How often do you weigh?

Savora

Here is a fantastic article by Prevention magazine on the BENEFITS of weighing DAILY.............. woohoo to all us daily scale slaves out there. I too weigh everyday it helps keep me motivated and on track!

http://www.prevention.com/how-often-step-scale

zendarah

Morning and night

kaizen31

I weigh basically every day, though I don't record it on MFP. Like others have said, I think it depends on your personality. Some people go nuts with the day-to-day fluctuations. I just laugh about it. "Uh-oh, gained 2 pounds! Guess I need a good bowel movement!"

Time2getFit4Life

weighing daily is not a bad thing until you let it affect your progress some people can do this and be very successful you have to find what works for you!!

I weigh every Monday

Helice

I dont, i dont like to..
the scales are mean!

ashjen1217

I like to weigh in every day, but I will only log it here on MFP once per week.

adlwilmot

I do it EVERY day! And I swear by it. How many times have I started out eating healthily, exercising and being really motivated, only to step on the scales a couple of weeks later and found I lost NOTHING or very little and as a result given up? TONS!!! And how many times had I actually lost some, but was carrying some excess water around? TONS!!!

Now by weighing myself each day, not only do I see the fruits of my efforts, but I also know 100% that if I only ate 1200 calories yesterday, there is no way those 2 extra pounds I see on the scales 24 hours later are 2 pounds of fat. It's IMPOSSIBLE!! So I keep trogging on, knowing that those 2 pounds will disappear in a day or so and probably take another half a pound with them.

So... I swear by it. It's teaching me a lot about my body and it keeps me emotionally in check.

fteale

Either 4 or 8 weeks.

joshh75

Every Thursday before noon.

TavistockToad

I weigh myself everyday. I find this keeps me in check. Now, I realize that our weight fluctuates daily, and because I know that, I don't freak out over being up a pound or two one day. I just chug the water, and find that it comes back off. A lot of people think that weighing daily isn't "healthy", but I truly find that, right now, I need to do this in order to keep myself aware of what is happening. Once I hit my goal, I can see myself backing off on the scale a bit...maybe to once per week.

this. now i am at maintenance i do it a bit less often, but i think its good to understand how your body fluctuates. if the numbers drive you crazy though, or you cant go a day without HAVING to weigh then maybe weighing every day isnt for you.

Smokey19

I weigh once a week at my TOPS meeting.

Tskitzo

I'm going to do it every Sunday in the morning. And as soon as I can find my measuring tape, I'll be measuring myself each Sunday as well.

Flixie00

Officially every two weeks, but I do occassionally jump on the scales at the gym after a workout.

CommandaPanda

I weigh in every morning, if I gotta take a dump then I do it. Sometimes I'll take a shower and weigh myself after, but that effects your weight on the scale by -0.5* or so lbs.

I record my weight in a spreadsheet each morning and include notes to see if any particular trend in my weight can be correlated with decisions that I make in life.

I also chart it out, when I am finally done with losing all of my weight then I will make an ultimate line graph of my own to see the drastic trends. For now, I just record my weight each morning in MFP and BodyBuilding.com's BodySpace.



Seeing a graph like this helps me to keep focus and reminds me that each day is a baby step towards my big goal!
But different things work for different people. It also makes it easier for you to excuse your obsessive weighing each morning =]

niknak0508

I check my weight every morning before I eat or anything. I only keep track one day a week on MFP though. I am not obsessive or anything, just feel like it keeps me on track! I don't get discouraged if the scale moves up and down...... that's totally normal!

UpEarly

MONTHLY!

The scale is put away in a cabinet, and only rolled out once a month on 'official weigh in day' - no joke! When I first joined MFP, I was obsessively weighing in, two or three times a day. I would get so upset with every little upward fluctuation. I have my calories set to lose a half pound a week, so realistically... weekly weigh-ins typically bring such small scale changes. I found myself feeling really demotivated by such small drops. Whereas... with monthly weigh-ins, I was seeing 2-4 pound losses (sometimes more!)

I don't actually think I need to put my scale away in a cabinet anymore because I have come to *love* weighing in monthly. I always see losses, and that keeps me going!

Stefanie7125

I want to lose weight, but I am more focused on getting healthy, so I will not weigh everyday. As long as I know I am making better food choices and my clothes are looser then I don't have to worry. I might weigh once every week or so, just when the mood strikes.

HeidiMightyRawr

When I'm trying to gain or when maintaining: Every 2-4 weeks - basically whenever I think I should probably weigh myself.
When I'm trying to lose: Once a week (apart from TOM week)

Stacivogue

I weigh myself everyday (though I have to admit when I am being bad, I tend to skip it when I am "off the diet". But then make myself start back up again. I se an app called target weight. It shows me the general trend of my weight loss and estimates when I will meet my goal, so even if I fluctuate, it is not a big deal. Best app ever.

JennetteMac

Every day, morning and after work and then again before bed. I guess I'm obsessing. I need the motivation to keep at it.