When should I weigh myself?

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  • tonightokayalright
    tonightokayalright Posts: 289 Member
    I usually weigh myself on Sunday morning after I use the bathroom... Sometimes after I've eaten breakfast lol.
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    This month I'm actually weighing in once a week for fun. Usually, I don't pay attention to the scale except when I just happen to be there at the right time to weigh in (morning, pre-breakfast, totally nekkid.)

    I find I lose weight more when I'm not trying to lose it, but rather when I just run hard and eat what I need to eat.
  • kandyice1
    kandyice1 Posts: 48 Member
    I usually weigh myself on Tuesdays, right after I wake up in the morning. Doing so everyday will drive you bonkers.
  • dansanb
    dansanb Posts: 1 Member
    Here are my 2 cents....

    <start of rant>

    THROW AWAY YOUR SCALE, eat right, do exercise, and check back a year later. Make an appointment with the Doctor, they will check your weight with those super duper precise scales. Take that number, remove a couple of pounds (give or take) because of your clothes, and there ya go....

    Checking your weight every day, every week, or even every month is like watching and waiting for water to boil. Get out there and just do it.....

    How will you know you are progressing you say? your clothes will fit better, you will feel better, and people will say you look better, this is all you need, not some mechanical gadget with numbers that only provides you with 5% feedback of your overall health anyway....enough said......

    <end of rant>
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    Every morning when I wake or after a run. Just got an Aria scale, its fun to look at the graph and see the damage the weekend causes.
  • kroonha
    kroonha Posts: 102 Member
    I weigh myself every morning, after going to the bathroom, naked. I log my weight in www.weightgrapher.com because it shows me the overall trend in a better manner than MFP does. On MFP, I log whatever my new low is.

    Even if my weight goes up, it might be due to the time of the month, bodily functions, water, etc. If I hate something super salty, I know I'll be retaining more water than normal.

    The weight graph shows me the overall trend and the fluctuations.
    Weighing once a week did not work for me, as very often I'd end up with barely a difference due to what I had eaten or drank and it would suck that my weigh in day would be an 'off' day for whatever reason.
  • bcovely
    bcovely Posts: 57 Member
    Me personally, I weigh myself every Friday morning - as soon as I get up. I did read some where (not sure where), if you weigh yourself every day - after 7 days, add all the weights together and divide by 7. That was your weight for the week. Do the same the next week - then compare your end number to see if you lost or gained weight. Whatever you decide to do - good luck!!
  • ejdp254
    ejdp254 Posts: 342 Member
    I like to weigh myself every other sunday morning at the local chemist as their scales are more accurate and you get a little print out to keep. I will then measure everywhere on the sundays i'm not weighing so each week i can see different changes. Keeps me happy.
  • bassclef19
    bassclef19 Posts: 53 Member
    once a month.
    too discouraging seeing the weight fluctuate everyday.
  • vwbug86
    vwbug86 Posts: 283 Member
    Who on earth advised weighing once a day? Your weight fluctuates tremendously, and women have their own special brand of fluctuations. Weighing yourself once a week (or less) is more likely to give you the big picture of where your weight is going.

    As far as time of day, I personally weigh myself in the morning post-bathroom, pre-breakfast in nothing but underpants. That's me, though.

    For data points. It is the best way to gather data for long term loss.

    If you can't do that psychologically then don't. I weigh myself 4-7 times a week.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    You should weigh yourself only on a full moon make sure you are naked and you have covered your body in peanut butter. It is vital though that no peanut butter gets on the big toe of your left foot otherwise it will make the reading inaccurate. When standing on the scales you need to stand only on your left foot and sing the national anthem of your country backwards. Follow these steps exactly then your weighing will be consistent.
  • suzsy312
    suzsy312 Posts: 12
    You can weigh yourself a few times a week if you want but always make sure that you are weighing yourself in the morning because that is your true weight,.
  • Domineer
    Domineer Posts: 239 Member
    I like to weight in once on Friday, and again Monday to see where I stand going into the weekend and starting the week off.
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    ^^^ This is me!
  • nop0kerstar46
    nop0kerstar46 Posts: 1
    I weigh myself every morning when i wake up and use the restroom. The reason being is to see how the day before did for me. I realize that it fluctuates, but that being said as long as the general direction is going downward then you will be motivated to exercise more and make yourself better. If you weigh yourself every week then there is a chance you can miss something that you ate bad that made you gain a significant amount of weight in one day. Again, this is my opinion. I prefer to weigh every morning.
  • Obeah1
    Obeah1 Posts: 55 Member
    Weigh yourself whenever you want...its OK...really.
  • abcgfed
    abcgfed Posts: 26
    I weigh myself every day- eat no later than 8:30pm the night before. Wake up in the morning and do cardio before ANYTHING, then take a shower and weigh yourself. Weight does fluctuate, but if you do it like this it is fine. It's like a mini fast every night, and turbo boost in the morning to wake up your muscles and make them lighter. - then eat breakfast and move on with your day :D

    My weight fluctuates drastically right after I do cardio. If I sweat a lot, I will weigh less. If I drink a ton of water, I weigh more. I never trust the scale right after I work out.

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