How often do you weigh yourself??

tenniswife7

Hi Everyone....

I'm new here and I've just gotten through my first week on a 1200 calorie diet using MFP.
At one point, about 5 days in, I had lost 4 pounds which makes sense because my eating was so out of control.
Last night, I caved after being good all day and ate whatever I felt like. I didn't go that overboard, just some extra snacks
(all healthy) and a glass of wine. I weighed myself today and I'm back to my starting weight from one week ago. Can one night
of bad decisions ruin 6 days of healthy eating??

How often does everyone weigh themselves? I've been weighing myself 2-3 times a day. Maybe this is too much.....

I'd love to hear some advice from others!

tenniswife7

Alison_84

I weigh myself every day, very first thing in the morning. Perhaps I'm a little OCD but I then enter the weights into a graph I have going on my computer. It's kind of cool to see the fluctuations as I'm losing. I only "check in" on this site once per week though, and I count my "weigh in day" weight as my official weight for the week.

Remi79

You should weigh yourself in the morning after you use the bathroom. That's the only weight I go by. You can go up and down like 3 - 4 pounds if you weigh yourself at different times.

Just_Bethy

I weight every morning..stark naked after bathroom...my weight can go up or down by 4lbs for no reason..it comes back off after a couple of days...or I can sit at a weight for a week and then drop 2 lbs in one day...small fluctuations I no longer worry about..Its the long term that really matters..over weeks and months!!..Also..look for NSV. (non scale victories) they mean a lot more!!! xxxxx

ashlinmarie

You should never weigh yourself more than once a day. Your body will fluctuate wildly each day. I have gone up and down 7 lbs between night and morning before. If you weigh yourself daily, do so after going to the bathroom in the morning, but I stick to once a week. You get more accurate measurements that way.

And no, 1 night of snacking will not cause you to gain all that weight back.You probably just gained water weight and if you weigh yourself in again in a day or so, it should all be gone.

KeeleySue

I try not to weigh myself too frequently. Weight can flucuate so much in a short time span that I find it discourages me.

Ideally I would like to weight myself just once a week but have found I'm doing it once a day. It's very hard for me to not get on the scale more than that but I know that it just wouldn't be good for me.


As far as one night ruining 6 days, it can make a difference. But, if you go right back to 'good' eating, you should notice that the one day isn't going to make a huge difference, you will probably lose that weight pretty quickly and then some.

And sometimes you should allow yourself treats. If you are good 24/7/365 it is going to get old and boring quick. You will find that when you do 'rebel' it will be way worse than if you allow treats once a week/twice a month/etc.

oBirdieo

I weigh myself every morning but only record a loss if it's sustained over 2-3 days.

You definitely shouldn't be weighing multiple times per day as your weight will fluctuate during the course of the day. I recently bought some new scales and tested them out over the course of a day and saw that I weighed 7 pounds (!) more at night than in the morning.

You may just be retaining water due to the alcohol, or maybe you ate too much salt. Either way, just drink lots of water and get back on plan now. The way I look at it is this -- this is real life and we're all going to have days where we eat or drink too much and that's not a problem as long as we're eating healthily the vast majority of the time. It all evens out, in my experience.

ksnipes26

Honestly, I hardly ever weigh myself because my weight fluctuates. I tend to stress over a few pounds and it makes me demoralized. I go by the fit of my clothing. When my clothes start to fit better, hang right or even just get too big I know I'm on the right track. It sounds to me like you are weighing yourself too much - try once a week, same day and approx time of day each week.

Cherese1983

It's healthy to weight yourself every week or 2 since your weight can fluctuate so much. 1-2 weeks will give you a more accurate number. You should also weigh yourself in the morning (naked) to get a more accurate number as well. Good luck!

AngieM76

Maybe you are retaining water. I would say its more that then what you ate. I weigh myself once a day, in the morning, but I only weigh in on here once a week, on Fridays. Sometimes I will hop on the scale before bed but I dont let what I see bother me because I know I have been eating all day and drinking water so if my weight is up a couple at night vs the morning, I dont let that bother me.

cindyjkunz

I am doing the Prism Weight loss program and I only weigh in once every six weeks. It' to break that compulsive behavior of letting the scale dictate how I feel about myself by it's up and down fluctuations. I've gone down 13 pounds in six weeks. Yeah!

Missyrth

Once a week, same time and in the morning.

mitymex

I weigh myself every morning, if you have been weighing yourself several times a day your weight will fluxuate according to the amount of food you put in your body. I check in on MFP once a week to get a recorded weight. When I first started I was only checking it 2 times a week. The thing you have to becareful with is getting discouraged if you see any weight gain at all. So far 10 weeks in I have lost 27lbs. Good Luck and I hope this was helpful.

baylakegirl

First thing on Monday mornings and that is my official number. Cloths off and before you shower (wet hair I'm convinced adds 5 lbs:). As for your splurge, pick a day and just do it.......reasonably. If you give up everything good you'll be craving all the time. I pick Friday as my splurge day since I can then do a little more intense and longer workout on Saturdays and make up for it.

suzycreamcheese

every morning

McBody

I don't weight myself any more. My husband chucked the scale because I was developing an eating disorder from obsessing over the numbers on the scale! I would weight myself every time I was near the scale and it became a head game instead of a healthy lifestyle. So since the scale has disappeared I've managed to get a lot stronger and a lot more toned.

Be careful with the scale- it causes a lot of issues for many women.

fluffyduck2004

i weigh once a week on a monday morning b4 i have breakfast or get dressed, i dont weigh more often as your weight can go up 2-3lb during the day with your usual daily activity, i have in the past weighed a day early and the scales have lied and told me ive gained lol then i weigh on my usual day and ive actually lost so not to get disheartened i just weigh once a week and try not to think about the scales

SheilaSisco

I do it like Alison does... I weigh every morning but only check in once a week. I know ppl who weigh several times a day... BUT... if you insist on doing it that way you need to be very aware that your weight can and will fluctuate by 2-5 pounds in a day and you can't let that get to you. That being said, the weight you put on is most likely water weight and easily lost... it is about impossible to put on 5 pounds of ACTUAL weight overnight. Just drink a lot of water and don't stress it. It'll come back off.

ivansmomma

I've been weighing in every morning, and getting really discouraged. So, I've decided that once a week, in the morning, after the bathroom, and naked is the better way to go. You can get very frustrated weighing in every day, and 2-3 times a day is just too much. Take care.

brocantrs

I weigh myself once a week, sometimes even a few days longer.

janeosu

I usually weigh every morning. It helps me personally to do it that way and if it does fluctuate, I don't stress.