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How often do you weigh yourself?

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  • cathyg18
    cathyg18 Posts: 150 Member
    On good days, once.
    On bad days twelve thousand, because obviously there is something wrong with the scale.

    LOL! Love this! ^^^^^

    I'm once week, Wednesdays. I don't have a scale (I would be on it a couple hundred times a day if I did own one) but I do use my wii fitplus. I found that is it is really accurate with the scale at the doctors office.
  • Emwalker3406
    Emwalker3406 Posts: 308 Member
    I use to weigh every day and even though I know in my head that weight fluctuates I was hindering me. I now weigh in only on Friday morning before my workout. On some weeks I will weigh on Monday if I know I had a bad weekend.
  • CindiBryce
    CindiBryce Posts: 438
    Once a week in the morning before I eat anything.
  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    I know weighing yourself is an individual thing, I am just curious as to how often people weight themselves... I heard it is not good to weigh yourself daily as you go up and down... once a week?

    I don't own a scale so I weight myself every couple of weeks when I go visit my mom...

    I NOW weigh Myself maybe every 2 months. I do this because I realized and accepted that weight loss is secondary to changing My Lifestyle around food. I also accepted that there is NO wt loss if I don't focus on what I eat, if I get that right, wt loss and maintenance is a Natural RESULT (of GOOD Eating Habits). So My focus is totally on What I eat, how it is prepared and Serving Size. This way I keep it simple and focused; also, I only have ONE goal around wt loss and it is a Range where I want to maintain the rest of My Life. When I get there is up to My Body, as I focus on eating right, a moderate exercise routine, and a Full Life of activities I enjoy doing>>>LIVING.

    I have been where a scale dictated how I felt for a day or week... I could wake up feeling SUPER, and get on the scale and be 1 lb. over what I weighed the prior week, and ALL of My joy would go, for the whole day and week. And actually, it took My motivation and most times I would say the heck with it>>>THAT gave Me an EXCUSE to OVER EAT! NO MORE, NEVER AGAIN!

    HEALTHY means WAYYYY more than a number on a scale. Everyone has to come to their own conclusions. I'm a HAPPY Camper NOW...My Focus is on LIFESTYLE = Working on The Fruit of The Spirit, Physical Health, Career and Social Goals.
  • bgriffi3
    bgriffi3 Posts: 2 Member
    Every Morning, but only compare the Tuesday weigh-ins.
  • stefchica
    stefchica Posts: 257 Member
    i try at least once a week......if its a bad week i dont weigh haha
  • PamelaLavender
    PamelaLavender Posts: 63 Member
    I do every morning, but my weigh in day is Tuesday.
  • GreenLifeGirl
    GreenLifeGirl Posts: 381 Member
    I weigh myself every morning and log it in my notes. For me it is helpful to see the ebbs and flows day to day and find it a lot less frustrating then once a week. I only "check-in" my weight on MFP once a week.
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    I weighed morning and evening when cut carbs and went gluten free just to see how much difference it made to fluctuating water weight and it only changed by 1 lb a day instead of 3-5 lbs.

    At minute I have two weigh in's, saturday and wednesday for different challenges, once I get to target weight I'll probably just check it hasn't gone up too much once a week.
  • a1rose
    a1rose Posts: 127 Member
    I don't own a scale either.

    So I weigh when I get to one of the gyms with a scale. I probably weigh myself more than I should. but I am just oh so curious!! LOL
  • Armygirl67
    Armygirl67 Posts: 177 Member
    Way more often than I should.

    +1 lol me too

    honestly a few times a day xD
    Me too, a few times a day, but i only record it once a week.
  • neenaj33
    neenaj33 Posts: 347 Member
    every other day
  • Sunjenk
    Sunjenk Posts: 139 Member
    Sometimes morning and night, sometimes not for a few weeks -- depends on how I'm doing!!
  • sarahbetherck
    sarahbetherck Posts: 270 Member
    All the time! Daily! Pretty much every time I walk into the bathroom where the scale is! It's a terrible habit BUT I do know what to expect now. Up during the day and then back down a few lbs by morning...I can usually tell where I'll be in the morning based on what the scale says before bedtime.

    Officially though...I log it once a week.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    every day. more data points the better
  • iwanttochangemylife
    iwanttochangemylife Posts: 19
    Every morning. :)
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 635 Member
    Every Friday morning first thing nekid and after I go potty.
  • GoodbyeGut
    GoodbyeGut Posts: 40 Member
    Wow, really? I bet you are fully capable of expressing yourself more appropriately.
  • MsMuniz
    MsMuniz Posts: 399 Member
    once a week, Monday morning

    ^^^^this!
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