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How Often do you Weight Yourself?

jcdynan
jcdynan Posts: 11 Member
edited January 29 in Food and Nutrition
I am fairly early in my process and have been trying to keep to only once per week. Wednesdays for what ever reason. But I wonder if I should try to let it be longer. Maybe Monthly. Last week I only lost 1 pound and was really bummed but this week I lost 6 and was ecstatic.

Any thoughts?
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  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    I weigh myself once a week. I think it really depends on your own feelings. The longer you leave between weigh-ins, the more likely it is that your loss is pretty close to your actual loss, and not a result of the normal peaks and valleys that our bodies go through in terms of weight. For me, there's enough consistency in a week, but you may want to do monthly. Plus, 1 lbs. a week is great! That's definitely not an "only" moment.
  • theepervette
    theepervette Posts: 638 Member
    I weigh my self daily.
    It's become an addiction.

    Apparently it's also a form of bulimia.
  • englishbulldog2013
    englishbulldog2013 Posts: 11 Member
    weight myself every Saturday morning post weight yourself before breakfast time
  • alyssabrown94
    alyssabrown94 Posts: 49
    When I was first starting out, I weighed myself once a week.
  • geekette411
    geekette411 Posts: 154 Member
    I weigh myself every morning but I only log Monday's weight.
  • dnunny70
    dnunny70 Posts: 411 Member
    I don't have a scale that works at home; besides the Wii Fit board. I will go to my doctor's office on Friday to weigh myself. I did it about 2 weeks ago.

    Weighing myself every day was not good for my mental state. I even had my husband take the scale to work/hide it. That was many years ago.
  • sarahann513
    sarahann513 Posts: 27 Member
    I usually do once a week, but I'm thinking about doing every other week, just so that like you hinted towards, the number is a little bigger and a little more motivating!
  • phil_mawson
    phil_mawson Posts: 1
    The more data points the better - it's the overall trend that matters not the daily ups and downs :)
  • elkahallick
    elkahallick Posts: 1,138 Member
    Normally, Every Monday morning right after I get out of bed and take a leak.... Right now I am reverse dieting, so every morning right after I get out of bed and take a leak....
  • lynnmc40
    lynnmc40 Posts: 8
    what works for me is weighing every morning. If I get a good result, it motivates me, if I get a bad result, it motivates me more.
  • maybeazure
    maybeazure Posts: 301 Member
    I weigh every day that I think about it before I eat or take a shower. I've noticed that I go up and down a lot...one day I'll be down a pound, the next day up half of one, then down again, etc. My rule is that I record it on this site whenever I see a lower weight, and don't record gains unless they last a week. Weighing too often (like I know I do) can be frustrating because of the up an downs. But when I was in weight watchers and only weighing once a week I noticed that I started "celebrating" after a weigh in, because I knew it would be awhile before I weighed in again. At first my celebrations would only last one day, but pretty soon they would be two, and then three...and then I was off the wagon.

    I don't think that I would go less often than once a week, but then again, I'm kind of addicted to it.
  • chelseascounter
    chelseascounter Posts: 1,283 Member
    I weigh myself and log it in every morning. It keeps me motivated.
  • DanielleJoy129
    DanielleJoy129 Posts: 46
    I weigh myself every morning, but I only record losses. Our weight fluctuates daily/weekly due to water retention etc. but only recording the losses allow me to see my NET loss over a long period of time.

    The important thing is that you don't let the number derail you.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    I weigh my self daily.
    It's become an addiction.

    Apparently it's also a form of bulimia.

    Ok, I apparently don't know all the definitions of bulimia, unless you're going with the absolute literal translation "ravenous hunger" which might be equated with obsessiveness.

    Anyway, I weigh and log that weight daily.
  • Rilzy
    Rilzy Posts: 59 Member
    I have literally just started but I am thinking about once per week, I have decided on Saturdays after my workout. I don't think I could do it every day but I am too antsy for every other week.
  • Pangea250
    Pangea250 Posts: 965 Member
    Every day, pretty much. At least every other day.
  • angelatjones16
    angelatjones16 Posts: 34
    Once a week for me!
  • scottaworley
    scottaworley Posts: 871 Member
    Every morning after a couple cups of coffee and my reading time :)
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    every day, it keeps me accountable. But I don't freak if I can't weigh myself, I just like to always know where I'm at. And I only weigh in the mornings
  • mdvx
    mdvx Posts: 3
    Every day, sometime twice a day, good tools like WeightTrend.com smooth out the randomness. Also I am getting pretty good at predicting my weight based on the activity of the last two days.
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    Due to a chemical imbalance in my brain, I realized weighing myself only contriubted to my imbalance; therefore, I no longer weigh myself.

    All jokes aside...honestly, I no longer weigh myself and I go based off how I feel and how my clothes are fitting. There were far too many days where the number on the scale determined what type of day I was going to have. Finally got sick and tired of it and decided until I was happy with what I saw in the mirror, thats when I shall step on the scale.

    p.s. pictures help too.....and naked if you're okay with that sorta thing :)
  • LauraBalyk
    LauraBalyk Posts: 219 Member
    Once a week, I suggest you do measurements too, scales can be mean sometimes, but when you see that you are loosing inches, it makes it all worth it ! :)
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    I do it when I'm at the gym for fun, just to see.
    I don't take that number seriously.
    It's the inches I measure on my arms, hips, thighs, waist and bust that count for me.
    And so far, in 4 weeks, I've lost about 13 inches and my weight has remained the same at 190 lbs.
    Physically, I look smaller but my mass is the same. All muscle now, baby!
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    Once a week - but I only log if its gone down. That's being female for you - I refuse to let my hormones undermine me!:bigsmile:

    Saturday am after bathroom, before cup of tea. I also measure with tape measure.
  • GinaMarieG27
    GinaMarieG27 Posts: 29 Member
    I weigh myself every morning but I only log Monday's weight.

    me too!
  • jcdynan
    jcdynan Posts: 11 Member
    Good Point! Thanks
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    Every morning, but it's not a big deal or anything. I just try to get an idea of the weekly average.
  • AmyP619
    AmyP619 Posts: 1,137 Member
    Every day. 6-10 times a day. It's a sickness. lol
  • Territravel
    Territravel Posts: 165 Member
    Weigh and measure once a week. Less stressful that way!
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
    I WEIGH in once a month at the doctor's office.
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