How often do you weigh yourself?

Humanhorn1337

Just curious.

I officially weighed myself at the beginning of this week when I started and I’m hoping to go a full month before writing it down again and saying I lost this much so far because I know I get obsessive at times over the scale but there’s times I’m terrible and will jump on the scale like every day knowing I won’t see anything other than natural fluctuations but I can’t help myself.

How about you all 😊

Lietchi

Well, I weigh daily and enter my weigh-ins in Libra to filter out natural fluctuations. I'm pretty even natured though about my weigh-ins, it doesn't bother me.
I'm also a data geek, so for me having more data points makes sense (Excel file with weigh-ins, TDEE according to my Garmin, calculated TDEE etc).
I also find it informative to see how my weight is influenced by for example high sodium meals, my menstrual cycle etc.

Daily weigh-ins make sense for data purposes, but it will depend on your personality if its the best strategy.

wm3796

Daily. At first I was a little worried about daily weigh ins , but I never allowed myself to weigh more than once every morning. I was concerned that if I did it monthly I would think I was on track but then at the end of the month realize I was not logging or choosing foods correctly and had no weight loss with a month passed. Also weekly our weight has too much variation so may think you are up or down a pound or two and it really be a normal fluctuation. Try daily I got used to it being a normal part of am routine

Corina1143

Daily. Weight tracker. After I write it down, I couldn't tell you how much I weighed today. I totally forget it. Review weight tracker to see trend every couple of weeks or so.

cmriverside

When I was in weight-loss mode? Daily.

I needed to see that number every day. It didn't really affect how I ate, but I needed it in the front of my mind that I was going to step on the scale daily, regardless. That's actually how I got past being emotionally triggered by weight.

However, when I still had 30 pounds to lose, my scale broke. I didn't buy another one for a few months. That was also a learning period. I stepped on the scale at the gym occasionally but I wasn't attached to the "daily" part. So, both ways worked for me.

Do what works for you. I don't even know which is better. I don't weigh myself very often any more, I can tell by my clothing when it's time to cut back a little.

CrazyMermaid1

I weigh in daily to keep my head in the game. Both recording my food intake and my weight keeps me aware of my goal.

herblovinmom

👋, another daily weigher here 😉… I like to collect the data. I also use a weight trending app to filter out the highs and lows. I used to be terrified of the scale. Exposure therapy has helped a lot over the years, I now see it as just another tool to measure progress towards my longterm goals. It no longer messes with my head, I don’t feel like a failure when I gain a pound instead of lose a pound because I can see with the data that’s natural for my body to fluctuate.

springlering62

I weigh almost every day. Weighing regularly has helped my learning curve.

Here’s my weight for the past 60 or so days. You’d look at it and think, “OMG, girlfriend is piling it back on again!”



I look at it and know this includes 6 transcontinental and international flights, visits to places with new foods that simply had to be tried, and a couple new activities I’ve taken up that have caused unusual soreness.

Tracking and weighing daily for the past five years has helped me learn that I balloon four or five pounds after a flight and also pick up a couple when exercise-sore.

I can look at this diagram and pinpoint each of these days.

So instead of flipping out, or cutting calories to the bone, I’m carrying on as usual, and am confident the last few are just water weight from new and unfamiliar exercise.

Knowledge is power.

Self flagellation is not an exercise.

Humanhorn1337

Thanks everyone. It’s always nice to see that I’m not the only one that weighs daily 😊

Retroguy2000

Weekly. I'm not concerned about noise or having less data than daily. Trust in your process. Time and consistency bring results.

susanhascall

This time I did not focus on weight, only on how I felt. Weigh when I feel like it. Not putting so much emphasis on weight has worked so much better for me. I am down 54 pounds since December, simply changing my food choices and moving more.

mtaratoot

I weigh every day. My weight fluctuates a lot. I track the data on a spreadsheet and use some math to look at the trends rather than the daily numbers because neither weight loss nor weight maintenance is linear. Keep an eye on the long term trend; ignore the daily number.

As a personal example from some time in the past, my scale showed a 4.8 pound loss over two days... followed by a 3.2 pound gain in one day. Over a few weeks though, if you look at the trend, it's a lot flatter than that. There's some good apps and websites that can help filter out the noise. I use WeightGrapher and TrendWeight.

For a deeper explanation of how it works, check out The Hackers Diet - especially the pages on Signal & Noise.

AnnPT77

I'm another data geek with no particular emotional reaction to daily weight, so I weigh daily and put it into Libra (weight trending app for Android). If I'm traveling (no scale), I skip those days.

I weighed myself daily for many years before even trying to lose weight, and put a dot on graph paper (date on x axis, weight on y axis) - before weight trending apps even existed. That was a bonus when I finally committed to losing weight: I was very familiar with random daily fluctuations. I expected them, so they didn't bother me at all.

I have data in Libra going back to 2015, though I just put in a weekly number from April 2015 when I started weight loss until I got the app in August 2015. (I still have the graph paper charts. ).

nossmf

Weekly.

R_Bedard

I weigh in weekly for tracking weight loss. I do take out the scale sometimes during the week out of curiosity but only log it once a week, Friday mornings

Humanhorn1337

R_Bedard wrote: »

I weigh in weekly for tracking weight loss. I do take out the scale sometimes during the week out of curiosity but only log it once a week, Friday mornings

That’s similar to what I do. I’m always just curious

TraceyD73

My weight loss is very slow. I weight every day then average the 7 day total. As long as my average is going down I know I’m on track

sarahanya

Daily. I have a Wifi scale and it automatically records in my app and calculates average weight over the period of a week, month, etc. Depending upon where you are in the journey, weighing daily isn't always a great idea. I have a pair of pants I try on periodically, that's a much better measure. Especially if you are working out. Your body can shift a lot; your clothes can fit better and you may have gained a pound or two.

erfroeba

I weigh in daily. It is leftover from my time with noom. At first, I let it hurt my feelings but now it is just information. I have learned so much about my body by noticing what happened the day before a drop or a raise in weight. If you decide to weigh daily, be curious not judgemental. Now if it is a little up, I think too much salt not enough water and adjust.

nicsflyingcircus

Daily. After I wake up an have my morning evacuation, lol. (Well, consistently at least 5 days a week)

no1racefan2

Ever since I started using the Libra app (at the recommendation of other MFP posters) I weigh every day. I look forward to it since I can see the trending down line, even if I feel like my weight loss has stalled.

cwolfman13

Weekly on Thursday morning. I weighed in daily for quite awhile until that data became non-informative and really only served as extraneous noise.

threewins

Another daily weigher here. I once went a few months or so without weighing since I was tracking my intake. After deciding to weigh myself and seeing that I'd only lost a few kilograms I decided to go back to daily weighing.

frhaberl

herblovinmom wrote: »

👋, another daily weigher here 😉… I like to collect the data. I also use a weight trending app to filter out the highs and lows. I used to be terrified of the scale. Exposure therapy has helped a lot over the years, I now see it as just another tool to measure progress towards my longterm goals. It no longer messes with my head, I don’t feel like a failure when I gain a pound instead of lose a pound because I can see with the data that’s natural for my body to fluctuate.

I take this approach as well. "Exposure therapy" was the term I was thinking even before I read Herblovinmom's post. After months of seeing a number every day I very quickly work through the thought patterns that used to stick with me all day (or until I stepped on the scale and saw a different number). I have learned what patterns I can anticipate in my monthly cycle, when I fly, when I've had lots of salt, etc. I am much quicker to get to the "hmmm, that's interesting" view of a higher than expected number than I used to be, and can remind myself of the effectiveness of not being reactive to the number on the scale because I've seen that the trend has stayed on track in the downward direction despite those "blips" or "plateaus" I have seen.

So that's what works for me, but I'm also a data geek and know lots of people who are successful with weekly or even less frequently.

16More

Once or twice a day sometimes more. It's either the body scale or the kitchen one, but managing weight on a more consistent basis is more satisfying because I am always up to date.

MamaBear5445

Switching to weekly. I was becoming obsessive and am concerned about developing issues if I do any more than that. If you are feeling obsessive, like you said above, I'd recommend going no more than weekly as well.