My case for weighing yourself every day.

i weigh myself everyday.. actual weigh ins are monday's and i see a loss around fri-sun everything in between is either a lb up or same weight.. very interesting :yawn:

Weighing in every day is fine...if you don't come on here and freak out that in 3 days you gained 2 pounds and ask what you did wrong. If someone is having frustration over losing weight I'll always suggest not getting on the scale for 2-3 weeks because your body fluctuates so much that day to day, week to week gains can set people in to a whirl wind. And I don't think it's healthy for some people to be so obsessed about what the scale says. It's not about the number on the scale, it's about how fit, healthy and fantastic you look.

I weigh myself everyday too. It helps me stay on track. I figure whatever works!

I go on and off weighing myself everyday... I too like to be able to see the results, however, I still wonder if weighing myself everyday is a good idea as it keeps me constantly feeling like I am on a diet and a slave to the scale... I am looking for the perfect mixture as I certainly need to lose weight(for several reasons) but I also know that the real reason I am using myfitnesspal is to create a better lifestyle with a balance of eating less calories and being active, so if that is being reached day in and day out the scale should not matter so much!!!

I weigh myself every morning before I get in the shower. However, if I forget to do it, I won't weigh in after I've eaten anything b/c it messes with the scale. I tried only weighing myself once a week but I found that I would be counting down the days til weigh-in day and it was distracting. I generally don't stress too much over small fluctations. I'm frequently up a pound or two on Mondays b/c I don't get in as much water as I should on the weekends. As long as it's not an obsession, I wouldn't worry about which way you do it. Seeing the number helps me stay on track each day. If I weigh a bit more, I'll try to drink more water and avoid any cheating (with foods like Halloween candy :bigsmile:) for the day.

I like to weigh in every day also just because previously when weighing in weekly I'd think at the beginning of the week it was okay to slack off my eating as I would have a whole week to catch up on getting the calories burnt, then before I knew it, it would be the night before my weigh in.

By having in mind that the next day will be a weigh in, it forces me to make good food choices as well as drink my 8 cups of water a day! It also stops me putting extra salt on my food!

I have the same thoughts as you Marty. Because I weigh in daily.. well most of the time. I have taken days off and when I do. The scale is always higher.. Makes no sense.. and you are right at least I can monitor the fluctuation etc.

yup.....i do the scale everyday also! can't help myself. when i see a loss it encourages me.....if i have a gain it also encourages me to work harder.

I weigh daily and I accept that the scale toggles. I see it as the dashboard on my car. I check the gas gauge daily. I hate when it fluctuates, but it gives me a sense of where I am as far as gas consumption and needs.

I weigh in the morning. Take mental note and mvoe on about me day.

I was weighing/measuring several times a day and getting upset so I tried putting the scale/tape measure away for 2 weeks at a time. I found when I did this, my expectations were higher and I was usually VERY disappointed. So I'm back to every day, though now I'm not upset about it. I prefer being aware of the fluctuations and not wondering if after 2 weeks I'm at the high or low end of it. I didn't and still don't log every time I weigh, only when I hit a new low.

As a few people have already mentioned there are some who are scale obssesive or are triggered by scale fluctuations. I can understand why they dont want to weight themselves everyday. But i've noticed that these are often the very people who will go over there calories two or three days then weigh themselves and claim they gained five pounds. While they may have exceeded their calorie intake by 600 or 700 total they certainly didnt consume enough to account for the wieght gain but they dont want to hear that. So then they fast or vastly reduce their intake. Personally if you dont understand how your body works you're not going to be succesful in weight loss and to me the only way to understand TRUE weightloss and gain is to track your weight daily for at least awhile.

Since being on MFP i've learned the basic mechanics of calorie burn and the fluctuations that occur daily. As a woman this also includes the water retention that occurs during your TOM cycle. I weigh myself every morning and a few times a day. I know exactly how much i go up during the day because of the weight of the food i consume and how much water retention that may occur at points in a month. I dont freak out now when the scale goes up nor do i get over excited over a slight downward turn. Understanding my body keeps me from getting stressed which then prevents emotional eating. When you take the fear out of the scale you may find that it isnt your enemy.

On another point weight alone doesnt dictate body changes. Taking body measurements will show progress which the scale doesnt especially for those who dont have alot to lose but want to develop a leaner body. I think the best advice is educate yourself...gain some perspective and remember that nothing happens over night. Then you will reach your goals and have a healthy relationship with your body.

I weigh everday. I believe this to be very encouraging. It leaves less disappointment when weigh in day comes and perhaps I am retaining water. I also use it as a tool. I weigh before a workout and after to calculate water lost, so I know how much to hydrate back.

Instead of obsessing about a number on the scale, which IS only a number, why not take measurements. Weight doesn't account for water, bone, lean mass, stress and hormones. When you make the scale your new best friend, you miss other aspecs of your weigh loss journey. True, weight does fluctuate, which is why obsessing over it doesn't do much good. As the OP said, "if weigt fluctuates and it fluctuates up when yo get weighed once a week, isn't that just as frustraiting." Yes it is,but at the same time, a steady weight loss will show ounces fluctuating instead of pounds.

I weigh myself almost every day. I like to do it because it shows me how meaningless the scale can be. No one weighs a fixed amount all the time so I find it odd when people say 'yay, I lost .5lb this week,' what does that even mean? It's such a small number it could mean anything!!! On the other hand a loss of .5lb is a good amount of weight loss in a week, but it's not the kind of amount you can measure weekly, it could be anything.

I tend to pick a rough number which is where the scale hits most often. I like to see new lows but I ignore them until they become more frequent.

Getting on the scale has told me I can 'gain' as much as 6lb in a day and then lose it in two days! Imagine if I weighed in weekly or monthly and saw those extra 6lbs, that really would be discouraging! As long as it doesn't stay up there I'm not worried.

Reading all this talk about scales caused me to pop on mine again. I originally weighed myself five hours ago and apparently I've gained 2lb since then. But I needed the loo, so went, weighed myself again, and lost 1lb. I find it amusing, you cannot take the scale's reading too personally.

Measurements are what I'm really interested in. I don't measure every day as the changes are so small, but losing an inch really is something to celebrate.

I wake up, I pee, I weigh....EVERYDAY! and Im happy with it...sometimes its a great day, sometimes i lokk down and think...eat a little better today girl!:flowerforyou: