How often do you weigh in?

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  • Mirasaki
    Mirasaki Posts: 27 Member
    I weigh myself once a month so I don't get too obsessed. It also helps me to feel good when the number is larger because I've waited longer :smile: seeing you've lost 6lbs in a month is more impactful than seeing 1.5 lbs :smile:
  • Livhere
    Livhere Posts: 141 Member
    edited September 2019
    pontious11349 wrote: »
    I rarely step on the scale. I don't stress about the scale I just think its irrelevant for my goals. Weight Gain is not Fat Gain.

    Your weight will naturally fluctuate depending on: salt intake, water intake, stress, poop, menstrual cycle.

    I think most folk (perhaps just me?) are more concerned about how much fat they see when they look in the mirror or how their clothes feel etc. So for me the scale is not the right tool to measure this. Instead I take monthly progress pics.

    If your really are determined to use the scale then think of it as simply collecting data. Dont get strung up on your number on any given day - its data. Measure the 1st of month vs 1st of last month, 2nd vs 2nd etc. This will more accurately identify your trend rather than weighing once every month. Big gaps between weighing could discourage you if you see that you have gained 4 lbs...BUT... in reality you just had bacon washed down with a gallon of water and still need to go to the bathroom whilst your stressing about what the scale says...not to mention you are due your period :) Just relax.

    Hope this helps.


    Aww fingers crossed you can some get your results again soon! your body is probably just adjusting to the changes. I think I paid $13 on Amazon for our digital scale. It doesn't connect to WiFi or do anything special, but I like it.
  • pontious11349
    pontious11349 Posts: 105 Member
    [/quote] Aww fingers crossed you can some get your results again soon! your body is probably just adjusting to the changes. I think I paid $13 on Amazon for our digital scale. It doesn't connect to WiFi or do anything special, but I like it. [/quote]

    Monthly progress pics, working out and not eating like an unsupervised child has got me my results. Not the scale. I think you picked me up wrong.
  • Livhere
    Livhere Posts: 141 Member
    edited September 2019
    @pontious11349 lol so sorry! I meant to click on @Emmapatterson1729 quote she made. Don't know what happened there😅
  • pdmatthews
    pdmatthews Posts: 37 Member
    Tues and Sat here. Tues because that’s when my training week starts and i keep an eye on my lifts as % of bodyweight. Sat - just to flatten any fluctuations I see over time.
  • CardinalComb
    CardinalComb Posts: 66 Member
    I weigh myself twice a day, before and after i poop. HAA
  • hmhill17
    hmhill17 Posts: 283 Member
    Early on I weighted myself randomly. Since the conditions were different every time, that had weird fluctuations, which was very disconcerting.

    Now just Monday and Friday morning after I walk. I use it to see if I made any progress during the week and to motivate myself to be good during the weekend when I have less time to exercise.

    Once I've been tracking and exercising for a month, I'm going to add measurements.
  • firefoxxie
    firefoxxie Posts: 381 Member
    Everyday. I just like having a ton of data on my progress chart. 😊 It's helping me learn how my weight fluctuates depending on the foods I eat. (sugary, salty) I'm going to start doing actual body measurements along with the scale weight.
  • angiesjourney
    angiesjourney Posts: 66 Member
    I weigh daily but only log it every Friday. Measure once a month
  • kristenmary70
    kristenmary70 Posts: 55 Member
    I have done a daily weigh-in, but found that it was affecting me negatively. If my weight was higher than yesterday, I would practically starve myself to get back down. If my weight was lower than yesterday (which it usually was due to the starvation!) I would use it as an excuse for a free-for-all! So my weight was fluctuating 1-2lbs every day and I couldn't understand why!! LOL
    Now I weigh myself on Tuesdays (officially) and Fridays (To gauge any damage done over the weekend.) I would like to get to a point where I weigh in monthly or never, but I don't think that will happen for a very long time!
  • kristenmary70
    kristenmary70 Posts: 55 Member
    Hannahwalksfar wrote: »
    I weighed myself for the first time in two weeks today. I’m up three kg. I’m just done. I can’t win. Deleting mfp after posting this. Best of luck all x

    I hope you don't quit! You are worth the effort - feel free to request me as a friend and encourager - I am sure others will help as well!
  • healingnurtrer
    healingnurtrer Posts: 217 Member
    Only when I'm "sure" I will see a loss. So far every 2 weeks.
  • xcazax
    xcazax Posts: 43 Member
    I go to the scales at the chemist once a week and sometimes hop on my ones at home out of curiosity.
  • bschneider96
    bschneider96 Posts: 14 Member
    I weigh myself every morning
  • USAFProud
    USAFProud Posts: 1,293 Member
    I weigh myself every morning but only record it on Monday mornings.
    My weight doesn’t fluctuate much during the week but does over weekend into Monday because I sometimes work out 3-4 hours on Saturday and Sunday.
  • ChelleDee07
    ChelleDee07 Posts: 396 Member
    I weigh every morning. My scale syncs my info to my Fit Bit which in turns syncs it over to MFP. Weighing daily keeps me in check and lets me see my trends. :)
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  • MercuryForce
    MercuryForce Posts: 103 Member
    Every day. I frustratingly don't seem to be losing any weight, so I'm hoping a daily weigh in will help me see if there are any trends.

    I have an appointment with my dietician next week and it will be interesting to see if my BF and muscle has changed, even if the scale hasn't much. It should definitely show me as being more hydrated, which is a positive.
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    I’m currently weighing in daily. Right now the scale is generally moving quite well as I have a lot of weight to lose. I think I’d like to keep weighing daily just for accountability unless seeing the scale as I’m further along when it slows down becomes disheartening. But I also take pictures and I haven’t yet but I plan especially as I get closer to start taking measurements as the scale obviously doesn’t tell the whole story.
  • maiomaio71
    maiomaio71 Posts: 231 Member
    I weighed monthly then started weighing weekly. I didn't cope well with the fluctuations so I've decided to go back to monthly. I need to see the scale go down as motivation, as well as decrease my calories as the kilos come off. But monthly suits me best.
  • papayahed
    papayahed Posts: 407 Member
    markieemeltonmfp wrote: »
    I only allow myself to weigh once a week or things go south fast. I start stressing about why the scale didn't move fast enough and I end up self-soothing with Blue Bell 😒


    Same here so I fixed that by not weighing. Once I feel like I'm in a good place I may start.
  • FireyChimera
    FireyChimera Posts: 155 Member
    Only when I go to the doctor's and I tell them not to tell me what the scale says :) I request they only talk to be about it if it's a problem
  • OAS5
    OAS5 Posts: 376 Member
    I started out 2 times a week, Monday and Friday. Monday I called "the real weigh in" and Monday was to monitor how I did through the weekend. I know, a bit kooky. Then I when I was down 60 pounds I switched to every day. I bought in to the "the more data the better" argument and I have to agree now. I LOVE weighing in every day. It can be tough at times but I think I'm better off.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    edited September 2019
    Daily. I made it to the other side of the valley, through the storm of it causing compulsion/disorder/dysfunction/etc, and now it's just data for my completely-useless-if-there-is-a-weight-gain-for-more-than-one-or-two-days-in-a-row weight trend app (aka, Libra). I suppose I could mess with the settings and fix that but, meh, not that big of a deal and the wildly swinging deviation to suddenly it will take me thousands of days to lose the next 40 lbs. is highly amusing to me at the moment.

    My interest has settled pretty much solely on the trend from one Wednesday weight record to the next one. As long as there's a downward trend over the course of four Wednesday's, I'm good.
  • BasedGawd412
    BasedGawd412 Posts: 346 Member
    Weekly
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    I weigh most every morning but I only log Monday's weight.
  • MercuryForce
    MercuryForce Posts: 103 Member
    grinning_chick wrote: »
    Daily. I made it to the other side of the valley, through the storm of it causing compulsion/disorder/dysfunction/etc, and now it's just data for my completely-useless-if-there-is-a-weight-gain-for-more-than-one-or-two-days-in-a-row weight trend app (aka, Libra). I suppose I could mess with the settings and fix that but, meh, not that big of a deal and the wildly swinging deviation to suddenly it will take me thousands of days to lose the next 40 lbs. is highly amusing to me at the moment.

    My interest has settled pretty much solely on the trend from one Wednesday weight record to the next one. As long as there's a downward trend over the course of four Wednesday's, I'm good.

    I have only been tracking for a couple weeks and my period started earlier this week and so I'm dealing with some of those related weight fluctuations. Based on that, I'm going to lose the 40 lbs I want to by the year 2049.
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