How do Often do you weight yourself?

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  • kimjschroeder
    kimjschroeder Posts: 35 Member
    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
    glovepuppet Posts: 1,710 Member
    when it crosses my mind to. it might be days, it might be months.
  • MrsCaitlinBeltran
    MrsCaitlinBeltran Posts: 241 Member
    Every. Single. Morning. ((Naked)) Plus, I take measurements every month. :)
  • TnTWalter
    TnTWalter Posts: 345 Member
    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
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    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
    kimcalica Posts: 525 Member
    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
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    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
    Nessiechickie Posts: 1,392 Member
    edited August 2015
    I haven't weighted myself in probably 6months. Would be really interested in what I weight :s

    Main focus for me right now is just eating better then what I was before.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    every day, keep an eye on the trends, not the individual numbers
  • scarletspy
    scarletspy Posts: 170 Member
    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.
  • 218Beth
    218Beth Posts: 34 Member
    My scale died a while back but I'm thinking about replacing it. I weigh myself at my Mom's about every 2-4 weeks. Measurements when I feel like it.

    But when I did have a working scale, I weighed myself daily, after going to the bathroom and before eating and showering.
  • RLeighP
    RLeighP Posts: 232 Member
    Every morning. No clothes, and before food or drink. Measurements once a month. I enjoy seeing the downward trend in weight, but I use the daily weights to see what went wrong the in the previous few days. Too much sodium, not enough water intake, etc.

    But as said before, that's not for everyone.
  • Jensenwellington
    Jensenwellington Posts: 25 Member
    Been logging for a week now - so a newbie :-) But I plan on weighing myself very rarely as I know from experience that it can completely stop me and remove any motivation I might have.
    I will be weighing myself no more than once every month or perhaps even less. But only because my focus is on teaching myself to eat healthy and manage portion control then when I do lose weight I will be capable of maintaining. However, it IS harder not to weigh yourself, as you do not get the reward (lower number on scale) which often motivates. What keeps me motivated is then portion control and seeing my healthier choices (diary) instead of seeing my weight loss.
  • Amsterdamjen
    Amsterdamjen Posts: 25 Member
    Every evening when I change from my clothing to my pajamas. I'm sure everyone on here has said over and over how important it is to weigh yourself at the same time every day. Personally for me, I prefer the evening. To all of you lovelies out there: Have you ever checked the accuracy of your scale by the way? Would you like to know how? Nothing worse than false readings...
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