How often to you weigh?

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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,483 Member
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    Occasionally, I think it may have been mid November I last weighed myself.

    I have been maintaining 6 years. At the beginning I weighed myself daily, after a few months I knew I was pretty stable so it went to weekly, this was when I stopped consistently logging daily too.

    By the end of the first year I wasn't logging, but was weighing weekly, and weighing food for portion control.

    Now I weigh when I feel I am gaining, or if the fancy takes me. I keep a 5 lb range that I have gone over once, and under twice, and don't weigh my food often. Portion control is working well.

    Bottom line; weigh yourself as often as you are comfortable with

    Cheers, h.
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
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    When I was losing, I weighed every 3 - 4 weeks. Since I've been in maintenance, I weigh myself roughly every 2 weeks. As long as I'm within my weight range, I feel good. When I'm above that, which I am currently due to overeating, I just adjust my intake and exercise accordingly. When I'm below my range (happened once), I just ate more. :D That was a fun period.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
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    I pretty much only weigh myself when I'm feeling slim.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
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    I'm weighing daily at the moment. Even with the number being where it is right now, Trendweight is fun to use and shows me the quick drop from other "blow outs".
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,483 Member
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    arditarose wrote: »
    I pretty much only weigh myself when I'm feeling slim.

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  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,757 Member
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    used to weigh myself a few times a day, now in maintenance I just check in monthly or so just to see that I am still within my acceptable window.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
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    Since I'm playing with the ten day moving average weight spreadsheet (https://medium.com/technology-liberal-arts/the-data-diet-how-i-lost-60-pounds-using-a-google-docs-spreadsheet-80adce62cf5c#.aef9arj2f) at the moment, every day. Normally, once a week when actively attempting to lose weight. Maybe once a month to once a quarter when not.
  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
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    It took me a long time to get over weighing myself daily. I'm actually glad I did, though, when I first started maintaining. It turned out that 1600 calories a day was too much for me. After a little adjustment, I hit on the right number of calories for me to shoot for.

    I hardly ever weigh myself anymore, though. Once I figured out the number of calories I need to maintain, weighing myself became less important. I weigh maybe once a month now, after AF.
  • Katiedriss1
    Katiedriss1 Posts: 93 Member
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    I weight my self every Friday morning
  • helene4
    helene4 Posts: 120 Member
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    I only weigh myself at the gym. Motivation to go!
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    edited December 2015
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    I do it every morning BECAUSE of daily fluctuation. I know I'm going to bobble around. I stay in my range. If I weighed once a month, I'd worry about getting a particularly high or low day. Weighing every day, I know where I am and I don't think about it.
  • THenry8
    THenry8 Posts: 62 Member
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    I often weigh myself once every week at home, so I can prepare to change or keep plans if my goals aren't met!
  • 20months
    20months Posts: 62 Member
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    I weigh every morning.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
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    Never. I go by how my clothes fit.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
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    Either never or everyday :-)
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
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    Once a week properly, where I record it on here.

    Sometimes I'll check in and have a look in days during that week (fluctuations don't really bother me) but I don't log it.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
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    nxd10 wrote: »
    I do it every morning BECAUSE of daily fluctuation. I know I'm going to bobble around. I stay in my range. If I weighed once a month, I'd worry about getting a particularly high or low day. Weighing every day, I know where I am and I don't think about it.

    I never thought of this as a reason to weigh in everyday, but it makes perfect sense.
  • reachingunder120
    reachingunder120 Posts: 21 Member
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    I used to weigh myself every four days. Not for any particular reason, just because that's when I started wondering how much I weighed. Now I'm starting to weigh myself just on Sundays
  • charmmeth
    charmmeth Posts: 936 Member
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    nxd10 wrote: »
    I do it every morning BECAUSE of daily fluctuation. I know I'm going to bobble around. I stay in my range. If I weighed once a month, I'd worry about getting a particularly high or low day. Weighing every day, I know where I am and I don't think about it.

    Same here. And sometimes if I don't get round to having breakfast for a while, I weigh again before breakfast. I find the way my weight changes fascinating, and keep a spreadsheet to keep track, even now I am maintaining (more-or-less - Christmas took its toll...).
  • PamOliva
    PamOliva Posts: 101 Member
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    Currently about once a week (in maintenance). During weight loss it was 4-5 times a week. I don't miss that near daily obsession but it helped with motivation and decision-making.

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