Weighing yourself?

wookiepants
wookiepants Posts: 40 Member
edited December 4 in Health and Weight Loss
How often do you weigh yourself? I'm trying to weigh myself at least once every week.
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  • mikevfr
    mikevfr Posts: 47 Member
    Daily for me. I like the daily ups and downs and resulting graph happiness.
  • aliem
    aliem Posts: 326 Member
    I do daily, first thing in the morning. It helps me monitor my monthly cycles so I don't freak out if I am up 2 pounds one day. As long as I trend downward. It's really up to you. Most people do weekly or monthly. Just make sure you do it at the same time of the day and with similar weighing clothes.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    Daily.
  • Catawampous
    Catawampous Posts: 447 Member
    Weekly. On Fridays.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Daily here too!
  • indiacaitlin
    indiacaitlin Posts: 691 Member
    Daily.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    I do mine almost daily
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Daily
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've been doing daily for the past 2 years, but recently changed to every 3 days.
  • CasperNaegle
    CasperNaegle Posts: 936 Member
    Every morning first thing. I log it and track my seven day average. Your daily weight will bounce around quite a bit, don't let it bother you.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Every morning, after bathroom, before tea.
  • mysteps2beauty
    mysteps2beauty Posts: 493 Member
    Daily, am and pm. I record on a sheet of paper. It helps tie in what I ate/exercised the day before with the changes in my body. If it starts to trend up, then I evaluate what is it that's causing it. Kind of fun. Every 10 lbs, I will take a picture. It's fun for me.
  • billglitch
    billglitch Posts: 538 Member
    daily. i see the good the bad and the ugly. I weigh every morning and sometimes at night too just as a reference
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    Daily. I like more data points for trending and analysis.
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
    Once a week. Sometimes I go two weeks without weighing. Just depends.
  • peterbuller8
    peterbuller8 Posts: 155 Member
    daily but only log on a friday
  • Nickisa24
    Nickisa24 Posts: 19 Member
    I started out weighing in every day. In the morning, wearing just my underwear and after I've done my business. But now I know my trends and patterns, I probably weigh 3/4 times a week. Although for some reason I only take my Monday morning reading seriously and log that. The others are just to see that I'm on track iykwim?
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    Once a week on Sunday morning.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,333 Member
    NOT AT ALL ...yup...59 days of logging in and I'm down a size and getting smaller without weighing myself or logging my food. I decided this time I'm going make it my way.
    I dot want to log and weigh and measure each and every bite of food I eat. I know what I need to do..so I'll just do it. As for weighing.. I will at some point.. I just wanted to get off to a firm fabulous start and not give that self sabotage monster a bit of ammunition to thwart my goals just because I don't lose as fast as i think i should.

    side note.. i for sure would weigh each week once at goal so it doesn't creep back on...
  • BiggDaddy58
    BiggDaddy58 Posts: 406 Member
    Daily..it just seems to help you understand your body better and how weight fluctuates. I log my "official weight" every Monday a.m.
  • Red5092
    Red5092 Posts: 115 Member
    I weigh weekly on Sundays. I don't have time every morning to hit the scale. Plus, I don't want to see the number go up temporarily and start my day off badly.
  • andrea_nichol
    andrea_nichol Posts: 47 Member
    I weigh daily but don't worry about fluctuations. I base by progress on my weekly average. It helps me stay motivated.
  • agnatkowa
    agnatkowa Posts: 16 Member
    Daily, first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    Every morning
  • LynnBBQ72
    LynnBBQ72 Posts: 151 Member
    I will admit to weighing myself several times per day. I am fascinated by the tiny (or big) ups and downs and how they relate to what I ate, drank, or worked out. I'm also not devastated when I see a high number because I know it will inch down over the next couple of days. I love the data! When I was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, I tested my blood sugar several times per day, and learned a lot.

    The number I use as my "official" weekly weight is what I see on Thursday morning.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Daily.
    It's just a number and has no emotional overtones to me. I understand my normal fluctuations and can spot developing trends earlier.
  • fatgiraffe2
    fatgiraffe2 Posts: 73 Member
    Weekly, each Monday.
  • RogerToo
    RogerToo Posts: 16,157 Member
    ogtmama wrote: »
    Every morning, after bathroom, before tea.
    andrea_nichol wrote: »
    I weigh daily but don't worry about fluctuations. I base by progress on my weekly average. It helps me stay motivated.

    Hi
    As the people I quoted I do mine daily like ogtmama mentions and do not forget to weigh wearing the same thing to eliminate that variable.

    As Andrea says, I also do not worry about minor fluctuations. It is the overall trend that I take into consideration, especially as I have had as much as a 5 pound weight swing over two days after going with friends to a Chinese Buffet. Mainly Water weight from all the sodium in Chinese food :) It did take a week to get back to where I was that morning of the Buffet. However we all need a break where we can get out to see friends IMO. So I do not begrudge the effort of having to get back down.

    I Log my morning weights in a Ledger Book, Yup the old fashioned way. Then If I want to graph it I do not have to enter the weights every day :)

    Good Luck
    Roger
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    RogerToo wrote: »
    ogtmama wrote: »
    Every morning, after bathroom, before tea.
    andrea_nichol wrote: »
    I weigh daily but don't worry about fluctuations. I base by progress on my weekly average. It helps me stay motivated.

    Hi
    As the people I quoted I do mine daily like ogtmama mentions and do not forget to weigh wearing the same thing to eliminate that variable.

    As Andrea says, I also do not worry about minor fluctuations. It is the overall trend that I take into consideration, especially as I have had as much as a 5 pound weight swing over two days after going with friends to a Chinese Buffet. Mainly Water weight from all the sodium in Chinese food :) It did take a week to get back to where I was that morning of the Buffet. However we all need a break where we can get out to see friends IMO. So I do not begrudge the effort of having to get back down.

    I Log my morning weights in a Ledger Book, Yup the old fashioned way. Then If I want to graph it I do not have to enter the weights every day :)

    Good Luck
    Roger

    And by "wearing the same thing" I mean neckid! ;)
  • CasperNaegle
    CasperNaegle Posts: 936 Member
    I posted above that I weigh every day and here is a picture to show you why I do this and why I track my 7 day average. The orange line is my daily weight and the blue is my 7 day average. Weight loss is just so far from linear that you can see all kinds of results in your weight. The body retains and loses water, the timing of when you eat, etc. effect so much. ayz1b0yxoe2k.png
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