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    How often do you weight?

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    • Posts: 4 Member
      I use trendweight and a Fitbit Aria scale, so I weigh in every day to make sure my trend is most accurate!
    • Posts: 139 Member
      I used to go to Weight Watchers and they preached about weighing once a week. The problem is, if I lose focus or drive during the week, I eat more. I'd do great the first half of the week, get bored and then lax. When I weighed myself that one day, I would be angry if I gained and unhappy if I lost because it was only a few ounces for the whole week! I find weighing myself every other day works great! If I lose, it gives me motivation to do more. If I gain, I know I have to be more diligent with food and exercise more.

      Good luck!!
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Every day! Keeps me informed of what to avoid and want to eat. Also I'm slightly obsessive!
    • Posts: 131 Member
      I try to weigh and log every morning before as soon as I get up from bed. I do it often enough that some times if I forget my 5 year old will remind me while he is getting ready for school. I do not worry too much about the day to day number but figure this way I can get an average every week of what my weight is.
    • Posts: 812 Member
      katsheare wrote: »
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      I may need to make a T-shirt that says that...

      I have a t-shirt that says I <3 graphs :)
    • Posts: 22 Member
      usually daily and then avg it for the week. I also take progress pics each week ,same day, same sports bra/bottoms, and first thing in the morning.. I find this a better gauge sometimes then scale weight
    • Posts: 79 Member
      edited October 2017
      I was weighing myself every day but that felt slightly unhealthy and obsessive. Recently sprained my ankle so I haven't been able to weigh myself (plus aunt flow visited) and now I feel off my game. I've been pretty sedentary and feel terrible.... and I can't even see if I'm at least maintaining or not. Ughhhh.

      But I digress. It's typically every other day.
    • Posts: 414 Member
      edited October 2017
      neilgib28 wrote: »
      Daily, same time everyday (just after I wake up) and trend in spreadsheet / Libra. Accept that your weight will fluctuate on a daily basis, more important to look at the trend over multiple weeks and adjust as necessary. Patience and consistency are your friend..... :D

      and look for that new lowest weight number. If you don't weigh in daily, you may miss that!
    • Posts: 184 Member
      I weigh every day, and record it on libra to see trends. But, I'm a scientist and like charts and graphs with lots of data points.
    • Posts: 14 Member
      WOAH!!! The majority of you said to weigh every day and I am very glad I did! Apparently my scale decided to go a little crazy this morning saying that I had lost 20 lbs over night. I wish...so I made sure it wasn't on the edge of the rug, re-calibrated it, and checked again. I actually had gained .2 lbs, which is much more reasonable. I checked it a few times afterwards, gave me the exact same reading, but I'm going to pay more attention from now on and probably check my weight twice each morning to make sure my scale isn't going crazy again.

      Also, a few people mentioned "happy scale" where would I find that?
    • Posts: 4,286 Member
      Andrilla87 wrote: »
      WOAH!!! The majority of you said to weigh every day and I am very glad I did! Apparently my scale decided to go a little crazy this morning saying that I had lost 20 lbs over night. I wish...so I made sure it wasn't on the edge of the rug, re-calibrated it, and checked again. I actually had gained .2 lbs, which is much more reasonable. I checked it a few times afterwards, gave me the exact same reading, but I'm going to pay more attention from now on and probably check my weight twice each morning to make sure my scale isn't going crazy again.

      Also, a few people mentioned "happy scale" where would I find that?

      Exactly :p Learn to find comfort in knowing your body and its fluctuations. Its empowering to know tht stuff - and you wont get over excited or heart broken if something off happens :p
    • Posts: 1,092 Member
      I set days to weigh as mini goals and in between just do what I have to do.
    • Posts: 531 Member
      Andrilla87 wrote: »
      WOAH!!! The majority of you said to weigh every day and I am very glad I did! Apparently my scale decided to go a little crazy this morning saying that I had lost 20 lbs over night. I wish...so I made sure it wasn't on the edge of the rug, re-calibrated it, and checked again. I actually had gained .2 lbs, which is much more reasonable. I checked it a few times afterwards, gave me the exact same reading, but I'm going to pay more attention from now on and probably check my weight twice each morning to make sure my scale isn't going crazy again.

      Also, a few people mentioned "happy scale" where would I find that?

      In the App store if you have an iPhone. If your have an Android look in the Google play store for Libra. Or use trendweight.com.
    • Posts: 24 Member
      I started using Happy Scale daily about ten days ago. It was really fun at first, then I noticed I have a habit of days long plateaus. As I'm just starting to weigh daily, it definitely is a mind game. I feel like I've been stalled forever, but then have to come back to reality and know that a week ago I dropped a significant amount. What's hard at the moment is that Happy Scale still shows my "moving average" as a pound less than where I am today, I think due to that significant drop last week. It's frustrating and makes me feel like my actual loss is too slow. I think once I get more readings (a month of daily) it will be easier to adjust to, and overall I think daily weigh ins are positive for me. I was getting waaay to caught up about what would happen on Saturdays.
    • Posts: 9 Member
      Every morning.
    • Posts: 376 Member
      I weigh myself every time I am at the gym, so 5 days a week here. I wasn't a fan of doing that at first but now it helps me understand what foods or drinks have an effect on my body. Plus I'm learning all about normal fluctuations and when they tend to occur for me. I thought daily weigh ins would make me obsessed with the number but it's actually done the opposite. I don't stress it nearly as much!
    • Posts: 5,966 Member
      I’ve been using happy scale and weighing myself every day, unless I forget. It’s somewhat interesting.
    • Posts: 935 Member
      So I weigh myself everyday, but I only log my weight every Monday morning, if there is a weight loss. How often do you guys log your weight?
    • Posts: 2,383 Member
      Around 4-7 times a week. I log it into my Libra to track my progress.
    • Posts: 935 Member
      toxikon wrote: »
      Around 4-7 times a week. I log it into my Libra to track my progress.

      Ok, so if you weigh yourself 2 times in a day, you only log the 1 time..right?
    • Posts: 2,383 Member
      karintalley wrote: »
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      Ok, so if you weigh yourself 2 times in a day, you only log the 1 time..right?

      Sorry, I should've specified. Only once per day, always first thing in the morning (after a bathroom visit). Sometimes I do it every day of the week, sometimes only a few.
    • Posts: 19 Member
      I have been weighing myself first thing in the morning on Friday and am only logging if I lose weight. I am considering changing to weighing and logging daily but I really like seeing the downward graph line! :)
    • Posts: 3,574 Member
      I weigh myself everyday at the same time everyday. I only update MyFitnessPal once a week but I put my daily weights into my Libra app
    • Posts: 935 Member
      wizzybeth wrote: »
      I weigh myself everyday at the same time everyday. I only update MyFitnessPal once a week but I put my daily weights into my Libra app

      You know, I think I'm going to do that as well. Only update MFP once a week, but log my weight in Libra everyday.
      I need to download it first. Step 1!
    • Posts: 894 Member
      edited February 2018
      Definitely daily. I like to see the fluctuations and trends as well. I bought a Nokia scale and it updates to the app, I have it connected to another app, my weight, which I love. It gives you lots of information on BMI and calories too. I find it very motivating also, if it's up or down, either way it motivates me to try harder or keep going. I like to see the graph and know what causes fluctuations and I find it helps to not cause panic with the fluctuations. I log my weight here on Sunday mornings.
    • Posts: 2,111 Member
      Daily and I use trendweight to track fluctuations
    • Posts: 175 Member
      Everyday here.
    • Posts: 384 Member
      Daily and track on android app Libra
    • Posts: 85 Member
      I use a weight guru scale, so I try to weigh every morning. It shows graphs and averages. For example, in January I averaged 126.9 lbs and in February I'm averaging 124. I really suggest using any app with weight graphs and averages! If anyone is interested in a new scale, I recommend the weight gurus bluetooth scale. It will sync multiples days at a time if you forget to log it or connect.
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