How often do your record your weight?

emstgm

I weigh daily and record daily. I like to see the daily fluctuations. However, I do try to turn off the setting where it broadcasts my weight loss if I am re-losing something I already lost, so people don't get confused (because MFP doesn't advertise when I've gained!)

DBlythe50

I check in every Sunday morning before breakfast. We are doing this as a family and since Jan 01 we meet at the scale for our measurements and weigh in then post it on a white board and on MFP. Keeps us all honest

Bmontgomery613

daily. But simply as a process of routine, encouragement and maybe a little bit like shining down a silver spork and replacing it to the glass cabinet. To only repeat the next day.

It brings me comfort.

*don't judge me* lol

No judgement here! I completely understand where you're coming from with the comfort aspect of it. While I like the idea of the big numbers on the scale, there's no way I could wait a whole month to weigh in. I'd go crazy. And, I find that my clothes aren't a good indicator. Depending on the brand, I'm in about 3 different sizes right now. I'm looking better in my clothes, but it's not enough of a motivator for me.

We all gotta do what works best for us, right? :flowerforyou:

amdahwd

I weigh daily and I log every time I have a new low to record.

purpleipod

Once a week.

5ladybugs

Ok, I admit it, I am a bit OCD about weighing myself. I get such a high when I see those numbers going down, so I check my weight every day, sometimes twice a day. It's my thing and I own it and I know there are going to be weeks when I plateau and weeks when I gain (had that last week), but I feel that it gives me more control over what I'm doing. I noticed I was slipping more and more diet soda into my diet and my body was responding by holding onto the weight, so I'm working again to keep it to a bare minimum. Also, I know that during certain times of the month, I'm going to hold more water and the scale isn't going to budge, or it's going to go up a little. I don't feel like I'm being unhealthy about it. I know that I'm being a bit neurotic and I'm ok with that. Personally I think it's hilarious that I've upped my calories last week and the weight has been dropping faster now.

Which leads me to my question for those of us who do weigh in daily. How often do you record your weight? I try to only do it once a week, but I've lost 3lbs since my weigh in on Friday and I'm just so stinkin excited about it!!

I could've written this myself! It keeps me on track, so I don't think it's a problem
I record whenever it's lower.
Also how much did you up your calories?

taylor0204

I record my weight every Sunday.

bigdawg025

Once a week... on Friday morning.

wonderwomanwannaB

I weigh in when I have maintained or exceeded my loss for a full week. That way I don't feel like I'm logging in natural fluctuations.
Ex.
2 weeks ago I weighed 178
1 week ago: 176.8
Today: 176.4.
So today I logged in at 177 because I'm pretty confident that that pound is legitimate. If I get in at < or = to 176.4 next week, then I will give myself 176.5 as a weigh in.

I started this method because I had a really busy weekend once and dropped 4lbs on the scale, but those 4lbs came back almost immediately because they weren't really fat burned.

jjelizalde

I weigh every morning and normally log once a week. UNLESS like today, I had a .8 loss since yesterday. That I definitely logged.

rebeccasedwards

I weigh daily and record if it is down. If it goes up I know it will come down if I do everything right. Then I record the next weight loss. I get excited about those losses too and know the weight will rise and fall.

ejacree1010

I like to weigh myself twice a week, usually on Wednesday mornings and Saturdays, but will only record my weight once per week.

Gigilly

I usually weigh myself once a week at the same time of day. I would become nervrotic otherwise! :-D

Chrisborro

I also weigh daily (sometimes twice). I log any time I get a record low. Down .2 from yesterday? Logged! But if I go up a bit, I wait until I have a new record low before logging again. So if I logged 146.2 today - which I did , and tomorrow's weight is 147, then 146.5, then 146 even, I won't log again until the 146 even so I'm not recording the same pounds over and over again.

Yay im not thte only one

jbella99

I record everyday so I can track trends so far I notice I always go up on Mondays and saturday is usually my lowest of the week. I can also see how sodium and water effect my weight loss or gain,

TurtleRunnerNC

I weigh & measure every Sunday

shellsy0424

I weigh daily but only record my weight if its lower than the number I had before. Never if its higher :bigsmile:

I do this too

gurganuss

I am with most of the group. I hop on the scale everyday, but only log once a week my weight loss. When weighing every day you can see how different levels of sodium affect your weight. I look at it like a science experiment!!!

KrisyKat

I also weigh daily (sometimes twice). I log any time I get a record low. Down .2 from yesterday? Logged! But if I go up a bit, I wait until I have a new record low before logging again. So if I logged 146.2 today - which I did , and tomorrow's weight is 147, then 146.5, then 146 even, I won't log again until the 146 even so I'm not recording the same pounds over and over again.

^^ I do this too ^^

Jmstill300

I weigh once a week on the same scale on Monday mornings. I figure I don't need the added stress of weighing myself everyday. To each, their own though.

akjmart2002

I weigh and measure body composition every morning, without fail. I keep a very detailed daily spreadsheet of my metrics and progress - it's a great way to understand the many variables that make up fitness and health.

SPNLuver83

Once a week. I'm too scared to check more often that that

clark60

I weigh every day several times a day.........I cant help myself. I feel if i dont do that then I will go off my eating plan, my scale is my accountability. I only record it once a week.

Broken420

I weigh every morning, but only record my Thursday weigh-in. I record losses and gains.

foxyforce

when I moved I didn't buy a new scale. i'm not going to. I will weigh myself when I come across a scale. I am hoping to see a change in my body, I don't give a crap about the numbers. then I start obsessing about the smallest amount.

katelynpelerson

Once a week, on Monday mornings after I pee and before I eat. It's kind of like a thing to look forward to to see if I've lost weight, and if I haven't it's more motivation than anything else. Don't make your weight the biggest part of your weight loss journey, focus on eating better and exercising more.

wonderwomanwannaB

Question for those who don't log if you gained: How much would you have to gain back before you would think of it as real gain and log it?

I gained almost 10lbs back between the Holidays, finals, and a break-up and it took me over 2 months to say "OK, I need to log the gain to be accountable that it's not going away on it's own"

I think I've convinced myself that little losses and gains are always "fluctuations" and ignore them. O_o

McKayMachina

I mostly log my weight here when ever I hit a new lowest. Sometimes I might wait a day or two if I feel like it's not going to stick or if I am hoping for an even greater loss.

But, honestly, I mainly just log it when I feel like it. :laugh:

But I never log gains. I keep track of those on my graph at skinnyr.com. But just lowest here. For example, 2 or 3 weeks ago, I was at 156. I'm currently back up to 162 after indulging a LOT. So right now I am working back toward my lowest of 156. After that, I will have my sights back on further weight loss toward my ultimate goal of about 120.

pacettas

Speaking of OCD, with only short exceptions, I have been weighing myself daily since I was 17 years old. (I am now 56.) In the last 3 years I have started keeping a graph next to my mirror in the bathroom. (it is about 6weeks because I use a conventional piece of high school graph paper). I graph my weight 2 years ago in one color, (I was about 24lbs. lighter), a year ago in another color, (I weighed about 5lbs less than I weigh now) and then the previous 6 wks in another color. I also have a 4lb range for my goal that I bracket in yet another color. I have been fighting (gaining and losing) the same 25 lbs for all those years. It was official this week, I weigh what I weighed the week my 19 year old twins were born---the only other time I have gotten this high. That is what has motivated me to get with it on MFP.

hesn92

I used to weigh myself every single morning and sometimes even at random whenever I used the bathroom with the scale in it. And I would log it on here every Thursday. Now that I don't really care about my weight anymore I don't weigh myself as often. I just remembered to log it a couple days ago, lost .2 pounds since my last weigh-in! lol. I'm not doing maintenence yet, I'm at losing 1/2 pound per week.