Daily weigh-ins?

sydneynotaustralia

I usually weigh myself at the same time every day, but you always hear that it's better to only weigh yourself once a week. What is your preference, and why?

Golferdrone

Daily, helps me see the flucuations

youngmomtaz

I weigh daily. I like to see the flux of sodium, hormone, potential water weight if my muscles feel sore, etc. I don't stress, I just get on and know that the monthly trend is down and that is good enough for me!

Jetamu96

I've decided to do it weekly (although sometimes I do it just cause i'm impatient).

HWeatherholt

I usually weigh myself daily, just to see where I am at, but only officially weight/record one day a week.

oolou

Daily, and then I log the weight onto a graph that shows the overall trend. My weight can bounce up and down a fair amount. If I weighed in weekly, I may get discouraged if I happened to catch my weight on a higher note than usual due to factors other than fat loss/gain. I use weightgrapher.com

strong_curves

Every day and I log my weight into happy scale.

marlown

Every day. It's my accountability. Very motivating, whether good or bad...

pants77

Daily is better than weekly. Even when dropping weight you'll go up and down on a daily basis. If you log in once a week and happen to be higher that day than the days surrounding (differences in digestion, hydration/water retention, etc), you could get discouraged when you're actually making progress. Just don't take daily weigh ins to be absolute and keep your eye on the long-term line.

Shanel0916

Daily, for me its a motivator as well as a constant reminder.

chelsy0587

Daily... I like to see the fluctuations and try to understand what certain foods do to my body. I tend to hold a lot of water weight if I eat something high in carbs or sodium but I also know that if I go back to eating those low carb, high protein, high fiber foods then I can drop that weight quickly.

TheBeachgod

Daily. I track it on fibit and trendweight and like getting the graphs.

lucyricky2

daily works for me the best

lmr0528

I weigh in daily. I like seeing the fluctuations. Helps me to know what I did right/wrong each day.

eep223

I also weigh daily to track fluctuations. I don't think it really matters, though. Whatever you prefer.

malibu927

I weigh every weekday (weekends I'm up earlier so I tend to avoid the scale) for fluctuations and the trend.

deahhester

Almost daily- maybe five times a week. I track it on fitbit and like to see the graph generally moving down, or, if it's slowly moving up, it's time to make a change!

snowflake930

Daily at the same time. Keeps me focused.

whmscll

pants77 wrote: »

Daily is better than weekly. Even when dropping weight you'll go up and down on a daily basis. If you log in once a week and happen to be higher that day than the days surrounding (differences in digestion, hydration/water retention, etc), you could get discouraged when you're actually making progress. Just don't take daily weigh ins to be absolute and keep your eye on the long-term line.

^^This. The biggest problem I had when I did Weight Watchers many years ago is discouragement after the weekly weigh-in, when the scale showed no loss and even gains sometimes, when I knew I had done well on the program all week.

mbaker566

i like daily and look at trends

kgirlhart

I am weighing daily while losing. I log it into my happy scale so I can see the trend. I only log it into mfp when I have a new low number. The fluctuations can be difficult to get used to, but I am trying to get to a point where I see my weight as a range and not as a specific number. Weighing daily helps me to stay motivated to keep logging. I'm always happy when it is lower, and if it is higher then I am more motivated to watch what I eat that day. Plus it does give me some insights. I know my number will be a little higher if I have had a lot of sodium the day before. My plan for maintenance is going to be just to weigh weekly to make sure I am in my range and that way if I start to actually gain (not just water weight fluctuations) I will lower my calories until I get back to my goal range.

mgmad1993

I weigh daily. I'd like to do only do it once a week but I'm impatient & still trying to make adjustments to my diet. I still have a few more pounds to go.

puffbrat

HWeatherholt wrote: »

I usually weigh myself daily, just to see where I am at, but only officially weight/record one day a week.

Same for me. Weighing daily helps me see the consequences of the previous day and tell me if I need to tighten up my eating or back off on sodium for the rest of the week. But I don't take the daily fluctuations too hard and only log once a week to see the trend.

I will say, I was running late this morning and didn't step on the scale. Now I am really curious to know where I will be tomorrow for my official logging weigh-in.

ThinkinPositive827

I weigh myself daily because I like to see how my day before a eating habits have affected my current weight . Also it give me motivation for the current day