weigh in everyday ??

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  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    Just be aware that weight fluctuates all the time. If it doesn't mess with your head then every day is okay, but once in a week is more preferable. Record your weight once a week though, otherwise your weight graph is going to have crazy spikes like this /\/\/\/\/\
  • BoatReadyBody
    BoatReadyBody Posts: 376
    I only weigh when I got to publix.. I got rid of my scale. It became a obsession. Now I weigh maybe 2xs or 3xs a week. I lost more weight when I was not stressing it.
  • buzzcogs
    buzzcogs Posts: 296 Member
    As long as you realize that the weight fluctuation is normal, I think it's fine to weigh yourself everyday. It helps if you weigh yourself on the same scale, weighing the same amount of clothing, and at the same time of day.

    I wasn't weighing myself everyday and strayed and gained weight back. For me weighing myself everyday motivates me even if I "gain" one day or I'm losing slowly. I know if I stick to healthy eating and exercise I will evenutally lose the weight I want to lose.
  • buzzcogs
    buzzcogs Posts: 296 Member
    if you see a 2 pound jump in one day that HAS to be water,correct

    I would say yes unless you won a pie-eating contest the previous day!
  • goffley3
    goffley3 Posts: 68 Member
    I do it once a day. Weight does fluctuate day to day but I usually do it to keep myself honest. When I have a day of over eating and I have a lot of retaining water I gain, then I drink more than the advised amount of water to flush it out and then I weigh in the next morning and see all the weight I lost!!
  • LanaeCarol
    LanaeCarol Posts: 158 Member
    I weigh every day and record it on an Excel spreadsheet that I set up before I joined mfp. I like being able to see the trends on a daily basis. I only log in my weight at mfp when I have a loss. Watching the ticker go backwards when I am fluctuating over those 2-3 lbs is too depressing for me.
  • Cougarita65
    Cougarita65 Posts: 240 Member
    I weigh myself everyday, it helps me keep myself in check.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    this is a never ending debate. find what's comfortable for you and stick with it. i weighed every day in the beginning, to see what was working and what wasn't. then i platued and weighed every day to see if i broke thru yet. then i was the lowest i had been in almost forever and weighed in everyday to make sure i stayed there. it is motivating for me, but i understand it doesn't work that way for everyone. let the debate continue!

    I agree. This is a personality thing. I weigh every morning (and sometimes just before bed). The fact that it bounces around makes me worry less about any one number. I'm looking for a general downward trend. Plus the fact that the high bounces are lower and lower makes me confident that the losses are real.
  • imtriagain
    imtriagain Posts: 104 Member
    For years I weighed daily. Then I felt I was obsessing too much so moved to weekly. It was really hard to resist daily weighing but then I got used to it and sometimes don't weigh in if I feel like I've had a bad week. I'm currently contemplating daily weighing again to keep me accountable.

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