Question for those that weigh themselves daily

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  • claritea1
    claritea1 Posts: 23 Member
    edited February 2018
    I really like the averaging the week out and using that number
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    I enter my daily weight into mfp and Happy Scale, but I don't share my weight with anyone, really. If someone were to ask me how much I weigh, I'd give a rough average of my last few days, excluding any extreme highs or lows due to water, PMS, etc.

    For the past 7-10 days, my Happy Scale trend weight has been a good 1.5 lbs lower than my daily weight. The trend weight is just starting to go up, due to PMS the past week. So I feel like my trend weight is currently low and my real weight is currently high, so my true weight is somewhere in between.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I weigh every day and care the most for Monday, which is my way of saying that my worst days are the days I don't have workplace schedule to work with. Living home with my wife, kids, and pantry is where my struggle is, so focusing on my Monday weight seems to help me remind myself to stay on plan through the weekend.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Sunday AM is the only time that counts. Every other day is just to give me a rough idea of how I'm doing.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    mburgess458 wrote: »
    I don't really understand the need for an official weight or official weigh in day. You don't have a "real" or "official" weight. I weigh every day and think of my weight as a range. If someone asks me my weight I say "low 160's" since my weight fluctuates between 160-165. If I have to choose one number for a form or something I'll choose something in the middle like 162 or 163.

    Some folks have threads or check in groups here where they post to keep themselves accountable to others. So they pick a day and post their weight for others to see.

    Personal choice.
  • SteamPug
    SteamPug Posts: 262 Member
    My weight doesn’t fluctuate barely any, save for the occasional loss, then it stays completely the same for a few days, then a small drop.. and so on. Maybe my scale is awful?
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,304 Member
    edited February 2018
    Every time I weigh myself my weight gets updated to Fitbit, trendweight, and MFP.

    I don't often post weights. When I do, i tend to discuss both trending and scale weight

    When people ask i either respond with a range or give them my trending weight figure from trendweight.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    SteamPug wrote: »
    My weight doesn’t fluctuate barely any, save for the occasional loss, then it stays completely the same for a few days, then a small drop.. and so on. Maybe my scale is awful?

    Some scales will display the last result if the change isn't beyond some threshold. Stupid, but they are out there and I had one.

    Try stepping on the scale with one foot, stepping off and then weighing normally. See if that gives you a different number.
  • Fitnessmom82
    Fitnessmom82 Posts: 376 Member
    I log daily in Libra and only log in MFP when I have a loss of one pound or more. I make sure that one pound loss has been there a couple of days (give or take some ounces). Libra is definitely better for tracking loss!
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited February 2018
    claritea1 wrote: »
    I weigh myself every morning and use happy scale to see the trend. Of course, my daily weight goes up-and-down, but is on a general downward trend. Wednesday is my official weigh-day where I update MFP and update my friends on IG. The problem is, I may have my very lowest weight on a Saturday and then my weight might go back up 3 pounds Wednesday. So my question for those that weigh every day, do you use your lowest weight of the week for the official loss or do you use the actual? Thanks!

    No if you hand pick out your favorite weight then that is kind of ignoring the point that over time any noise from fluctuation will cancel out (ie for every high there is a low) and over time you will see the underlying trend. Just don't obsess over the day to day values, just record them to track the overall trend over time.

    Alternatively you could use a moving average if you really want a number to look at every day.
  • Decapins
    Decapins Posts: 49 Member
    The problem of logging your lowest weight is that its then annoying to see 2 lbs more on the scale. I was probably unnaturally low that one day.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    If asked about my weight on any given day, I usually give them my trend weight on that day. I don't have an official weigh-in day and my scale logs the weight for me into MFP daily, so I don't need to update it manually. I don't have IG, but the weight you post in IG doesn't really matter, just post whatever you want depending if you want a little ego boost, want to be factual to the day by posting your weight on that day, or if you feel averages are good enough like I do when asked.
  • SteamPug
    SteamPug Posts: 262 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    SteamPug wrote: »
    My weight doesn’t fluctuate barely any, save for the occasional loss, then it stays completely the same for a few days, then a small drop.. and so on. Maybe my scale is awful?

    Some scales will display the last result if the change isn't beyond some threshold. Stupid, but they are out there and I had one.

    Try stepping on the scale with one foot, stepping off and then weighing normally. See if that gives you a different number.

    Mine isn’t a digital scale, and I’ve tried that technique, plus stepping on/off and in different places around the room. It’s very weird. I don’t have any fluctuations through my entire monthly cycle. Or I do but my scale isn’t catching them? It just seems weird that it would go down as expected but otherwise be completely consistent and linear.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I don't understand the question. Tell people whatever you want to tell them. Why does it matter?

    I've been weighing myself daily and have been logging that data in MFP and Excel daily for 21 months.

    Just started using Libra a couple of months ago and had to back-enter 19 months of data because I couldn't import it from Excel.

    I run a 7, 15 and 30 day moving average on Excel and Libra reports a "trend" of unknown duration (or method of calculation) which is never the same as the moving averages calculated on Excel.

    So, regardless of the data source, my weight (whether actual, an Excel moving ave or Libra) are all different. Similiar (w/in a small range) but different nonetheless.

    If asked, I'd just give the weight which most closely fits what my weight has been w/in the past 2 weeks rounded to the closest whole number.

    Over the past 12 months, this has been 158 but over the past 2 weeks it has dropped to 156.



  • amlelas68
    amlelas68 Posts: 69 Member
    I weigh my self daily as well . I log everyday unless it stays the same.
  • bellaesprita000
    bellaesprita000 Posts: 384 Member
    I also weigh myself everyday, even before I found and downloaded Libra. I'm in a weekly weigh-in challenge to keep myself on track and set my "official weigh-in" day on Fridays. I enter whatever I weigh on Friday morning in the morning (naked, after I've used the bathroom, and before I eat anything).

    Besides my mfp friends, I don't talk about my daily or weekly weights online or in person.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    When I see a new low then I will log it on MFP and use that as the goal to beat. I log my ups and downs on Libra to see the trend.
  • OldHobo
    OldHobo Posts: 647 Member
    I get out of bed, pee, then weigh myself. Sunday morning weight gets entered in the check-in.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I weigh daily but because I'm in maintenance I only change my MFP weight status when I have been up or down by more than 3 lb for a week...very rare.
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    I use my lowest weight on a 10 day trending. I use happy scale. Of course if I go a couple of weeks and don’t see that number again, that’s a different story...
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    claritea1 wrote: »
    I weigh myself every morning and use happy scale to see the trend. Of course, my daily weight goes up-and-down, but is on a general downward trend. Wednesday is my official weigh-day where I update MFP and update my friends on IG. The problem is, I may have my very lowest weight on a Saturday and then my weight might go back up 3 pounds Wednesday. So my question for those that weigh every day, do you use your lowest weight of the week for the official loss or do you use the actual? Thanks!

    Lowest day of the week.
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    alyssa_rest wrote: »
    I weigh daily and add that to Happy Scale. I only log lows on Myfitnesspal. I'm not sure why... makes me feel better? Lol

    Same here.... I don’t want to get likes on my feed for losing the same ounce I lost a few days ago. It makes the new lows feel special to me.

  • LittleMissCreative2018
    LittleMissCreative2018 Posts: 2 Member
    Don’t weigh daily. There is no need. Once a week is much more motivating.
  • SweatsOnSunday
    SweatsOnSunday Posts: 514 Member
    I weigh-in most mornings and put it on the calendar. Its easier for me to see a trend, whether its going up or down. And also acknowledge the effects of alcohol and fast food lunches, and recognize the benefits of a few great workout days in a row, etc.

  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    I put my weight into MFP every day. If I was just weighing once per week I would use that day, whatever the scale. After all, it's about the overall trend, right?

    My lightest days are usually Sundays and Mondays. A week at the office leads to a bit more water weight gain, that is mostly gone by Sunday again.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    LittleMissCreative2018 wrote: »
    Don’t weigh daily. There is no need. Once a week is much more motivating.

    People do it for data collection. Weight can fluctuate, and it's motivating to see a downward trend without paying too much attention to weight going up sometimes. With weekly weighing some people can get discouraged because they haven't lost weight and not even know that they actually did, but their weekly weigh in happened to fall on a day where they were retaining water.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    LittleMissCreative2018 wrote: »
    Don’t weigh daily. There is no need. Once a week is much more motivating.

    People do it for data collection. Weight can fluctuate, and it's motivating to see a downward trend without paying too much attention to weight going up sometimes. With weekly weighing some people can get discouraged because they haven't lost weight and not even know that they actually did, but their weekly weigh in happened to fall on a day where they were retaining water.

    Data collection can have it's pros and cons of course. I know how my weight fluctuates throughout the week. Last week I was suddenly gaining 'weight' beyond the usual water weight. It really confused me, but instead of reaching the right conclusion, namely that I was developing a stomach bug I first doubted my logging, then thought I'd eaten rotten food. The obvious thing for me: getting sick and it might be a good idea to slow down a bit just didn't occur to me :#
  • SuzieQ789
    SuzieQ789 Posts: 8 Member
    edited February 2018
    SteamPug wrote: »
    My weight doesn’t fluctuate barely any, save for the occasional loss, then it stays completely the same for a few days, then a small drop.. and so on. Maybe my scale is awful?

    I want your scale! :D
  • vermilionflower
    vermilionflower Posts: 29 Member
    I log weight whenever it goes down. So let's say Friday says 150.6 & I log that. Then it fluxuates up on Saturday and Sunday. Then down to 150.2 on Monday, I'll log that on Monday.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    friday is my log day. thats the weight i use.
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