does anyone weigh monthly?

I weigh every day. Funny, I'm the opposite of you: I tend to lose motivation when the scale goes down! My thought process is that since I'm losing or maintaining, I can just eat whatever I want lol. So those days when my weight is down I tend to eat more. Even when it goes up, I don't really worry about it though cuz I know it's just temporary. I don't know if I could wait a whole month to weigh haha!

I weigh myself daily, but i know that some days it will go up, and some days it will come down. I also set myself what i call the weekly test, which is on a given day of the week (every Thursday) i track my progress. You will usually find that if you stick to it you will go down. Dont get too hung up on your weight, as sometimes you seem to be getting nowhere, but actually it is coming off in the inches around you neck, hips, chest etc. So i do also measure myself every week.

I'm a weekly girl and following Jordontek's lead, this will now be called Wednesday Wake-up!!!!!

I weigh monthly.

Here's what I found for me: Losing weight isn't something I can DO. It's something that happens as a RESULT of what I do. I can't control results. I can only control what I do. I wanted to make a lifestyle change, not go on a diet. So I judge success and happiness based on things I can control: did I eat right, did I exercise hard, did I get enough sleep, did I drink enough water.

I set my goal to being healthy, not to losing weight. If somebody cuts off one of legs will I weigh less? Yes. Will I be healthier? No. Therefore, hanging everything on my weight loss is not a good indication of health. I could be skinny but still be unhealthy. So health became my motivation, not weight.

Made it easy to get off that !@#$ scale.

Once a week: I call it the Sunday Showdown.

Paha - me too. I weight once a week, first thing in a morning, after I've pee'd, naked ha :drinker:

I would say TMI, but its 5am, what the hey, whatever floats your boat, right? Right. You do you, especially in your birthday non-skivvies! And be comfortable!

Hi. I also weigh weekly. There are daily fluctuations and I find that to be discouraging if I see that I'm up 1/2 lb one day and down 1 lb the next due to a variety of factors. I also weigh myself at the same time each day (Friday morning around 6 AM). Whatever you choose, just be consistent. I don't think there's any harm in weighing yourself daily if you understand there will be days of up and down. You can also weigh yourself monthly, but that may just be too long a wait to see if what you're doing with diet and exercise is actually working.

Another option for you might be to weigh yourself weekly and measure your body monthly (and maybe take photos to see your progress).

Best wishes to you!

Remember also water weight which can add a pound of two. I get weighed every other week at my doctors. I do not have a scale at home, used to many ions ago and got rid of it. Just don't let it disappoint you. As long as you know you are working out and eating healthy that's all that matters. I don't go by the scale. I go by my clothes. A lot of times you are losing inches instead of weight. Plus if your toning up, that may not show up on the scales but it will definitely show in your clothes.

when I had 100lb to lose i didn't weigh more than twice a year. but Now I've just 21lb to lose, I weigh 5 days a week and log it via Libra app, so I can see the trend of my weight, I could just Pick a single day to weigh, but on Sunday and Thursday I always weigh more than I do on a Tuesday and Friday. The trend is what is important not the day to day weight, so long as week by week I'm trending downwards I'm happy.

I do! Last time I went through a weight loss journer I became positively OBSESSED with the scale. This time I decided that I would only weigh every four weeks. I think that it has helped keep me more sane by a tremendous amount. And if you knew me, you'd know that that isn't always that easy to do...

I weigh monthly, the weekend after tom. Although, I was out of town last time so I owe myself a weigh-in.

I weigh myself once a week. More than that would be addictive for me. Need to focus more on healthy living.

I think that weekly is probably the best solution for you because that way you aren't going as 'cold turkey'. Weighing once a week will still give you random fluctuations sometimes, but they will not be nearly as drastic and deflating as weighign yourself daily. I usually weigh weekly, but am thinking about switching to monthly. It really helps me focus on being healthier in general instead of looking at only the numbers on the scale. It also helps me appreciate the ways in which I can notice my improvments without needing to resort to a scale report to make me feel accomplished. So I would recommend starting with every week to help keep you on track, and then switch to a month if you feel like it could work for you.

My weigh in day is Monday also!

I weigh myself usually twice a day and not because i'm obsessed with my weight but because every number I see on that scale motivates me in some way. If I dropped pounds then then I get really excited and tell myself to keep up the good work and if I gained then I tell myself that I can do better today. I weigh myself for serious in the morning right when I wake up and thats the weight I track and then I weigh myself at night just to give myself an idea of what the morning number will be, but I don't really take it too seriously. I guess this just works for me right now.

Thanks for the Monday pants idea even though I'm a Friday gal. You're right about toned and a little heavier than light and fluffy.