so how often should i weigh myself ?

I weigh myself once a week at the same time (every Saturday morning). If you weigh yourself more often, you'll notice the little ups and downs that happen naturally during the week, if you weigh once a week, you'll most likely notice a steady drop (and not get too disheartened if you go up a pound one day to lose it again the next).

Keep in mind that weight is not everything. I'd take measurements and pictures as well, as these are more likely to show your progress than the number on the scale.

As often as you want to......this is an age-old question, and you won't get a definitive answer.

I weigh daily as that is what keeps ME accountable.

This is totally a personal preference.

Kaye

I weigh in daily just to keep tabs on things- but starting this year I am just doing one official weigh in per month where I will also take measurements and progress pictures.

I think it's something that you should just do whenever you want to, whether it's every day or every week. I try and weigh myself at the same time every time I weigh though (usually before I hop in the shower before I've had anything to eat). Your weight fluctuates a lot throughout the day!

i way once a week the same day early in the morning is best before u eat breakfast but u could do it the same way every two if u rather

I weigh myself every Sunday morning as soon as I get out of bed. Same time of the same day every week,will show true progress and a real idea of whats going on. I dont think you should weigh yourself later in the day because your weight can fluctuate. The important thing is that the number on the scale keeps going down. Sometimes I am tempted to get on daily,but you might get discourgaed if you get on 3 days in a row,and it's not moving,so for me, once a week is fine

My official weigh-in is every Friday at my TOPS club meeting. I usually weigh at home on Monday or Tuesday just to see what is going on.

Your weight fluctuates up and down quite a bit. For example, you may "gain" 2 pounds overnight, even on a day when you ate and exercised well, or loose 3 pounds overnight after a 7000 calorie cookie binge. Neither one accurately reflects the trends in your weight, nor gives particularly helpful feedback on your lifestyle.

People take a couple of different takes on that. First off, it's best to weigh yourself consistently - same time, day, etc., wearing the same thing. My clothes, shoes and pocket contents, for example, can vary by a couple of pounds easily. So you don't want that uncertainty in there. I like first thing in the morning, before breakfast, but after letting the dogs out. But that's just more.

Second comes the frequency discussion. You want to be able to track the overall trend, and not be thrown off by the variations. Many folks track their weight once a week, every-other-week, or once a month to accomplish this. The thought would be that you won't be distracted, falsely discouraged, or falsely encouraged by the daily fluctuations.

I disagree with that plan, though. Because you can easily have a couple of pounds of "noise," what happens if you're 2 pounds lighter than the trend at the appointed recording day one week, then 2 pounds heavier than the trend the next? You may have lost 1 "real" pound, but think you've gained 3, decide you're gaining instead of loosing, and either erroneously adjust your diet and exercise into too much of a deficit, or get discouraged and give up.

Instead, I record my weight every day, but I don't really care about the daily number. I recognize it as merely a data point, and perhaps an outlier at that. What I record and track is the 7 day average of weight, body fat %, skeletal muscle %, and visceral fat (I have a fancy scale...) each Monday, for the previous Monday-Sunday (so the weight on the day I track is not part of that week's data). This smooths out the trend line nicely, and gives more useful and reliable feedback on what's actually happening, because the uncertainty in the data is mitigated.

I know it's awful, but I weight myself multiple times a day! It's just out of curiosity and I don't take the numbers I see too seriously (like giving up because of not seeing an immediate change, etc) so I don't see the harm. It's totally my personality. It's funny to see the number go up and down by 8lbs in the very same day! :P