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What day is your weigh day and why?

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  • Sister_Someone
    Sister_Someone Posts: 567 Member
    All day, every day. Because I was only able to let go of my obsession with the scale when I saw that my weight fluctuates in a whopping range of 15 lbs in a matter of a week, without any difference in how I physically look or how my clothes fit, and due to factors I can't control, such as severe constipation, or how dairy milk sometimes causes me an allergic reaction and other times no.
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
    I weigh in once a week on Sunday morning. Why? Because if I gained, I can go to church and pray for strength. :laugh:
  • WhoIsAmber
    WhoIsAmber Posts: 161 Member
    Officially, I weigh-in on Wednesdays.
    I have cheat-day* on Saturday so, it gives me time to unbloat.

    * Cheat-day for me isn't eating over my calories, I just eat whatever I want while staying within my calorie budget for the day.
  • techkid5
    techkid5 Posts: 1
    Fridays, overeating during the weekend is easy, so weighing myself on Friday helps me keep my goal in mind during the rest of the weekend.
  • taytay9955
    taytay9955 Posts: 23
    Wednesday morning. Makes me accountable all week long and allows me to be good at work, good at the weekend, but able to have enough time to recuperate, should I go off the rails. Weighing at the weekends is so depressing because in London, Friday and Saturday nights are your nights out really, so I know I'd just fluctuate massively.

    this ^^
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    I need to get me a weighing day as I weigh when I feel like it - sometimes months :laugh:
  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    every day. sometimes many times during the day. im neurotic.


    Me too!
  • ms_isis12
    ms_isis12 Posts: 19
    Only on Sunday mornings.
  • Melanie2345
    Melanie2345 Posts: 5
    Friday morn. As know at weekends I may have a little more than in the week!
  • cozystyle
    cozystyle Posts: 39 Member
    i really like this idea...i weighed in for the first time on Friday morning, so i think i will do what u r doing, every other Friday, that way i can see more of a progress..good luck and keep up the good work:smile:
    It is going to be Sundays. Every 2 weeks, Tomorrow will be my first weigh in ( Sunday last day of the week,so I can see how I did for the "week" every 2 weeks from my personal experience. One week for me isn't enough, because if I haven't lost as much I thought I would I get discouraged. ( Thats just the way my head works) :ohwell:
  • bearwith
    bearwith Posts: 525 Member
    I weigh in straight after showering before dressing. Gives your body a chance to empty too!
  • oceanbreeze22
    oceanbreeze22 Posts: 83 Member
    I weigh in mostly on Saturdays. I think it is the best day to do it for me no work or church or needing to rush off to somewhere.
  • mochalishious
    mochalishious Posts: 97 Member
    I weigh myself every friday morning. Take a shower to wash off any extra ounces...lol. Than its on the scale I go
  • Pixie8504
    Pixie8504 Posts: 174 Member
    I get on the scale each morning but I only log on Sunday. It is the start of a new week so that is my day of choice
  • zombie_porno
    zombie_porno Posts: 199 Member
    Every. Single. Day.
  • tleeiiiii
    tleeiiiii Posts: 44 Member
    i picked wednesday morning because i do best during the week, and that is right in the middle!
  • Lovett123
    Lovett123 Posts: 54 Member
    Sunday mornings as soon as I wake up. Sunday night is treat night so I weigh before I know there'd be a fluctuation and Monday is the start of a fresh week :)
  • mamaleftwich
    mamaleftwich Posts: 256 Member
    The 14th of every month in the morning. I started my journey on March 14th so I just weigh in on the 14th of every month!
  • kathleenmary73
    kathleenmary73 Posts: 33 Member
    I am enrolled in a wellness program that meets on Mondays so my weigh day is on Monday--7pm at night how awful is that? Everybody knows it's better to weigh in the morning. I fast on Monday's because the first night I weighed in I was not eating that day so now I feel like I'll not have a true weight if I don't do the same.
  • EsthefanyViruez
    EsthefanyViruez Posts: 8
    Mine is friday cause I started on friday and I want to see how much i weight every week...or every two weeks :) i hope I make it, I need to loose 7 kilos :-/
  • sunnya7
    sunnya7 Posts: 15 Member
    I weigh myself every morning But Monday morning anytime after 8am because it keep me on track over the weekend :)
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    Friday morning right after my shower, because I've been good all week. It's the weekends that are a REAL challenge.
  • markaholden
    markaholden Posts: 15 Member
    I weigh myself daily because I am trying to track a little closer what my daily habits do for or against me.

    That said, your body can fluctuate up to 2lb per day so weighing weekly or monthly is a better option for most people.
  • DGK12
    DGK12 Posts: 117
    Mondays, because:
    A) It helps me not to suck all weekend, and
    B) Because right now we're doing a competition at work, and that's our weigh-in day.

    I'm totally stalled right now, but my pants still seem to be shrinking, and I'm doing taekwondo three times a week (at least) so I think I'm still losing fat, but gaining muscle....
  • Luvmesumkenny
    Luvmesumkenny Posts: 779 Member
    Friday.. it keeps me motivated over the weekend:drinker:

    True Story & the fact I usually drink like a RockStar on Friday Nights :drinker:
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Monday mornings because I fast from 9 AM on Sundays to 9 AM on Mondays, so I figure that is when I am at my lowest weight.

    I also take measurements and progress photos every two weeks on Sunday nights.
  • DP325i
    DP325i Posts: 677 Member
    Every other Sunday - My fit test for Insanity.
  • fight_for_fit
    fight_for_fit Posts: 137
    My weigh in days are Sunday mornings. It gives me more motivation to work harder for the new week if I didn't do so well that week.
  • SchroederNJ
    SchroederNJ Posts: 189 Member
    Friday mornings --- like others said, helps keep me motivated during the week --- also to keep me focused heading into the weekend which also presents traps
  • Quilled
    Quilled Posts: 69 Member
    I weigh twice daily, because if I don't I will avoid the scale and misbehave. Daily weigh ins kind of show me the consequences of what I am doing. My consequences always seem to show up the next day for me. So if I am good I see it and I am happy, if not I don't do well I will see it. If I don't own up to it immediately (get on the scale daily) then I will let it go for longer. I weigh the night before and the morning after. It helps me gauge how much I actually weighed at the end of the day and how much I lose/dont lose the next morning. I dont worry about fluctuations during the day, and slight gains dont bother me too much either but big ones do and I accept them and do better.
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