up... and don't let that discourage you! I think it really depends on your personality! You just have to do what works for you, as an individual! Everyone is different...and I don't really think there is a cut and dry right or wrong way to this!!! :smile:

    If you are eating at a deficit, you most likely are not building muscles, unless you are new to heavy weight training.
  • NHoughton13
    NHoughton13 Posts: 303
    I weight every day too, and don't count it until I see it three times! It flucuates so much!
    I thought I was the only one who does this. Yep, I weigh everyday but only log it when it stays the same for 3 days.

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