Question for those who weigh in daily

auntiebabs

I bobble up and down... when I've maintained the same weight for 3 or more days in a row, I'll log it in MFP.

I think you've got to look at it the same way the say to look at stock market fluctuations they'll be high days and they'll be low days, but it's the overall trend that counts.

I only log my morning weigh-ins, since it's the most consistent conditions, but once in a while I jump on the scale in the evening just to get a sense of how much I fluctuate during the course of the day. (It kind helps me not to freak out on the high days and just work the plan)

MsKendaleH

I weigh every day as well. I like to see the fluctuation myself. I don't always record the weight though. I normally will though if the weight has drop by pounds and not just ounces.

Ninkyou

I weigh daily and record it on Libra. I only log my MFP weight when I hit a new low.

ttkk15

I weight daily and log in a spreadsheet but only log MFP every Friday morning

sllm1

VintageFeline wrote: »

I log daily on Happy Scale, log new lows here. I'm not really fussed on what it says here, just my pretty graph and trend on Happy Scale. Do whatever works for you. For me it's just a guide to progress and not an absolute.

This is exactly what I do.

richardgavel

I log every day into MFP because that's my actual weight. Plus, seeing the fluctuations and whoosh's in the graph historically help me to understand impacts based on my eating/activity that I wouldn't see if I only logged new lows. My own issue (very minor) is that MFP considers each weight drop in generating news feed items, even if it's the same drop due to a down and up and down cycle over 3 days.

mandi_manson

I weigh multiple times a day. If I don't hit a new low by pounds or ounces I enter my low number for the week in for the day and take a picture of myself. Then when I hit my new low I do the same. The most I've stalled between losing weight was 4 or 5 days. I never went drastically up just by a pound or two. It is important for me to have pictures in there to see the loss if possible. I try to take the worst pictures of my body to inspire me to keep pushing. Since I am only thirty pounds down now when I lose the other 100 I will be able to compare the pictures so I have even more motivation to maintain my weight.

jim4004

I weigh daily and only track drops. I think this is frustrating when I weigh in and then gain 2 or 3 pounds for a week or so. I weigh myself when I wake in the morning. I've heard that our weight is lowest in the morning because we are losing water through breathing, drying skin, and sweat as we sleep. Although I know it's an artificially lower weight, it's just a point in the weight swing that I can plot.

lorrpb

I Record in Happy Scale app. It's great at showing trends & fluctuations. I log each new low in MFP. If you want to learn about fluctuations you should log daily somewhere.

Meganthedogmom

I log on MFP when I hit a new low. I log daily on Happy Scale

jmgj27

I weigh every morning and log it in Happyscale. I only log losses on MFP.

cwolfman13

I weigh in daily...I haven't logged it into MFP in forever...I just look at trends, I could care less about the actual number.

williams969

I use the Libra app for recording daily weigh-ins. I record new lows on MFP. No rhyme or reason for my method. I very well could just log the 7 day rolling average once a week on MFP, whether it's higher or lower. Either way, I understand my "actual" weight is an average trend.

brekober

quiksylver296 wrote: »

I log my weight in to MFP when I have a new low. I log my daily weight into my Happy Scale app.

I do the same thing!

stm712015

I'm going to have to check out this Happy Scale.
I weigh daily because it helps keep me accountable and I get extra motivated when I see my weight drop. I log my daily weight onto my google calendar, but only log on MFP once a week. If I don't lose one week I'll wait to log when I've lost.

smiles4jo

Weigh daily and log said weight on MFP daily - The good, the bad and the ugly!

katej37

I step on the scales every morning just to see but only take notice of my weigh in on a weds for MFP purposes. That weekly weigh in is the only one that matters (to me)

Domicinator

Yep--like many, I only log the weight when I hit a new low. I'm really only interested in how long it's taking me to hit the new lows. I know that if I'm doing things right, the trend is going to be downward, even though my weight will fluctuate up and down by a couple of pounds in the process.

UnkyTimFU

I record on here once a week - I weigh every morning though. I write down each days weight on a Post-It and then I stick it to the bottom corner of my computer screen (I spend a lot of time looking at my computer screen). I use red ink if I've gone up and blue ink if I've reached a new low. I don't know why but having to look at the current days weight all day motivates me for some reason. Today the ink was blue... good luck everybody.

unphogettable

I weigh every morning, log the data into a spreadsheet, and use the weekly average to update my weight on MFP - typically that is on Wednesday's, since I started the daily weighing on a Thursday

It's pretty fascinating to see the trends. For example, on February 10th I weighed in at 160.2, and exactly one week later I was 160.1 - if I had been weighing only weekly, this would've DEVASTATED me. It might've even triggered a binge to occur. But thanks to the trending average, I was able to see I was right on track and it didn't phase me at all!