Does anyone weight themselves everyday?

soccerdog693
soccerdog693 Posts: 73 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Anybody? I just started and have lost weight consistently every day (whether it is a water-pound, or 0.2lb of fat) and thus far it is very encouraging to weight myself every day. I know at some point it'll slow down and I'm in the "honeymoon phase" - but is there any harm in this? Does anyone else do it?
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  • Kiss_Her_Act
    Kiss_Her_Act Posts: 92
    I used to,But thats just too pro-anorexic for me..A week is much better.
  • PatsyFitzpatrick
    PatsyFitzpatrick Posts: 335 Member
    Yep first thing in the morning right after the first trip to restroom. But it is not about the scale. It is about fitness. You may not continue to drop the weight and may begin to gain!! If it is muscle and strength then the scale is only a tool. NSV Non Scale Victory is so important. First race you finish without walking. Or long bike ride. Or new clothes. For me when my 19yr old son asked me to run the Zombie race with him. His first race!! Yes!

    Good luck to ya
    Patsy
  • taeliesyn
    taeliesyn Posts: 1,116 Member
    Yep, I weigh every day, unless I forget.
    My scientific mind, likes to see the fluctuations and I don't get upset/depressed/overjoyed at the fluctuations.
    Ie, 2 days ago I weighed 80kg (Had a pizza for dinner that night) and the next day I was up to 81.2kg, this morning after shedding the water weight I am actually down to 79.6kg. I know it's mostly water fluctuations so I don't care too much, but it is nice to see when it's in your favour.
  • valjean5
    valjean5 Posts: 17
    I wouldn't everyday, you'll drive yourself crazy. We love seeing fast results but slow and steady is the way to go. Once a week should do it
  • MaggieSporleder
    MaggieSporleder Posts: 428 Member
    I do. But it drives me crazy, but I'm like addicted to it. lol My advice, don't.
  • conniemaxwell5
    conniemaxwell5 Posts: 943 Member
    I do but I focus on the trend downward over time, not the specific daily measurements. I pay more attention to body fat %, measurements and how my clothes fit.
  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
    I weigh myself every day. It helps keep me on track and gives me more insight into what's going on inside my body and how my body reacts to things like muscle soreness, hormones, and high sodium levels.
    It's fine to weigh yourself every day as long as you can handle it mentally.
    Just be prepared to see fluctuations. Sometimes you'll lose, sometimes you'll stay the same, and sometimes you'll gain... and it's all perfectly normal. As long as you're okay with that, it's all good.
  • adioschubs
    adioschubs Posts: 384 Member
    I do. It's helps me keep going in the right direction. My mom told me she does as well to stay motivated and she has lost 50 lbs already!
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
    I do, but I only enter it here once a week. Everybody's weight fluctuates from day to day so it is just a general figure for me:wink:
  • Kassidi21
    Kassidi21 Posts: 267 Member
    I have a sign by my scale that says "If it's not Wednesday (the day i weigh myself =P ) don't even think about it!!" It's hard to not want to because you get so excited to see the progress and that your hard work is really paying off... but weighing yourself everyday will drive you nuts!
  • ohiowhthse
    ohiowhthse Posts: 38
    I used to, but not anymore. I became too comfortable thinking it was "only 1 lb". Those added and before I knew it I was almost 230 lbs. No more! I do weigh ins on Monday (helps me eat less in wknds). Not only that but even a bowel movement can remove 1-2 lbs.
  • hungryhobbit1
    hungryhobbit1 Posts: 259 Member
    I do, but I only log it here when I lose. I think it's very helpful, but the trick is to not let the minor upward fluctuations get to you, as long as the general trend is down.
  • ABecker755
    ABecker755 Posts: 1
    I do but it's only because I'm a statistics geek and am TOTALLY ok with the fact that it's naturally going to go up and down over time. I use an Excel spreadsheet and it has a chart set up so each time I add a day and a weight, it adjusts the line which is the "prediction" for my weight drop.

    Now that I'm 30 days in, the line doesn't move all that much, and it's nice to see the dots following their way down the line :) Yes sometimes a little above it and sometimes a little below it.

    If anyone wants the spreadsheet let me know. In my opinion it's great IF you can handle the fact that you're watching the line, not each day's "dot".

    If you are a stats person, for me:
    w=218 - 0.24*x w=weight x=days. :)
  • scrapjen
    scrapjen Posts: 387 Member
    I do ... and with my Fitbit Aria, the data is wirelessly synced to the Fitbit site, and thus to MFP ... I had to turn off the auto weight-loss postings to my newsfeed. I felt silly getting congratulated on a tiny change, or worse, a loss that had already been posted (and was only showing a loss because the scale had then gone up a little).

    I do really like to see the daily changes, I don't get too into them (up or down). My "official" weigh-in day is on Friday, and I do look at that to get my weekly trends. My little MFP ticker changes (sometimes going backward) but overall, it's been a slow but steady forward progression every since I started here a couple months ago ...

    Of course I also weighed myself everyday while I slowly but surely put on the pounds over the years since I lost the weight the first time. It didn't keep me from gaining :(
  • tootchute
    tootchute Posts: 392 Member
    I read somewhere that you should only weigh yourself every day if you can handle the way weight goes up and down, but if it causes to much anxiety you should do it once a week.
  • kazsjourney
    kazsjourney Posts: 263 Member
    I do....but I have been doing this for nearly 7 years. I understand my fluctuations....but certainly in the beginning it did my head in a bit. Aslong as you understand fluctuations are normal and the different things that can cause those fluctuations I dont think there is any harm in it. It actually helps keep me accountable. :)
  • _EndGame_
    _EndGame_ Posts: 770 Member
    No, today being the day I decided to never weigh myself daily.

    Friday morning is my weekly weigh in day. I weighed myself this morning, I had lost 3LBS (hooray) and then earlier this evening, I weighed myself and I had put 2LBS of that back on! Even though I know it's sodium that will be causing me to retain water, it still has a negative impact on the way I comprehend it, so I'm sticking to weighing myself weekly.
  • xDawnsgrace
    xDawnsgrace Posts: 436
    i weigh myself twice a day. once when i wake, and once at night. It's nice to see fluctuation.
  • mule2
    mule2 Posts: 2 Member
    Daily.
  • Shweet_heart
    Shweet_heart Posts: 51 Member
    I do, but I only enter it here once a week. Everybody's weight fluctuates from day to day so it is just a general figure for me:wink:

    ^^ This, exactly. I like to see the fluxes and that way I know if I should try to squeeze in one more walk :)
  • asp415
    asp415 Posts: 1,492 Member
    I weigh myself every day. It helps keep me on track and gives me more insight into what's going on inside my body and how my body reacts to things like muscle soreness, hormones, and high sodium levels.
    It's fine to weigh yourself every day as long as you can handle it mentally.
    Just be prepared to see fluctuations. Sometimes you'll lose, sometimes you'll stay the same, and sometimes you'll gain... and it's all perfectly normal. As long as you're okay with that, it's all good.

    ^^ this.
  • RealMarkD
    RealMarkD Posts: 92 Member
    I do, but just as a way to keep myself in check. If I have a "bad" day or two, I just want to be able to tell myself that it's OK if I gain a little bit back after going to baseball games two nights in a row, or meeting up with friends for lunch. Seeing the small spikes up remind me that I need to work a little harder on the other days, and I don't get as discouraged as I used to when I started weighing myself every day.

    Like most things, how often you weigh yourself comes down to a personal preference. I make sure I weigh-in on the 1st of every month, and that's the one that really counts--as long as the number is less than the month before, I'm OK (until I hit my goal, then I'll re-evaluate everything).
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    I'm obsessive ..so yes. Morning and evening ..
  • bunny1006
    bunny1006 Posts: 325 Member
    I do. It's helps me keep going in the right direction. My mom told me she does as well to stay motivated and she has lost 50 lbs already!

    ^^^This.

    I do weigh everyday. I've found that when I don't I lose track and start to gain.
  • greenmonstergirl
    greenmonstergirl Posts: 619 Member
    Every day for me! In December/January I had the flu really bad for 6 weeks, I think in 6 weeks I ate one sleeve of saltines and some juice....seriously sick! I didn't bother weighing as I didn't care and I was sure I was losing because of the lack of food. I GAINED 17 POUNDS in 6 weeks without eating hardly anything. I will never go a day without weighing anymore (unless I'm traveling and a scale isn't around). It just keeps me on track each day to know how much harder I have to push to keep the weight off and lose more.
    Kudos to those that don't need to but it just doesn't work for me. I've always gained when not watching the numbers daily.
  • SweetMary16
    SweetMary16 Posts: 8
    I do, just so I can know how I'm doing but I enter my weight like once or twice a week. Because I know everyday brings about a small change that I have no control over. But it's nice to be surprised with a pound lost, but if it's a pound gained I just shrug it off until my official weighing day :)
  • jb_2011
    jb_2011 Posts: 1,029 Member
    I weighed every single day for close to 2 years while losing most of my pounds. I liked seeing the fluctuations, although sometimes it was frustrating. It's a learning experience, let's put it that way! These days I'll occasionally skip weighing for a week or so, but weighing every day is what has always kept me in line.
  • Ally_93
    Ally_93 Posts: 45 Member
    Nah because weight fluctuates everyday, only weigh myself the same time same day each week then it's more accurate.
  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    Sometimes....
    It does my head in so I try not to.
  • bridgitfagan
    bridgitfagan Posts: 2
    First, I would like to wish everyone good louck reaching their goals! And to say how impressed I am at the commitment!!

    I weighed everyday for about a month and was very excited the first couple of weeks at the loss I saw, then the weight did not change. I was doing some exercising and was building muscle, but the weight loss was what I was looking for and it became very frustrating.

    Frustration = desire to eat the frustration away...not good.

    Weighing once a week is so much better for me!

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