How often does everyone weigh themselves?
bshephe2
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I was just wondering how often everyone weighs themselves. I weigh myself daily to help stay focused. Many people say you should only weigh yourself weekly, but I find I lose motivation if I don't remind myself of my goal each day. i just read an article in my local newspaper which argues both ways. The consenses was it is motivating in the initial weigh lose time period but de-motivating in the long tem. What do you think?
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Personally, if I don't get up and weigh myself, I don't feel on track. I only weigh in weekly. It's just part of my morning routine now. Not demotivating for me at all. I am doing a slow life change and picking up good habits- like weighing every morning to remember not to eat crap all day.0
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I'm horrible.. I weigh before bed and when I wake up in the morning. LOL I agree with you about
keeping me motivated.. I like the daily reminder.0 -
I do it every morning first thing. Helps keep me on track.0
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I weigh myself once a week, sometimes twice if I don't like what the scale said the first time. I try not to do it more than that or I will get discouraged.. I want the scale to move down EVERY time I get on it.0
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Every other week for me. I also take measurements every other week, too.0
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Personally, if I weigh myself every day the normal fluctuations bum me out. I just do it once a week when I take all of my measurements.0
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Hi, I use to weigh myself just like you are doing and I think that is a big mistake. I became a prisoner to the scale, I felt like I was dragging the scale around with me all day everyday. I dont think its good to weigh yourself everyday. I think its sets one up to fail. Just my opinion but I actually had to stop weighing myself so much. Now, I only weight once a month. Thats works alot better for me and then I dont go around upset just because I gained a pound in a week, because that does happen as your body fluctuates everyday as far as water and depending on the food you eat. Most people probably weigh once a week but that didnt work for me. Good luck with your journey.0
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I'm horrible.. I weigh before bed and when I wake up in the morning. LOL I agree with you about
keeping me motivated.. I like the daily reminder.
I'm the same way! Haha. Right now it lets me know where I'm at and helps me stay accountable. As I get closer to my goal weight when I know things will slow down I will go to once a week and eventually just get rid of it.0 -
I weigh daily to keep me on track, however, I only take it to heart and "officially" count it once a week.0
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I track weight weekly and it's not a stressful thing. When I follow MFP recommendations all is well.
I never failed, but at first I needed to tweak my settings, calorie burn rates and food intake to find that zone.
After that, every week I either maintained or lost a pound or so.
In 2 years I lost over 70 lbs.
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I weigh myself everyday as well. I find it helps me to stay on target, motivated, and helps me adjust my workouts or eating on a daily basis. I just try not to let it discourage me if the scale does not change or goes up a pound. But that is not easy either. For right now, the weighing everyday has helped me personally.0
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I lose motivation if I don't weigh every day. I think I will start doing it again! Keeps me focused on my goals.0
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In the morning when my tummys empty and at night before bed.0
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I would weigh hourly if I could, but since I weigh myself naked, it might be a little embarrassing at work.
I'm not a slave to the scale, I just like to see what different foods and exercise do to affect my weight, and wealth.0 -
I weigh myself as little as possible. I know I am losing inches and I am working out hard. I HATE my scale and my scale HATES me. It's evil. LOL0
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Every 43 minutes0
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Right now, I do it daily, just to see if anything has changed. But, I'm not trying to lose (breastfeeding) so it's not a big deal for me to not see change. When I was trying to lose before I got pregnant I would weigh 1-2 times a week.0
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I weigh myself every morning. I found doing it once a week I cheated on myself. If I do it every day, then I know OH NO, tomorrow is gonna not be a great weigh in. I actually log it 1 time a week on MFP.0
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Monthly. I lose weight so slowly, that it's discouraging to see the scale barely move on a daily or weekly basis. I figure if I'm keeping track of my food (and doing the best I can each day), the scale eventually cooperates!0
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I weigh myself every morning. I water retain a lot, especially when I start running and working out a lot so I do sometimes get very discouraged when it goes up but then I drink a lot of water and the next day it's down a couple pounds. It's whatever works for you!!0
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I should add, even tho i check my weight twice a day.......I officially weigh in once a week, and record measurements every 2 weeks.0
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every week for me, but the hubby does it pretty much every day! it makes me want to hide the scale from him lol0
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Every morning, but I officially track it on mondays.0
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I do weigh myself at the same time everyday, right before I start my cardio and I only record when the weight goes down. If it doesn't move or jumps up a few ounces a little, it motivates me to work harder, and when I get to log that I lost some weight, it reminds me that my hard work is paying off and is totally worth it! I am worth it!0
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Officially, I weigh in weekly. Sometimes, if I want to re-motivate myself, I'll sneak in a weigh in sometime throughout the week, but I don't record it regardless of what it says.
My weight fluctuates daily, so I try to not look at the scale too often.
Edit: Sometimes, I don't even weigh in weekly; sometimes I wait even longer between weigh ins.0 -
I weigh myself once a week on Wednesday. Seems to work out for me0
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I weigh daily to keep me on track, however, I only take it to heart and "officially" count it once a week.0
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I was weighing myself everyday which was driving me NUTZ, so now just once a week0
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I weigh myself every morning and after I work out I feel like that's my real weight because of all the sweat. I actually wanna stop weighing my self so much.0
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Once a week for me.0
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