How often do you weigh yourself?

MakingApril

I'm just wondering how often should I weigh myself, I don't want to get discouraged by looking at the scale and finding out that it's the same, cause I weighed myself too early.

So how often do you guys weigh yourselves ?

FoodandFitness

Weigh once per week at the same time, but only compare weights on a month-to-month basis. This is especially true for women because of water weight fluctuations in relation to hormones.

tmbowen12

I weigh in once a month. Haven't weighed in 3 months. My scale broke during our move ( and just been to busy to go out and buy another. I know I am on the right track though cause my pants are getting baggy.

canelly

Every week..... And it hasn't moved, yet my pants are falling off me .... So *kitten* the scale!!!!

babeinthemoon

I weigh myself every morning as a part of my bathroom routine. I keep track of my daily weights on a different tracker. The only one I count on mfp is my Saturday weight. Sometimes it is higher than Friday, but I don't care... as the number will likely go down the next Saturday.

I weigh myself daily to watch for my mini plateaus that I seem to get every 3-5 weeks. When I see one, I do a slingshot week and move on. With this method I seem to be losing 8 pounds every 4-5 weeks. This works for me because I see a nice loss of 1-3 pounds most weeks. Any faster than that and I think I would be worried about my health. I didn't get this big over night, so I certainly will not get rid of my extra insulation over night as well.

Although I keep track of my weight, I consider my tape measure my best friend. I take my measurements every 4-5 weeks, usually the first Saturday of the month. This is where I count my real progress!

Keep in mind that your weight can change daily just with fluid and meal consumption, and weekly depending on the time of the month. So, don't get too discouraged if your numbers on the scale seem wonky.

Good Luck!

CincinnatiDEIFan

Stuck at 160 +/- a pound or two....for weeks.....

I wish I didn't drive myself crazy and get on the scale every day..LOL.

I'd like to do it once a week....but I know I can't handle that....

birdieaz

I'm an admitted scaleaholic and was weighing in daily. However I'm currently doing No Scale October. In order to make sure i don't give in to temptation, my lying scale is visiting a friend.

wannabfitnsexywechanged

EVERYDAY

ciobair

Every day, even though I wish I didn't feel like I need to..............

Only record what it says on Monday morning tho'

sarahslim100

record once a week

Ashleighkitty

Every morning x

Bob314159

Weigh every day first thing and be aware weight fluctuates. If you can't deal with the fluctuation then use this http://physicsdiet.com/

I you weigh once a week and overeat a little every day then you get depressed when you realize you have to backtrack a week.

Nikachelle

So many people are against it, but I weigh myself twice a day. It doesn't bother me to see if the scale goes up a pound or so. Mostly I just weigh myself so often so I can get accustomed to the fluctuations in my body and know when I have high weight and when I have low weight.

SavageFeast

Every day.

cherridawnn

WAY TOO OFTEN!!!

nygrl4evr

Once a week, every Friday morning like clock work!

karllundy

I weigh myself everyday...can't help it. I know that it fluctuates on a lot of factors, but if I see it go up, it reminds me to eat well that day. I usually do it first thing. Only record on Wednesdays though.

lorihalsted

I weigh every day twice a day. HOWEVER, I only log on Friday morning. It works for me, might now work for you. Just don't be a slave to the scale because that is only half the story. The way you feel, the way your clothes fit, your endurance....all these are more important than a number!

heidimaggott78

every morning, but am only recording it once per week, on a Monday morning

Kristadawnbrown1

I weigh myself everyday. I know that I will fluctuate daily due to all kind of factors but I've gotten into the habit of doing it and it makes me feel better. You can weigh yourself as much as you want..it doesn't really matter...do whatever works for you. A better indication of how you're doing is by taking your measurements and testing out how your clothing fits.

shunggie

I weigh myself everyday, but only count it once a week. It keeps me in check calorie wise. I have learned not to freak out if it's up and not to celebrate too much if it's down.

ChgingMe

Every week..... And it hasn't moved, yet my pants are falling off me .... So *kitten* the scale!!!!

:drinker:

caseythirteen

I've actually just started weighing myself and so far really only doing it every two weeks.

byrnette

Every single day. A few articles in the new york times last january drove this decision for me. Here is an excerpt from the article about a group of people who have lost weight and managed to successfully keep it off (a very small percentage of all people who lose weight which was the very depressing jist of the article entitled "The Fat Trap" New York Times magazine January 1 2012....

[The National Weight Control Registry tracks 10,000 people who have lost weight and have kept it off. “We set it up in response to comments that nobody ever succeeds at weight loss,” says Rena Wing, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, who helped create the registry with James O. Hill, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado at Denver. “We had two goals: to prove there were people who did, and to try to learn from them about what they do to achieve this long-term weight loss.” Anyone who has lost 30 pounds and kept it off for at least a year is eligible to join the study, though the average member has lost 70 pounds and remained at that weight for six years.

Wing says that she agrees that physiological changes probably do occur that make permanent weight loss difficult, but she says the larger problem is environmental, and that people struggle to keep weight off because they are surrounded by food, inundated with food messages and constantly presented with opportunities to eat. “We live in an environment with food cues all the time,” Wing says. “We’ve taught ourselves over the years that one of the ways to reward yourself is with food. It’s hard to change the environment and the behavior.”

There is no consistent pattern to how people in the registry lost weight — some did it on Weight Watchers, others with Jenny Craig, some by cutting carbs on the Atkins diet and a very small number lost weight through surgery. But their eating and exercise habits appear to reflect what researchers find in the lab: to lose weight and keep it off, a person must eat fewer calories and exercise far more than a person who maintains the same weight naturally. Registry members exercise about an hour or more each day — the average weight-loser puts in the equivalent of a four-mile daily walk, seven days a week. They get on a scale every day in order to keep their weight within a narrow range. They eat breakfast regularly. Most watch less than half as much television as the overall population. They eat the same foods and in the same patterns consistently each day and don’t “cheat” on weekends or holidays. They also appear to eat less than most people, with estimates ranging from 50 to 300 fewer daily calories. ]

witchy_wife

I'm normally a once or twice a week person but have got a bit obsessive about the scales lately so I doing a 30 day challenge. Make sure that my calories average out over the week to a good defecit (I tend to eat a little less during week and an extra couple 100 cals at the weekend). I am going to do cardio or strength 6 days a week........ and not get weighed until the end of the 30 days! Only started yesterday so a long way to go but I like to set myself little challenges like this.

Glasgow91

I weigh myself every morning. I find it interesting to compare weight vs calorie intake/exercise and see the fluctuation day by day (Sad I know). Say I weighed myself once a week on Saturday mornings but went out for beers & a curry on the Friday, it'd be demotivating to see that weight on me - and have to a whole week to get a more genuine reading - when in reality I'd have weighed much less the morning before.

STrooper

I was measuring only once per week.

In the interim, I am back to weighing each morning (but I only count my Sunday AM reading. I am also participating in a program where we weigh in once per week). I have been on a high energy output cycle here recently and with the high intensity and a somewhat higher calorie consumption, I have been tracking to see how much variability occurs when I'm operating at this higher output state.

The answer seems to be, not as much variation as I have seen in the past while losing weight.

I read the NYT magazine article referenced above "The Fat Trap." In some ways, very depressing. But I have known for awhile that this is a long haul proposition and I really like being back into a clothes size that fits my self-image of what I have looked like in the past and where I want to remain.

Generally speaking, there have been no huge alterations to my diet though I now track food when I did not before (only in the past year). Maybe measuring each day and being mindful is what is required on the food consumption side. Being dedicated to an exercise routine is the other part of it AND it is a routine in doing something that I enjoy (and in how I challenge myself).

Tnia

Every 2 weeks!

RumpusP

I weigh once every morning after peeing, in the nude.

But I'm one who doesn't get discouraged by the scale not going down that day. I just shrug and say, "maybe tomorrow" and keep on track with my docs' plan.

tmejias

Atleast once a week but like some of us, we cant wait to see the numbers on the scale to go down, so we weigh ourselves everyday, remember to weigh in the morning right after you take your first pee, I know gross but it's true!

bikinisuited

bump!