How do you weigh yourself?

japanluv21

I weigh myself with an empty stomach, after I go to the bathroom, with NO clothes on, and exhale as much as I can. I count the first decimal after my weight.

jennfranklin

I weigh myself bi-weekly now that my weight loss has slowed significantly. But I weigh in the morning. Naked..everytime!

Pixi_Rex

With a scale... pretty sure thats how everyone weighs themself.


As for the methodology... I weigh in once a week, and what ever it is that week is what it is. Does that mean I believe it? Nope not always, I usually use how my clothes fit as a guage or how I look in pictures.

Yes I include the decimal, I am a little anal about stuff like that though.

ninjakowski

I don't have scales at home so I weigh myself at the gym after my workout on Mon-Wed-Fri.
Mostly just to keep track of the trend, I'm trying to maintain and my weight is usually pretty stable unless I've been a bit of a pig.
Sometimes if I know its going to be bad I'll skip a weigh in so I don't get too upset :laugh:

trifona

I weigh myself 2x a day. I'm sure some of you are shrieking now in horror!

First thing in the morning after waking up, after going to the bathroom but before I drink anything or workout.

Second time is after I get home from work in the evening; as its usually been several hours since I've eaten and I typically am so well hydrated in the morning and early afternoon that I do not drink much water after 2-3pm.

I have a Wi-Fi Aria scale that records everything for me and I plot it into excel along with my workout plans / results. No individual reading is that important to me. What I do pay a great amount of attention to are the long term trends to make sure I keep pace to hit my goals and get healthier shape.

Between that process and my records on MFP, it truly is amazing seeing how the body reacts to things like sodium intake or even a carb heavy meal. I definitely feel more educated now and am making better choices because of these extra steps I take.

So far this has worked for me. It keeps me disciplined and at the same time gives me mini goals along the way every 5-10lbs.

Cyndi146

Since your high weights can be inflated (digesting food, water retention), but the lows cannot (you can't fake your lean & fat mass), I weigh every day or so and only log the lowest weight I see in a 7 day period.

It doesn't discourage me. What's your approach? Also, do you include the number after the decimal? lol

This is a great method. Gonna do this!

FrnkLft

I weigh myself with an empty stomach, after I go to the bathroom, with NO clothes on, and exhale as much as I can. I count the first decimal after my weight.

LMAO you exhale?! I mean this playfully, but really it wouldn't make a difference lol. Consider a balloon's worth of air and how much that weighs...

ChangingAmanda

If I weighed more than once a week, I'd start obsessing and that's not good for me. I weigh first thing Saturday mornings after doing my business and wearing nothing but my glasses so I can read the numbers. I do record the number after the decimal because if I didn't, there would be weeks I wouldn't see a loss.

jaz050465

I weigh every morning after I shave before I brush my teeth. I take that day's weight and plug it in to a spreadsheet (as well as MFP) but that spreadsheet calculates the 15 day moving average, which is the only weight I actually look at when it comes down to caring about my weight loss.

That's interesting. How do you set it up to calculate a moving average.

SlimSumday

I weigh myself every morning in the nude just before I put on my clothes for the day. I only record if the weight has gone down at least a half a pound.

leahd150

I used to weigh in everyday..now I'm going to start weighing only on Monday mornings..because weighing in daily has discouraged me in the past.N I count every number on the scale:)