One more question, how often do you weigh yourself?

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  • lolowjc05
    lolowjc05 Posts: 22 Member
    What app do you use to record your daily weight?
  • ClicquotBubbles
    ClicquotBubbles Posts: 66 Member
    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
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    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
    neohdiver Posts: 738 Member
    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. eo9yfqp1lsn2.jpg

    If I recorded every day, those flat periods would be spikes upward.
  • ceilingfansandfryingpans
    ceilingfansandfryingpans Posts: 18 Member
    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
    KWKirkbride Posts: 119 Member
    As much as possible. Not sure if it's healthy but I replace eating cookies with stepping on the scale.
  • LuanneScott1971
    LuanneScott1971 Posts: 14 Member
    Once per week for me.
  • ukr2amr
    ukr2amr Posts: 1 Member
    every Monday
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I'm maintaining and a lifetime member of Weight Watchers so I go there once a month and record it here on MFP.
  • gems74
    gems74 Posts: 107 Member
    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
    perhapsormaybe Posts: 28 Member
    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
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,225 Member
    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.

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