How often do you weigh yourself?

Nikki31104
Nikki31104 Posts: 816 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I try not to weigh myself too often because I tend to get discouraged. I have a friend that weighs herself every single day. I was just wondering how often everyone else confronts that dreaded scale.
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  • Feisty_Red
    Feisty_Red Posts: 982 Member
    as little as humanly possible :)

    once a week..unless I'm trying new things to switch it up...then I wait a couple weeks.

    I've gone thru a lot of scales by throwing them at the wall...or ....shot gun firing...
  • ebaymommy
    ebaymommy Posts: 1,067 Member
    I'm a daily weigher. I like to see the fluctuations that happen - not only does it help me make sense of how my body deals with things (too much sodium, a new/intense workout, that dreaded TOM) and makes me less likely to freak out but it helps me keep perspective.
  • Nikki31104
    Nikki31104 Posts: 816 Member
    I threw mine away a long time ago BUT my job recently put in a "fitness" cubicle and there is a scale in there. :( It calls my name every time I walk down the hall.
  • bellydancer124
    bellydancer124 Posts: 248
    Once a week. I don't own a scale, because I know I would be obsessed with checking it constantly lol. I weigh myself at the gym just before my Wednesday work-out.
  • Vansy
    Vansy Posts: 419 Member
    I'm a daily weigher. I like to see the fluctuations that happen - not only does it help me make sense of how my body deals with things (too much sodium, a new/intense workout, that dreaded TOM) and makes me less likely to freak out but it helps me keep perspective.

    Me too.
  • 13lou13lou
    13lou13lou Posts: 2 Member
    Once a day. usually at night.
  • lj4n
    lj4n Posts: 8 Member
    I weigh every Sunday morning, but if I forget........I wait until next week!!! Having clothes get baggy makes me feel better than "the number".
  • swashburn3
    swashburn3 Posts: 172 Member
    Every day, first thing when I get out of bed.
  • owndbycatz
    owndbycatz Posts: 90 Member
    I'm a daily weigher. I like to see the fluctuations that happen - not only does it help me make sense of how my body deals with things (too much sodium, a new/intense workout, that dreaded TOM) and makes me less likely to freak out but it helps me keep perspective.

    ^ This is exactly the same for me. I like to weigh every day and for much the same reasons.

    I expect to see fluctuations; rarely is my loss a straight linear progression. But I've gotten to know the way it generally behaves -- after a drop, up a bit, then hovers just a bit above the most recent low, then drops again -- so I can see if I'm off track and can keep on the right path. Besides, I can stand not seeing a drop for over a week when I'm watching it daily, but if I was limiting myself to only once a week and my weekly weigh-in showed no change, I'd be disappointed. Just a different psychological impact for me.

    People have told me I shouldn't weigh daily, but it's working just fine for me.
  • MJH5773
    MJH5773 Posts: 70
    Once a week is best for me and its every Friday. I have Friday and Saturday off at my job so it makes it fun to see how I have progressed through the work week.
  • MSmooth747
    MSmooth747 Posts: 55 Member
    I weigh myself daily. I like to see whats going on even though i know it can be in flux sometimes. But for the most part it is always going down.
  • eclectikchic
    eclectikchic Posts: 8 Member
    once a week for me. only on Wednesdays.
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    once a wk.. a friday... sometimes a tuesday also.. if i "feel" like ive lost.. LOL
    but I think healthy and for tracking reasons once a wk is good
  • xxvogue
    xxvogue Posts: 172 Member
    I weigh everyday, after using the bathroom, and graph the weight (and for the ladies, I make a note when I started my period so I can see the weight before/during/after). It allows me to see the trend, and it's very obvious whether I'm losing weight or not.

    I'd be really annoyed if a weight fluctuation made it look like I hadn't lost any weight. I expect my weight to fluctuate 1-2 pounds (though it RARELY does) based on one bad day of salty food, and 2-3 pounds right before/during my period. It'd be SUPER discouraging to see that I hadn't lost on a weigh in day because of a fluctuation.

    Plus, I figure I'm not going to be "fluctuating" down. The lower number is the most accurate in my head, and anything 1-3 pounds above it is salt/other factors. Because I know I haven't been eating badly...
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    I weigh every Sunday morning, but if I forget........I wait until next week!!! Having clothes get baggy makes me feel better than "the number".

    bumbp ^^^ good point.. especialy when u can loose INCHES vs pounds at times... one of my 'friends' on here lost no wt for a cpl weeks.. but did overall measurment.. and lost 9 INCHES in 2wks!!!!
  • cappri
    cappri Posts: 1,089 Member
    Every morning when I wake up and every night before I go to bed.
  • xxvogue
    xxvogue Posts: 172 Member
    I weigh every Sunday morning, but if I forget........I wait until next week!!! Having clothes get baggy makes me feel better than "the number".

    bumbp ^^^ good point.. especialy when u can loose INCHES vs pounds at times... one of my 'friends' on here lost no wt for a cpl weeks.. but did overall measurment.. and lost 9 INCHES in 2wks!!!!

    Just gonna' say, that happened to me! I lost NO weight for 3 weeks, but ended up losing 10 inches!
  • seximami79
    seximami79 Posts: 156 Member
    about once a week, when I go to my stepmom's because I don't have a scale. If I question that weight though, I will wait awhile until I pee/etc and then do it again:)
  • triciab79
    triciab79 Posts: 1,713 Member
    every single day sometimes multiple times. I know some things cause the weight to be off but when it is bad it makes me more determined to have a good day. I weigh myself first thing in the morning before I even take a sip of water, so it is as accurate as possible and then at other points of the day when my will power is weak. My hubby does it once a week and he is often sad when it doesn't go down and then has to wait a whole week to check it again. Everyone is different but the # makes me want to do better.
  • Jozie_
    Jozie_ Posts: 61 Member
    Every day, I fluctuate a lot! I can be anywhere from 119 to 123 without having actually gained or lost body fat. As long as I'm around 120 I'm happy, I try to go more on how I 'feel' fitness wise
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I weigh myself every day. I've weighed in once a week before, and sometimes it would look like I hadn't lost an ounce! With me it all depends on the day. Each time I reach a new low is when I record (even if it's by .2 pounds).
  • SheepyWolf
    SheepyWolf Posts: 8 Member
    Every single day haha
  • crystalflame
    crystalflame Posts: 1,049 Member
    Every day. There's usually an average number for the week; if it goes up I watch my sodium, if it goes down quite a bit I make sure to hydrate.

    I know a lot of people on this site say weighing themselves every day makes them crazy, but I keep seeing articles about how it helps you lose weight faster and keep more weight off, so doctors and dieticians recommend it... Guess it's just about what works for you in the end.
  • moemoe79
    moemoe79 Posts: 1
    I weigh myself everyday. It's an addiction I know. If I go on vacation and there is no scale it drives me made.
  • JephaMooi
    JephaMooi Posts: 112 Member
    I find that weighing myself every morning after first pee, I see myself lose faster.
    It's as if going throughout my day the image sticks in my brain and reminds me that it's only down from there.
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    Daily, but I avoid the scale during certain TOTM because it depresses me for no reason!
  • UZBGIRL
    UZBGIRL Posts: 35
    Every day, first thing when I get out of bed.

    I do the same..
  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    I used to be an every day weigher. Now, I've gotten to the point where I barely even think about it. I will weigh in once every couple of weeks maybe.
  • LessKaren
    LessKaren Posts: 5
    Everyday. When I wake up and before I go to bed. It really helps to keep me on track.
  • DeMarraDontStop
    DeMarraDontStop Posts: 342 Member
    I'm a daily weigher. I like to see the fluctuations that happen - not only does it help me make sense of how my body deals with things (too much sodium, a new/intense workout, that dreaded TOM) and makes me less likely to freak out but it helps me keep perspective.

    The same with me, seeing the number on the scale helps to keep things in perspective to know what caused a gain or a loss. I don't freak out cause I haven't been in a predicament where I feel like why I am not losing, if I didn't lose I know why i'm not in denial.

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