How Often Do You Weigh In?
mattbryan
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I know the answers I'm going to get! However, I weigh in daily just to keep myself accountable and focused on adhering to my food plan for that day. However, I don't update my weight on here unless I have maintained it for at least a couple of days. Am I being overly compulsive?
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I check the scale everyday twice, in the morning and at night. I do this because i want to see if there is a loss, I also want to see how much i gain during the day (it has changed since i started eating healthy, less of a fluctuation) But i am only going to update here once a week. Something else to look forward to i guess.0
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I threw out the scale and weigh in with my nutritionist once every 3 weeks.. I do much better this way.. I go by how I feel and not by a number in front of me every day0
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I only weigh on Thursdays. Weekends are bad for me since I am with hubby who is a bad influence so I weigh on Thursday after I get 3 days of healthy eating at work.0
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Measuring yourself is something I recommend. Isn't that what everyone is here for anyway? Not too many people would care if they weighed 200 lbs, so long as they look good and are in shape.0
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I'm the same. I usually check everyday to see if I am staying steady (e.g. going down not up) but have only been logging once a week. I have also been measuring which I find is actually what makes me feel better - losing inches on my waist and being able to fit my clothes better.0
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My husband weighs himself every day...but because the scale can fluctuate several pounds here and there...I only weigh in once a week.0
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Whenever I get the urge to. Only log it once a week, though.0
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No, you're fine. As long as you understand that you'll have water retention more on some days than other there is no harm in it.0
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I try to weigh-in officially Weekly...I have to admit that sometimes I take a sneak peak.0
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i weigh in every morning before i eat/drink anything. (I also do occasionally during the day just for motivation.)
DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU!!! Afterall this is YOUR journey... no one elses!0 -
I weigh every day and record only the new lows. I also graph my deficit and loss by YTD, month, and Monday check in's.0
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I usually weigh twice daily. In the morning and before bed. I only record once a week and I usually only record a loss unless the gain is significant and lasts until my next weigh in.0
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I weigh in every day, too - it helps me pay attention to my salt intake. I update every day, but I measure only once a week - I think that's more what I pay attention to, how my clothes fit and feel. Weighing in every day helps me to avoid the candy jar at work - I don't think it's compulsive if it's helping you stay on track.0
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I update here every friday. I wake up, use the little girls room and weigh myself. Whatever that is, is what gets put on MFP. I dont care if its my TOM or if I ate a cow the day before, every friday!~!0
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I weight in daily ... can't help it - I know you should only do it once a week or so .... but it just sits there 'looking' at me - so I jump on!0
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Its best to weight yourself at the same time whenever you weigh in. I usually weigh in every morning when I wake up and record that for the day.0
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I know it isn't what we are supposed to do, but I check most daily in the hopes that today is the day my hard work pays off. It's so few and far between at this point that I can't help myself.0
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I absolutely agree - Gabrielle Reese (Olympic volley ball team and model) weighed 200 lbs and was a size 8 when she was playing.0
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I weigh in every morning, as soon as I get out of the bed. I am going to have to stop though. The scales have either gone up a little or stayed the same since Saturday, and I am getting a bit discouraged. I have added more cardio, and now going to add in some strength training, something I haven't been doing. A MFP friend suggested doing more strength trainigng this morning on my blog, that is when I realized, that is what I am missing.0
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I find myself weighing in every morning and night... I log in MFP when I can. I think that it is overly obsessive but I think it keeps me in track. Let's me know if what I'm doing is causing the results...0
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Every. Stinkin. Day. But I don't log it until my "low" has been maintained for several days so I know it's not a fluke.0
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IMO sometimes weighing in everyday helps people stay on track. i do every two three days so i don't lose focus and i do measurements to see both sides not just one. but life previously noted this is your journey and journal what ever works best for you. everyone is different.0
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I divorced my scale last month. He was an abusive lover. Played mind games and made me obsess about every little thing. So now I only see him when I have to (like if I'm going for a really long walk where I know I'll burn a TON of cals and need to update my HRM weight for accuracy)0
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Every morning works for me. I don't log it in until I lose a full pound, though. No sense logging a couple of ounces up or down every day, but I do keep it written down on a piece of paper at my desk. It's interesting looking back at foods on days I went up, and is especially fun on days I went down. This morning I was able to log in another pound gone. Yeeehaw!0
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I also weigh in every single day. I track it everyday too...losses and gains.0
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I do it once a week and only in the morning!! I think that I might need to do it less....maybe only twice a month!!! But I am not sure I can do that yet!!!0
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I step on my 'short friend' everyday... I'm addicted! I used to log every loss, but now I am only allowing a once a week log.0
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Weekly - at the same time every week.0
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I've become quite compulsive with the scale:(. I weigh my self daily and lately throughout the day. But does anyone find you weigh a LOT LESS AT BEDTIME?? I weighed myself at 156 last night qt 10pm but this morning at 6 I weighed 163?? I'm sure IRS water but why does it go up so much while I sleep?0
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