frequency of weigh ins...

I generally weigh-in once per week. I think because I lost the bulk of my weight via weight watchers previously, I got used to doing that. Now that I am trying to lose the rest of my weight, I am just continuing with that. I think the separation of an entire week allows you to overcome variances from water etc.

Hi.

I personally weigh myself daily. I know people say you shouldn't, but for me it keeps me on track. I know that if I eat something bad the previous day, when I step on the scale the next day, I'm not going to be very happy with what I see...so to avoid that I stay within my food limits and keep going. In addition, if the scale does go up, then it allows me to reevaluate what I may have eaten the day before and adjust accordingly. I don't believe weighing daily is for everyone. There are some days that I see that scale go up and for an hour or two afterwards I'm in kind of a funk, but I get over it and keep moving forward. For some it will ruin their entire day and then they completely give up. I think you have to decide if you can deal with the daily fluctuations or not and then decide if you'll weigh daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Either one you choose, just keep up the great job you're doing and the weight will come off.

I weigh myself every morning, first thing (after bathroom) and I record it here and on a spreadsheet, then I get dressed in my exercise clothes. Doing this first thing in the morning, starts me thinking about my fitness goals first thing...starts the day off right. I also see those daily fluctuations in my weight and I look at the average for the week and the trend over time. Also, for me, knowing that I'm going to weigh myself in the morning, it helps me resist late night snacking which used to be my biggest problem. If I only weighed in once a week and it was a heavy day, I think it would be more discouraging to me than if I see how my weight fluctuates day-to-day, but I can see that over the week, I have lost weight.

I weigh in & take measurements every two weeks on Monday mornings.

I weigh in daily, but only record my weight 2x out of the 7 weigh ins. I don't like surprises and so I like to see a daily view to what I'm doing. I am part of 3 groups in the communities and there are 2 different weigh in days. I put all weeks previous in my posts and it's very encouraging to see a drop in that group weekly, even if I'm up a little more for one group than another.

I.e. I know my Friday weigh in is generally higher than my Monday. So I know that I need to work on moving more during the week. If it was the opposite way around, I'd know I need to eat less on the weekends.

I don't pay much attention to daily fluctuations and I did just pull together a spreadsheet offline (yes, I'm a nerd but I'm not crazy about the reports feature on here) and overall, I'm trending down at 2lbs a week, which is my goal. I'm on track. but I can see that there was a week that I lost more than that and then a week that I didn't lose at those levels. I can now go in and analyse both those weeks to find out what I was doing/what was going on, etc. to self correct my behaviour.

You can't fix what you can't measure.

The last few years of trying to lose weight, I've noticed I consistently gain when I don't weigh frequently. Now I weigh every morning if I can. I don't actually own a scale. But there is one where I exercise. Downside: I freak out when I see myself gain a pound or two, but I like to check the reports to see what nutrient I'm getting too much of or not enough of to cause it (Evil, evil salt). Maybe I'm a tad obsessive?

Last night I got in late from a road trip and was dying to go weigh myself at 2 AM and had to resist. I hadn't weighed myself in a few days. But this morning's weigh-in was totally worth it! I get so emotional.

I weigh myself every day. I've been at my goal for a month or so and now I weigh a little less than my goal. I know why "they" say you should not do it every day. It's usually because when people see the scale go down they tend to eat more, thinking they can "cheat." OR people get discouraged when they see a fluctuation or increase after "being so good."
I find that it keeps me from fooling myself. I clearly understand that some days, through no fault of my own, the scale will show a higher number.
I have found that there is no way to kid myself, after a few days of going off my healthy eating plan, if I brave the scale every day.
Those are my thoughts and after dieting for most of my life (I'm now 45) it is something that has always worked for me.
Good luck and in the end YOU have to do what works for YOU!

Aww I'm so glad I'm not the only who needs to weigh in every day.. I try to think of Saturday as an official weigh in day tho

I weigh in every day, first thing after getting up and going to the restroom, then I get all my clothing off and weigh the way that God made me. I have to be careful not to get depressed if it goes up or too excited if it goes down. I try to keep in context of the days around the weight in and whether I've eaten well and exercised well for it to do the direction it is going in. This has been very helpful to me to lose the weight I've lost so far.

I officially weigh Friday and Mondays. Sometimes I'll weigh every day of the weekend if I didn't lose on Friday and am sure I'll lose on Monday but typically, that's it.

Does anyone know how quickly 'eating too much' turns into extra weight? I'm just wondering if, say, overeating on Monday will really show up on Tuesday's weigh in or if the process takes longer than that?

I only weigh in once a week, or less, depends when I can get to some scales!

Most large daily weight fluctuations are due to water retention, not fat gain. I wouldn't think you'd necessarily see it the same day, but might the next day or the following. But remember that it takes ~3500 calories to gain a pound of fat - if you had a REALLY bad overeating day on Monday, you'd probably see that pound over Tuesday/Wednesday time period.

I can, however, become dehydrated and have a lot of sodium one day and be guaranteed to see it on the scale the next. My water retention gains/losses go up to 2-3 pounds vs. 0.14 lbs I might put on of fat because I ate over my TEE number by 500 (which is approximately 1500 cals above MFP goal).

I log my weight here every Wednesday morning. I do weigh myself daily. I sometimes lose weight and then gain it back by Wednesday. Anyway, once a week for tracking and daily to make sure I'm not gaining too much on a single day.

I am starting off once a month but it may well be more frequently LOL

I weigh in every morning...(and then some) just cuz im curious...but i only record every 3-5 days on my calendar! Thanks for the poll....FUNNN!