How often do you weigh yourself?

Heather0o
Heather0o Posts: 7
in Health and Weight Loss
I was wondering how often everyone weighs themselves? I know some people that do it everyday and some that do it once a month. I tend to lose motivation if I don't weigh myself everyday.
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  • SKHaz1
    SKHaz1 Posts: 145 Member
    I weigh myself everyday or every other day. Keeps me accountable. If I see the number going up I know I need to kick my butt in gear and exercise and eat better. If Its going down I know I need to keep doing what I'm doing. But thats just how it works with me!
  • mydeloo78
    mydeloo78 Posts: 328 Member
    I weigh every morning and hate it when i can't. The fluctuations keep me on track and I find that I get a little lost without the daily accountability.
  • 27missmarty
    27missmarty Posts: 4
    EVERY day!! usually when i first get up, before eating or drinking anything ;o
  • Erisad
    Erisad Posts: 1,580
    I weigh myself every Friday morning and post a progress photo on my Facebook weight loss album and measure myself the last Friday of the month. :P
  • Behavior_Modification
    Behavior_Modification Posts: 24,482 Member
    The scale and I are not friends. Seems like no matter what it says (and I'm not kidding, it could even be an awesome #), I feel like it isn't enough and it just upsets me. I stay off of it as much as possible now.

    I am going to continue to modify my behavior no matter what the scale says, no matter how slow or quick I lose weight, no matter what. Short term behavior changes will not allow me to keep the weight off.

    I prefer to measure my success by means other than the scale as well. Measurements and endurance are huge indicators of how well I'm doing.
  • michfitzhome
    michfitzhome Posts: 187 Member
    I weigh every day to stay accountable but only track on fridays and monday.
  • SVallatini
    SVallatini Posts: 49
    I avoid the scales at all cost. About the only time I weigh is when I have to, like at the Dr.'s office.
  • Kitten2629
    Kitten2629 Posts: 1,358 Member
    Several times a week.
  • 1holegrouper
    1holegrouper Posts: 323 Member
    Every day now that I'm at the point where I don't freak out about normal weight fluctuations. It took me a while to get there I must admit!
  • FiercelyBeautiful
    FiercelyBeautiful Posts: 590 Member
    Every day, however with strength training I am training myself not to do that because it is not an accurate representation of my progress and just frustrates me.
  • Rachel4343
    Rachel4343 Posts: 19
    Weekly. Usually on Mondays. Keeps me accountable over the weekend.
  • liftingheavy
    liftingheavy Posts: 551 Member
    Once a month
  • shelbynicole32
    shelbynicole32 Posts: 179 Member
    I count my weigh in on Sunday as soon as I wake up as my "official" weight, but I jump on the scale almost every day just to see how things are going...
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    Daily. I used to log only 1x per week, but I find it more motivating to log daily also. But, because I know it fluctuates, I didn't want everyone to congratulate me every time I had a tiny loss, so I turned off the alerts that tell everyone when I've lost weight since my last weigh in.
  • SylentZee
    SylentZee Posts: 262
    Weekly, roughly, either Monday or Tuesday.
  • nekochanpurr
    nekochanpurr Posts: 14
    Every morning. If it stays the same for a week i'll change it in mfp. :)
  • katejenkins1
    katejenkins1 Posts: 210 Member
    Once a week, unless it's tom, then I skip a week and a half.
    Measurements no more then every 2weeks.
  • Francesca3162
    Francesca3162 Posts: 520 Member
    I weigh everyday, keeps me accountable) but only record changes (UP or DOWN)..
  • mmarcy7
    mmarcy7 Posts: 227 Member
    Every day as soon as I wake up. I don't count when it goes up a little, I just track it when it goes down. But it lets me know if I need to eat lighter or get some more exercise.
  • BSmith0926
    BSmith0926 Posts: 51 Member
    I weigh every morning. I believe it keeps me going also helps me know if I should eat a smaller meal. or if I am doing great then I can have a little extra treat.
  • Madux1818
    Madux1818 Posts: 307 Member
    I weigh myself every Saturday morning.
  • KetoLovingMama
    KetoLovingMama Posts: 69 Member
    Once a Week on the same Day and i try to do it first thing in the Morning on weigh in day.
  • zophiel67
    zophiel67 Posts: 181
    I weigh myself every Friday morning and post a progress photo on my Facebook weight loss album and measure myself the last Friday of the month. :P

    Having a measuring plan is great! I need to start that.

    I weigh every day, but have a program that automatically tells me how much I'm down from the week before. I also weigh pretty much as soon as I wake up, before I get in the shower.

    I know a lot of people are firmly against daily weigh-ins, so here's my rationalization for those who are wondering. I recognize that daily variation happens. Bloating from salt, alcohol, and hormones can make me gain four pounds overnight. So if I weigh on June 1 and come in at 200, lose two pounds over the following week, then get bloated overnight, and weigh in June 8 at 202, I get *completely* bummed out. I recognize my emotional eating tendencies, and this would send me on a binge. Especially if I had been really good for that whole week. Whereas if I weigh in June 1 at 200, June 2 at 199.3, June 3 at 199.8, June 4 at 198.7, June 5 at 198.3, June 6 at 198.5, June 7 at 198, and June 8 at 202... That doesn't bother me. I know that I didn't eat 14,000 extra calories on June 7 and I can usually pinpoint a cause (ie party with friends, special occasion dinner with lots of junk, period starting) so it doesn't bother me that technically I'm up two pounds from the week before. I know it'll be gone again in a few days.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Once a month... anything more than that and I would start to obsess about every little pound I gain or lose...
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    Once a week... Thursday mornings at my Weight Watcher Meetings.

    But I do occasionally take a peek at our home scale on Monday. I try not to do that though, because once I step on and see the number I start to obsess about it...
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    I have no set schedule. When I wake up, walk past the scale and say "Hmmm. I wonder..." That's when I weigh myself.

    I used to weigh every day, but then I stopped worrying about weight and started concentrating more on health and fitness and feel sooo much better about everything!
  • tugers2
    tugers2 Posts: 139
    every other wednesday... right after i pee in the morning
  • dan323
    dan323 Posts: 271 Member
    Once a week. Usually Friday morning.
  • Kitiara47
    Kitiara47 Posts: 235 Member
    I weigh once a week, Friday morning after going to the bathroom and before getting dressed. It's very rare, but if Friday says I gained and I know I struggled Wednesday and/or Thursday, I'll take it easier on the weekend and make my official Monday morning. Then it restarts to Friday. This works for me! This past spring semester, I weighed myself every morning. The numbers drove me crazy!! So I hid my scale in my closet and only brought it out Friday morning. Made it sooo much easier :smile:
  • cbart2818
    cbart2818 Posts: 188 Member
    I was wondering how often everyone weighs themselves? I know some people that do it everyday and some that do it once a month. I tend to lose motivation if I don't weigh myself everyday.

    No more than once a week, sometimes every two weeks. I found my weight can go up and down as much as a 3-4 lbs through out the week depending how intense my workouts are. So I always use Monday as my weigh in morning IF I weigh in at all.

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