How do Often do you weight yourself?

Chasity6

I weigh in every morning when first out of bed just so I can average it out. Doing good not freaking out with fluctuation. But used to only weigh in weekly.

PAV8888

At least I saw someone mention happy scale!

The two correct answers are: the frequency your psychological well being dictates and:

every morning after you've used the bathroom and before you have eaten or drunk anything. Record the weight into a web site or app such as www.trendweight.com; www.weightgrapher.com; happy scale for the iphone; Libra for Android (or a spreadsheet if you're a hard-core spreadsheet jockey).

Most of the sites/apps above can be linked semi-automatically and feed through to MFP too; and all of them produce a TRENDLINE which helps you ignore water weight fluctuations and concentrate on your long terms weight trend instead.

With 10lbs to lose and at a normal weight I would suggest a very slow process of maybe just a little bit more activity and/or lifting some weights as opposed to hardcore caloric restriction.

jokoh92

I started out doing it daily and found I was losing my mind. Then I went to once a week and found that if I gained, it became discouraging and shocking. So now I do it twice a week. Sunday and Wednesday mornings. I find that a lot can happen in two days especially over the weekend, so I weigh in on Sunday to make sure there is no major fluctuation and if there is, improve on it before Wednesday hits.

WeddedBliss1992

i weigh every morning

7lenny7

I weigh and log every day. After I wake up and go to the bathroom, and before I eat or drink anything. As mentioned, daily fluctuations are to be expected and ignored. Look for trends.

This graph shows I gained weight this week:


This graph shows I'm doing great over the last 3 months

marissafit06

I have found that weighing myself daily helps me to maintain my weight over time.

juliekin

Every morning to keep myself mindful and honest. I only track it once a week.

scorpcookie

I weigh myself every day, usually in the morning and before going to bed, but I only log my weight on the weekends.

marizagamboa5

I decided to only do it the day I started eating healthy and once a month moving forward. that way my focus is not on losing weight but on eating healthy increasing my ability to do things I haven't done in a while, and learning to truly enjoy the food i eat. so far it seams to be working for me personally. I look forward to loggin my food intake and I realise that 1400 calories is a lot ! when you choose correctly I I choose to not limmit myself or deprive myself i actually cant believe how full i am and how much i dont miss what i thought i would and im slowly able to do more and more each and every day. for me I just isn't a point in stressing in the how much I ve lost for me its more about learning the healthy way of life my journey is a long one but I'm loving every minute of it. I wish you all the best on yours !

aaron_mc29

Every morning. But I track over the week, not each day. Take measurements and progress pics once a month.

kimjschroeder

Wow, Im not like everyone else. I only weigh myself once every 2 weeks. I seem to have a cheat meal once during that two weeks and I dont want discouragement. Besides, it seems to be coming off really slow so every two weeks seems good to me.

glovepuppet

when it crosses my mind to. it might be days, it might be months.

MrsCaitlinBeltran

Every. Single. Morning. ((Naked)) Plus, I take measurements every month.

TnTWalter

not often enough. i get scared...sometimes if i'm doing great and see a gain i give up. sometimes if i have gone over calories and see a loss...i eat more...lol. I'm still struggling with this. i should weigh myself at least weekly. daily not sure...when i was super fit i weighed myself multiple times a day. see how it changes.

sarahlifts

When I was trying to lose weight, I weighed daily. Sometimes multiple times daily.

Weighing my self daily became so unhealthy for me and effected my mood so much that I hid my scale away until Sunday.

On Sunday I would weigh, measure and photograph myself.

I did this for the first 6 months of my weight loss.

The photos I have tell a much larger story than the scale ever has.

I now weigh myself based on what I'm looking like. If I feel bloated, I do a scale check. If I look tight and lean, I do a scale check. I mostly go by the fit of my clothing now.

I weigh maybe once every 6 weeks.

kimcalica

During my loss I weighed every morning and every night so I could get a good idea of what I ate and how much water it would put on and what I would have to do to take it off.. It was a total mind f*** in the beginning because I could gain 10 lbs in a day.. Binging.. But I really learned a lot about my body. Now my metabolism has changed so much that I can eat some of the same stuff and not gain like I used to. Also.. I liked to keep my weight the same at night, because then I alwAys knew I was doing well.. It kept me in check.. And if I ate bad, I knew what I'd weigh.. Again.. In the beginning, before I had experience, it was a mind f*** and I drove everyone crazy with my mood swings and freak outs!

Asher_Ethan

I have to do it weekly (Usually Friday mornings) I tried doing it daily and I just couldn't mentally handle it. I would get so frustrated at the weird big gains I would get out of no where. Weekly suits me much better.

Nessiechickie

I haven't weighted myself in probably 6months. Would be really interested in what I weight

Main focus for me right now is just eating better then what I was before.

mbaker566

every day, keep an eye on the trends, not the individual numbers

scarletspy

I weigh every morning after I've been to the toilet and before I eat anything but I don't get caught up in gains/losses during the week - it's just to keep me on track. I only log my weight once a week.