Do you weigh yourself every day?

kanonxbou47

I did, but it made me crazy, so I had to stop.

VictorVegaJr

Everyday, just because it motivates me if I haven't lost anything or have gained a little. Helps me eat right and remember to exercise. =]

shipwreck3

I do. But I've been told that you're supposed to weigh yourself once a week.

I find the daily check points motivate me.

This is me too. I know its going to fluctuate..but I need to know where I stand each day. I used to be worse and weigh myself through out the day..so the scale therapy is working nicely.. Im just down to once a day. LOL

LittleMissAngi

I do. In the morning after potty and but before getting dressed.. Also at night after potty and before changing for bed.

I think it is interesting to see how much my weight fluctuates. I don't stress over it though.

I only log on Friday mornings, I consider Friday mornings my true weigh in time. That is the only time I log it and keep track it.

SecretlyBatwoman

Yes, because if I don't I freak out and don't eat enough all week out of fear I'll magically gain back all that weight overnight.

ClarkAddison

I weigh myself just before bed and first thing in the morning. My wife thinks I'm crazy. She asks me why I weigh at night and I always say so I know how much I'll weigh in the morning.

I only consider my Monday morning weigh in as "official". It helps me stay disciplined on the weekends.

jaymeekae

I've been doing it every morning but this is a new thing to me so its kinda fascinating and I love me some good statistics! I doubt I will keep up the daily weigh ins as time goes on.

I only consider my Monday morning weigh in as "official". It helps me stay disciplined on the weekends.

This seems like a good idea Might start doing this

runnercheryl

I weigh every morning so I can keep a close eye on what's happening, but I differentiate between 'real' weight change and temporary, and I never let those temporary changes affect my mood. I watch for a trend and see where things are going over the course of a week or two.

JeSuisPrest

Every morning and night. I am OCD and like constantly knowing what it is. Also, I have noticed most mornings I am 2lbs less than what I was the previous night.

Overkill, probably, but I have done this for years and can not cut the habit.

I do the exact same thing and try to predict what I will weigh in the morning!

Same here

aprilgicker

yes, I can track my horror-mones this way too

fzafar_64

i do, but my goal is to not to. I found weighing the same for soo many days without change (or sometimes over :O) killed me, and completely demotivated me. so 2-4 weeks for me is good. but do what suits you best.

rileamoyer

I do it daily 1st thing with no clothes and use it as a benchmark (e.g. am I up due to pizza I ate the day before with lots of sodium? If yes, I may cut back a little that day and drink more water). I try and 'weigh in' once a week, usually Fridays, I measure every other week or so. I am not obsessive about it if I miss a time or two. I tried skipping the daily and found I get too lax. What works for you is best.

Stacyanne324

I do...twice a day usually (when I get dressed for bed and when I first wake up in the morning). I find it keeps me motivated either by providing positive feedback or making me really buckle down and giving me the motivation to turn down bad things. I was logging in every day with what the weight was but I find that the days I have to report a gain it's really hard on me. Like from last Friday to yesterday I lost 1.8 pounds but from Thurs to Fri I gained .6 and all I could focus on was that daily fluctuation when I really did excellent over the course of the week. So, I'm still doing daily weigh in's but I'm not recording except on Friday mornings (good or bad). Of course, on days I've lost I tend to want to throw this out the window and get that loss recorded right away but I'm always very glad on days I've gained some so I'm really trying to stick to this.

nwkirk03

i did but now i try to weigh in once a week and im trying to only weigh in once a mth so i dont get really discouraged when i dont lose any or if i gain a pd back

staceyseeger

I have graduated from weighing myself every day to weighing once a month. It's so much less stressful.

WifeMomDVM

Every morning and night. I am OCD and like constantly knowing what it is. Also, I have noticed most mornings I am 2lbs less than what I was the previous night.

Overkill, probably, but I have done this for years and can not cut the habit.

This is me exactly!

mzdawnte

I weigh myself first thing in the morning everyday. It really keeps me motivated. I also download an app called Monitor Your Weight from Itunes to log it. The app graphs my weight change so that I can see how my weight fluctuates over time. I don't freak out if the scale is up a few pounds because I know it will drop back down. The crazy thing is my weight seems to fluctuate in the same pattern every week.

penmosha

Did over Xmas - shocked to gain 8lb between xmas eve and boxing day - it was all that compressed meat. Shocking!!! Came off about 2lb a day tho:explode:
All back off now tho. Now weighing 2x week.again

LethaSue

Yes and sometimes even more than once a day. Seems to keep me thinking of where I am going and where I want to be.

♥Lexi♥

YES!!!

CallieDerenthal

i weigh myself once (or twice) a week. i used to weigh daily but it was too frustrating (counterproductive) for me. when i get to maintenance mode i plan on weighing three or four times a week (every other day?) for the first couple of months. i'm really worried that i'm going to have trouble figuring out how much to eat/exercise in order to maintain and i want to detect any issues before they get too out of hand!

mukamom

I weigh myself 3 times every morning. I weigh, move the scale, & repeat. If I see a loss, I need to be sure that it's real.

Hahahaha I do that too

irata2012

I don't think there is anything wrong with measuring. What can cause problems is having anxiety over the measurements - and this could happen whether they are taken daily or weekly!

I take measurements every day, but try to look at them in the context of a wider set of results. Did I put on a pound? Well, could be a number of things, doesn't matter. Put on 3 pounds over 7 days? Okay, I'm doing something wrong.

I've shied away from taking weekly readings as I know how much my daily readings can fluctuate, so I would presume the weeklies could be that inaccurate too, hence I'd rather have more data to feel confident with the result, than less data.

TL;DR: measure as often as you can, but don't worry about weight fluctuations, it's the overall direction that is important.

gemini2267

I weigh myself 3 times every morning. I weigh, move the scale, & repeat. If I see a loss, I need to be sure that it. I do the same thing also

firedragon064

Whatever motivate you, weight as often or as little as you want.

For me, depend on which diet I'm on. Right now I do weight myself every day because the diet I do, I would lose weight.
3 months ago, I was on a diet that I would lose inches faster so I only stepped on the scale 1 or twice in every 3 weeks.

Jchamp12

I do, even though it really isn't a good idea.

siabevis

I used to but not anymore

AScarbrough19

I have maintained an 80 lb weightloss for several years now and beleive weighing everyday has made the difference. I dont panic over everydays number but when I see a trend of steady increase then I know I am on a slippery slope and need to refocus!

missfluffyuk

Since I often work early in the morning, I don't weigh myself on those days -- because I don't have time to log on a record it. On days when I don't work, or I'm working from afternoon/mid-morning, I weigh myself and record it every day. I don't really stress over it though -- every week or so I look at my chart, and as long it's on a general downward trend I'm happy

I also measure myself once a week or so.

crzyone

daily here