How often to you weight in?

MrWThompson

I have always debated this.

I am thinking about weighting in every three days, what do other people do?

-Will


PS - I would love any support you can muster, I am a 44 year old middle school teacher who just like to make friends! Add me if you would like, I can always use more support!

bkersting168

I tend to obsess about the scale and tend to check it often. I have tried it different ways and the way that seems to work best for me is every 3 days or so, or in my case I was weighing in on Monday and Fridays. A week was too long for me to either validate progress or verify a rough week. Anything shorter than 3 days was tough because my weight flucuated too much ( i.e. I would be under calories and exercise a lot but might go up a couple of pounds.)

Feel free to add me as a friend if you want. I have more to lose than you but am the same age and log in daily. Would be glad to help where I can....Brian

malston40

I was obsessed with my scale. I was checking everytime I went into the bathroom. I decided to put it away for a month and try to lose weight without the pressure. I lost 7 lbs that way. Without the scale to tell me if I did good or not I could control my day. I didn't beat myself up so no emotional eating.

CottonCandyKisses

I have a problem, so I hop on the scale every morning before I get in the shower But I would only weigh and log in once a week.

Jenny775

I am NOT obsessed with the scale - thank goodness!! I make it a habit to weigh in once a week just to keep track but honestly, if I miss a week or two I don't stress about it.

Madholm

I checked in every single morning for a while on the scale. Now I just don't care to see the minor fluctuations and I check in every few days to see how things are going.

The thing I'm really irked I didn't track when I started was my thighs. Judging by my jeans I've lost about 2 inches in my thighs and it would have been nice to track it properly.

serenapitala

Generally I go once a week. I've become obsessed before and three times a week quickly turned into three times a day which became everytime I walked past the scale. No good comes from that.

RubyRed8067

MAYBE once a month. Instead of weighing weekly, I try on a pair of jeans as a way to measure WL.

Mathguy1

I weigh myself first thing in the morning (after evacuating). I prefer to know each day how much I weigh. However, I understand as I lose weight, the numbers will bounce back and forth as they trend downwards. For example, I know that if yesterday's food choices contained a lot of sodium (sushi, soup, ravioli, etc), my weight will be slightly higher. Therefore, the temporary weight gain reminds me to up my water intake to help "flush out" the sodium.

My best answer would be to tell you that the frequency of your weigh in (no more than 1x per day and try to weigh yourself around the same time and same condition as your weight can increase during the day. Also, dont weigh yourself after exercising as your weight loss is due to water loss) should be in line with your goals.

First starting out? Weigh daily so you can see how your nutrition choices affect your weight.
Trying to add muscle? Weigh weekly or monthly or perhaps not at all (take measurements instead).

Once you get a handle on portion sizes and control of your nutrition, it doesn't matter how frequently you weigh yourself. This is strictly a personal choice. If you dont feel like weighing yourself daily but prefer 2x week, then do so. If you no longer care about the number on the scale but only how you look in the mirror, then weigh yourself monthly or not at all.

jimmy713

I'm going to weigh in once a week starting today sense it's my first day back in the gym.I think once a week is good enough though.

fattypattybinger

everybody come join us in the Friday's weigh in Group. Look under community then groups. We are always looking for more friends to join. See you Friday.

deb3129

I tend to be a little obsessive and weigh every day. It works okay for me though, because I do not freak out about the normal fluctuations that happen. My hubby weighs every day and freaks out when it is more, so it does not work well for him. I think you just have to do what you are more comfortable with.

tomwatso

I weight in every morning between 5-7 am. Being doing that most of this year. 238 to 213.4 as of today.

MoreBean13

I weigh myself every morning, but you need to get a thick skin and learn to roll with the punches to do so. There's up days and down, and if you let daily fluctuations mindfcuk you, daily weighing is not a good idea.

Also, muscle weighs more than fat, so keep that in mind.

EatClean_WashUrNuts

Once a week. You can fluctuate too much from one day to the next which can lead to a mental block wrecking your self motivation

Colstriper

I don't have a scale. I weigh in when I go to the dr. or make it to the work shop and stand on the loading dock.

sjohnny

You might want to try tracking your sodium.

jofjltncb6

Daily.

And ignore the volatile 1-5 pound swings each day.

But whatever you do, don't put a lot of weight on the number. Ultimately, it's just one metric (and not a very useful one at that).

88Genesee

I weigh in twice a week, at the same time in the morning.

Since I work a standard Monday through Friday, 9 to % schedule; I chose Tuesday and Friday mornings at 7:00 am. Tuesday weigh in allows me to mitigate anything that took place over the weekend, on Monday. Friday weigh in allows me to mentally prepare for the weekend.

I want to do once a week but twice a week keeps me accountable.

billsica

I weight myself pre-BM and post-BM every time. I just like to know is all.

Cranktastic

Daily.

And ignore the volatile 1-5 pound swings each day.

But whatever you do, don't put a lot of weight on the number. Ultimately, it's just one metric (and not a very useful one at that).

Weight a minute...

dare2love81

Daily.

And ignore the volatile 1-5 pound swings each day.

But whatever you do, don't put a lot of weight on the number. Ultimately, it's just one metric (and not a very useful one at that).

Weight a minute...

I see what you did there

sjohnny

... Ultimately, it's just one metric (and not a very useful one at that).

Unless he's waying himself in pounds.

ladyluch99

I found that getting on the scale once a week was too frustrating so I went to a once as month weigh in. I like that much better!

trogalicious

I weigh in daily. First thing in the morning after going to the bathroom. I only record the weight here if there's a loss from the previous weigh in under the same circumstances.

footiechick82

I'm doing it once a month on the 19th or 20th and doing the whole BMI body Fat % weight etc.

Keiras_Mom

Every day, first thing in the morning. And I update my weight here whenever there's a new low, but not when the scale show an upward fluctuation. It's motivating to me, and the trend over time is downward, so the bounces don't bother me. I look at it sort of like a science experiment.

Ejourneys

I weigh myself once a day, after I awaken and evacuate and before breakfast, but I'm used to seeing all the variation. I tend to have little blips up and down and then a "whoosh" down after a while as long as I'm doing the right things.

If you're very scale-conscious, the best strategy I've seen so far is to take daily weights and then compute the weekly average. It shows a much smoother trend than either daily or weekly weigh-ins. I did this 10 years ago (almost 11 now) and graphed the comparison:



These days I'm graphing drops in weight only:



The long periods between drops include those variations up and down, but you can still see that the drops eventually occur.
(Edited to fit the second image better.)

JustANumber85

once a week on Thursdays

Ladiebug710

Daily, but only my weight on Monday morning counts. It helps keep me on track over the weekend.

alpine1994

I weigh every morning, and I only record a loss after seeing it for 3 days in a row. I don't record any gains. Works for me but I know a lot of people don't like doing it this way because fluctuations make them upset, etc.