Do you weight in each week no matter what . . . .?

STrooper

Until I reached maintenance I recorded whatever the scale said, up or down each Sunday morning.

Now that I'm at maintenance, my weight on weigh-in day has been showing within one pound of my target on my home scale (so I don't report that variation). Later in the day, with a more sensitive electronic scale (0.5 pound increments) we do record that as part of the tracking for the class record and that has been staying within 0.5 pounds of the maintnenance weight until this past week. I am down a pound by that scale. That also is not reflected here.

nczuczu

My official weigh-in is on Thursday mornings. That is the weight I put in MFP. There are other mid-week weigh-ins, but I don't add those to MFP. I like to see the bigger loss on a weekly basis.

Rangarth

I weigh myself every Wednesday morning out of the shower. I record it no matter what the results show. My scale is digital and has tenths but I always round up, even if it is a .1 result. The ups and downs are all part of life so why wouldnt I accept it in a lifestyle change.

mbacheld72

I weigh in every Sunday morning - no matter what.

BootyShakingBadAss

I weight myself about every day but only record it on Tuesdays, no matter what. I used to not weight myself during that time of the month but I think I used that as an excuse to eat more. You have to hold yourself accountable.

srpm

I weigh every Friday AM and record it on MFP no matter what. My new gym weighs everyone once a week before a workout and records it in their system also. I don't record the gym weight on MFP since that is a different scale and time of day, I try to keep my charts consistent.

nicosuave2013

ive made a plan to weigh in every Monday morning ( to keep me on track @ weekend) however I take one week off a month (as a woman one week/mth can be discouraging)

So....3x a month lol

Riemersma4

every week??? I weigh in twice a DAY! But I am not really normal..... kind of a hyper/control freak and it works for me.

I think the question being asked is really 'How should I measure myself and how often?' That answer is different for every person on MFP. Some people should measure weight, others should measure their waist and others should measure their resting heart rate.

The frequency is also very personal. Clearly, for me, frequent is good. That motivates me. Allows me to make sure I don't fall too far away. For my wife, my process would be absolute TORTURE. Pick a frequency that makes it something that you look forward to doing, not something that you dread.

Our goals in life should drive the tools that we use to measure them. We have specific tools to measure our progress on our personal, specific financial goals. The same should be true for our personal fitness goals (that are hopefully bigger than just weight loss...).

One ruler does not work for all!

mizzie1980

I weight nearly every day, but I change my ticker on Friday mornings. I change it regardless of whether I went up, down or stayed the same. It helps me to stay on track. If I'm up, I can take a look at my week, figure out why and do better.

Firestar98

I weigh myself the same time every evening (when I am at home, sometimes I stay at the girlfriend's place and she doesn't have a scale.) I am logging that every day (I used to keep a sheet of paper with all my statistics on it, but now I log them in MFP.)

I don't really care about short-term ups and downs, as long as the weekly trend is downward I'm satisfied. If I drank 32 oz of water before bed then weighed myself I'd weigh roughly 2 pounds more than if I didn't. For the past few nights that is what I was doing (I use water as a substitute for food when my calorie budget for the day is met) so I didn't lose any weight. Last night I fell asleep right after my workout and dinner and slept for about 10 hours. Boom, water weight was missing, down almost 3 pounds (I round up ALL the time, no lying to myself!)