Weighing yourself every day?

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  • heather_huggins
    heather_huggins Posts: 194 Member
    i'm addicted to weighing myself :( i weigh myself in the morning and at night before i go to bed to see how much i fluctuated that day...but there are mornings when i wake up hoping to lose something then don't and i'm disappointed. "/ i want to do it just once a week but i would probably need my fiance to hide the scale so i don't weigh everyday lol. but then i get worried if i don't weigh everyday, that i'll gain. sounds stupid i know haha.
  • ahjenny
    ahjenny Posts: 293 Member
    I like doing it every day. I like seeing the trends and it gives me warnings of things (ahem, female stuff) to come.
  • estepteau
    estepteau Posts: 146
    I stil do...it has taught me what foods make retain water and such. I use it to remind me how fast I could gain weight if I dont stay focused on maintaining weight
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    I do sometimes. But sometimes I am too lazy to do it. It is a good way to stay accountable, as long as you are realistic and expect small fluctuations from day to day!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I weigh every morning, after using the bathroom, before breakfast, and in the same spot in the same room. I also log my weight every day, loss or gain. I've learned to pay attention to the long-term as well as the short. I can look back at the graphs and see when I broke through a plateau, or stressed out.
  • econut2000
    econut2000 Posts: 395 Member
    I was a daily weigh-er until I realized it was doing more harm than good. I didn't flip out if the scale went up or anything but just looking back at it now, I was having trouble figuring out a legitimate loss versus dehydration or legitimate weight gain vs water weight. Now, I weigh myself a couple of times a week - although I probably should be down to 1x/week! :laugh:
  • nmdZOOM
    nmdZOOM Posts: 6
    Yup! I weigh myself everyday. Everyone tells me I shouldn't, but I feel that it gives me that extra boost of confidence when I lose weight, and also, if I don't lose weight or gain one day, I push myself even harder the next day!
  • vodkoffee
    vodkoffee Posts: 160 Member
    I weigh every day and keep a moving average, so a tiny gain here and there from water and whatnot does not make a big difference. I find it extremely motivating. Once a week, not so much. If it was a bloated day, it would ruin my whole day. Now I see the larger pattern and little gains here and there don't bother me. :)
  • LyndsMill
    LyndsMill Posts: 6
    I agree......I definitely don't weigh myself everyday. You're weight fluctuates on a daily basis. It's not accurate. I do once a week.
  • beekuzz
    beekuzz Posts: 428 Member
    I do.
  • suckerlove
    suckerlove Posts: 198
    I did, until my husband hid my scale.
  • carrietehbear
    carrietehbear Posts: 384 Member
    I'm a once a week type of person. I was too obsessive when I tried to do it every day. I will sometimes check in midweek if I think about it.
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    I'd only do that if I wanted a one way ticket to the funny farm lol
  • megtastic80
    megtastic80 Posts: 43
    I weigh every day but I'm trying to stop. Woke up feeling skinny this morning and the scale just rained on my parade. Not exactly motivating.

    ^^^This^^^
  • carolebville
    carolebville Posts: 140 Member
    :flowerforyou: I jump on the scale every morning because I see it while I'm perched on the toidy for my morning BM! LOL
    I just love to see what it says; but I only log my weight once per week on Wednesday a.m.
    Don't fret it though because this is a journey and an adventure in success!
  • megtastic80
    megtastic80 Posts: 43
    I did, until my husband hid my scale.

    I wish someone would take mine away!!
  • KodiakAndrea
    KodiakAndrea Posts: 12
    out of all the posts I read I like this one the bes. I weigh myself daily, expectiong fluxuations. It helps me keep track of my salt intake. i know that if I am several pound 'heavier' it is likely that I had too much salt and am retaining water. I don't obsess about my weight. When my daughter comes to visit, I hide the scale. She obsseses. Every one is different. Do what is right for you.
  • mommyrox05
    mommyrox05 Posts: 238
    I weight myself every day twice a day-Morning and night...I know a little OCD...lol, but I like to know where I stand...and it makes me accountable for my food and exercise choices.
  • NewChristina
    NewChristina Posts: 250 Member
    Every day, several times a day. I'm not obsessed or freaked out over it- just curious.
    I know it goes up quite a bit after working out, during PMS, after having too much sodium, etc. But I still like to see the numbers and celebrate when they stay the same, even when I expected them to be more.
  • gottagettagrip
    gottagettagrip Posts: 19
    I do, but I have to see the new number three days in a row
    before I record a change. Ahh, the mind games we play! :-)
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    Yup, I weigh myself every morning. I'm just starting out though. I'll probably taper off to every week, maybe in a month or so.
  • ColoradoRobin
    ColoradoRobin Posts: 510 Member
    Every day in the morning. I record it on a site that figures a moving weighted average to get a more real value out of the fluctuations. It helps me keep track, and to see what the current rate of loss is. If the curve is flattening out over a week, then I need to evaluate what I'm doing. I like graphs because I can see the downward slope showing my loss. :)
  • BodyCombatGirl73
    BodyCombatGirl73 Posts: 96 Member
    Don't you ever have days where you weigh more than the previous day, for reasons out of your control? That's one of the reasons I decided against every day weigh-ins. Plus, I prefer the bigger pay off that I get once a week! :)

    I know that when I weigh myself that there WILL be days that I will weigh more than the day before. But as long as I accept that I guess I will be able to keep my sanity under control (for the most part lol). I have been weighing myself every day for over a year now (obviously there are days when I can't or that I forget to before I have a cup of coffee... or two), but so far so good!! :)

    I recently downloaded an app on my iPhone that does a weighted rolling average of your weight, which is great when you are in maintenance and just trying to keep it steady. Ideally, you do weigh yourself every day and it uses some statistial parameters to even out the daily ups and downs of your weight and to give you a better overall picture of what your actual weight is. I've only had it less than a week, but I think I will upgrade to full version in a couple of weeks. It's called "True Weight". There might be better ones out there, but I just went with what I found quickly!
  • happymom92092
    happymom92092 Posts: 17 Member
    I weigh myself every couple of months. I like seeing 12lbs lost instead of 2lbs here and there.

    I probably only weigh about every 10 days or so and there is one point in the month where I stay *away* from the scale. I think it depresses me to watch it fluctuate. It may take 3 weeks to drop that one more pound sometimes, but I know it's a slow go now and I am getting close to just maintaining. It was tough before they changed my medicine so I would stop having hormone issues!

    My bigger focus is how my clothes fit, and whether I feel I am getting stronger during soccer. I can see in the mirror more of what I want when it comes to muscle tone than I'll see in a scale number.

    Don't worry about how often. How you truly feel is the best measure.

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