Dreaded scale..

every two days. longer if ive been bad. I like digital scales because they show 0.2 loss or gains. With an old fashioned scale i would weigh in once a week, perhaps because im so tall i wouldnt be able to see a difference in anything but full pounds.

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I do it daily because it helps to motivate me. Also, I've read that studies have shown that it aids in maintaining weight loss. I try not to be disappointed with my numbers, it helps to guide me, especially with what I eat that day.

how long hav u been weighing daily for .....do u feel its a good thing

The only "bad" part about weighing everyday is if you give too much credence to the numbers. You can't trust something that says you will lose 1/2 lb brushing your teeth or gain 1/2 lb after you pee.

I weigh everyday because I like the data points, but I know that it's the long term trending not the day to day fluctuations that mirror the success.

ETA: The only time I actually "check in" and record a weight on MFP is every time I get a new low. I keep the ups and downs recorded separately elsewhere.

I weigh myself several times a week to watch for trends, but I only log my weight once a week at the same time on the same day. Some days its higher, some days its lower, but log day is when it counts for me.

I step on mine every morning before I do anything... I also keep track of my numbers but numbers on the scale will jump around like crazy so I don't rely on them. I also take progress pictures..you can see better results with that.

I weight daily when i first wake up, but I only log it on Mondays. Seeing it everyday keeps me accountable and make me want to work harder. Also I like to see how it changes through the week. Its all a personal choice though.

I check the scale every morning. Like someone else said...it's part of my regime and a great reminder at the start of every day what I am doing for myself!

But I don't log a weight loss until it is maintained for 4 days at least. I usually update any change on Monday mornings.

For example, I've "lost" 2.2 lb this week and I would love to see my ticker change, but not until Monday morning will I consider it "official" hehe

FTR, I never owned a scale until March 25 when I joined MFP. When I was a teenager, my stepmom kept a scale in the house and I would get too discouraged because when my weight never changed even if I felt like I'd been eating better and become more active. It did not motivate me. I was scale-phobic in a way, for almost 15 years.

I like having a scale, it makes me feel in control. It is challenging to not get too 'down' if I see a 1 lb gain but I just keep reminding myself it's probably sodium/water and it always comes off.

I sure know about the dangers of a scale so I now weigh myself on a Monday at my Doctors office. She has been working with me on weight loss. This is the first time I have worked with a doctor on this problem.
About eight years ago a joined a calorie counting group and we met once a week. I went down to my goal weight in 14 months however I became addicted to the scale. When I quit smoking I started to put the weight back on and I panicked. I did every thing wrong. I found myself weighing in several times a day. I got so bad when I first started another diet I would even weigh myself during the night. It was a silly thing to do as weight fluctuates with water retention as we all know. Anyway I just got more depressed. Then I did the best thing I could do. I threw those scales away and now the only way I can weigh myself is on my Wii Fit and that takes planning as you have to put on the TV and turn everything on, not something you just do on the spur of the moment. The good thing with this method is my Wii just says if I gained or lost since the last time so if the number is different from the doctors scale it does not matter too much. One more tip is to put your scale on another floor or in a storage closet so you have to make the effort to bring it out.
Hope this helped you.

I do an "official" weigh in every saturday morning but I like to weigh every day just because i like to see how low the numbers go and see if i hit that number on my weigh in. For some reason I like seeing the difference also after i go to the bathroom, i know it's useless but for some reason it amuses me.

Do not worry about the weight on the scale! Here is proof: before I started boot camp, I weighed 149.6 pounds and had 29% body fat and 106.3 pounds of lean weight. Now I weigh 148.6 pounds and have 20.3% body fat and 118.5 pounds lean weight. I have also lost 20.75 inches. This is with calipers, so I trust the accuracy.

Water weight, glycogen stores, intestinal capacity, etc. ensures that weighing every day is useless.

Unless you would like to learn about things like Water weight, glycogen stores, intestinal capacity, the effects of sodium, hot weather, a change in exercise. Then it's pretty darn useful!

Daily weigher here! First thing. Chart it, learn from it.

No right or wrong answer here.