Do you weigh yourself when you KNOW you've gained?

e_v_v
e_v_v Posts: 131 Member
edited November 19 in Motivation and Support
I weigh myself every Monday morning. However, this past week I know I dropped the ball and gained rather than lost weight. Debating not weighing myself tomorrow to save myself some self-esteem. Is it just me?
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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Daily weigh-ins here as well. I prefer to know exactly how my body responds to various changes in foods. Data points are incredibly useful; the more you have, the better position you are in to make adjustments.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Yes. I weigh in daily, but only count for logging purposes Sunday AM first thing after using the washroom.

    Weight loss (and gain) isn't linear. I took a diet break and ate at maintenance for 2 weeks and lost over 2 lbs. The week later I went back to deficit and gained 0.2. If I hadn't been weighing in all along, I might have been bummed over the gain instead of seeing it as 'took my body a little time to register the extra calories, but I shouldn't be shocked. Normal fluctuation. Moving right along here...'
  • gymprincess1234
    gymprincess1234 Posts: 493 Member
    I weight myself before PMS and after period bloat has gone, basically 2x a month :smiley:
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I weigh once a week no matter what I think my weight has done. I have been wrong sometimes about thinking I gained or lost.
    Weight goes up and down normally. IME it is better to just face it without a lot of emotion. My weight was up 3 lbs from last week probably just from my period. I didn't love seeing it but I understand it and move forward.
  • junodog1
    junodog1 Posts: 4,792 Member
    Yep, weigh daily.
  • 12774
    12774 Posts: 1,416 Member
    richardgavel wrote: »
    I weigh every day and seeing every rise and fall has desensitized me to the number on an individual day or two. Plus more data means I can spot a trend quicker.

    Totally agree with you!
  • richardpkennedy1
    richardpkennedy1 Posts: 1,890 Member
    Go for it. Take your punishment!
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    Yes, because avoiding the truth doesn't make it go away. I'm up on the scale by a lot today. It can serve as a reminder that I pay for my tomfoolery.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Don't see the point in avoiding your weigh in - learn from it and put it in perspective instead.
    Use it as motivation perhaps?

    It's really just data, what you weigh at one single point in time. That's it, not success or failure or shameful - just a number.
  • angel7472
    angel7472 Posts: 317 Member
    everyday for the most part. Been taking a hiatus from working out and have put on 5 pounds after almost a month. Know that eventually gotta get back at it but, ya know... sunshine and all. Wanna enjoy it before its gone in October B)
  • leanitup123
    leanitup123 Posts: 489 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I weigh EVERYDAY regardless. It's being HONEST with yourself. It also helps one to realize that they can't eat like they did to cause it. Lol, I ate half a large pizza yesterday and KNEW I'd be up a pound. Weighed in and yup, a pound.

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    Weighing everyday helps putting it all in perspective. If I'm up 4 pounds compared to the day prior, I KNOW it's water weight and that number will be different the next day. Even if the number is higher, it gives me a peice of mind.
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  • Macy9336
    Macy9336 Posts: 694 Member
    I weigh myself every other day because I'm doing laundry and the scale is there in the utility room. I never avoid the scale. I figure if there's a creep of weight, best to know sooner rather than later. After all bad news is not like wine, it doesn't get better with age.
  • mom2kateRH
    mom2kateRH Posts: 178 Member
    Yep. Get on the scale and face the music. It may not be as bad as you think. But even if it is bad, well, now you know. I don't weigh daily, but twice weekly.
  • Luna3386
    Luna3386 Posts: 888 Member
    I weigh daily. It helps keep me accountable. And it's just a number now, a data point, I log it in libra and move on.
  • Charlene_1985
    Charlene_1985 Posts: 122 Member
    I travel a lot for work but I weigh and log every day that I am home. My weight fluctuates between 117-122. I've just realized that's what happens with me- I'm sure traveling makes that spread larger than what someone else may experience but it has allowed me to accept that's my "normal". Above 122 and I'll eat better for a few days, below 117 and I know to eat a bit more.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I weigh almost daily and track my weight on a trend app. I admit, sometimes after an indulgent/surplus weekend, no I don't bother since I know all that water and food weight will there. And if I do, depending on how inflated it is, I may not enter it into Libra.. I know what's the point of a trend app if I do that but I will just weigh the next day and add that more accurate data point instead.

    My most accurate data point is Friday before the weekend. I find Monday weigh ins to be too inflated because of the extra food (since I calorie cycle and my high days are Sat and Sun)
  • bigmuneymfp
    bigmuneymfp Posts: 2,235 Member
    Yes I weigh everyday no matter what
  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    I don't weigh daily, usually weekly. I do weigh, and usually it's a good check in to realize I may have gained a little, but it isn't 10 pounds or something.
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    Every day - first thing in the morning after voiding. I'm going to challenge the notion that you can feel if you're heavier or not. Your body is ~55-65% water to begin with and you don't see any noticeable change is weight that quickly on a metric that matters, so what people get concerned about is water weight fluctuations, which is nothing to be concerned about.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I weigh most days regardless - for example this morning I knew I'd be up possibly 1lb as I ate out yesterday...and yep that was the case, but by Wed I'll be back to normal... weight fluctuates for a host of reasons but when you know the hows and the whys its just 'noise' :smiley:
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    Also a daily weigher but more because it's interesting to see how a high day full of carbs can affect my weight even though overall I'm still in a weekly deficit. I regularly eat about 1600 but on occasion I will have 2500 cals... and once I hit protein and fat it's ALL from carbs so my glycogen jumps big time. I can see a 3-4lb gain on the scale the next day and actually have still lost .5lbs of fat according to thermodynamics so it's really just a curiosity for me.
  • heavensshadow
    heavensshadow Posts: 264 Member
    I weigh regularly, regardless of "dropping the ball", to keep myself in check with reality. I do not, however, always log the weight in MFP. Even if I slip and it takes much longer to lose a pound, seeing the downward trend in MFP from where I started helps keep me from giving up. *shrug*
  • DasItMan91
    DasItMan91 Posts: 5,753 Member
    I weigh every Friday and something Saturday too, if I weighed myself everyday I go crazy. And yes I do weigh myself when I feel like I've gained.
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