How often do you weigh yourself?

birdieaz

I weight myself every morning before breakfast, but only record it once a week. Like others have said it helps to see what affects my gains and losses.

Jackieonappy

Daily but i log it weekly

b1505

I try to weigh myself everyday just so I don't get any nasty surprises...it also helps me keep on track because if I see a gain one day I can work out more that day

kevieyoka

I weigh myself every morning. After I use the toilet, then I weigh myself. I also keep a daily weight graph and food journal.

TinaS88

I tend to hop on the scale everyday just to see the changes and the way the weight can fluctuate throughout the day.

I don't count anything as "real" except once a week when I actually weigh in to update.

Isabella701

not very often i am kinda scared to

RitaSantoss

I've been weighing myself every 2 weeks. Because I find that is when you can truly see if there's any improvement or not.

MirandaWinchester

I do it every morning. I'm addicted.

mbk830

Once a week. However, that sometimes flexes a little. If I know I'm going to be out of town, I'll weigh before I leave a few days early. So it may be 5 days between weigh in one week and 9 days the next.

chelsea_lamontagne

I've realized that the scale is not my best indicator. I've found myself feeling great, only for my progress to be contradicted by the oh-so-powerful numbers registering on my scale. Oppositely, I have had times where I feel as though I have hit a plateau and the numbers indicate a significant loss. As such, I weigh myself at random intervals ( 1-2 times per month ), and have resorted to using a target outfit as my progress indicator, rather than the scale. Good luck to you, and remember the real goal is health, not society's insinuated ideal weight.

jw17695

I do it once every few weeks. Since I've moved I can't even find my scale now. For me, I do much better knowing how my clothes fit than looking at the scale.

15Kgold

I weigh every day. I have been told that it is not good to do that! But I cannot help it. I realize the initial weight loss is fast but it does slow down and stall after that!

CaramelAngel247

I weigh myself almost daily. I measure once a month.

I know that it might go up and down but it helps me keep my nutrition in mind and if numbers go up too much for too many days in a row I know I need to check my routine. Am I sleeping enough? Am I running the same route too often? Am I eating more junk food and saturated fat than I should be eating?

Watching daily just keeps me on track. I know that eating 1200 calories in donuts and lots of saturated fat and I won't lose anything even though I burned 1000 calories in exercise. I can do the same workout but eat 1800 calories in healthy snacks and lean meats and veggies an step on the scale to lose 2lbs.

47Jacqueline

I have found the best way to weigh myself is every other week. If I weigh myself every week I sometimes hold water and show a gain when I have been faithfully following my food and exercise plan. That can put me in a tail spin and result in my having a hard time. So when I started weighing myself every other week I found I was more often showing a loss and I feel better about not being so dependent on the scale.

MDS369

Lol ... Good point!

MDS369

It seems like this question has been adequately answered, but I'm often asked this, so I figure I'll pipe in here.

I weigh myself several times a day. I know I'm generally my highest when I go to bed, and my lowest after I workout before showering. The latter is my "official" weight each day. I know that my weight will bounce around. I'm not only measuring fat loss, but hopefully muscle gain as well. And finally, I know that water retention will probably cause my weight to vary quite a bit.

I don't concern myself with my daily ups and downs, or even my ups and downs throughout the week. Instead, I watch the overall slope of the graph of my weight. if i see it going down over time, I'm happy. If I see spikes, I curse, roll with it, and move on.

It's a long and hard journey. I didn't get to 350 pounds overnight; I didn't come back down to 270 overnight; I'm not going to meet my next goal of 250 overnight; and I'm not going to get to my ultimate goal, whatever that is, overnight either. I'm patient, committed, and I'm certainly not going to let minor setbacks derail me.

Aljn27

I weigh in on Sunday's since its a start to a new week. My friend weighs in on Monday's.

rogerbosch

Every morning. If the scale is up, I seriously re-evaluate my previous day's diet.

shennard80

Everyday. Everyone knows there are flucuations because of water but you can spot a trend over the course of several days to see the general direction. When i was working out everyday I woud even weigh myself before and after the workout. A couple pounds over yesterday (even knowing it's water relates) would just provide more motivation to do more. Afterwards it was more for seeing how much I lost in water (sweat).

SLewis74

I only weigh myself once a week. Any more often than that and I drive myself crazy wondering what I may have done wrong that day if I see a gain, etc. I always in first thing in the morning.