how often do you weigh yourself?

jessicakatherine13

Hey everyone! I was wondering how often you weigh yourselves? I usually weigh myself every day because I feel more accountable and conscious of my diet and exercise efforts. However, I surely have my days where i'll eat poorly and forgo the exercise maybe even a few days in a row. In that case, i'm reluctant to weigh myself because I KNOW i'm not going to be happy with the number. Sometimes I do it anyways so I can see the reality and get myself back on track, and other times it just plain discourages me.

I have done the measurements once before and am planning on starting that up again. But I don't know if I should weigh myself daily or maybe just once a week? I'm nervous that if I change to once a week I won't stick to my healthy routine as much, and may drive myself crazy wondering every morning what I might weigh!


What do you guys do? What works best for you?

Bennyflippy

Hey there I weigh myself once a week. I was weighing every morning but got upset if I didn't see a different number. This works for me

angel7472

I used to weigh myself everyday but then I would get upset and discouraged even when all my hard work didnt pay off. Now I have to remember that the body fluctuates. For my own sanity I weigh myself on Friday mornings. That way if I have a weekend where I know I was bad I wont get bummed out on Monday. I just have to remember I got four more days to get my butt on track before it really counts

syntaxxor

Some people say do it daily for trends. I do it once a a week, in the morning after my morning potty on the same day.

cc141

Once a week - sometimes maybe twice just to see. But I used to weigh every day and then it became 2 times a day and the fluctuations ended up discouraging me. Once a week is working for me now.

cwolfman13

I weigh daily. Normal weight fluctuations don't bother me because I understand them, I know what causes them, and have a thorough understanding of the science behind all of this. I know that it is, for example, scientifically impossible for me to lose or gain 2 or 3 or 5 Lbs of fat overnight...so this morning when I weighed 3 Lbs more than yesterday, it didn't bother me and the number just got plotted as another data point on my chart. Tomorrow I can just as easily be 4 Lbs down from today.

karenhray7

I'm a daily weigher. Although I do have those days when I know it's not going to be pretty, I really try to make myself face the ugly truth; I find it incredibly interesting to be able to correlate weight with diet and exercise in such a tangible way. But I'm kind of a nerd that way.:happy:

Medusa3

Religiously EVERY single day. I find it easier to maintain or if necessary, get back on track if I catch weight-gain as soon as it happens. It's much easier to lose an extra pound that appeared from the day before rather than wait until the end of a week to weigh in and find you've gained 3lbs!! It's also really helped me identify those days where I end up saying "Aw I KNEW I shouldn't have had that cake last night", so the next time I'm tempted I think twice.

Phrick

Twice a week - Tuesday and Friday - but Friday is my "weigh in and log it" day. Tuesday weigh ins are from dreadful impatience and curiosity, nothing else :laugh:

roverdisc98

I "excitingly" weigh EVERY morning to either stay motivated or get pissed I ate that whole pizza the night before. My recording weight day is every saturday. This just works best for me. I couldn't think of not weighing myself for a whole month or much less a week!

AshCash803

Once a week, but I will take an occasional "peek" in between. I only record once a week and always on the same day and at the same time (first thing in the morning after using the bathroom.)

carrieous

every week or two

alychil820

I weigh myself once a week and take measurements once a month

onyxgirl17

I think for accountability's sake once every couple weeks is good enough.

Because I'm marking trends of weight loss I weigh daily. It's given me very accurate data. I almost have my calorie burn down to the T between that and my fitbit.

jdhoward_101

I have an official weigh in day once a week, most often a Wednesday. However, i tend to weigh myself every day, so in case there are any major differences i can go back over my log, work out what triggers it and see if it happens again. If it does, then it's clearly not something to do again!

baja572

I weigh once a week.. and measure daily (to keep track of water weight gain).

sandyfitnotfat

I weigh myself every day when I am REALLY trying to lose weight. It keeps me accountable...and I love watching the number go down.

It seems to help me more than anything.

Anthonydaman

daily

aprmay

Daily. But I don't get too bothered if it goes up/down. As long as the trend is down, I am good.

UpEarly

Every 4-6 weeks works for me! :-)

badmojo108

Every morning after a trip the restroom, and every night before I go to bed, sometimes once or twice during the day. I record my weight on Mondays since it tends to be my heaviest day of the week. I've never been obsessive about the number on the scale and I like seeing how different types of food I eat can effect my weight and water retention.