Wait to log your weight?

nb23613

So I stepped on the scale and it says I've lost weight, BUT can I actually trust the scale?

What I mean is, could it just be water weight? Could it be I just did not eat as heavily? Should I wait until tomorrow to log it....or should I....Argh!?!?

What do you guys think? What is your normal logging routine?

Ooooooh! I hope I have actually made some progress!!

Thank you all for advice and support!

MB_Positif

I try to only weight myself once a week and just go with whatever it says

Chief_Rocka

If you log it you'll probably just jinx it

MB_Positif

If you log it you'll probably just jinx it

This is actually true (for me). I tend to be up the next day after a sneaky weigh in.

Hi Chief!

seltzermint555

I weigh every morning. I log a new low when I've sustained it for 3 days.

For example, I have weighed 177 lb about ten days so far this month. So that is my MFP weight right now.

Due to sodium yesterday my actual weigh in this morning was 178.2. I've seen 176 and 175.8 once or twice. But I won't log those until I've consistently weighed at that number at least 3-4 days.

Blair2374

I only weigh once a week. A Monday morning, naked in same spot in bathroom

sbv67

So,I really have no choice but to weigh in every morning. I hate doing it, cause my weight goes up and down at whim. I mean, This morning I had gained 5 lbs. How can that be? I strictly follow the 1200 calorie, and 2 grams of salt my doc put me on (when I had congestive heart failure). The Coumadin clinic calls me every day to check my swelling, and still I keep losing and gaining the same 5 lbs. I am so discouraged. It's not easy to go to a party or dinner out, cause I don't know what I can eat. If I could wait to weigh in once a week, I would do it.
My daughter's engagement party is Saturday , and she told me "Ma, bring something to eat with cause I don't know what you'll be able to eat"
Every day when I total my calories up for the day, I get a message at the bottom telling me that i'm not eating enough calories to sustain nutrition, but, I always run out of sodium allowance. I'm really at the end of my rope.

wanttolose40lbs

I'm with Seltzer, I don't record it till I've sustained it for a few days. There are days when I'm very low on the scale only to be back up the next day.

emilyGPK

I log regardless. It goes up and down, I just look at the overall trend.

MB_Positif

So,I really have no choice but to weigh in every morning. I hate doing it, cause my weight goes up and down at whim. I mean, This morning I had gained 5 lbs. How can that be? I strictly follow the 1200 calorie, and 2 grams of salt my doc put me on (when I had congestive heart failure). The Coumadin clinic calls me every day to check my swelling, and still I keep losing and gaining the same 5 lbs. I am so discouraged. It's not easy to go to a party or dinner out, cause I don't know what I can eat. If I could wait to weigh in once a week, I would do it.
My daughter's engagement party is Saturday , and she told me "Ma, bring something to eat with cause I don't know what you'll be able to eat"
Every day when I total my calories up for the day, I get a message at the bottom telling me that i'm not eating enough calories to sustain nutrition, but, I always run out of sodium allowance. I'm really at the end of my rope.

Well, your situation is a bit different than the average person based on your health condition. That said, you aren't truly losing and gaining 5 pounds of fat. It's a fluctuation of water weight. Essentially you might be maintaining your weight. I don't track my sodium, but generally when people are high on the sodium it's because they are eating a lot of restaurant food or packaged, prepared foods.

As far as parties or dinners out your best bet is a lean protein and vegetables.

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jlc102980

I weigh myself daily, but I only log once a week. My official weigh in is first thing on Friday morning - whatever the scale shows is what I log and consider as my weight for the next week.

That being said, I really like the idea of logging after a sustained weight of x number of days. Never thought of that before.

fullersun35

I log regardless. It goes up and down, I just look at the overall trend.

Same. I weigh in and log it everyday. I like to see the data to understand the fluctuations.

dopeysmelly

I log regardless. It goes up and down, I just look at the overall trend.

Same. I weigh in and log it everyday. I like to see the data to understand the fluctuations.

Me too. I measure myself with a tape every 2 weeks, and I notice how clothes fit. The scales don't bother me so much now as long as the trend over the last month is good.

He1loKitty

I log when I see a new low weight on the scale. Inevitably I will see a slight increase the next several times I weighed myself, but I always go down again and then some more. I figure that rather than having numbers zigzagging up and down, I will only track the losses. And it's motivation to get back to that lower number! Hope this makes sense.

scubakat67

I visit the scale daily. I weigh first thing each morning, but my official "weigh-in" day is Wednesday - far enough into the week that I have gotten back on track from any weekend "festivities". This is the day I will actually log my weight, regardless of whether it's up or down. The daily weigh-in helps to keep me conscious of my eating - if I'm up too much from the day before, I try to be more diligent with my food choices; if I'm down, great, keep at it, but it's not official until Wednesday.

fredgiblet

I weigh once a month. One the first day of my weekend on the last week of the month. I don't eat or drink until after my bathroom duties are done, then I weigh myself.

ANNAvsANNA

I only weigh once a week. A Monday morning, naked in same spot in bathroom

Ah, the ritual...lol...I have one too...I weigh in public so i don't have the luxury of being naked, but I try to wear the same outfit every time I do it (the lightest outfit possible, of course, ha) :laugh:

alexculley

I logg every morning right before the shower. As long as your doing it everyday around the same times you will see progress. Also you tend to weigh less in the morning then at night. To me if I see a small victory like .25 or .5 decrease every morning it makes sticking to calories and exercise easier.

rhonderoo

I weigh and log daily, and just watch the trend, although I use the 1 week setting on my iPhone app to guage. I read somewhere that weighing daily is a habit of those who have lost weight and kept it off (as is logging/journaling food, so go MFPers!). I don't ever want 5 - 10 lbs to sneak up on me again.

Erihppas

Log in and weigh in again next week,

oxers

I weigh every day, just to get used to the fluctuations and familiar with my body's rhythm, and I really don't weigh in every week. I weigh in when I'm positive I've lost. I recently weighed in at 192, but the day I did, the scale actually read 191.2. I am, of course, now hovering around 192 because of small fluctuations. I tend to be conservative with my weigh ins because not overstating my progress helps keep me grounded, I think.

So yeah, sometimes I can end up weighing in twice a week, sometimes it's not for a week and a half or more. I just let my body do its thing and don't get too hung up on a time frame. Slow and steady, right?

Eoghann

I weigh myself every day.

Sometimes it goes up.

More often it goes down.

Your weight is supposed to fluctuate. The trend is all that matters.

gzus7freek

I weigh every Friday morning
Naked and in the same spot

Log it no matter what

klkarlen

I log when I see a new low weight on the scale. Inevitably I will see a slight increase the next several times I weighed myself, but I always go down again and then some more. I figure that rather than having numbers zigzagging up and down, I will only track the losses. And it's motivation to get back to that lower number! Hope this makes sense.

That's what I do also. Sometimes that might take as long as a month for the scale to drop, but I prefer to see the downward line.

CyberEd312

Pick one day a week ( I personally like to Weigh in on Wednesday Mornings) weigh in and log it and Move on..... Don't over think it........

sheedy17

I weigh myself when i first wake up, and usually after I work out and then again before bed

I like to see the numbers and what ive eaten and done and what does good results. I do not take the numbers to heart as most of it is water weight or I was in the sauna for a bit, so I dont log or take the numbers too seriously, i usually update every 3 days, sometimes I wait weekly

justisroyster

You should weigh yourself in the morning after at least 5 days of working out. You won't see a change within the same day or the next day weighing yourself. You have to put in days of work and check your progress afterwards.

laurie04427

I always log losses. Then I wait for the fluctuation to get done until I see another loss.

ClementineGeorg

If I see a loss that it is more than would be normal, I would wait for another week or just put a slightly higher number that the scale shows. Even when starting the weight loss I would log the weight only once a week, even if I used the scale daily.

But at this point in my weight loss (nearly the end), I usually take a larger span, like 2 or 3 weeks before changing my weight. The weight comes off harder now, so I can really see good results in a couple of days or a week.

FattyFatsoMcTubby

I weight once a week and only log if I lost weight. When I started this journey I worried more about the scale each week, but at this point I know if I'm following the program or not and that's more important than the number on the scale.