One more question, how often do you weigh yourself?

lolowjc05

What app do you use to record your daily weight?

ClicquotBubbles

I weigh every couple of months but try not to do it at all. It acts as a huge de-motivator for me. I prefer to measure and look in the mirror and judge by how I feel during workouts. I have a little scrap book that I note down in.

rankinsect

ClicquotBubbles wrote: »

I weigh every couple of months but try not to do it at all. It acts as a huge de-motivator for me. I prefer to measure and look in the mirror and judge by how I feel during workouts. I have a little scrap book that I note down in.

If it works for you, that's great. I could never do that, largely because even at 70 lb down, I just don't see it in the mirror most of the time. Other people see it, I get a lot of comments, and of course I notice I am wearing pants that are 10 inches smaller in size, so clearly I should be able to see a difference, but mostly I don't. The scale moves far faster than my perception of my own weight loss.

neohdiver

lolowjc05 wrote: »

Through doing a couple different diet plans, I have been instructed a little differently as to what the frequency should be for weighing myself. One plan said, do it weekly and the other one said do it daily. Thoughts?

Daily, but as long as I'm reasonably on track, I only record new lows. That way I see the trend.

I have a relatively strong cyclical pattern: 2-4 days of new lows in a row followed by bouncing above the new low for 3-7 days (up to 5 lbs above, but more typically within 2 lbs), then another cycle of dropping.

If I recorded every day, those flat periods would be spikes upward.

ceilingfansandfryingpans

Every single day because I'm OCD about it, and like others have said; more data=more information about how my body reacts to different foods and other factors.

KWKirkbride

As much as possible. Not sure if it's healthy but I replace eating cookies with stepping on the scale.

LuanneScott1971

Once per week for me.

ukr2amr

every Monday

FitPhillygirl

I'm maintaining and a lifetime member of Weight Watchers so I go there once a month and record it here on MFP.

gems74

tim201200 wrote: »

I weigh daily..I need the check-in to keep me on track

ditto.. I weigh daily but don't necessarily log daily.

perhapsormaybe

I do daily because it's a better motivator for me. If I lost, whoo-hoo, this is working! If I haven't it motivates me to keep going. I just have to remind myself some weight fluxes are going to happen no matter what.

AnnPT77

lolowjc05 wrote: »

I am leaning towards daily, I just need to remind myself that if I'm up a 1/2 pound or something that it's not a deal breaker but rather just a fluctuation with water or something. Especially if I have done all the right things with food and exercising.

One comment on this, specifically: It can be substantially more than a 1/2 pound, and still be a fluctuation.

I've weighed myself daily in the morning for years, even when not losing (not compulsive, just a data geek). My weight has gone up as much as *five pounds* from one day to the next, and I'll guarantee I hadn't eat 17,500 extra calories in 24 hours. Two to three pounds difference from one day to the next is not particularly unusual.

If you think calmly about it, and especially if you're logging what you eat, asking yourself "have I really eaten roughly X pounds times 3500 calories more than my maintenance calories?" will give you a strong clue whether it's a fluctuation or a real weight gain.

If you choose to weigh daily, you'll come to understand, in time, what causes your personal fluctuations. To me, that's extremely useful (and sometimes soothing) knowledge.