Thoughts on daily weigh in

2»

Replies

  • ZRunner5Lulaica
    ZRunner5Lulaica Posts: 168 Member
    I weigh daily because I'm a data junkie and just want to see the success (or damages if I was having a rough day with eating), but I only long once a week. It also helps me build the habit of doing it and accepting where I am, even if it's not where I want to be.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    Because my scale sits right in front of my microwave, I weigh several times a day, don't write it down, really don't look anymore, but it's amazing how much your weight fluctuates in a day. Usual things you imagine, eat a meal, gain a pound; go to the bathroom, lose a pound. But also, take a nap, weigh immediately, don't eat, drink, use the bathroom, just walk around a little, gain a pound. Weight at this exact moment doesn't mean much at all. I definitely use a weight averager and don't sweat the small stuff.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    I weigh in daily but only log my weigh once a week on Fridays. I use the Libra app to track daily I gives me a picture of the trends and fluctuations. when you weigh daily you have to have thick skin as the fluctuations can be maddening at times and unless you can take it as a personal challenge and uses a gain as motivation to better, it will make you crazy and lead to self sabotage. Everyone is different in that aspect. I rely heavily on my body measurements and transformation pics more than I do on the number of the scale. From New Years eve morning to New Years day early evening, I gained 6.8lbs OVERNIGHT... today I am down that 6.8lbs plus an additional 1.2lbs. Find what works for you and go with it... Good luck!
  • goddessecouture
    goddessecouture Posts: 17 Member
    I find I get a much more accurate idea of where I am and where I'm trending with daily weigh ins at the same time (morning pre-food or drink, post-potty). I expect fluctuations within a small range, so they don't bother me, and it keeps me on track a lot better when I'm conscious of it every day.
  • Ryansworld84
    Ryansworld84 Posts: 83 Member
    Any of you have a wifi scare that automatically logs for you? The data nerd in me would want to weigh every day for the info :P
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    Ryansworld84 wrote: »
    Any of you have a wifi scare that automatically logs for you? The data nerd in me would want to weigh every day for the info :P

    unless it exported to excel so I could tinker with it, that wouldn't do me any good. Using google sheets is seamless enough for me; have my spreadsheet loaded up, put my weight in as soon as I weigh and do the rest of the number crunching on a computer. I track my daily calories that way for the same reason, the MFP exporting tools don't do much for me.
  • Ryansworld84
    Ryansworld84 Posts: 83 Member
    Maybe I should make a website for the data junkie such as yourself!
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Ryansworld84 wrote: »
    Any of you have a wifi scare that automatically logs for you? The data nerd in me would want to weigh every day for the info :P

    Withings scale I found in a clearance bin (still wasn't cheap). I step on it almost daily (have missed the odd day).

    Pee, step on it, wait for the BF% to show and go let the dogs out. Shows up in Trendweight, Garming Connect, MFP but for some reason isn't showing up in Libra for a couple of weeks now, so I look at it in trendweight.com.

    Just tried and I can cut and paste from the trendweight site back at least a year, so if I want it in Excel there is no issue.
  • Ryansworld84
    Ryansworld84 Posts: 83 Member
    edited January 2018
    You can capture any data you want with their API:

    https://developer.health.nokia.com/api?_ga=2.106042819.1599420344.1515015894-656425649.1515015894

    Provided you some some programming you can customized your own data feed and have it exported to whatever you want or just save it on a webserver as a spreadsheet.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    I do weigh each morning to track urine output mainly plus it is the way I count net CICO so as to be able to successfully skip calorie counting at my age. :) I typically eat around 50 grams of carbs daily but I just compute that too my weighing myself daily. Making sure I stay hydrated is one of the keys of my pain management success.
  • sssgilbe
    sssgilbe Posts: 89 Member
    Your body has its own pattern for losing weight and only daily weigh-ins will show it to you. I drop 2 lbs, slowly gain back 1+, then suddenly drop another 2 over a 10 day period, for an average (according to Libra) of 1.4 pounds a week. Weekly weighing would miss this.

    Try daily weighing and tracking on your HS ap and I'll bet you'll see your own pattern within 2-3 months.

    If you also use the Check-In and Report features on MFP, look at the 90 day chart. That will put your loss into perspective with your starting point. When you hit 90 days, start looking at the 180 day chart.
  • sssgilbe
    sssgilbe Posts: 89 Member
    steveko89 wrote: »
    Calliope610 wrote: »
    I weigh myself, naked and unafraid, every morning right after i visit the bathroom.

    The unafraid piece is something I feel gets overlooked when discussing daily weighing. Whenever someone posts about having anxiety and/or frustration over their weekly or monthly weigh-ins one of the first comments is almost invariably to weigh less frequently to hypothetically show more difference between each measurement and thus make it more encouraging experience. However, I think this continues to foster the event-based attitude towards hopping on the scale; if weight is recorded daily this action becomes habit/routine, the noisy nature of the data is more apparent and the subsequent anxiety of weighing should subside in days or weeks instead of months of infrequent scale use.

    You are very wise.

    Every morning when I step on the scale I tell myself, "It's just a data point, it's just a data point, it's just a data point." Then I can forget about it. Weekly weighings were 6 days of stress for me waiting for the 7th day of judgment, then celebration or despair depending on the results. Daily weighing and Libra's trend line keeps me on an even keel.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
    I ordinarily weigh daily, but lately I've been skipping the weigh in because it's so cold in my garage where I keep my scale. It's one of the huge, old-school doctor scales, and too big and ugly for the bathroom.
  • Angie_au
    Angie_au Posts: 42 Member
    edited January 2018
    sssgilbe wrote: »

    You are very wise.

    Every morning when I step on the scale I tell myself, "It's just a data point, it's just a data point, it's just a data point." Then I can forget about it. Weekly weighings were 6 days of stress for me waiting for the 7th day of judgment, then celebration or despair depending on the results. Daily weighing and Libra's trend line keeps me on an even keel.

    Yes that used to be me exactly! That’s why I’m going to try daily now :smiley:
  • Angie_au
    Angie_au Posts: 42 Member
    Overwhelmed by the number of responses overnight! Thanks everyone! I’m not going to let the numbers discourage me but rather motivate me to keep going and I’m interested to see the data from recording daily. I think the most important check for me is whether I’m eating within my calorie limit. Coz if calorie in<calorie out then I should lose weight right! :blush:

Categories