How often does everybody weigh in?
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For me it's like a science project. I weigh in every morning, and have a spreadsheet where I track my rolling monthly and weekly weight. There can be major day to day shifts, but the monthly weight is the important one for me. It's also been interesting over the last couple years to see what causes me to retain water, and how different food affect bloating.
Conventional wisdom is to weigh in once a week.
Also make sure that you are taking measurements. Pounds can lie, but inches rarely do.
I do exactly the same thing. I can handle a day-to-day fluctuation because I know that it's water weight, but if I step on the scale for the first time in a week and it's an increase over last week, it's harder to handle.
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Every two weeks at the gym, every day at home. The weight at the gym is my "official" weight that I record on MFP. I keep a record of what I weigh at home v. what I weigh at the gym - that way, I know what my weight should be at home in order to meet my goal at the weigh-in. Gives me something to strive for, plus helps keep me focused0
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Daily for me. Weekly for MFP.0
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make sure you do it in the morning! and I weigh in a few times a week but I should be doing it weekly.0
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I weigh myself every morning. But I only log it when I lose. *grin* Keeps me on track.0
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I used to weigh in every morning before work, but i'm going to stat weighing in every Sunday morning. It will be a lot more accurate.0
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What?! I'm the only one? Three to five times a day. Really.0
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officially, once per week. really, every day, but I don't worry when I see fluctuations0
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For me once a week Tuesday AM0
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What?! I'm the only one? Three to five times a day. Really.
I couldn't get on the scale more than once a day... which means first thing in the morning, after using the bathroom and before getting dressed!! If I weigh again later it's always heavier0 -
I step on the scales EVERYTIME i pass them!.. seriously its an obsession that I dont know how to break.. I really want to hid them but if i hid them I will get them back out of hiding! The only one I pay attention to is the one when I first wake up after my morning pee..0
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every morning.0
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Once a week. I used to every day, but that messed with my head.0
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Every two weeks here. Same day same time.0
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Once every 2 -3 weeks.0
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Every day. We have a giant scale at work so everytime i walk by i step on - hasnt upset me yet! (well maybe once0
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I step on the scales EVERYTIME i pass them!.. seriously its an obsession that I dont know how to break.. I really want to hid them but if i hid them I will get them back out of hiding! The only one I pay attention to is the one when I first wake up after my morning pee..
I feel your pain!0 -
Once a week on Monday mornings after the weekend on the same scales. My cheat days tend to be on the weekend, so Monday I will know if I may have cheated too much. For me everyday weighing would be too much, I want to lose weight but my bigger concern is what my body looks like.0
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What?! I'm the only one? Three to five times a day. Really.
Me too! First thing in the morning. Before workout. After workout. Before meal. After meal. I'm a scientist (really) and I like to see how different variables affect me.
However, I only track once per week (and only then if I am down). I used to track Monday morning's weight but since I am a little more lax with myself on weekends (still exercise but I tend to eat more) I've pushed that to later in the week.0 -
Every two weeks. Weight loss in not linear but rather rather comes off in chunks (no pun intended) SO I really look forward to weigh in day because I know there will be some kind of result and I never get frustrated or disappointed by fluctuations0
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