How often do you weigh yourelf?

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  • ktweld
    ktweld Posts: 28 Member
    I weigh once per week (Monday's) and plan to measure once per month. The first 50 lbs (still to go) will probably keep me keen on my actual weight but after that, the size pants I purchase will matter more because at that point - I think from the comments I have seen that more people will have fluctuating weight due to exercise,and muscle water, etc. I can't wait to go down my 1st size - hopefully by 11/1
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    Yay, it's been a whole 2 hours since we've talking about weighing ourselves!
  • Ellas_Time_4_Change
    Ellas_Time_4_Change Posts: 171
    Once at the beginning of the month and again at the end of the month.
  • nwilson91
    nwilson91 Posts: 70
    In the morning after the BM. If I weighed in once per week, and that weight shows little progress or, god forbid, a gain, I'd lose it! Daily I can chart the fluctuations and see the progress.
  • ladyann34
    ladyann34 Posts: 5
    Every morning, naked.
  • LCgymnast
    LCgymnast Posts: 258
    Honestly I think it's a preference. Some people like to see the numbers everyday and some like to see it every so often. I'm the latter. I don't like to see the same numbers day after day, but seeing the numbers decrease every week and a half is a good motivation for me.
  • luvmymo
    luvmymo Posts: 1
    Once a week
  • SweetCheekszx0
    SweetCheekszx0 Posts: 478 Member
    if i did it every morning id go insane.. but it a perfect world id actually take my own advice :x lol that being said. i try to do it weekly but outta curiousity sometimes i will step on it 3x a day lol

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  • mea90334
    mea90334 Posts: 53
    OMG! I didn't even notice that it said my elf!! Haha I am wearing fake nails so sometimes it feels like it presses the key but it doesn't haha.
  • metacognition
    metacognition Posts: 626 Member
    Every day. It's really interesting to see how your body adds water on certain days. I've noticed that my weight loss occurs in cycles. The first day I'll drop a pound and a half, and it will be a "preview" for me the coming week. Over the next few days I'll stay at or up to 1 lb above that new low weight, and then randomly 4-5 days later it will go through another sudden drop.
  • roro1925
    roro1925 Posts: 120 Member
    OMG! I didn't even notice that it said my elf!! Haha I am wearing fake nails so sometimes it feels like it presses the key but it doesn't haha.

    That was hysterical definitely LMAO!!!
    And i weigh myself every morning, naked, and after i pee. I'm a slave to the damn scale :-/
  • citygirl04
    citygirl04 Posts: 286 Member
    A couple times a month
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    Whenever I'm at the gym and remember to do it. I don't have a home scale so I weigh myself after working out and before showering.
  • Katbody10
    Katbody10 Posts: 369 Member
    I've spent my life weighing myself almost every day .. every few days. It never fails .. when I don't look at the scales (vacations or just too busy to think about it - even after a shower) .. I gain weight

    I didn't weigh myself for 34 days back in Aug/Sep .. and whammo .. 15 lbs later! LOL Can ya guess what brought me here? (giggles)

    There's no right or wrong method .. my method works well because I know I have on average (when I'm maintaining) around a 5 lb difference .. and that usually crops up once a month .. if ya know what I mean :wink:

    of course . right now .. i'm on a mission to lose my unexpected weight gain :smile:
  • conorpatmanCHANGED
    conorpatmanCHANGED Posts: 253 Member
    once a week :p lately on wednesdays but after Halloween fridays
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    I do it every morning too! Unless I'm on my period..
  • Froody2
    Froody2 Posts: 338 Member
    Once every 2-4 weeks. I spent a hell of a lot of time when younger obsessing about every gram I gained or lost, weighing myself up to 5 times a day. Life's too short for that, so now I'm content to be surprised (or horrified lol) a coupe of times a month.
  • nickyfm
    nickyfm Posts: 1,214 Member
    Every Monday morning ^_^ Too inaccurate otherwise, with water weight fluctuation and whatnot.
  • Kelleybelley69
    Kelleybelley69 Posts: 43 Member
    Every Wednesday and Sunday mornings first thing!!
  • jade_131
    jade_131 Posts: 59 Member
    I do it everyday!
  • paperlily
    paperlily Posts: 17 Member
    About once every four to six months.
  • Hyespirit
    Hyespirit Posts: 4 Member
    Once a week, Saturday morning.... try to around same time of morning.... makes a difference.
  • Julicat6
    Julicat6 Posts: 231 Member
    Usually every day when I get up, but the only one that counts is Saturday, (that was my weigh-in day when I was using WW) I decided to keep that as "Official" but I like to see the trend during the week, usually if it's not moving I need to eat a little more of my exercise calories back. Daily fluxes let me monitor that I am in what I consider my sweet spot for Intake/Burn.
  • 2Bhealthier2
    2Bhealthier2 Posts: 128 Member
    I do it every morning right before I take a shower. I too won't drink or eat anything first. Keeps me motivated!
  • Reytor
    Reytor Posts: 26 Member
    My plan is every Friday before I eat or drink anything.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    Personally, daily, mainly because I find it easier to have a daily routine than a weekly one. To me, logically, daily makes sense too. Due to fluctuations, if I weigh on a low day one week and a high day the next, I may believe I've gained when I've actually been losing, and become discouraged because I know I'm eating little enough to lose.

    I think the essential judge of whether a system is right for you is whether it keeps you sane. If fluctuations from daily weigh-ins upset you, don't do it. If you eat as little as possible the day before a weekly weigh-in and avoid proper hydration just to see a lower number that day, don't do weekly. Whenever you weigh you should be looking for trends rather than particular numbers.
  • aplanck
    aplanck Posts: 6
    Once a week, the same time every week. I usually weigh in the morning after using the restroom. :smile:
  • pouncepet
    pouncepet Posts: 72 Member
    Every morning :)
  • queensturg
    queensturg Posts: 60
    We have a scale in the locker room at the gym I go to, and I usually hop on each morning I go, unless that corner of the locker room is crowded when I'm in, which it rarely is. I know that weight can fluctuate up to a few pounds during the day, so if my weight is up a little I'm not bothered and don't count that as weight gained, but if I'm down at all I do count that as progress ;)
  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,260 Member
    Usually every day when I get up, but the only one that counts is Saturday, ......... as "Official" but I like to see the trend during the week, . Daily fluxes let me monitor .

    As above

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