Weighing oneself; how often?

sealionwoman23

I have been weighing myself daily to keep an eye on how I'm doing and recording my weight weekly, but I'm wondering what other people do. The disadvantage I can see with the daily weighing-in is that I sometimes get discouraged with what I know are uncontrollable fluctuations. Does anyone have a system that seems to work well?

Aaron_K123

I have been weighing myself daily to keep an eye on how I'm doing and recording my weight weekly, but I'm wondering what other people do. The disadvantage I can see with the daily weighing-in is that I sometimes get discouraged with what I know are uncontrollable fluctuations. Does anyone have a system that seems to work well?

I weigh daily for the datapoint and don't let the value discourage or encourage me. I look at the trend overtime only when I want to evaluate my progress but to get an accurate trend I like to have that data on hand.

TheRealKingTony

I generally only weigh myself if I poop in the morning, lol

theJTfitness

I weigh myself every morning after I wake up. The kicker is that I don't let one or two pounds sway my mood or how I feel about my diet. If you can't deal with fluctuations (not a bad thing, many can't) possibly try once a week. If possible try to be consistent about the time you weigh. I'm usually about 2-3lbs heavier after dinner than I would be after waking up in the morning.

firestation12

Once a week on Saturday morning. If I lost weight during the week it will encourage me not to eat to much over the weekend. If I lost little it will also encourage me not to eat to much over the weekend. Works for me.

piratesluver

Friday mornings! Once per week seems to be the best way to go about it IMO.

craft4fun

I weigh every morning.

hacker1234

I mostly weigh once a week. Every Sunday morning as soon as I get up.

rsclause

I like to weigh daily first thing in the morning. Aria scale logs it for me in both FitBit and MFP. Don't sweat the fluctuations, its normal. What I do like to do is look at the patterns in weight and the food or exercise that went with it. There are some really cool graphs and charts on MFP when you select a weekly view. I can almost tell you the day before if I am going to lose weight tomorrow. I don't obsess about it, I just find it entertaining.

meltedsno

I weighed on July 1, 2013.... then not again until November 23(or there abouts) for a pre op physical.... haven't weighed since then... may do so on July 1, 2014 -- not sure yet... Why???

Because I got frustrated with seeing the daily fluctuations as well...back on July 1, 2013 I decided to give it a month before I weigh... that month came and went.... my clothes were feeling considerably looser and figured this was much better than a number on the scale.... The November weigh-in was for a pre op physical to fix a broken wrist. Even then, I stepped on the scale with my eyes closed and told the nurse that I didn't want to know what I weighed. She complied and didn't tell me. It was when I was in recovery after surgery when I decided to ask what my weight was... omg... imagine my surprise when I realized I was down 52 pounds at that point... I can honestly say that would NEVER have happened had I been weighing every day as I was in the past, because I would have grown frustrated with the fluctuations. So... it's been 5+ months since that November weigh-in.... not sure what the number on the scale says, but the size number in my jeans is a 6.... don't need to know any more at this point.... my clothes speak for themselves...

BigGuy47

once a week

MelsAuntie

I last weighed myself sometime last fall, don't recall what month.

PinkyPan1

Every Friday morning.

briggitte59

I generally only weigh myself if I poop in the morning, lol

HAHHAHA too funny :laugh:

Colombianchick29

never daily!! i do it once a week, especially if im changing up my meals to make sure i am doing better not worse.

thatjosiegirl

Daily, first thing in the morning! I like to be able to track the patterns of how my body manages things like hormonal fluctuations and sodium intake. I'm a control freak and I like to have a good idea of where I am at on a daily basis.

DrJenO

I have been weighing myself daily to keep an eye on how I'm doing and recording my weight weekly, but I'm wondering what other people do. The disadvantage I can see with the daily weighing-in is that I sometimes get discouraged with what I know are uncontrollable fluctuations. Does anyone have a system that seems to work well?

I weigh daily for the datapoint and don't let the value discourage or encourage me. I look at the trend overtime only when I want to evaluate my progress but to get an accurate trend I like to have that data on hand.

^ This. I am a data junkie.

Insomniac8

2/3 times a day. I'm obsessed LOL!

HappyLilThang

I weight myself weekly using the scale at my grocery store. I decided to get rid of my home scale last year as I had a tendency to become obsessive about it. I would end up weighing myself numerous times a day and would also get discouraged by fluctuations. My problem in the past has been giving up my efforts as soon as I felt I wasnt losing weight quickly enough or when I felt I had `ruined everything` after a bad day. My goal this time around will be to not punish myself when I have bad days and stay focused on my goal and continue on.

gostumpy

Every morning. That way I have lots of data in MFP, and I can see the trend, instead of having an off-day once a week and thinking I made no progress... this way I can see daily flucuations which is kind of cool to me. I stand on the scale praying for it to say less than last time, if it does, I'm really happy, if it doesn't, I look forward to the next day!

gotolam

If I'm at home, I weight myself 6 or 7 times a day. Basically, every time I go to the bathroom. The movement in weight/BF is interesting and quite predictable based on what I've done. One way or the other, it's just data.