How often do you jump on the Scale?

Drpingel
Drpingel Posts: 12 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My name is Dawn and I'm addicted to my scale. It is truly a love hate relationship. I have found myself stepping on this beast of burden several times a day. I know it is unhealthy to do this and its even suggested that you skip days between jumping on ..... but I'm addicted.

So I'm wondering when do you jump on the bathroom beast?
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  • _jayciemarie_
    _jayciemarie_ Posts: 574 Member
    At first I would only get on the scale one day a week. Then I started to be curious as to meals I ate how it would affect my weight--and thus I started weighing myself every morning. I still only track my weight every Thursday morning. For the last 3 or 4 days I have been about 3-5lbs less than I was last Thursday--so I feel I have my met my first goal of 30lbs. Obviously if you look at my ticker it doesn't show 30lbs--because to keep my weightloss accurately measured I only record the Thursday total. If you can handle looking at your scale frequently--do it. To measure weightloss like that though will be bonkers.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    I weigh every morning BUT it is to record my weight for a weekly average only. I do not let the fluctuations bother me because I can fluctuate sometimes up to 5 lbs depending on what I have eaten the night before, sodium, water intake etc. I log only the weekly average weight once per week so that I have the most accurate picture and eliminate most of the fluctuations from my progression.

    If you are a person who will get frustrated with seeing a weight gain overnight then I would highly recommend NOT weighing more than once per week.
  • Jim_1960
    Jim_1960 Posts: 399
    Don't go near it. Evil bloody things those scales.

    In fact I threw it out the back of my house about 3 months ago and the squirrels now play with it in the trees. lol

    Measures work best for me, give it a go!
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I weigh daily, first thing in the morning after using the bathroom. I see the daily fluctuations and I know it's normal, so going up 2lbs one day doesn't bother me because I know later in the week I may be down 3lbs or whatever. Water weight, new exercise, too much sodium, hormones - so many things can affect the scale - and meanwhile my clothes fit the same, so obviously the gains are not fat. :tongue:

    Weighing several times a day will frustrate you to no end - of course your weight will change throughout the day as you eat food, drink water, go to the bathroom, sweat through a workout - totally normal.

    If you're obsessed, limit yourself to once a week weigh-ins - make it the same day of the week, same time of day under the same conditions. And grab a tape measure and start recording your measurements a couple times a month. I dropped a full size, losing fat and inches last year while the scale didn't change at all. It's a sneaky little liar at times and can really mess with your head if you let it.

    Don't let that number define you or be the only gauge of your progress! Take measurements and photos!
  • lawlorka
    lawlorka Posts: 484 Member
    I used to only weigh once a week, but then I hit a bit of a stall for about 4 weeks so decided to start weighing every day so I could get a trend and see if I could see a pattern in my fluctuations. I don't let the fluctuations bother me though.

    Funnily since I started weighing every day the scale has been dropping (but that's because I've been stricter with my logging!!!)
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    I weigh every morning BUT it is to record my weight for a weekly average only. I do not let the fluctuations bother me because I can fluctuate sometimes up to 5 lbs depending on what I have eaten the night before, sodium, water intake etc. I log only the weekly average weight once per week so that I have the most accurate picture and eliminate most of the fluctuations from my progression.

    If you are a person who will get frustrated with seeing a weight gain overnight then I would highly recommend NOT weighing more than once per week.

    ^^ This. I used to only weigh myself once every week or two, but I've become more interested in seeing how what I eat, how much sodium I ingest, my period, etc, impacts my weight, so I tend to weigh myself every day now. I still only record every couple weeks, since weight does fluctuate so much. But if the number on the scale controls how you feel about yourself, I would avoid this; I can be up as much as 8 lb in one day, depending on a variety of factors.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. I wake, use the restroom, run my bathwater and hop on the scale. I don't update MFP until I've sustained a loss over at least 3 days (often longer). For example right now I've been bumping around between 211-214 for a whole week so my weight's stayed at 213 on here.

    Like others have mentioned...it helps me to figure out "trends" and how certain meals and sodium can affect me. If I only weighed once a week I'd be paranoid that the numbers were skewed high or low. I couldn't stand that. I do miss a day occasionally if I am really tired/rushed, or if I KNOW I ate too much on a weekend night I may just wait and weigh after 1-2 days of what is normal for me.
  • drefaw
    drefaw Posts: 739
    I weigh myself every morning. I wake, use the restroom, run my bathwater and hop on the scale. I don't update MFP until I've sustained a loss over at least 3 days (often longer). For example right now I've been bumping around between 211-214 for a whole week so my weight's stayed at 213 on here.

    Like others have mentioned...it helps me to figure out "trends" and how certain meals and sodium can affect me. If I only weighed once a week I'd be paranoid that the numbers were skewed high or low. I couldn't stand that. I do miss a day occasionally if I am really tired/rushed, or if I KNOW I ate too much on a weekend night I may just wait and weigh after 1-2 days of what is normal for me.

    ^^This right here .......but I weigh every morning no matter what, for logging in the workout log book .....I only look at the trends also .....
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    just every am after I pee....
  • pauldix
    pauldix Posts: 35 Member
    Weekly, occasionally in between. Always first thing in the morning.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    I weigh myself every morning after I take a good one. I'm not affected by the ups and downs it reminds me that weight loss isn't linear because since March, I've been consistently going down overall. I kind of like seeing it go up and down, I absolutely don't stress about it. If I noticed a pattern of it consistently going up, It won't have been more than a week or 10 days so no biggie.
  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
    day and night
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    My name is Dawn and I'm addicted to my scale. It is truly a love hate relationship. I have found myself stepping on this beast of burden several times a day. I know it is unhealthy to do this and its even suggested that you skip days between jumping on ..... but I'm addicted.

    So I'm wondering when do you jump on the bathroom beast?

    You do know that you're going to get very little meaningful data jumping on the scale multiple times per day right? You eat something you're automatically going to weigh more because...well, food has mass and thus has weight. Drink some water...weight goes up...take a dump and a good piss...weight goes down, etc.

    I weigh every morning...that's about as often as you need to do it to establish general trends...same time and same conditions. Keep in mind that you're going to still witness a lot of fluctuation day to day...you should research this and learn about natural body weight fluctuations or this is all just going to be one big mind **** for you.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    i do not own a scale.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Every single morning. I only look at the trends though and don't worry about gains from water retention, etc. I just feel like getting an idea everyday keeps me in check.
  • scrapjen
    scrapjen Posts: 387 Member
    I weigh every morning. I have the Fitbit Aria scale, so my Fitbit (and thus my MFP) are updated with my changing weight. It is frustrating to see my MFP ticker go backwards. I know I probably wouldn't manually input my weight on MFP every day, especially for ups! It is motivating to have the ticker always current though.

    I also watch trends - my scale is also linked to trendweight.com and I manually record and report a weekly weigh-in on my blog. Friday mornings are my once a week "official" weigh-in.

    http://jenbsjourney.blogspot.com/2013/11/weekly-weigh-in-and-review.html

    I have been weighing in every day for years. Unfortunately that didn't stop me from putting on 45 pounds over eight years ... I just watched it. Slow but steady. At least now I'm going in the other direction.
  • joannadalina
    joannadalina Posts: 112 Member
    Once a week in the morning after peeing :)

    Best of luck,
    Joanna
  • ThePinkPenguin
    ThePinkPenguin Posts: 138
    Once a week as long as I'm not on my time of the month. Then I skip the weigh-in because I know there's going to be a gain and I prefer not to be frustrated by that. I've sometimes done twice a week when I've gained water weight or whatever, but no more than that.
  • dlionsmane
    dlionsmane Posts: 674 Member
    Everyday... because trends.
  • Jackie_XOXOXO
    Jackie_XOXOXO Posts: 93 Member
    As a previous member stated. I weigh in everymorning after using the bathroom. I see the fluctiations but do not let it get my down. My weigh in days are Fridays.

    Any Youfit members can join my gorup. Find a workout partner in your area and lets get healthy..
  • midnightmickey
    midnightmickey Posts: 9
    I weigh my self in the morning every 3 days. So far I've seen steady loss that way. I think if I waited the whole week I'd be constantly checking the scale in between weigh days.
  • Beana1997
    Beana1997 Posts: 9
    I used to check the scale several times a day... all that did was put me down. Then I started weighing in every morning which soon put me down due to fluctuations. The best time to weigh yourself is first thing in the morning once a week! Stay strong!
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member

    So I'm wondering when do you jump on the bathroom beast?

    Until I broke it cause I know it lies.

    Then I would just go lift heavier and continue to drop sizes.

    I don't need that beast giving me any false ideas on what is a healthy weight for me.

    If I feel good and look good then I'm satisfied.
  • pugsleyjean
    pugsleyjean Posts: 135 Member
    I would get on the scale every morning and sometimes at night just to see the difference in the day. I would only log once a week and then sometimes if I got on and their was a better number I would log that too. Bad idea. I would get frustrated by Wednesday (log in day) when the number would go back up. I have decided to do no weigh ins for November. So far so good and haven't gone near the darn thing!
  • peter236uk
    peter236uk Posts: 140 Member
    Once a week Friday morning naked
  • Natasha00123
    Natasha00123 Posts: 11 Member
    Since I have been keeping track of what I eat, I have been getting on the scale every day. But I only get on in the morning after I get up and use the bathroom. lol ...when I wasn't eating right, I would avoid the scale. Feels good to be back on track.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    I weigh in weekly Friday mornings to log into the MFP. I will jump on the scale during the week sometimes as it is just sitting here on the floor next to the toilet but I do not record my weight until the Friday weigh in... Sometimes its more and sometimes its less than it was on the random weigh in day but I only record my Friday weigh ins...

    The scale can be our enemy if we allow it to affect our emotions. If you can jump on the scale and be okay with the up/down fluctuations that go ahead and make love to that scale whenever you deem necessary. If you it affects you emotional, then I would say stay away from the scale and only get on it once a week. Emotions are KILLER to a successful life style change!!

    :flowerforyou:
  • cookiealbright
    cookiealbright Posts: 605 Member
    I weigh everyday, but only record once a month.
  • meerkatable
    meerkatable Posts: 12 Member
    I weigh myself every morning, after using the bathroom, before eating or drinking, nekkid (to avoid recording fluctuations in pajama choices, etc). I do it every morning because if I didn't, I know I would give myself too many cheat days, which would add up, which is why I needed to lose weight in the first place. But that's not for everyone. Most advice is to weigh yourself only once a week.

    I also don't bother entering a new weight into my progress until it's shown up on the scale a few days in a row. Because sometimes I'll have not eaten much the day before or I ate late in the night and had to wake up early... the scale is just not a perfect method of determining weight and progress.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    I never jump on it. It's clear and, I assume, glass.

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