How often do you weigh in? Whats' your workout schedule?

mrstyle25

I'm currently weighing in once a week on Friday mornings prior to my workout. I did this the second day I started working out and have just stuck with it. I'm wondering if I should go to twice a week, to help me tweak my diet and routine more, or if I should stick with the once a week approach.

if I go to twice a week it would be Tuesday morning before workouts and Friday mornings before workout. Monday is my off day, so that means I would have three days of workouts between each weigh-in. That keeps it even and fair, right?


Always eat right despite one off day and workouts consist of cardio at ther gym followed by Xbox Kinect Biggest Loser calistinics workout.


* Monday - Off day

* Tuesday - Weigh/Workout
* Wednesday - Workout
* Thursday - Workout

* Friday - Weigh/Workout
* Saturday - Workout
* Sunday - Workout

Have a great and healthy day everyone!!!

EQHanks

I weigh in everyday..just for my own piece of mind. I work out 6 days a week for 30-50 minutes depending on what I want to do.

MelHoneyRocks

Weigh in once a week with my other MFP members that are my friends. Monday morning first thing.

stephyh

Hi there,
I would suggest keeping to your once a week and perhaps also measure yourself once a month? As you lose weight and gain muscle, you'll be shrinking, but your weight might be creeping up due to the muscle! Just a thought for you

Lazyboy09

I weigh in when I'm feeling lucky. I don't see a lot of movement on the scale but I am seeing it in my body as I lose the jiggly stuff and gain muscle tone. Seeing the pounds go down is awesome but imagining myself feeling better on the beach the summer gets me through that bit.

1CALIJIBARO2

My doctor & trainer both say once a week is good. My routines were Mon-Sat & Sun rested. Monday a.m. I would weigh-in......but I guess it's up to the individual...........Hope this helps.........GOOD LUCK...................:glasses:

♥Violette♥4Ever♥

I weigh in twice a month but I think I will start doing it once a month. I don't want to live by the scale....my clothes will tell me if I'm losing or gaining.

polo571

I work out mon thru sat. I weigh myself first thing wed morning before I drink ot eat anything or workout. I weigh in wed because if I see something off I can fix it and not waste the week doing something that doesnt work.

♥Violette♥4Ever♥

Oh, my workout schedule:

Monday - Rest
Tuesday - Cardio
Wednesday - Cardio
Thursday - Rest
Friday - Cardio
Saturday - Cardio and Circuit Training
Sunday - Cardio and Circuit Training

mlb929

I'm weigh daily. It keeps me accountable that way I'm not a week behind when I figure out I'm off path. I only log it when I'm down, to record my lowest weight. I weigh before I work out to avoid dehydration loss.

I work out at 4:30 M-F and in the AM on weekends. I sometimes run in the evenings or weekends if it's not too dark or I want the extra stress relief.

Slammedtoys

I weigh in every morning before a work out
I alternate how I work out, I do body splits.. So one day I will work legs the next I will work half my upper body next is legs then after that is the other half of my upper.. I work out 5 days a week with Sat and Sun off... I do minimal cardio

Lazyboy09

As far as working out... between 2 and 4 days a week. I like to do LA Boxing twice a week and then try to fit in regular gym twice a week to do a little strength training and treadmill / elliptical. LA Boxing workouts are 1 hour and at the gym I usually spend about 1.5 hours. With more free time I'd really like to do maybe 5 days a week, but you prioritize your life and you do what you can.

Now that I've gotten accustomed to making myself sweat I might give P90x a try this month at the recommendation of a friend of mine who's completed it and been really happy with it. I'd like to keep up my other schedule as well but I have no idea if I'll be able to handle that or not until I get there.

TabbyJustice

I work out evenings Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Wednesday I focus most on weights.
Thursday I mix weights and treadmill running.
Friday's I do HIIT training with treadmill/elliptical/cycling
Saturday I do HIIT as well, and go wild since it's a day I do not work and have the next day off.

I weight in Saturday mornings before breakfast.

Kassul

I find once a week is fine for me to keep track of overall trends without getting hung up on tiny variations.
If I weighed myself every day I'd get neurotic about tiny shifts up or down and just mess myself up.

Cristy_AZ

I switched from weighing daily to weighing once a week, on Friday mornings.

I do workout Dvd, usually at 5 am, 30-60 minutes depending on Dvd. (I have several Jillian Michaels and a couple Billy Banks)

I walk 3+ miles on Saturday mid-day.

Sunday I rest.

Lisa1971

I weigh in twice a month but I think I will start doing it once a month. I don't want to live by the scale....my clothes will tell me if I'm losing or gaining.

I used to weigh every day but that's too depressing so I'm going to do this too!

alyssa83202

I weigh myself every morning.After a while, I will try to switch to weighing in once a week, but I do it everyday for now. I generally work out 6 days a week for at least an hour at the gym. I divide my time between the ellipticals, arc trainer, treadmills, and track most days depending on what I feel like doing that day. I also do 30 Day Shred occasionally, though not as often as I should.

Also, Sundays are usually my rest days, but sometimes it just depends on my schedule.

callipygianchronicle

Fun to see everyone’s approach.

I am weighing only once a month. Exercise is Monday through Saturday. Three of those days are yoga. The others are a mix of cardio and strength training (elliptical, , stationary bike, body pump class, bootcamp). Every other week I do two workouts in one day and rest the day after.

kitta3

I weigh in on Saturdays
and I dont have a regular work out schedeul
I probably should, but i I find it so hard where Im a casual at work so I never know my work scheduel and I work 12 hour shifts.

laurie_powers

I weigh in daily just so I can keep focused.

My workout schedule is I try to run every other day at least (I'm running an 8 k next month) and I have been adding some light weights to try to define muscle whenever I think about it. Not very scheduled, but it's more than I was doing before, and I'm seeing results! I definitely have more endurance with running. YAY me!

Kcham817

I must be the only one who weighs in every 2 wks (Sun), I do it for my sanity, I use to go crazy not seeing the scale drop after my workout or a few days after. It has worked for me, I've been consistenly losing. I take my measurements every 2 wks as well.

lohawkins

Once a week my friend!

mrstyle25

I really love seeing everyones different approaches, it's really enlightening, i may have to make some tweaks to mine as the days go on. I think i will stick with once a week for now. Too often may set me up for disappointment, and any fewer won't give me time to right a mistake in my training or diet. Thanks again everyone!!

DS13

I weigh everyday, but instead of comparing to the day before I compare it to the same day last week. So I see the results of a week of work, but daily.. sneaky I know

JeanneTops

I started out last year only weighing in once a week. But I waited so impatiently for weigh-in day and experienced disappointment several times when I didn't lose as much as I thought I had. So I started in weighing daily but only my once-a-week official day "counts." That's the weight I track.

I'm glad I started weighing in every day because I learned that my weight can vary as much as 2 or 3 pounds from day to day. So some "official" days I may be even up a pound and the following day down 2lbs. Or vice versa. I learned not to sweat a couple of pounds since the long-term trend (over a year now) has been down.

I do 60 minutes on an elliptical trainer 5 days a week - usually Monday through Friday. I've started working with free weights this year - 30 minutes twice a week.

Kkmama

My official weigh in day is Thursday when I wake. I also check in on Monday's.... this makes sure I stay on track over the weekends. As for working out I have made a deal with myself that I have to be active for at least 30 mins a day. I missed 3 days in January. I mostly work out with my Wii EA Sports 2. I also walk 3 days a week for about 45 mins each and on the weekends I usually walk for an hour on one of the days. My walks will increase once the warmer weather comes around as I am going to walk a 10k in May.

watermelonstarfish

Since joining a week ago
-weigh in on Sunday
-exercise everyday 1 day strength training 6 days cardio <- I need to fix this, include a rest day or two and balance more strength days

before MFP
-weigh in on Skinny days
-exercise on weekends

ASBO2Amber

If I feel like I haven't done well in a week then I won't weigh myself or if it's the week before my period I know I'm likely to heavier and so don't weigh. On average I weigh myself every couple of weeks. This is what my week looks like:

Mon: cycling 1 hour

Tues: cycling 1 hour

Wed: cycling 1 hour
roller derby 2 hours

Thurs: cycling 1 hour

Fri: cycling 1 hour

Sat: roller derby 3 hours

Sun: rest

crazeness

I weight in once a week on a Saturday morning. No point weighing in any more days than that for me otherwise I will send myself crazy lol

I don't really have a workout schedule either but I do try to do something 6 days out of 7.

mrstyle25

I plan on doing a 5k in April, as soon as I sign up it will be official, i have to stop loligagging about it.

I'm going to weigh in in the morning, it's tough thinking about because I want each time to be really good. I'm paranoid i'll drink too much water, or not enough trying to skew the results or something. Ugh, i probably couldn't handle doing this more than once a week for this reason alone!!