DO or DON'T Weight Yourself Everyday??

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  • mgore0404
    mgore0404 Posts: 65 Member
    I have decided to weigh myself every 10 days, and to take a new picture every ten days. I think It's going to be helpful for my mind set in the long run. It keeps me off the scale and taking the picture I think will help me notice little changes.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    Personally I weigh every morning so I can gauge what I believe I need to do for that day. I'm not hung up on the numbers nor the normal fluctuations.
    People who live and die by the scale shouldn't weigh every day because it screws with their confidence if they see a gain however slight.

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  • bonkers1224
    bonkers1224 Posts: 80 Member
    Every day, several times a day. Not because I'm obsessed,but because knowing that the number I see on the scale changes every hour or two depending on SO man different things makes me feel better.
    Yesterday I 'gained' 8 pounds. If I hadn't weighed myself a few hours before and seen a number I was more comfortable with, I probably would've had a heart attack

    But then I decided to be reasonable. I said "HM, I woke up around 180 pounds, why would I be falling asleep at 188? Did I eat that many calories? Most certainly not! So if I wake up tomorrow at 186 I can probably continue to be calm!"

    I record whenever I see a loss, usually once a week :]





    Exact same thing. Weigh like crazy, record whenever you drop below your previous lowest.



    ..
    I do this everyday....makes me crazy:)
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I don't care what I'm supposed to do. I weigh myself everyday. Sometimes several times a day. If I see a scale, I usually step on it.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I feel exactly the same way. I have only owned a scale for 2 weeks now and I weigh almost every day to get an overall idea. Then I "officially" weigh-in every Monday morning when I wake up. The number seems to be pretty representative of the real number and it doesn't bug me if there was 1 day earlier in the week when I weighed in at 1-2 lb less. I'd rather know that though.
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    Stop the obsession. Track your intake and burns, weigh once a month
  • SlvrBluGoddess
    SlvrBluGoddess Posts: 239 Member
    Once a week... otherwise I get frustrated by the bouncing up & down.
  • SunOfMan
    SunOfMan Posts: 67 Member
    I suppose it depends on what you're aiming for but I think weighing myself every day would be mentally exhausting!

    I personally weigh myself once a week. Every Friday morning before I have breakfast.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    When I started I weighted 4 times a day. I know - can we say obsessed?

    BUT, it turned out to be a way to gain rather useful information - I was able to get a handle on how much my weight varies from normal water/food/etc over the course of a day which helps me to not freak out if I "gain" a couple pounds from one day to the next since I know it is normal for my body. I found I gained about 5 pounds from morning to night so I know this window of error is nothing to freak out over since it is likely just water and I know I did not eat 17500 extra calories overnight!

    Once I got a grip on that, I moved to once a day and then weekly. Now I am within 10 pounds and weight only monthly because it comes off much slower now.
  • ktaylor1188
    ktaylor1188 Posts: 141 Member
    You'll get lots of different answers but I weigh myself every day so that I can see the trend, I don't get hung up on if I'm up 3lbs one day and down 2lbs the next, it's the overall pattern that I like to be aware of.

    If I only weigh myself once a week then I find that I have no idea about the overall trend ie, I don't know if I was weighing myself on a 'heavy' day or a 'light' day.

    This is what works for me.

    ^^this :) plus i actually get discouraged if i wait and do it only once a week because i expect a loss...and if i dont get one it can bring me down.
  • jessykab74
    jessykab74 Posts: 167 Member
    NO. Throw away the scale and get out the tape measure. Go by how your clothes fit. The scale is just too damn depressing.


    My thoughsts exactly! I HATE the scale, but love my measuring tape. I only weigh in every few weeks cause I have to for a challenge at my gym I am in.
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    I do everyday just because it keeps me going if I am up a little then I know I need to work really hard that day to see a change tomorrow. But if you let the little gains get you down then do once a week :)
  • markgd123
    markgd123 Posts: 4 Member
    I think the best way for consistent and accurate results is weigh yourself once a week.

    The time of day is also important I always try to weigh myself first thing in the morning, before eating anything and after going to the toilet. That way body waste / fluid is levels as consistent as possible
  • ForABetterMe89
    ForABetterMe89 Posts: 196
    I weigh myself every morning before i eat or drink anything. Doing this just puts me into the right mindset for the day. To each their own. I think once I get down to my goal weight I'll lay off of it.
  • garbanzalo
    garbanzalo Posts: 61 Member
    You should try to weigh yourself under similar conditions - same location, same scale, same time, wearing same clothes etc.

    So far as the weight loss is concerned, you could weigh yourself and keep track of it as a 7-day moving average. That way, any daily variations will be smoothed out and the longer term trend will be more evident.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    Nope..I weigh once a week but I use a tape measure and go by that instead.
  • tarac98
    tarac98 Posts: 65 Member
    Everyday, and I am NOT obsessed. I tend to retain alot of fluids, so I like to keep an eye on that.
  • jmp1958
    jmp1958 Posts: 24 Member
    Once a week at the most!!
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
    DONT DO IT
  • Falenea
    Falenea Posts: 263 Member
    I'm probably the only one here who weighs herself every day AFTER a full day of eating and drinking water. Sometimes I'll do a morning weigh in before eating and drinking but I just feel like I am fooling myself just going by that number alone.
  • aaronlawrenc
    aaronlawrenc Posts: 666 Member
    Every day, several times a day. Not because I'm obsessed,but because knowing that the number I see on the scale changes every hour or two depending on SO man different things makes me feel better.
    Yesterday I 'gained' 8 pounds. If I hadn't weighed myself a few hours before and seen a number I was more comfortable with, I probably would've had a heart attack

    But then I decided to be reasonable. I said "HM, I woke up around 180 pounds, why would I be falling asleep at 188? Did I eat that many calories? Most certainly not! So if I wake up tomorrow at 186 I can probably continue to be calm!"

    I record whenever I see a loss, usually once a week :]

    i think your obsessed......and i look exactly like simon peggs twin brother......fraternal twin brother.....from a different mother...and father.. Stalk away!!
  • mzjessicaxo
    mzjessicaxo Posts: 330 Member
    dont.
  • dirtyd89
    dirtyd89 Posts: 170
    Daily in the morning before you eat or drink anything reason being is because of water retention which will fluctuate weight had you eaten or drank something.
  • mommykitty81
    mommykitty81 Posts: 266 Member
    i weigh everyday so i can see the pattern. I know after some days i will have "gained" because of my sodium intake and others will be a "lose" because of water intake. i record everyday but i still notice that overall i lose an actual pound every week. I didn't gain over night and will not lose over night. So i will take each day and each pound at a win for me and my self confidence.
  • Mommybug2
    Mommybug2 Posts: 149 Member
    I say it is all personal preference. If you can take those fluctuations and use them to your advantage then go for it. I see lots of responses and many different ways to use those numbers for encouragement and sucess.

    Myself, I weigh everyday, several times a day. Yes of course I see fluctuations but every now and then I get a glimpse of a "Future" number and that is encouraging. I log weekly using the most common low number I have seen. If I were to just log the lowest number I saw then the following week I might not see any loss because that number was caused by dehydration. Sometimes I weigh with clothes on so I know what to expect when I go to the doctor fully dressed and get weighed because obviously with clothes the number is going to be higher. That was always a setback for me to go there and see a number up to 5lbs higher, now I can justify that I know what my clothes weigh and not get discouraged. I also round up and don't go by ounces. Sure maybe I truely lost 2oz but maybe that is just a "fluctuation", seriously in between waking up and brushing my teeth I can go up or down a few oz. So rounding also helps me keep encouraging numbers in front of me.
  • breeshabebe
    breeshabebe Posts: 580
    I like weighing everyday- more than once. I weigh in the morning, then when I get home from work/working out. (Somehow this encourages me not to overeat at night.) Then, right before bed. I like to guess how much I'm going to weigh the next morning.. but I don't freak out with fluctuations. I've seen what goes on long enough to know what to expect.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm probably the only one here who weighs herself every day AFTER a full day of eating and drinking water. Sometimes I'll do a morning weigh in before eating and drinking but I just feel like I am fooling myself just going by that number alone.

    Nope, not the only one. I weigh myself most days when I get home from work. My fancy scale tells me the best time to measure my BF and muscle is in the evening, on a fairly empty stomach but not right after working out, which makes after work perfect since that is right before my workout.

    But even when I weigh in the morning it's not before drinking something since I keep water by my bed and usually kill off whatever is left before getting out of bed.
  • Mommybug2
    Mommybug2 Posts: 149 Member
    I'm probably the only one here who weighs herself every day AFTER a full day of eating and drinking water. Sometimes I'll do a morning weigh in before eating and drinking but I just feel like I am fooling myself just going by that number alone.

    Oh Yeah and This. Because I want to know my true weight not what I weigh if I don't eat/drink. If I am going bungee jumping I want to be accurate so I don't hit the pavement because I ate and drank before I went. :O
  • DandelionCupcakes
    DandelionCupcakes Posts: 234 Member
    Every day, several times a day. Not because I'm obsessed,but because knowing that the number I see on the scale changes every hour or two depending on SO man different things makes me feel better.
    Yesterday I 'gained' 8 pounds. If I hadn't weighed myself a few hours before and seen a number I was more comfortable with, I probably would've had a heart attack

    But then I decided to be reasonable. I said "HM, I woke up around 180 pounds, why would I be falling asleep at 188? Did I eat that many calories? Most certainly not! So if I wake up tomorrow at 186 I can probably continue to be calm!"

    I record whenever I see a loss, usually once a week :]

    i think your obsessed......and i look exactly like simon peggs twin brother......fraternal twin brother.....from a different mother...and father.. Stalk away!!
    lol!
    -stalkstalkstalk-
  • lina1131
    lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
    Every single day, once in the morning, once right before bed. It's not an obsession, it's just interesting to see how the weight fluctuates!

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