To weigh daily or not to weigh daily

I stopped weighing while I go to the gym for heavy lifting. I am focused more on measurements at the moment.

I do not want my fear of the scale going up messing with my desire for some extra muscle mass.

I decided to stop weighing daily. Apparently I gained 2lbs since yesterday according to my scale lol. Even though I know I didn't and it's likely to flucuate back down, it's still discouraging to see it go up. I'm going to weigh every Monday morning.

I think daily weight averaged over a week is pretty accurate as long as your weighing yourself at the same time each day. Then you can see if you are on track of losing ____ lbs per week.

It's really up to you. If you can go into it knowing AND expecting your weight to fluctuate from day to day, then do it daily if it fits your needs. If it is going to mess you up mentally seeing a 2 pound increase after a hard workout the next morning, then weight yourself once a week or every two weeks.

I always recommend getting to a level where you really could care less what the scale says. Base your achievements of how you look in the mirror, how your clothes are fitting, and what your measurements say.

The scale can be your worst enemy during dieting.

While the medical professionals will say NOT to weigh daily, I am obessed with the scales. I am on them every time I am in the upstairs bathroom. I know when I got to bed at night, whether or not I will be down in the morning. I only use what I weigh first thing in the morning as my 'offical' weight. It gives me motiviation by stepping on the scales so much.

I used to weigh once a week now I weigh every morning. I am finding that my weight flexs through out the week and I can easily tell now how my body reacts say the morning after a heavy work out vs a morning after no work out. I try not to get discouraged and atleast log my weight once a week whether up or down.

I weigh most days. If I eat really well and exercise a day, I may not weigh myself the following morning.

I weight daily. I record if I show a loss. I don't record gains. I record the same time, under the same conditions. It's a habit. I lived in a world of bad habits before, why not add a good one to live by now?

That said, I don't freak out if there's a gain.. and I don't lose my mind if I can't weigh.

I say it depends on you. If you can handle seeing your weight change, going up and down, each day and not freak out, then go for it! Otherwise I'd say weigh once a week. Also be sure to be measuring yourself as well since you might not go down in pounds, but you might lose inches overall. If you're exercising and weight lifting (doesn't have to be body-builder weight lifting) then you might either not lose any pounds, or even gain, but you might be losing tons of inches as you tone your body since muscle weighs more than fat does.

If you weigh yourself you need to weigh yourself at the same time the days you choose. (That way there's no, "OMG I gained 2lbs overnight!")

I recommend weighing yourself based on how much you burn extra daily. For me it's 500-1000... so I weigh myself everyday, or every other day so I can keep up with my weight fluctuation.

For me I weigh at about 8:30-10:30 and If I miss that time frame, I just don't do it.

Weekly.

Weekly only. Daily is a bit too OCD for my taste:)

Gotta agree, Weekly makes me more than happy and really lets me see the results!!!

I weigh in once a week. Same day and time. Once in a while, for fun, I'll weigh in about halfway through the week. Inevitably, the number freaks me out. No idea why my weight is so stable on Monday mornings but Friday mornings it looks like I've eaten every food available at the Chinese buffet the night before.

Weight fluctuates from day to day and can give you a major stress attack if you show a gain when you've been working your butt off (literally). But that's just me.

I weigh daily because it keeps me motivated.

/\ This! I didn't used to, but it's nice to get an average sometimes, so lately, I've been weighing every couple of days or so.

Same.

I weigh once a week. I found weighing daily affected my weight loss in a negative way. Retention of water (an issue for me) can literally add 2 pounds overnight to me. Stepping on the scale everyday tells me that no matter how well i was eating that it was ineffective which i found put me in a negative state of mind about my weight loss. I weigh once a week - same time and same clothes. I tend to make sure i'm not eating much sodium around 2 days prior to weight in so i get an accurate reading. To each his own but i find "not knowing" leaves you keeping on track.