How often do you weigh yourself? Is it motivating?

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  • RepsnSets
    RepsnSets Posts: 805 Member
    One a week, used to weight everyday sometimes twice a day and it did my head in. I log losses and gains for reporting purposes which seems to keep me on the straight and narrow :p
  • Noway13
    Noway13 Posts: 30
    I weigh myself Monday morning to see where I'm at, try my hardest to stick to my daily exercises and weigh again on Saturday morning.
  • Erienneb
    Erienneb Posts: 592 Member
    Now that I'm 2.5 months in, I find myself using the scale more to make sure I'm staying on track. My official log in weight is Saturday mornings, whatever I may weigh, but I find myself checking during the week often in the afternoon to guage if I'm staying on track or not. It helps me stay focused after having a bad day, or motivates me to keep going if I'm doing well.
  • GetteJ
    GetteJ Posts: 27 Member
    I follow this method, too. I also made sure that my wiifit scale matched the bathroom scale, and I switched back to weighing daily on the wiifit, then doing 10-15 minutes of exercise. It definitely isn't a huge calorie burner, but I feel like that little bit of exercise sort of wakes up my metabolism and gets me humming for the day. I noticed I did better in the summer when I took a short morning walk, but now its winter and I am a wimp so wiifit it is!
  • LadySylvanas
    LadySylvanas Posts: 133 Member
    every morning :glasses:
  • missytrishy
    missytrishy Posts: 203 Member
    Friday mornings.
  • slrday
    slrday Posts: 7
    Every Friday morning. Might sound weird, but I find it motivating to wait a full week. I used to weigh myself daily, but with different fluctuations it just made me feel down if I saw a pound go up, when I know realistically that could be for many reasons.
  • ash8184
    ash8184 Posts: 701 Member
    I think this is different for men and women. I weigh mostly daily, but it's partly for motivation and partly because I like to know my own weight fluctuations during the month. However, there is something to be said (for me) in getting on the scale every morning. It's an all-day reminder that I want to eat clean & exercise so that the number doesn't go up!
  • julieh391
    julieh391 Posts: 683 Member
    Every week or two. It's super motivating because it always goes down!
  • gsmithnp
    gsmithnp Posts: 139 Member
    SHORT ANSWER: Daily. Is is motivating? Sort of. I take it as only one of many measurements, and don't put too much stock into it.

    LONG ANSWER: Daily (or very nearly). I do skip days on occasion, but for the most part I weigh every morning, first thing. I don't let myself get too upset about gains; the flip side of that is I can't get too excited about losses. I have a scale that (supposedly) measures body fat percentage, muscle mass percentage, and water percentage. A lot of times I can tell that an increase in pounds is accompanied by an increase in either water or muscle mass numbers. There have been times where the "pounds" has stayed spot-on the same for weeks, but the other numbers have changed--especially the BF%. I figure as long as that is going down and MM% is going up, and my clothes are fitting better, that's all that matters.

    Weight should also be taken into account with your body measurements, clothing sizes/how they fit, and how you feel. Just like your doctor doesn't just take your blood pressure and pronounce you perfectly healthy (or not): they look at the whole picture--all vital signs, bloodwork, physical assessment, etc. to make that determination.

    Oh, BTW, I also record each and every weight I take--gains and losses. Might as well be honest!
  • Kellylynnhaynes
    Kellylynnhaynes Posts: 73 Member
    I weigh every day. However, lately he hasn't been telling me what I like to hear, so we recently broke up. He knows what he has to do to win me back!

    Thanks for the laugh! That's hilarious!

    I weigh every day M-F. I usually don't weigh in on Sat or Sun because I do not have a scale at home. If I do weigh in, it's on the wii fit board, which I'm not sure how accurate that is. I usually only post if there is a loss from my previous weight.
  • quietasariot
    quietasariot Posts: 198 Member
    I track once a week. And if it's around Aunt Flo time, I do weigh myself but I don't take it seriously (I get really bloated around that time...ugh).
    It is motivating. Another pound down, another one... week after week, that is what motivates me.
  • Sparlingo
    Sparlingo Posts: 938 Member
    I used to be terrified of the scale - honestly! I was actually really upset when I got pregnant that the obstetrician had a big electronic scale with bright red digital numbers displaying my weight at eye level where I couldn't avoid it. At least that gave me a reality check.

    Now, in an attempt to remove the shock factor from the scale, I'm weighing myself every day for the first week or two as I use myfitnesspal. My hope is that as I see small fluctuations and some overall progress, I'll be motivated to keep it up and less terrified of the scale in the future.

    The plan is to move to weekly weigh-ins after that.
  • Johann4u
    Johann4u Posts: 16
    I started exercising 12 weeks ago. I do Zumba 5 days a week and lift weights for toning. i have lost 6 dress sizes but have not gotten on a scale cause i don't want to be disapointed. I feel awesome but scared of the scale :noway:
  • CINDYRN33
    CINDYRN33 Posts: 148 Member
    weekly, going to monthly. There are too many fluctuations when I weigh weekly and this discourages me and then tend to eat alot the day i weighed myself because I did not see the answer I liked. Now my train of thought is that it takes about a month to see any changes that you have made in diet show up on the scale so if I make a change it wont show for a month anyway and I can make monthly ajustments if need be. I also think it is a mind thing with me if I get on the scale and see I have lost 7 or 8 pounds mentally that is better for me then seeing the 1-2 pound decrease. So for me monthly is making sense.
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    once a week every Monday am. If I weigh daily, it's always changing and this way gives me a more accurate number......
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    I weigh weekly. Sometimes I check it in betweenmaybe one time during the week,, but I only have a single official day, once a week. On weigh day, if it's lower, I get motivated to work harder. So far it hasn't been higher, but I think that would also make me work harder...to get back on track. As much as I like watching the numbers go down, the way my pants fit is the best motivator/indicator of how I'm doing.

    Barb
  • qnih
    qnih Posts: 16
    First thing every morning.

    Calculating a 7 day moving average helps to smooth out any fluctuations and show the trend.
  • sarahharmintx
    sarahharmintx Posts: 868 Member
    Twice a day. Mainly bc Im trying to kill a plateau.
  • mrsburghart
    mrsburghart Posts: 166 Member
    I weigh once a day, but I only track it once a week (usually on Wednesdays since that is the day that we have weigh-ins at the gym). I treat the fluctuations as what they are, and only take the weekly weigh-in in stride. It helps to see how different things affect my weight, such as sleep and hydration. It also helps keep me on track. If I want to see that number go lower I have to work hard that day.
  • JessicaBR0
    JessicaBR0 Posts: 256 Member
    I weigh in once a week and it is motivating. I've been losing 1 lb per week. I think if I saw the fluctuation daily it would make me paranoid.
  • SameMe_JustLess
    SameMe_JustLess Posts: 245 Member
    I weigh myself every day and record it on a calender next to my scale, but I only report it on Wednesdays on MFP due to fluctuations.

    I have been reading that a lot of people do something similar. I like the accountability for myself without making my MFP friends see every single up and down through the week!!

    ALL THESE RESPONSES ARE FABULOUS BY THE WAY!!! THANKS!!!
  • AggieFan2011
    AggieFan2011 Posts: 551 Member
    every 3 days! (: that way i see some of the little bumps, but not all of them haha

    This! I only record when there is a loss though. I don't know whether that is good or bad, but I feel like my weight is bound to fluctuate a little bit depending on the time of day I weight myself, how much sodium or water I had the day before, etc. so as long as the gain isn't a substantial one I feel no need to record it. I think weighing myself every single day would be a bit overwhelming for me personally, but that's just how I operate.
  • piggydog
    piggydog Posts: 322
    I weigh and measure every thursday
  • cindymedlen
    cindymedlen Posts: 7
    Im a scale junkie...I jump on it 3-4 times a day.....I think I may need therapy!
  • Dementedllama
    Dementedllama Posts: 177 Member
    Daily. But I recommend weekly.
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    I weigh myself each morning but I only record my weight once a week. I am used to the ups and downs so it doesn't usually bother me. By the end of each week I tend to make some progress. In my mind only my official weigh in counts, which is every Friday morning.

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