Note to Self....

C110266

Just weigh yourself weekly. Otherwise the ups and downs can be disheartening. It's my first week re-engaged.

6.18.25

Chris

Crochetluvr

Absolutely! You do what works for you....what motivates you.

The main reason I weigh every morning is I need to see how my body reacts to the foods I eat. As a diabetic, it gives more information. But that's not for everyone.

Good luck with your program!

csplatt

i only weigh once a month! at the same time of the month hormonally.

Alatariel75

I weigh every day for a similar reason haha, if I only weigh once a week and the day I weigh happens to be a bloat day, then I get disheartened and think I've not lost weight that week, whereas by tracking all my data, I know what my trend looks like. But it's taken a very long time to get to that point and to know what works for me.

C110266

Thank you for commenting. Much appreciated. I especially like weighing myself when i feel lighter, haha.

AmaliaOrtiz3030

I weigh daily to see what foods make me bloated or affect me at certain times of the month. The ups and downs don't really bother me much. I just look at the numbers as part of the process. As long as I feel like I have forward momentum with my overall energy, health and progress. There's always room for improvement and thats what I strive for!

AnnPT77

Everyone should pick the frequency that's psychologically best for them.

I've weighed daily for years, starting long before I committed to weight loss, when I was still obese. Am I obsessed? No. I'm a data geek. In my world, which isn't the same psychological world everyone live in, more data produces more insight. I collect data about other things, such as various aspects of my sports performance. A personal truth for me is that I can't manage what I don't measure.

By the time I started to lose weight for serious, I had a solid understanding of why and how much my daily scale weight would fluctuate from water retention or extra waste in my digestive tract. The daily weight was just a snapshot of my body's momentary relationship with gravity, varying over a day let alone over multiple days. One reading didn't remotely feel like an indicator of my weight management success, let alone a measure of my worth as a human being.

That self-knowledge helped me avoid roller-coastering of emotions because of weight changes from day to day. It's the trend over a few weeks that matters, in my book.

Here on MFP, I learned about weight trending apps, which use statistical techniques to try to see the trend despite random daily fluctuations. Some examples are Libra for Android, Happy Scale for Apple/iOS, Trendweight with a free Fitbit account (don't need a device), Weightgrapher, and others. They aren't magic, but can be helpful to see those trends.

That's not for everyone, either. If people are stressed out by scale readings, then they should weigh less often, or not at all. A person can use other gauges, like tape measurements, photos, the fit of particular clothing items.

Any choice that provides just enough guidance, but avoids excess stress: That's fine.

LiveOnceBeHappy

I weigh daily and remind myself that when I'm "up" 0.7 lbs, I'm not really if I've been in deficit and have been exercising. That happened two days ago. Today, I'm "down" 0.5 lbs. It's a saw-blade look over time. And it's totally okay.