How often do you step on the scale?

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  • lcfairbairn74
    lcfairbairn74 Posts: 412 Member
    If you weigh yourself once a week, which is recommended, it's the most accurate way to tell if the plan you are on is working. You fluctuate so much during the day and day-to-day that weighing yourself more than this is misleading and can lead to you feeling defeated if you see an increase on the scales which will probably just be a water fluctuation.

    Resist the temptation to weigh yourself more than this and good luck!
  • ronda201766
    ronda201766 Posts: 3 Member
    between every 4-6 days
  • hollygoddess
    hollygoddess Posts: 78 Member
    I weigh every morning sans clothes & breakfast from the bathroom. I don't let the number dictate my mood, however this habit keeps me accountable every day, and confirms my estimates of not enough water intake or too much sodium :-)
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    Daily but. that is because I am trying to measure unconventional exercise calories burned. And even so it's still going to be a pretty rough estimate.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,351 Member
    It depends on the person. I started out weighing once a week. Then I bought one of those digital scales that measures weight, body fat, muscle and water percentages, so now I weigh every day to get a better idea of what my body is doing. But if a person gets obsessed with the number on the scale, its better not to weigh too often.
  • lfergurson1
    lfergurson1 Posts: 137 Member
    every 15 seconds which is why I dont have one! lol sorry
  • I just started to weight myself every two weeks and not around TOM. In the mean time, my mirror/measurements are providing proof that I'm shrinking.

    Scale is in the same spot in the bathroom (level surface). If I move it, I re-calibrate it. I also weigh myself 3 times in a row. If the number appears 3 times, then I jot it down.