To Weigh Or Not To Weight

geminigemz90

Should I weigh or not weigh myself the day after eating at a restaurant. It seems counterintuitive to know that I would gain some weight but like It’s a habit to weigh yourself.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I weigh every day, it helps me understand the fluctuations.

try2again

Weighing daily is a good lesson in understanding how your body works. The weight you "gain" after one large/heavy carb/high sodium meal is not fat. It's a temporary water weight fluctuation (and possibly some extra volume in your digestive tract). So most people who weigh daily continue to do so, and continue to track the overall *trend* over many days/weeks. However, if you know seeing a higher number on the scale would send you into a spiral of depression (which based on what I've just mentioned, shouldn't), then I guess you might want to avoid it.

JaydedMiss

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

I weigh every day, it helps me understand the fluctuations.

this. I put on 10-15 pounds easy sometimes and its goood i know that. Also helps you see how it goes away and how long it takes. Data helps future freakouts, Assuming you wont freak out now id weigh in for sure

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livingleanlivingclean

You've started multiple "weighing" threads.

Weighing on weekends
Weighing on weekdays
Weighing on holidays
Weighing after eating high sodium
Weighing every day
Weighing weekly
Weight loss being linear etc etc....

Read the responses. Understand weight. Understand weight is not necessarily linked to fat and/or muscle. Understand you can't always control it. Then decide what you want to do. If you like weighing every day, do that. If you don't, don't. It makes no difference.

try2again

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

You've started multiple "weighing" threads.

Weighing on weekends
Weighing on weekdays
Weighing on holidays
Weighing after eating high sodium
Weighing every day
Weighing weekly
Weight loss being linear etc etc....

Read the responses. Understand weight. Understand weight is not necessarily linked to fat and/or muscle. Understand you can't always control it. Then decide what you want to do. If you like weighing every day, do that. If you don't, don't. It makes no difference.

Arghh!! I feel like it's taking advantage of people's time & good will to keep asking the same question!

Redordeadhead

Oh my god, you again with exactly the same question as your previous 5 threads....
Please stop.

psychod787

geminigemz90 wrote: »

Should I weigh or not weigh myself the day after eating at a restaurant. It seems counterintuitive to know that I would gain some weight but like It’s a habit to weigh yourself.

Weigh whenever the "KITTEN" you feel like it!

AnnPT77

Weigh yourself every day (unless you're traveling or something and literally can't). Just make it a habit, not a choice or decision. Just do it, every day. The number on the scale is just data, not a gauge of your value as a human being.

PAV8888

I'm pretty sure I've answered this question before. In a thread you've started.

It is good that you follow mfp forums.

Why don't you contribute even more by posting responses and participating in discussion started by others in addition to asking your own questions?

Lounmoun

I weigh every Sunday morning regardless of what I ate, exercise, my period, illness. The only reason I would not weigh on Sunday morning is if my scale broke or I were on vacation somewhere.
It is just routine like brushing my teeth or taking my vitamin.
If you don't want to weigh yourself then don't weigh yourself. There is no one making rules about it.

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