Question for the daily weighers

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  • myear2amaze
    myear2amaze Posts: 1
    i weigh everyday but ive noticed that sometimes it can make me feel great and sometimes it can make me feel worse! like if i expected a bigger loss or if im up for some unexplainable reason... it gets discouraging!
  • peachykeek
    peachykeek Posts: 19
    I'm sure this isn't "right" but it's what works for me, and that's all I really care about. I weigh myself just about every day. If I find that I lost weight, I will record it. If I'm the same, or a bit higher than my lowest, I don't.


    same here!
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    I weigh myself every single day, but I only record every two weeks on Saturdays.

    I personally like to see the daily fluctuations and how different things effect my body and weight in different ways. It also helps me to keep in mind that, once I reach my goal, there will be ups and downs once I'm there and to not stress out about them.

    My method is to wake up, use the restroom, get naked and weigh myself. I notate the daily weight in a spreadsheet that I track a lot of stuff in (daily calories consumed, calories burned, macros, exercise calories burned and any notes about the day), but, as I said, I only do the "official" recording every two weeks.
  • Christi6604
    Christi6604 Posts: 247 Member
    I log it daily. It helps when I go back to look for a trend...and since it doesn't bother me, there's no point in not logging it.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    I weigh every single day but I don't log it on MFP unless it is a loss....I use a great site to put my weight in everday and see what my trends are....You can also put notes in there if you want on what was going on that day to cause the gain or loss such as, TOM, too much sodium, etc.

    https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/HackDiet

    On that site, what is the field "rung"? And what does the "Flag" option do?
  • nikkirec
    nikkirec Posts: 24 Member
    I weigh every morning and log no matter the number, it helps me in the long run to see that even if I stay the same for a few days or gain a little that eventually if I keep exercising and eating within my calorie goals the weight will go down.
  • melissaw78
    melissaw78 Posts: 214 Member
    I weight every day. In fact, a couple of times a day. I only log a weight change when it's been down a few days in a row.

    I have an old spring scale that wiggles when I move my feet so it's not too reliable. So I don't obsess. I simply find it interesting - I'm a data junkie.

    ^^^^^^THIS!!!^^^^^^
    I just find it fascinating to see how what I ate and how I exercised (or didn't) affect my weight on any given day. I actually helps me obsess LESS to learn what can cause fluctuations.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    I weigh every single day but I don't log it on MFP unless it is a loss....I use a great site to put my weight in everday and see what my trends are....You can also put notes in there if you want on what was going on that day to cause the gain or loss such as, TOM, too much sodium, etc.

    https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/HackDiet

    On that site, what is the field "rung"? And what does the "Flag" option do?

    Ah-ha! Finally had some free time to dig around the site more and found it. :)

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