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measure and weighing

emchip1983
emchip1983 Posts: 80
edited January 8 in Health and Weight Loss
just wondering how often shoud i measure and weigh my self. thankyou :)

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  • duckymoo
    duckymoo Posts: 17
    Many diet books/sites recommend you weigh yourself no more than once a day at roughly the same time - I usually weight first thing in the morning, before eating and after i've been to the toilet. Got to admit, i havn't been measuring myself, just going by how my jeans feel :P
  • jellybeanmusic
    jellybeanmusic Posts: 161 Member
    It's totally up to you really. I weigh weekly and don't measure. Though if I were to measure, I'd say weekly probably is a bit often to see much change, but monthly might be a good length of time. Do whatever you feel comfortable with.
  • jellybeanmusic
    jellybeanmusic Posts: 161 Member
    Once a day is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too often though! Don't do that, you'll get obsessed with teeny tiny moves on the scales and feel you've failed when you gain 0.1lb!
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I weigh once a week and tape every two.
  • Celuwen
    Celuwen Posts: 80 Member
    I weigh twice a week (though only log changes once) and measure once. I'm glad I started measuring as my weight loss is small compared to my inches lost.
  • fIashforward
    fIashforward Posts: 66 Member
    I weigh every day.

    Gives you a boost if you've lost a pound or so, and if you've gained you know to watch what you eat during that day
  • Fat2FitQueen
    Fat2FitQueen Posts: 79 Member
    good morning..I weigh in on mondays 1st. thing in the morning 5:30am butt naked after i use the bathroom...lol...have'nt measured my self yet tho...I also go buy how my clothes feel especially my officers uniform...:happy:
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Whenever you like!

    i weigh myself once a week because I can't stand the normal daily fluctuations. Drives me nuts. So I weigh in ONCE on Saturdays and that's it.
  • StaceyJ2008
    StaceyJ2008 Posts: 411 Member
    I say every two weeks for weighing in and every week for measuring.
  • emchip1983
    emchip1983 Posts: 80
    thankyou for a your replys i think i will weigh once a week and check inches monthley.
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    I sometimes go 4 or 5 weeks. Since I KNOW I am eating at a calorie deficit, I trust that eventually I will see a loss. I don't feel under any particular pressure to document every little change.
  • momofJandA
    momofJandA Posts: 1,035 Member
    I weigh in every day and measure once a month
  • goody2shews
    goody2shews Posts: 129 Member
    I weigh at least twice a week. Thursday's and Monday's usually. I wish I would have measured from day one. I started measuring in December. My journey started around the end of May however I really started in August but didn't take it serious until October.

    Measuring is the true issue. I've seen some success stories that are far above my original goal weight but I would rather have their muscle tone.
  • clarkeje1
    clarkeje1 Posts: 1,626 Member
    I weigh myself weekly and measure myself monthly. Seems to work out well for me.
  • elvinprincess_9
    elvinprincess_9 Posts: 23 Member
    I weigh once a week at the same day and time, also using the same scales whould be a good thing. Didnt measure but go on how well my clothes fit.
  • NobodyInParticular
    NobodyInParticular Posts: 352 Member
    I weigh weekly and measure monthly
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I weigh myself weekly and measure and take progress pics once a month. In my opinion, it really depends on how much weight you have to lose. I'm fairly close to my goal weight and am mostly working on body recomposition at this point, which is a slow process. It does me no good to measure or take pictures more often than monthly because there just isn't enough of a change from week to week. But if you've got a lot of weight and inches to lose, it may be motivational to have more frequent progress checkpoints.
  • marypatrica1
    marypatrica1 Posts: 9
    \\\\\\\\\i weigh once a week first thing on wednesday morning.
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