How often do you weigh yourself?

luadams2

Just curious to know how often I should be weighing myself. Every day? Once a week? Once a month? What's the best option?

Thanks everyone!

yarwell

Depends on your mindset.

I weigh every day and consider +/- 2 lbs changes up or down to be noise.

If a shift of 1 lb in the wrong direction will make you eat the fridge then once a week would be better.

algwynt

the scales are the devil.they can fluctuate 3-4 pounds through the day.i weigh every 3 weeks same time same routine on that day .good luck

Roaringgael

I have been weighing myself weekly. Now I'm a few kilos down the weight shifts in an unpredictable fashion so if there is no loss I may weigh again in a day or two.
Always in the morning first thing after going to the toilet.

stanleypoobrick

Depends on your mindset.

I weigh every day and consider +/- 2 lbs changes up or down to be noise.

If a shift of 1 lb in the wrong direction will make you eat the fridge then once a week would be better.

Yeh, your weight fluctuates 2-4lbs per day. I weigh myself first thing every morning and just plot the overall trend (and take measurements once a week).

Weighing once a week can be a problem too though, because you could have eaten well all week and just happen to be retaining water on the day you weigh yourself and think you're not losing.

JaysWays

I say weigh yourself once a month! Don't go by the scale! Go by how you feel, how your clothes are fitting you. Muscle weighs more then fat. I am 5'1 and weigh 127 pounds when i tell people that they look at my like I'm lying. They say i look like 110. I actually have gained weight by what the scale says with my fitness journey. So please put the scale away. Take it down once a month just to see. Keep eating right and working out and you will be just fine! Pinky Promise! I

captmel

I weigh myself once every 2 weeks! before I would weigh myself daily, even a few times a day sometimes. But it didn't at all help me. Weight fluctuates throughout the day. I would obsess over it. Now I just stay off the scales. If i'm on track I should be losing. Its just less for me to worry about.

Dan6000istheman

Every Monday morning at 530 am . I try to keep about the same time and same day every week

butters1955

Hi, I've just started tracking my food and exercise on here. I want to get on the scales but I'm scared I will be disappointed so think I will leave it for another week. This is not my first attempt at losing weight. At one stage I was obsessed with the scales weighing as soon as I got up, after exercise, after going to the toilet so think I'm best to steer clear for a while.:ohwell:

butters1955

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Supertact

Everyday in the morning after my ritual

BoxerBrawler

I weigh myself every day once a day at the same time in the morning, Monday through Friday.
I do not weigh myself on the weekends because my routine gets a bit screwed up... later sleep, different workouts, different eating times, eating out, treats, etc.

Carrie210

I weigh almost everyday. If I see the scale tick up even half a pound I increase my water intake and make sure I stick to calorie goals.

indianarunner76

Everyday in the morning.

krennie8

Everyday and I average it. I figure at 1 lb/wk I'm not going to feel the changes that quickly and for me I need the reinforcement of being able to have something physical as evidence.

eslcity

I weight myself every morning but i do not record anything until Friday Morning.... it is just a habit... I've been seening an average of 1kg to 1.5kg a week...

kittyswing

I say weigh yourself once a month! Don't go by the scale! Go by how you feel, how your clothes are fitting you. Muscle weighs more then fat. I am 5'1 and weigh 127 pounds when i tell people that they look at my like I'm lying. They say i look like 110. I actually have gained weight by what the scale says with my fitness journey. So please put the scale away. Take it down once a month just to see. Keep eating right and working out and you will be just fine! Pinky Promise! I

This!

I get too pinned down by numbers. I only weigh and take measurements once a month. I can generally tell by my energy level and confidence in clothing whether I'm making progress or not!

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spoiledpuppies

Every day. I don't get bothered by fluctuations. I find the practice to keep me mindful on a daily basis. Plus, I lost about 50 pounds 10 years ago, and kept it off. It was only when I stopped weighing in every day that pounds started creeping up. Thankfully, I caught it within 10 pounds, and have resumed the daily weigh-in. I expect to do it for the rest of my life now.

I get that some people hate weighing in regularly, but if you can make peace with the fluctuations, muscle being denser than fat, etc., I think the daily weigh-in is a great tool for me.

Kara52217

You need to figure out what works for you.

I Personally weigh myself Daily but only log my weight on Tuesdays. But you have to be able to handle the swings you have in weight.. I will weigh up to 3 pounds more one day and the next day I will do down 3# . I am so used to my swings it doesn't stress me out anymore. It did at first but I find it helpful to know my bodys natural swings.

Good Luck!

tomwatso

I weigh myself every morning between 5-7 am.

Roxanne_Hennessy

Every day at 6:35 right after I wake up. I also use an app called Carrot^3 Which you enter your weight into daily and if you gain it yells at you. It reminds me of GLaDOS from Portal

And then once a month I use a measuring tape to see if there are any loses

Tee_geee

I weigh myself every day but I only log once a week, on the same day, at the same time!

ljoynes

They say once a week but it's hard to do that, I think, after being sleeved because you are losing the weight so fast that it's exciting to see the weight come off so I probably end up checking it several times a week. It's motivating to me to see the weight coming off.

RunBakeLove

I weigh myself every other day kinda? It is basically whenever I remember to do it first thing in the morning. Make sure to at least weigh in every Sunday but could not go with once a month or something like that. Clothes stretch if you gain weight gradually and possibly by the end of the month, 5 or 6 pounds is back on and we all know how those pounds are much harder to lose than they are to gain. For me, it is a reminder of what I'm trying to achieve.

Completely depends on the person though. You have to try different ways and be mindful of how they make you feel and react.

babyrover

I weigh and measure on the 28th of every month....Just make sure i log my intake and exercise...try to monitor trends in my diet . I found it a lot less frustrating than to weigh weekly and I could never have the fortitude to weigh daily like some people(God Bless them)

MinnieInMaine

I weigh myself every day and go with the trend. You just need to come to terms with the fact that there will be fluctuations and even if you weigh once a month you might not see the results you think you should.

1) Set reasonable expectations. With the amount of weight you have to lose (per the ticker on your profile), 1/2 a pound per week is best. Be patient.
2) Learn and understand that fluctuations happen - water weight comes from many sources such as high sodium intake, new workouts, monthly hormone cycle - and will screw up your weigh in. This is just part of the process, don't freak out if you see a slight uptake or even stall out for a week or two. As long as you're eating at goal, you wil lose.
3) Don't compare yourself with others. Forget about what you see on weight loss shows, or even how your best friend is losing faster than you. Focus only on your goals.

I was down to my lower weight in years of 166.8 on Sunday morning and this morning I weighed two pounds more. Was that a real gain? No...I didn't overeat by 7000 calories this weekend. I'm just retaining water from eating salty foods and not drinking enough water. Plus (TMI) I hadn't pooped yet.

NyssaDuck

Find out what works for you. Everyone is different. I weigh daily in the morning and track it on a graph. It works for me, as the fluctuations don't bother me but on a graph I can see the general trend. So, you really need to just try it out. Go with the once a week if you feel that's best, once a month, or never. You could just measure instead (I do both).

HaibaneReki

Part of my morning routine and sometimes before I go to sleep. I just wish there was a gauge on my wrist telling me my current weight though..

MapleFlavouredMaiden

Daily.

SoDamnHungry

I think every other day is probably good. It's not obsessive, but it also doesn't leave that once a week problem. If I weighed in every friday I might find myself gaining two pounds from salt the night before and it wouldn't give me an accurate overall estimate as to whether or not my weight is trending up or down.