Scale

DamnImASexyBitch
DamnImASexyBitch Posts: 740 Member
edited January 1 in Health and Weight Loss
How often are you supposed to weigh in? I haven't yet other than my intital profile set up. I don't even own my own scale. I just didn't/don't want to be obessed with numbers. I know what I am doing is working since I went down a pant size, and I can hook my bra on the tightest setting.

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  • kgrinnewald2012
    kgrinnewald2012 Posts: 2
    I don't weight in that often, i usually only do it once every one or two weeks. I feel like the longer span i put in between them, the better i feel when i noticed how much weight i lost. (:
  • Mguilmot
    Mguilmot Posts: 232 Member
    I don't own a scale either. I have 1 weigh-in a month.
  • AmelodyAngel
    AmelodyAngel Posts: 152 Member
    Most people I know do once a week.... that gives you very stable and consistent results. I do about once a week or every 2 weeks.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    You don't HAVE to use any of the features on MFP unless you want to. Some people weigh in once a week, others do it every day. It's all a matter of preference. If you aren't even going by your weight, maybe you could record inches instead so you have a better idea of your success.
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    I do weekly, but I am OCD and like to see the numbers... :)
  • jcpreader
    jcpreader Posts: 16
    I think you're right. I just bought some scales and started to weigh myself every day and it's just not worth it! I know I am losing weight by how I look and how my clothes feel - I'm going to start weighing myself one a week
  • blakejohn
    blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
    every 6 months
  • msaestein1
    msaestein1 Posts: 264 Member
    Don't do it too often. I like the once a month rule of Mguilmot or less. Especially if you are lifting weights. I am weighing myself once a week now because I am in a group challenge and it is annoying the hell out of me. I know I am more toned because I am wearing clothes I haven't worn in months again, but the scale is NOT moving. My group members say lifting weights can bloat you and muscle weighs more than fat. So, don't frustate yourself. Keep the weigh ins at a minimum if you buy the scale. You don't want to discouraged by the numbers.
  • MPwife10
    MPwife10 Posts: 130 Member
    I weigh in once a week and I put the scale away after because if I see it then I will weigh myself everyday and that's not a good thing for me. Out of sight out of mind kinda thing lol.
  • peuglow
    peuglow Posts: 684 Member
    There is no 'right' amount of times to weigh. I weigh daily, which is a disaster for some people. Others weigh weekly, or monthly. As long as you are keeping track of SOME metric (i.e. measurements, weight, BF%) it doesn't matter how often you do it.
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