how often do you weigh yourself?

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  • dalgal26
    dalgal26 Posts: 781 Member
    Every Morning....It is just what works for me. I do not stress over an overnight gain, cause I only record the losses and that is a couple of times a month.:smile:
  • kelatki
    kelatki Posts: 16 Member
    I weigh in once a month. Last day of the month, first thing in the morning. If I weighed in every day, I would only get discouraged.
  • Samhain34
    Samhain34 Posts: 2
    I'm a happy daily weigher, but I can accept the fluctuations. The way I stay motivated is when my scale reads a new lowest weight, I know I've made progress and I try to beat that number. It also helps me when I take my free pass (I give myself a couple "cheat" meals per week) and I go up a pound or two for the next day since I know I'm going to be weighing myself the next day, I stay the course instead of doing my old habit of saying "I screwed up; what's the use? May as well eat and I can restart later". For ME, weighing weekly or monthly is suicide if I get a bad reading. Try different weigh-in intervals and see which one helps you the most.

    Good luck!
  • BristleCone43
    BristleCone43 Posts: 8
    Record every day...fun to view graph of weight.
  • karenhray7
    karenhray7 Posts: 219 Member
    thanks for all your replies! For those of you who who weigh daily, do you only record your weight once a week on myfitness pal and weigh yourself all the other days just for your own sake? or do you record your weight every day here? Just trying to see what works best!

    I chart every day in a notebook and record the losses as they happen on mfp. It sometimes feels like cheating, but it's so encouraging to see the number on my ticker grow and so discouraging to see it shrink. I need the motivation of the big number!
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    I weigh twice a week- enough to stay accountable and just often enough to see the number changing. But I only log it into MFP every week or so.
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    I do the pee, strip, weigh thing every morning after I get up for the day. It's what works for me.
  • marykpfist
    marykpfist Posts: 141 Member
    Everyday. First thing.
  • Ashwee87
    Ashwee87 Posts: 695 Member
    Twice, daily. I weight first thing in the morning after I pee; then before I go to bed and log it in an app I found. I do that to see what foods affect me more so to try to avoid or eat less of it.

    But I will do "official" weigh-ins on here once a week once the 31st hits. That will be my first one. Then every Sunday from here on out. Will probably do measurements every other week.

    It drove me NUTS at first; BUT, now that my body is adjusting to change, I am starting to see the scale go down. :)
  • Harmoman
    Harmoman Posts: 42 Member
    thanks for all your replies! For those of you who who weigh daily, do you only record your weight once a week on myfitness pal and weigh yourself all the other days just for your own sake? or do you record your weight every day here? Just trying to see what works best!

    If my weight swings heavily from day to day (+ or -) I don't record it.. but if I continue on the trend the following day, then I will record it.. I like to look at my graph and see the overall progress....
  • msdeedee23
    msdeedee23 Posts: 2 Member
    Once a week:flowerforyou:
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    I weigh every day, but I only use the Monday morning weigh-in to look for overall trends.
  • 06fym19
    06fym19 Posts: 1
    I do friday morning than monday morning to see if gain over the weekend its working so far.:smile:
  • JessiesGirl69
    JessiesGirl69 Posts: 16 Member
    I weigh in every morning but I write down my weight and measurements every 2 weeks.
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    I weigh every morning right after using the toilet and showering before eating or drinking anything. Track my weekly maximum, minimum, and average, and update my MFP profile with the average at the end of each week.
  • QueenofScott
    QueenofScott Posts: 305 Member
    I weigh once a week, on Friday mornings. I don't like to see the dialy fluctuations, plus I like the pay-off of seeing my loss for an entire week, rather than a fraction of a pound at a time. Now, when I reach my goal, I am considering daily weighing to make sure I am keeping things under control.
  • sunshinestater
    sunshinestater Posts: 596 Member
    I was at the doctor shortly before joining MFP, so I used that weight as my starting point. My weight (or my scale) fluctuates widely, so I may wait till my follow-up doctor's appointment next week to put in my latest weight. I did weigh myself yesterday and was almost eight pounds down. I wish! Granted, I was barefoot, and I wore my old-style Sketchers Shape-Ups, which are Frankenstein shoes, to the doctor, so maybe I should try again with the shoes on. But once I can feel assured that my home scale is accurate, I'll probably weigh in once a week. I'm doing Jillian's Body Revolution, so I'm eager for toning as much as I am for pounds lost.
  • hilldiggity
    hilldiggity Posts: 166 Member
    Some people say do it daily for trends. I do it once a a week, in the morning after my morning potty on the same day.

    Yup.
  • alkonost0
    alkonost0 Posts: 22
    Every two weeks.. usually on days that I over ate in order to calm myself a bit
  • squiggyflop
    squiggyflop Posts: 148 Member
    Once or twice a week. Part of the reason I got so fat without realizing it is that my bathroom scale was inaccurate and I didnt know it. Still it reads that I am 10 pounds lighter than I am. I know what you are thinking, just dial the thing back 10 pounds, but when I did that it was still inaccurate.

    Anyway I dont weigh myself at home anymore. Once or sometimes twice a week I go to the mall for some indoor walking exercise. Yes, just like the old people in mall walking fitness groups, I prefer to never walk outdoors. I like a controlled temperature, enclosed, safe place to do my walking. Anyway at the end of my walk I stop at a booth where you pay a quarter for your guaranteed exact weight and I weigh myself. There are a few of these booths, but I prefer the one in the family restroom (area with couches for mothers to sit and feed their babies and bottle warmers on the counter and a diaper machine) because no one is ever there to *see* me standing on the scale in my socks with my scale face on (weird look of extreme concentration as I will myself to register as thinner)
  • mumtoonegirl
    mumtoonegirl Posts: 586 Member
    typically daily in morning after my shower and going to washroom. I record once a week typically. I am in a 'biggest loser' challenge right now and we record every two weeks our losses over a 12 week competition.... happy to say I am winning and final weight in is on Monday!!!! whoot whoot!!!
  • BIW2012
    BIW2012 Posts: 97 Member
    I weigh daily, every morning after going to the bathroom (TMI!). It generally motivates me to keep working hard or it tells me I need to change something. Sometimes I even weight at night to get a sneak peak at what's coming the next day.

    I'm a self confessed scale addict. Even if I lose inches, I don't feel like I've lost til the scales tell me so. Not the best attitude, I know.

    I'm currently stalling in my weight loss, after losing around 60 pounds (I know my ticker says 13 but I haven't always used MFP) but I'm trying to eat more and exercise more to break it.

    It's been a while since I've seen the scales dip slightly everyday, but I love it when it does, I find it SO encouraging.

    I'm tempted to put my scales away and weight myself on Sundays though as it's really bothering me lately that I'm not seeing results on the scale.
  • dwh77tx
    dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
    Once a week, but I will take an occasional "peek" in between. I only record once a week and always on the same day and at the same time (first thing in the morning after using the bathroom.)

    ha! this exactly on Wednesdays!
  • Sunshine2plus2
    Sunshine2plus2 Posts: 1,492 Member
    I weigh once a week, same, time, same clothes
  • courtneywiens
    courtneywiens Posts: 148 Member
    i weigh every day. i think it gives the best representation of what really goes on with your body. it helps me to realize that it's normal to fluctuate. i think the days you DON'T want to weigh yourself are the ones you probably should the most, so you can see the effect that a rough day has...it has motivated me to not go overboard sometimes. i think if it works for you, go for it! once a week just did not work for me, wasn't giving me an accurate picture. i'm okay with fluctuations of 3 pounds or so and i know if it's more than that, something is wrong. it's good to keep a close watch on it in my opinion.
  • Isakizza
    Isakizza Posts: 754 Member
    Too many times, lol
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    official and recorded weight? Once a week on Friday morning.

    However I track my weight fluctuation to see how it changes with food, workouts, that TOM, etc so I'll step on it 3ish times a week. I don't freak out when I see a 2 pound jump after 2 days.
  • GenesisandEden
    GenesisandEden Posts: 338 Member
    Once a month =)
  • BajaDreamin333
    BajaDreamin333 Posts: 267 Member
    I'm obsessive especially now because I'm early in the process and one day matters! But I have always weighed myself 2x a week, even at my heaviest (240!!!) because that piece if cake matters, and I want accountability. it helps me know how the food I'm eating impacts the scale. And when I can ease up or be worried.
  • Erin959
    Erin959 Posts: 83 Member
    I weigh myself every Wednesday morning after I get up, before I have breakfast. Occasionally I'll sneak a peek on a Saturday just to see how I'm cruising. I think if weighed myself every day then I would become obsessed with the scale, so I figure it's better not to tempt myself.

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