Why I weigh daily

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  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Bit p####d off actually about this. Weighed 17st10 on Wednesday and today 17st 11 despite two days of healthy eating ( All well within my MFP targets and burning calories in the gym. Not too bothered yet but why is this???

    Could be any of these reasons:

    A) High sodium the last few days
    B) A hard workout or a change in workout routines
    C) The most likely and the one you don't want to hear - That's just how our bodies work!

    I am the OP, look at the original chart on page one. One of those big spikes was high sodium but the rest are just "normal" fluctuation. There were no "bad days" in that period. I was very near my goal every day.

    That's my argument for daily weighing at least for awhile, to learn about this stuff and not let it get to you.

    Keep your chin up and keep at it!
  • caly_man
    caly_man Posts: 281 Member
    I like this!

    too bad I'm too busy to start doing this

    It only takes about 30 seconds a day!

    The app I use is a free phone app (shown in the original graph) called Libra. It's not fancy but is super easy to use. I weigh before getting into the shower and then think about why I was up or down while showering. Get out, dry off and log it.

    ok thanks. i downloaded the app today, will start tomorrow, should be a fun project to do for a month, maybe two
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Think of it just like that... a fun project. If it's not fun for you then don't do it! If it bugs you, don't do it! If you get depressed easily, don't do it!
  • dizzysmile
    dizzysmile Posts: 71 Member
    I was weighing-in weekly until earlier this week. The two weigh-ins beforehand had only left me with a 1lb loss (which I know is still a loss, but I was very disappointed and it ruined my whole day). I had considered starting daily just in case my weekly weigh-ins had been happening during an artificial spike - that would suck! - and decided to try it.

    So just for the past 3 days:
    Wednesday: 252
    Thursday: 254
    Friday: 251

    I also take notes for each spike as to why that might be (not using the bathroom, salty meal, TTOTM). If I had only weighed myself on Thursday like normal I'd only have seen another 1lb loss. Because I weighed myself the day before I knew it was a spike due to a salty meal and literally couldn't have cared less. Such a huge difference! No more letting the scale affect me that way. Never thought it'd've been fixed by weighing myself more, but it was!
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  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    Just like you, I void in the am and get my weight BUT I check my weight thru
    the evening too. First I do before eating extra calories which can be tweaked.
    Lastly before bed, because each night I drop up to 2#s. It gives me insight. If
    I were weekly weighed I might miss out on my 'lightest' weight at any given
    time. I seriously get a high from knowing the numbers are moving in the
    right direction. I'd be stressed far worse if I had to wait each wk to weigh.
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    I posted this in another thread but thought some may find it interesting.

    I am a daily weigher and love it. Every morning, wake, pee, weigh, log it. I have learned a lot through this like what a high sodium day does to me or hot weather or a HARD workout or a big change in my workout routine - they all add a few temporary pounds for me but they truly are temporary. The fluctuations fascinate me, they don't upset me in the slightest. I'm not saying this is right or wrong, everybody has a different mentality when it comes to how often to weigh yourself.

    I fully understand the concept of weighing once a week or even once a month but this can be very upsetting if you weigh on a high peak day. Look at my chart below and consider these two senarios:

    Monthly
    Let's say I weighed ONLY on the 2nd day of the month.

    May 2 - 239.5
    June 2 - 239.5
    CRAP! I didn't lose anything this entire month!

    How about weekly?

    Sunday May 12 - 237.9
    Sunday May 19 - 238.9
    WHAT! I worked hard all week and I GAINED 1 whole pound!

    Both of these people are are not happy!

    You be the judge, how in the world have I lost weight when I gained a pound in one week or went a whole month with no loss?

    libra.jpg

    Just sayin' :wink:

    Is Libra only on iphone?/pad?
  • splashtree1
    splashtree1 Posts: 27
    We don 't need to weigh so often more or less with a regular training we know our own weight the thing that i personaly know is that water make difference and even we don't train the muscles tjat we built yes we can loose some...but the fiber that has alredy formed is sufficient food and come back to some days at the gym to have almost everything back
  • mellorunner
    mellorunner Posts: 78 Member
    I weight daily and keep a log tapped onto the wall right where the scale is. I find that weighing daily helps keep me focused on what I'm trying to do, and keeping the log lets me look at long term trends. And since it is all in one place, no excuses! (plus its right next to my bedroom door, so I can't avoid the scale!)
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  • alienrite
    alienrite Posts: 314 Member
    I am a big fan of daily weighing mostly because I would be crushed to weigh myself weekly and see an increase. I charted my weight on a spreadsheet and determined that if I weighed myself weekly, one out of every three weeks would appear like I had a weight gain. It would take me weighing myself monthly before I lost enough weight to overcome the daily variations and see a consistent loss. Trendweight.com is a great tool which pretty much duplicated my final spreadsheet and allows you to watch your trending weight and see whether your daily weights fall. I recommend it to anyone that struggles with dealing with daily loss/gain scale antics.
  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
    I posted this in another thread but thought some may find it interesting.

    I am a daily weigher and love it. Every morning, wake, pee, weigh, log it. I have learned a lot through this like what a high sodium day does to me or hot weather or a HARD workout or a big change in my workout routine - they all add a few temporary pounds for me but they truly are temporary. The fluctuations fascinate me, they don't upset me in the slightest. I'm not saying this is right or wrong, everybody has a different mentality when it comes to how often to weigh yourself.

    I fully understand the concept of weighing once a week or even once a month but this can be very upsetting if you weigh on a high peak day. Look at my chart below and consider these two senarios:

    Monthly
    Let's say I weighed ONLY on the 2nd day of the month.

    May 2 - 239.5
    June 2 - 239.5
    CRAP! I didn't lose anything this entire month!

    How about weekly?

    Sunday May 12 - 237.9
    Sunday May 19 - 238.9
    WHAT! I worked hard all week and I GAINED 1 whole pound!

    Both of these people are are not happy!

    You be the judge, how in the world have I lost weight when I gained a pound in one week or went a whole month with no loss?

    libra.jpg

    Just sayin' :wink:

    OP...what app or website did you get a chart like this? Just curious...
  • dizzysmile
    dizzysmile Posts: 71 Member

    libra.jpg

    Just sayin' :wink:

    OP...what app or website did you get a chart like this? Just curious...

    For those wondering about Android, here it is on Google Play:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.cachapa.libra&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5jYWNoYXBhLmxpYnJhIl0

    (I would make that clickable if I knew how. Thought the forum used BBCode but it didn't work.
  • mcdebbie
    mcdebbie Posts: 940 Member
    Hmm, itunes just brought up over 100 apps when I put in Libra, does someone know the designer?
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  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Hmm, itunes just brought up over 100 apps when I put in Libra, does someone know the designer?

    It is an android app but there are plenty of similar apple apps out there.

    http://www.withings.com/ko/services/libra
  • celtbell3
    celtbell3 Posts: 738 Member
    I weigh myself daily because it helps prove to me where my diet is causing the ups and downs. Last night my husband and I went on a great date and I allowed myself some wine and some mexican food. Yummy and awesome and totally high in sodium. Today? I was up 3 lbs over yesterday. Tomorrow? I bet I'm back down because today I'm flushing myself with water and I have done yoga, I have run, and I have biked. As long as I don't let it get in my way, it's okay. Weighing daily helps me stay accountable to me. I tend to quickly get rid of unhealthy distractions - this is not one of them.
  • brit__2006
    brit__2006 Posts: 201 Member
    I know this is a very important part of most people's diet and exercise routine. I'd like to give a suggestion that I didn't see. For me I like to weigh daily to see how what I did the day before affects me, especially since I retain a ton of water. (ok not literally a ton, but you get the idea) I weigh daily, and write those numbers down, but then I only compare my weights each sunday, and my measurements every 2-4 weeks.
    This may help motivate some people, but keeping a good idea on how what you eat or do affects you.
  • ucabucca
    ucabucca Posts: 606 Member
    For awhile I was wieghing daily but it was for medical reasons. I was dropping my sodium being in a pool many hours and a warm pool at that so it was a way for checking and helping me learn to see the signs of a problem earlier. It prevented me from blowing off drinking the extra electrolyte drinks which I hate. I am very thankful for G2 and others that are not loaded with so much sugar.

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