How often should you weigh yourself?

Once a week. Same day of the week. After urinating. While naked.

That is the best way to keep everything constant. The contents of your bladder can add several pounds. Different clothes weight different amounts. People's weight naturally fluctuates throughout the day due to hydration level.

I weigh myself every time I lose weight.

I step on the scale once a week - after my Saturday morning workout.

A smart friend of mine recommended Thursday mornings. Thursday morning as soon as you use the bathroom.. naked of course.
Thursdays work great for me. I still get on the scale randomly... but record my Thursday weight.

Since having bariatric surgery, I weigh myself daily, first thing in the morning after using the bathroom, with underwear on or no clothes. It may seem obsessive to some, but alot of the people in my support group find it beneficial to do it daily. I want to see how daily eating habits, water intake, time of the month and even poor eating days effect my weight daily. If I notice anything drastic (outside of a few lbs of water weight that go up and down from day to day), I can catch it earlier and immediately go into a plan of action (early prevention) to avoid serious gain that could get out of hand within a couple weeks or month...I can see if i need to go back to some more protien shakes everyday, up my proteins for each meal, cut back on sodium/carb intake, etc. That's just been my experience so far and it works for me.

Totally depends on your own preference. I weigh every day in the morning. Weight fluctuates up and down somewhat on a daily basis. Weighing daily allows me to become comfortable with fluctuations and track the trend over time which is the important part. After awhile you will understand your typical range, mine is 4lbs. Anything above or below that set range is actual gain or loss.

I do every day.

But I'm a data nerd. I've got a spreadsheet that keeps track of a moving average of my weight, my calorie intake/burn, and calculates my non-exercise maintence amount to keep track of what my metabolism is up to. First thing in the morning I take my weight and update with yesterday's numbers (I also weigh in before and after exercise (when I remember), if the number is lower I use it, the lowest number is a better measure than same time of day). I need charts and graphs to satiate my inner nerd.

Been doing this now more than a year and a half, I reached my (first) goal weight about 9 months ago.

One of the best ways to prevent post-goal relapse is to weigh yourself daily (or at least fairly frequently).

Ive always done it in the morning, right when I get up, once a week on the same day. It's been the most consistent method for me. I'm curious as to how my weight fluctuates so the last couple weeks I've been doing it daily though, with the understanding that it will go up and down. It's "official" only once a week just like normal.

I have to admit that I weigh almost every day I am at work (where the scale is) mostly because I can't believe I'm actually losing weight. I only update my weight once a week, though. It's a nice feeling to step on the scale and see it lower than it's been since 2005.

Only you really know how often you should be weighing yourself. If it makes you anxious to see the scale fluctuate, then you should probably pick a day (once a week, once a month) and weight then.

Every Morning, after waking up.

Is that too often? Don't know - that's how do it....

I weigh myself everyday but my "Weigh In Day" is Monday morning when I wake up.

I like to see where I am at every morning but I know that there are fluctuations each day so I find that the 1 day a week (same time/day every week) is the best measure of where I am at overall.

i had been doing it first thing in the morning and last thing at night! i've now put the scales in a wardrobe and shut the door and they are staying there for a month! i want to eat right, not starve to drop a number or two. once a month may well become my new norm as i've got past the morning panics now

There is no right or wrong answer. I weigh daily because I don't get freaked out about small changes and like to monitor trends so that I stay on track. Not everyone can do that without getting a little crazy. Bottom line is what makes you most comfortable, helps you feel like you are in control and doesn't add more stress to your weight loss journey.

If you really want to see results, my suggestion is to put the scale away completely and stick to measuring yourself! If you are working out, you may not see results on the scale. A perfect example coming from personal experience. I weighed 170lbs before i worked out 5x a week (cardio + weight training) and only ate healthy clean foods for about 4 months straight. When i went to see how much i had lost on the scale, i was not even a single pound lighter. BUT, what i looked like and how i felt was very different from the beginning . I was much thinner, toned, etc. If you keep checking the scale, it can and probably will discourage you and make you want to give up.

The results that youve seen is unfortunately unrealistic, and not a good way on how you view a healthy lifestyle. ( eating healthy and excersizing regularly) . Ive done it too, it took me a long time to realise that its just water weight. . The chances of it being actual fat is slim to none. Most people aim for 1-2 pounds a week. At the beginning, i was losing 10lbs here and there, then all of a sudden, it just stopped. I was very upset about it because the previous results were so big and exciting. Now i dont focus on the scale at all but how i feel and look. Seriously, try measuring yourself! Youll see the results much much better. And try to at least use the scale minimally like once or twice a month .

Once a week on the same day or once every two weeks. If I go two weeks weighing every week and don't loose I stop weighing for a month so i don't get discouraged. I try to go by how my clothes fit more then the scale because it fluctuates so much,