How often to you weigh and do you record each time?

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  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    I generally only weigh once a week, on fridays, and I record EVERY TIME!! Otherwise I am just kidding myself if I go up and don't mark it down. I think you (not you as in YOU, but you as in the general population) need to be accountable to yourselves and I think not recording if you go up is not being accountable.
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    I have speadsheet and record most things daily including weight. However I only record my new low weight on MFP assuming I am losing. If I am not I will record a gain but not until it is shown not to be just a weekly fluctuation. If I recorded every loss and gain on MFP I would be posting soemthing daily and losing alot more than I really am. This way I can see patterns in my weight and inches on my spreadsheet and see the general trend on MFP.

    Basically this same thing. Except sometimes multiples times a day (and I note whether it is a morning, midday or evening weigh-in). The interesting thing is while (duh) end of the day is almost always the heaviest, sometimes mid-day will be the lightest. And sometimes if I see a weight in the middle of the day, that is a good hint that in one or two weeks it will start to show up in the morning too. However, morning weights are definitely the most consistent so I'd recommend most people weigh in the morning.
  • Iceman420
    Iceman420 Posts: 195
    I weigh myself every morning, and record it in my weekly planner. It helps to keep me on track :)
  • Starfish1125
    Starfish1125 Posts: 169 Member
    I can't weigh every day. I'd be so sad. :tongue: - because I know I have fluctuations and I wouldn't want a daily gain to throw me off of my goal.

    I weigh weekly, in the morning, after peeing and before shower. Nekkid. :laugh:
  • Amypascoe
    Amypascoe Posts: 12
    I weigh in every Friday or Saturday morning naked. Seriously. I'm not adding any ounces by having clothes on! LOL.
  • dmschultes
    dmschultes Posts: 1
    I weigh every day . The key is to not let the fluctuations in weight get you down. For me what helps is to only log once a week.:noway:
  • jupe1407
    jupe1407 Posts: 7
    Every Monday morning, right after a bath. I record it on a spreadsheet, and include losses and gains (surely it's pointless otherwise?)

    If i do gain, I look on it as an opportunity to put in a big loss over the week.
  • x_pix_x
    x_pix_x Posts: 21
    I jump on the scales most days, at different times of the day also. It just gives me a feel for what my body is doing and although it fluctuates and I don't get worked up if I'm higher on a day where I weigh in the evening, if that figure was to show consistently, especially in the morning I would know I need to change something. However, I only record on a Wednesday morning as that's when I did my first weigh in when I started mfp. Will log it whatever, loss or gain, even if it's maybe a period gain as it's the long term picture I'm looking at.
  • liltenji
    liltenji Posts: 69 Member
    I weigh myself every day. I only log when i see a new lower amount. ie ive weighed myself every day for the past few weeks and its gone up and down the same few lbs but i only logged it yesterday cause it was finally showing a new number
  • petiteMom289
    petiteMom289 Posts: 26
    I normally weigh my self once a week. It's been every Monday morning after I empty my bladder and before eating any breakfast. Sometimes I'll jump on mid week just to see but I do not record it.
  • CalJur
    CalJur Posts: 627 Member
    Butt naked before the shower every morning. Best way to track exactly what does and doesn't cause the weight to fluctuate.
  • Kamile69
    Kamile69 Posts: 87
    I weigh once a week only and record ups and downs from that weigh in. :smile:
  • loneworg
    loneworg Posts: 342 Member
    I do it in the morning but when ever i want. I dont have a set day i just do it for fun. for me im more focused on bf% and inches.
  • ElaineRochelle
    ElaineRochelle Posts: 10
    I weigh myself once every day or every other day. I only record losses.
  • loneworg
    loneworg Posts: 342 Member
    Butt naked before the shower every morning. Best way to track exactly what does and doesn't cause the weight to fluctuate.
    pics or your lying:tongue:
  • judith0622
    judith0622 Posts: 38 Member
    Once a week and only on tuesday.
  • transparentenigma
    transparentenigma Posts: 565 Member
    I try to weigh myself every morning, before dressing for work if I remember.

    p.s. don't weigh yourself in your uniform/clothing, I don't know but according to my scale my uniform adds anywhere from 4-5 extra pounds, don't know how because they sure as heck don't feel that heavy coming out of the closet.
  • TurtleRunnerNC
    TurtleRunnerNC Posts: 751 Member
    I weigh & record every Sunday.
  • KazSmith68
    KazSmith68 Posts: 85
    Usually once a week and only record losses
  • blueeylb
    blueeylb Posts: 297 Member
    i check daily when i wake up and record only once a week loses only on my profile but will comment and post the gains on the group i'm on.
  • tigerlinly
    tigerlinly Posts: 219 Member
    i weigh in on Monday and and record it regardless. one group i'm with has a weigh in on Friday so i weigh in hten as well and sometimes i record that but not always i do record it for the group i'm with though
  • CristyMusicLovr
    CristyMusicLovr Posts: 179 Member
    I weigh myself every morning and record it once a week no matter if its good or bad.
  • Prettyskinny69
    Prettyskinny69 Posts: 10
    I know you're not supposed to but I weigh myself about 5 times a week. I know, I know, muscle weighs more than fat and your weight can fluctuate from bloating and water weight and little things like that but if I get over a certain weight I go into hardcore diet/workout mode to get myself back under the weight again.
  • wendybird5
    wendybird5 Posts: 577 Member
    I'm trying to go back to weighing once a week and not be so obsessive about it, but while I've been weighing myself each day (same time each morning), I only record gains if they last for more than three days and I record all losses. Once I hit my goal weight, I plan on putting the scale away and just use my jeans as a barometer for how I'm doing.
  • glow_muffin
    glow_muffin Posts: 12 Member
    I weigh every day, record once a week!

    Me too!
  • JDelphiki
    JDelphiki Posts: 47 Member
    Like most here I weigh every morning bit record once a week.
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    i weigh in and log it everyday, probably could do it every thursday or friday(little more accurate). but, why buy something if you're not gonna use it
  • Smuterella
    Smuterella Posts: 1,623 Member
    Weigh daily because I'm impatient, log weekly because I'm realistic. Log gains and losses.
  • JDelphiki
    JDelphiki Posts: 47 Member
    Today is the reason I am glad I weigh myself daily. I started a week ago at 310.4 lbs (I know horrible). I weighed myself each morning and by day 3 I was at 307 (or in that area). I hovered there for the next 3 days and thought a 3-4 lb weight loss would be great. Official weigh in day comes and I am at 304.2. I didn't do anything different to manipulate my weigh in but now I was 6+ lbs down. The next day I was still in the 304 range, but today I am back up to 307. I eat the same basic menu this week that I ate last week. I have to figure that I will be working all week to really get down to 304. But if I had weighed myself once on weigh in day and then again the next week I would have been disappointed when/if the scale read the exact same despite being good all week.

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