Is it bad to weigh every day???

I have been weighing myself every 2 or 3 days since I started.

Whatever suits you is right- some folk get really down when they have a sudden up when expecting a down - if you can live with the fluctuations without getting demotivated then it's fine. -

That's how i've weighed for the last 10 years and that's how I will always weigh. I don't care what anyone says. I like knowing how much my weight fluctuates from day to day so that way I can track it better. I don't record it everyday, just when the # goes down, even if it goes up the next day I always record the lowest # that I saw that week.

I actually just heard John Tesh on the radio say that it wasn't terrible to weigh everyday b/c it keeps your goal in mind...I don't know where he got this info, but I'm sure you'll hear different views from different people. I say if you know that your weight can fluctuate and that doesn't bother you..go ahead, weigh daily! (at the same time of course

If you are ok with it then I think it is totally fine. I weigh everyday and sometime (if I have lost some) will weigh throughout the day. I need to see it and if I am up a bit I work harder, for me it is a motivator and for others it bothers them and they just can't.

I weight myself once a week when I visit my parents (I don't actually own my own scales) because I know what I'm like and i'll obsess and get disappointed when my weight fluctuates.
But I will tell you though if you want to weigh everyday go for it, it's your choice just don't be too disappointed if it's not what you thought.
Also if you weight yourself first thing in the morning after you've been to the toilet :blushing: and before you eat anything, this is your true weight. Because different times of the day affect your weight depending on what you've eaten, air pressure, what you have in your body (food, excess water etc) all affects your true weight. So its best to weigh in first thing in the morning. :happy:

i weight first thing in the morning, every day. i've gotten to a point where small .5 or even 1.5 fluctuations up don't bother me, because i know i'm doing what i'm supposed to do.

if i don't weigh every day, i tend to cheat more often, i've noticed...

I weigh every day, but that's mostly because I weigh on the Wii and it moans at me if I don't do it (21 weeks straight now).

There are definite disadvantages to doing so, you definitely see how much your weight can fluctuate and certainly the time of day has a big impact - personally I try to always do it before my main evening meal when I get home at 6pm.

You just have to not take it to heart when you go up, as long as you're doing what you should be it'll be sure to go back down in a day or two. It's really just down to how comfortable you are with it.

I have an "official" weigh in day, but I weigh myself everyday and track it on a spreadsheet (complete with graph)....I don't get bothered if I go down then up a small amount as long as the overall graph is a downward trend. I can watch my "ups" and look for any patterns in my routine that cause the gains (did I have too much sodium or carbs)......but that is just me, some people can't look at the scale as much as I do but it seems to be working for me....
I guess bottom line is to do what works for you, if you (like me) can handle the fact that your body reacts to every day differently then by all means jump on the scale.....nothing pleases me more than to see that .4 or .8 drop in a day!!

I weigh every morn too

~But log once a week.

Good luck on your journey
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I am a scale *kitten* myself so I can't knock someone for weighing everyday however don't count weight loss until the end of the week. On my scale it will track your weight loss if you hit a certain button so I just hit that button once a week but the rest of the week I just hop on it to guage myself.

I weigh every day. In fact, I have two different scales! One weighs me as less than the other.
If I step on the regular scale and I have gone up, I step on the 2nd scale and am reassured that I am still okay.
I count the heavier scale weight, unless it has gone up that day--then, of course, I count the 2nd scale measurement, and I figure out why my weight went up! Usually, it is because my abdomen is having difficulties (I have had a few surgeries). When I increase my water and/or eat more roughage, that extra weight goes away.

This has worked for me perfectly. I am down to my goal weight, as of yesterday.

You find what you are comfortable with. That is the right way to keep track of your weight loss.

:drinker: (lots of water)

I weigh myself every day and record the weight every day. It is important for me to see the changes and, if the scale has gone up, to work double hard that day and to make sure I drink more water, etc.

weighing in everyday just keeps you in check. It is easy to just let the calories slide.
I am right now at my parents place and they have a super awesome techy scale which is much more accurate than my 3eur ikea one where you could be 2 kg over or under what you actually are....

I weigh in everyday as most people have said. Take a grain of salt with it but always weigh naked and at the same time of day. Your body fluctuates semi-regularly so water holding and bowel movements make a difference.

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