Scale and weight

healthy491

Do you guys rely on the scale? Especially those who weigh themselves everyday. As sometimes I eat in a deficit and the next day I gain weight and get confused and dont knkw if I am doing something wrong. I am thinking of weighing myself once a week and rely on clothes to know whether I am gaining/losing.

seska422

If you weigh every day, get used to fluctuations. If you weight once per week, get used to fluctuations.

Weight trend over time is what tells the story no matter how often you weigh.

Samanthor

I use the app Happy Scale, where I enter in my daily weight and it shows me the trend line. I find it super helpful to always put each day in context and know that even if I have fluctuated that day, my overall trend is good

JeromeBarry1

I use the scale once each morning. I log the weight each time. Even though the most recent scale reading may tend to alarm with large jumps and persistent pauses, you can use the 30-day Report to see what's happened at the 30-day scale. If you are living in a calorie deficit, it will show up as downward movement at that scale. Almost always.

RoxieDawn

I trend my weight everyday using my scale and weight trend app. You will be amazed that fluctuations on the scale can show a horror story, but after a few weeks on trending, you really are loosing weight fat after all!

stephaniej2888

I personally weigh myself once per week. I used to weigh daily but I would get so disappointed when I would wake up heavier for no reason, so weekly works better for me.
I also measure every 2 weeks (neck, arms, chest, waist, hips and thighs). The weight on the scale going down makes me happy but when you see that tape measurer going to smaller numbers...it's awesome! Lol

mysticatgal1

I weigh everyday but the next day isn't always a reflection of the day before it takes a day or 2 sometimes for a bad day to show up. sometimes you'll have good days and sodium or just a fluctuations will make it go up. Daily weigh ins just help me stay accountable more than once a week.

Bxqtie116

Samanthor wrote: »

I use the app Happy Scale, where I enter in my daily weight and it shows me the trend line. I find it super helpful to always put each day in context and know that even if I have fluctuated that day, my overall trend is good

mysticatgal1 wrote: »

I weigh everyday but the next day isn't always a reflection of the day before it takes a day or 2 sometimes for a bad day to show up. sometimes you'll have good days and sodium or just a fluctuations will make it go up. Daily weigh ins just help me stay accountable more than once a week.

What they said. Sometimes when your sodium levels are high, it could take 3-4 days for your body to shed the excess water.

kissedbythesunshine

Don't pay attention to the scale number per say, pay attention to trends. If you're going to weigh daily log it into a app like happyscale that will let you see the trends. I have weighed 6lbs heavier the next morning after eating a high sodium dinner. That would probably freak someone out who doesn't know about weight fluctuations and banks on seeing a lower number everyday.

ryry_

healthy491 wrote: »

Do you guys rely on the scale? Especially those who weigh themselves everyday. As sometimes I eat in a deficit and the next day I gain weight and get confused and dont knkw if I am doing something wrong. I am thinking of weighing myself once a week and rely on clothes to know whether I am gaining/losing.

Only for long term trending. I do not use day to day scale reading as a marker for success.

As others have mentioned Happy Scale is good app to chart long term progress

leanjogreen18

I weigh everyday and I watch the fluctuations, I think its helpful for me to get to know how my weight reacts to say walking more than I normally do, or lifting weights (which I do seldom) if I ate something salty or if I go over my calories for the day.

callsitlikeiseeit

sometimes i weigh every day.

sometimes once a week.

sometimes once a month.

its the overall trend you want to see, not a specific moment in time.

afort001

I weigh every day at the same time just for my own personal knowledge , but I only record my once a week readings . But try to do it the same time everyday , wearing the same thing . I weigh every morning after I wake up and in the good ole birthday suit