How often to you weigh yourself?

toherlimit

I ask because I have this super strong impulse to weigh myself every. single. morning. I've given into it nearly every day for years now despite being able to recognize how unhealthy the obsession is. Ideally, I'd like to weigh in only on Mondays, but that is a massive goal for me! I know it might sound silly; I really can't explain it.

How often do YOU weigh yourself? & does anyone else have this problem?

ladybird_

Every day. But I do not sweat t if its up but it helps me see if I am going astray

pandamars

Every week after a week of healthy eating and workout

bearsfan67

A couple times a week just to see how I am doing. But every Monday morning I actually record it and put it on the calendar so I can see my progress.....

marygee1951

Once a month at my nutritionist's office. I know I'm following my plan, so I don't obsses about weighing myself. No pressure! :bigsmile:

toherlimit

Once a month at my nutritionist's office. I know I'm following my plan, so I don't obsses about weighing myself. No pressure! :bigsmile:

Oh, wow. You're my hero!

d4ggl3s

Once a week on what I've dubbed "Weigh-in Wednesday," except during Shark Week since I know I will have gained 3-4lbs and I don't really need a little spike every month on my weight graphs :P

You might try putting your scale away somewhere that makes it a bit of a hassle to get to, like a shelf you'd need a step ladder to access. It might make you think twice before going through the effort of getting it down and putting it away every single morning.

bevmcarthur

i was weighting myself once a week with my trainer . I don't even have scale in my home you are going to drive yourself nut as you can go up and down 2 or more lbs ever other day as water weight. I have decided to not do it weekly but once a month . Tuesday we are going to use the calipers

quarkenstein

I had the same issue. Then the battery on my scale died and I haven't replaced it yet. It seems 100x better and I stick to my daily calories a lot better since my emotions aren't affected by a slight gain! I just feel better doing it for "me" and not a number, so I'm not planning on replacing it for a while!

spirit05

I weigh every morning, that way I know if I stray in my eating or exercise. I keep a personal log and only log on mfp once a week, unless I experience a significant loss then I sometimes log it. Otherwise I only log my weigh-in on Saturday.

PattyReid92

Every morning out of interest, see how it correlates to yesterdays activities (always heavier on high-sodium day and workout days)
Only log it once a week though, Monday morning is my weeks 'official' weight

genofreek

I weigh myself once a day, but I only log it on MFP once a week.

candacefausset

Every day. I know every day will fluctuate but I like to see my little losses if I have them. I'm too impatient to wait until the end of the week. I know that I may have small gains but each small loss makes me feel that much closer to my goal!

csmith822

Every day. But I do not sweat t if its up but it helps me see if I am going astray

This is me, too.

kindasortachewy

I only log it on Monday morning but I'll step on sometimes through to week to see where I am, but I dont worry about it with the general ups and downs of water retention

innocenceportrayed

Once a week.
The scale is NOT your friend. You can have up to 6 pounds of water weight. Your weight will fluctuate and I hate seeing people getting discouraged because of this.

F the scale and get a measuring tape. Stick to measurements not necessarily weight. Remember a pound is a pound is a pound, muscle weighs THE SAME as fat BUT it takes up less space, hence...measurements.

ecw3780

Everyday, but I only actually count Tuesday mornings.

djc315

Once a week, but I am not weighing myself at all this month. I am getting antsy about it, but I only have another week to go. I might do it next month, too.

1brokegal44

Once a month. After the slowest 8 lb loss ever, I decided to start focusing on my fitness rather than weight. If more comes off, great, but I'm getting comfortable with how I look in the mirror and how my clothes fit.

SrJoben

Every two days, then average the last several weighings.

Would be less often at this point but I'm paying close attention while finding if a TDEE estimate actually has me on maintenance level.

graceisfree

Twice a day every day (Morning and night). I'm obsessed with my scale

TheShrinkingKween

I weigh and measure once a month. I decided this was the way I would do it when I began this journey. I was afraid that, like you, I would become obsessed with that number on the scale and get to the point that I would weight myself every day, or even multiple times a day. I wanted this journey to be more about becoming healthier than about a number on a scale. And I knew that if I weighed often, the focus would change and I would be setting myself up for failure. In the past, when I have worked on my weight, I have become very easily discouraged when I would see a slight gain, or a 1 pound loss. By weighing once a month, the changes I see are larger, and motivational instead of discouraging. I really urge you to do whatever it takes to break this obsession now. Freeing myself from the number on the scale has made this journey so much easier.

MochaMixAZ

Every morning, but record only once a week. I don't sweat the daily fluctuations, but I find it makes me more mindful.

I've been known to weigh every morning and sometimes in the evening. Not sayin' that's a healthy thing. Heck, I've even weight myself pre and post-bathroom. I think the key is what you do with the numbers...

jofjltncb6

I weigh myself every day. Have nearly every day for many years now. I don't think the practice of weighing yourself daily is unhealthy, it's how you react to the numbers that may or may not be. You could weigh yourself weekly or monthly and still have an unhealthy relationship with it.

So that said, if you don't feel right doing it, then don't do it...but if you're okay with it, carry on.

ETA: Oh, and accept that there will be significant daily fluctuations. I've had as much as 6 pounds before with 2-3 often too. And weighing less frequently doesn't make this volatility disappear either. It's just another reason why scale weight is a crappy metric.

Ejourneys

I wrote the following on another thread:

I weigh myself daily but I take the long-term picture into account. I got into the habit of daily weighing in 2001-2002. During that weight loss I took a weekly average:



The averages give a smoother decrease than either daily or weekly numbers because the fluctuations are evened out.

These days I log only a decrease in weight. This shows my progress from Sept. 2012 to Feb. 2013:



The long stretches between diamonds represent plateaus and are where my scale numbers go up and down and up again for a while, until they continue to go down. I just make sure I'm doing the right things and remain patient.

joenolte

Here's what my wife and I (and several of our friends) do. We weigh ourselves once a week. We try to make it the same day of the week, at the same time of day, because your weight fluctuates throughout the day. We weigh in (and you should wear the same clothes--a sweater and jeans weighs more than a light towel) every Thursday morning (this may be TMI, but you asked!) after our "morning routine" before breakfast--again, equalizing for all variables, as the amount of food you eat or water you drink for breakfast can cause weight variations. I also learned the hard way that pain meds can cause a temporary weight loss. They can cause constipation, which means your waste is staying in your body (and thus not exiting, hence no weight loss, as it's still there). I travel a lot for work, so if I'm not home on Thursday morning, I try to weigh in on Wednesday or Friday (or occasionally Saturday if need be), but always with the same conditions as usual.

By the way, we often do step on the scale at other times, but we don't record the reading because we aren't controlling for the variables the way we normally do. We've just found that it's interesting to see how we fluctuate so that we have a better understanding of our bodies. Good luck with whatever you do!

bornleader79

EVERYDAY!

kgarcia1125

Wow I do the same

BrendaLee

I weigh myself most mornings. I like to analyze trends. It's only a problem if it makes you unhappy.

frizbeemom

I weigh myself every day, first thing in the morning after bathroom use and before water and coffee. It helps me stress out LESS by weighing every day because I can see the fluctuations of hormones and water weight more easily than once per week. I track it in a handy dandy spreadsheet along with my calories eaten, burned, macros, emotions, physical aspects, etc. It also keeps weight maintenance on my mind a bit better when I'm tempted to pig out, and I stay on top of true weight gains better. However, I record it in MFP once per week.

Do whatever works for you!

Ang108

Since I tend to get " scale fever " I have given my scale away and I weigh myself every two weeks at my health clinic.
I feel that is enough, because even though I am still new at this I have in 46 days not yet needed a cheat meal and have eaten 98% clean ( the 2% are a few Dorito chips here and there ) and never gone over my calories. I figure weighing myself more often is not going to speed up the process. It is what it is, no matter how often I step on the scale.....:o).
I also measure myself every two weeks during opposing Fridays and have noticed already an all over loss in inches also.