How Often Do You Weigh Yourself?

MishDini

I don't have a working scale at home so I am relying on the scales at my local doctors surgery (which are going to be much more accurate as they have recently had them all calibrated). I have ordered some new batteries for my home scales but I know they don't work well and can change by a number of kgs with the slightest movement on the floor, so they are pretty useless . So, I am just going on how my clothes fit on me and how I am feeling (Little Miss Blobby today or Miss Pert and Trim, hmm? ). I did do Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers and the CSIRO diets and they all suggested once per week and no more.

Fisah17

Every day until I finish losing my final 10 lbs then I will probably taper off to once a week when I figure out how many calories I can eat to maintain my weight. I just started changing my eating habits over the past 4 months which is not long enough for me to NOT revert to my old ways. Trying to really be disciplined. I have no issues working out, its actually a stress reliever for me...and so is chocolate. See the problem

socajam

"Every morning I empty my bladder, take off all my clothes and weigh myself. Then I accept whatever weight I am without judgement". - copied from above,

I started doing this from February this year, and it has helped to keep me on track.

Danp

I weight myself first thing each morning, wearing only boxers and after doing my business, and record that in a spreadsheet
I take the average weight from that weeks daily weigh ins and record that in MFP as an 'official' weigh in.

I do however weigh myself pretty much every time I go in the bathroom in a state of undress because I find weight fluctuations fascinating rather than devastating.

sdolan91

Every morning after I go to the bathroom and I'm nekkid
I feel weird if I don't weigh myself for the day
I like to see the fluctuations that make no sense to me lol

JoAnna4731

I weigh every day, mostly out of curiosity and totally without judgement. However, what I log is probably unorthodox. I only log the weight when it reflects a loss - my graph looks like a completely linear weight loss pattern - I have the same exact weight every day for two weeks at a time, and then a few days of dipping down. The reason I do this is pretty much a mind game - if I was 162 yesterday, and today I am at 163, I know intellectually (as long as I am adhering to my calorie goals, which I have been) that I DID NOT gain a pound of fat overnight. I must still really be 162, but there is water retention, food waste, etc. still in my system. So I see no reason to log the little ups and downs. Yesterday and today, I hit my new low of 160.5. Tomorrow, if I am at 161.5, it was not because I gained fat, and if someone were to ask me my weight, I would say 160.5 :-) Convoluted? Perhaps. But it works for me (9.5 lbs down so far!)

szkasha

I weigh myself every morning when I wake up and have used the bathroom. I don't pay much attention to the number though. I just let it sink to my phone and then it'll give me a weekly average. I'm lucky enough that I've never had a lot of issues with the scale or food, so I can weigh myself and even if it's +/- 3 it doesn't ruin my day or anything. It's all about that long term trend and my current goal.

KatieNicole95

I used to do it every day and I found that if my weight fluctuated and it was up, I tended to eat more that day because I felt like giving up, so I have now started every week.

tmaths

Twice a month

For me I can tell when I'm losing weight because clothes that were tight fit better, have more energy and feel less lethargic when I walk

ConnieT1030

As you can see, whatever works for a person with their lifestyle and personality, so you won't freak about it. There's no "wrong" way and no "right" way, except what works for you. If daily is a stress, do it less. If waiting too long messes you up, do it more.

For me, I prefer daily- and I suggest anyone doing daily also use a weight tracking app (Libra is popular for Android) because it gives you the "trend" line, that is, it helps smooth out the highs and lows because we know water/etc makes weight variable, not just food, so you can see whether your weight actually is heading up or down, or maintaining over a longer period.
I would much rather see when something causes a (relatively) big difference than be shocked several days later, when its harder to compensate for or correct.

When I actually log it in mfp, well that depends when I feel like it or remember it lol

AuroraErratic

Every day, only because it helps keep me mindful.

tomedog

I weigh in every Friday morning. I stopped weighing in daily because there were days I did not lose anything. I have found that I lose about 1.5 to 2lbs per week on average.

tinak33

I weigh myself every morning. But I track it only once a week on MFP.
It's mostly just to keep myself in check, and see where I'm at. I am down 45 lbs so far!

catherineg3

JamesEfird wrote: »

I go against "common practice" too. I weigh myself every morning, and every night. And I'm a bit of a nerd... So, I enter the weight, BF%, and BMI (cheap but fancy-ish scale) numbers into a spreadsheet which then averages out each day. Then all of the daily averages for a week get averaged out again. And those weekly averages are the numbers I really pay attention to. I can lose/gain as much as five pounds in one day, and keep up with the averages is the best way for me to track what my body is really doing.

I always weigh first thing in the morning after peeing, so there should be some consistency, but I still see ups and downs of more than a pound. I think once a week is good, but I'm not very systematic about it. I like this idea of taking a weekly average to track progress. Would be more accurate than only weighing in once per week.

lois1231

Every morning. Sometimes I lose weight sometimes I gain a little but that is okay as long as it continues to follow an overall downward trend.

urloved33

daily

pamfin

I weigh myself daily and record it on my Fitbit app. I record once a week on here (on a friday). It helps me see a trend and monthly fluctuations (I'm up 1.5lbs today on Wednesday but I'm mid cycle so I know it's ovulation gain and am not stressing about it). It's just numbers and, as long as long as I continue to log accurately etc, I know they'll go in the right direction eventually.

Nama_Slay

amandawhatup62 wrote: »

I weigh myself every Sunday... That may be too often, but I used to weigh myself every week in high school and that led to nothing but horrible things! Is once a week too often??

Rarely! Scale measures everything ( water , fat, muscle etc) body fluctuates day to day, even hours to hours, my best tool is my measuring tape, how my clothes fit, and my food diary( logging honestly and logging everything)!

HeidiMightyRawr

I see once a week as pretty reasonable, and it seems to be the most common. I usually weigh once a week, sometimes twice.

I think what matters more than how often, is your attitude to it and relationship with scale weight. If you can weigh frequently and take it for what it is / not get too hung up on a number then fine. If mentally weighing less often is more beneficial for you then do that.

Ultimately, we all have fluctuations and several things can influence how much you weigh at that time, so weighing more often can obviously show more of an up and down, which is not just going to be fat or muscle. If you can deal with that, do what makes you happy.

hroderick

every morning, second thing, with the same (no)thing on

sorrias123

I weigh daily to keep myself on track. Each morning on empty stomach/bladder. I currently average about half pound loss daily. In 19 days, I've lost 8 pounds. It's really whatever works for each individual. This works for me.

ekim2016

every morning at 6:45 am Pacific time

slovany

Once per week..same time..usually in the morning before breakfast.

tiffuhnee13

Every Monday morning at the same time

Polybius1981

I also weigh myself every Sunday. I feel like once per week shows the most significant changes when you've made progress.

I found when I was weighing myself daily I'd get discouraged due to weight fluctuations now I just get discouraged on my rest day, work out my emotion and head back to the gym the next day haha.