Weighing yourself

Aero1dynamic

I weigh myself occasionally, when I am curious but imo ( remember this is just MY opinion) measurements are a much better way to go. I may not have lost any weight but when I lose an INCH off my waist??? That's going to feel good! Keep in mind it may not JUST be water weight. You said you're working out 3-4X a week? Remember that some of that weight could be muscle and THAT is a good thing =D Keep your head up.....it won't be long before YOU see the changes your body is going through

TiffieLand

once a week if I'm brave enough but once a month to be honest. I like to see big change at once..

Sobus76

I weigh myself everyday after i wake up and use the bathroom. I'll also step on it when i use the bathroom since its in there. I watch the fluctuations and stuff, just out of curiosity. Personally though I feel like by weighing every day at the same time it helps keeps me on track.

bidimus

I'm curious how often people weigh themselves and deal with water weight fluctuations?? Anyone have some tips??

I weight myself every morning as well. Sometimes it's up, but as long as I stay on track it's down more than it's up. Occasionally I can justify why it went up, last large meal was too close to bed time so stuck around for the weigh in. Other times if I'm honest I went over my goals sometime in the last couple days and it caught up. There are lots of reasons for this to happen.

Stay on track and true to your goals and you should see more down than up. I use a Withings WiFi scale so I get a nice graph that shows me the average trend as well as my actual weight. This also helps sooth the shock when it goes up. Stick to the plan and it should go back down, possibly lower than it was before the spike.

Weighing myself less, which I tried, was a bad idea for me. I grew complacent and since I wasn't measuring calories then either I was completely in the dark. When I finally weighed myself it was not good. I thought it must have been a spike but once I started weighing myself frequently I saw it was a definite trend in the wrong direction. I had developed a new eating pattern that looked good but didn't add up.

That was when I started MFP and the trend is now going the other direction. If you're like me and only looking to lose a pound a week the changes can be subtle too. If your scale isn't very accurate you may not see the subtle changes too. Just stay on track, don't worry about it, and wait for a few more numbers. If the numbers do move up after that then take a deep breath and change something. Add a workout to your routine. Remove or reduce a high calorie vice. Or my personal favorite, moderate your intake a little more.

But whatever you do, don't panic. Panicking doesn't burn enough calories to be worth the effort.

KilaMarie88

But whatever you do, don't panic. Panicking doesn't burn enough calories to be worth the effort.

Good point!