New to site!! Scale needed??

gofurfan9395
gofurfan9395 Posts: 12
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New to this site! So far love the fact that I can find what I'm eating quickly on my iphone!!
Do you all weigh in each night when your done putting in your food for the day? I don't own a scale and am curious if I should go get one.

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  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,253 Member
    If you are referring to body weight then it is a personal thing,but when you do weigh yourself try & make sure it is at same time & same clothes

    For this reason most weigh in the morning first thing.

    Depends on you if daily, weekly or even monthly

    I weigh daily, just to check

    The type of scale is again personal choice between digital or analogue

    Because scales are pretty cheap IMO it worth getting one
  • jenndymond
    jenndymond Posts: 117 Member
    I weigh in once a month. I find daily your weight changes so often that I find it counter productive. There is a scale at the gym that also does body fat percentage, I use that one.

    Take measurements and pictures as well. They help so much when the scale doesn't move.

    .jd
  • Texgal9816
    Texgal9816 Posts: 28 Member
    Hi- I weight myself once a week and log it on Sunday mornings. Now I will admit that I step on the scale here and there just to peek but I only log it on Sundays.
  • BellaLunaFleur
    BellaLunaFleur Posts: 154 Member
    I am trying my best to only step on it once a week so I don't get discouraged and stop trying. However it is proving alot harder then I thought it would be.
  • Rssblade
    Rssblade Posts: 46 Member
    I use a scale called Aria from Fitbit, this scale does fat percentile etc, but what it really does is broadcast your weight to the Fitbit website and pass it on to MyFitnessPal, which means you cannot hide the results and this tends to make you think twice about going, "i'll be ok, one chocolate bar won't hurt" as you can see from my results, I had lost 14 ilbs now I am back to 11 lbs(Xmas) as you can see from my account, so now I am going hell for leather to get back and beyond 14 ilbs..
    So yes, scales are a benefit, but do not let them freak you out,as some folk get water retention and your weight can bounce about a bit.

    RH
  • aakokopelli7
    aakokopelli7 Posts: 196 Member
    I would get one. I started this site without one, went and got one and when I weight in I actually weighed more than I had thought. So for accuracy reason YES.
  • Rachlmale
    Rachlmale Posts: 640 Member
    You do need scales if you want to know your weight loss accurately... I wouldn't weigh at the end of the day though, weighing when you have a stomach full of food seems counter productive?
  • Eve23
    Eve23 Posts: 2,352 Member
    If you do not have a scale start by taking measurements. It is sometimes better to have measurements because it can often change even if your weight has not.
  • KeithChanning
    KeithChanning Posts: 202 Member
    I use a scale called Aria from Fitbit, this scale does fat percentile etc, but what it really does is broadcast your weight to the Fitbit website and pass it on to MyFitnessPal, which means you cannot hide the results and this tends to make you think twice about going, "i'll be ok, one chocolate bar won't hurt" as you can see from my results, I had lost 14 ilbs now I am back to 11 lbs(Xmas) as you can see from my account, so now I am going hell for leather to get back and beyond 14 ilbs..
    So yes, scales are a benefit, but do not let them freak you out,as some folk get water retention and your weight can bounce about a bit.

    RH
    Basically this, although I do delete the MFP posts that say I lost what I had only put on the day before - Christmas and New Year, with eldest daughter getting married in between, was a different matter. I'd put on 2 Kg, which I am still working to get off.
    I have also linked the fitbit account to trendweight.com, which adds a sensible trending dimension that the daily weigh-in needs.

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