Daily Weighers ONLY- Please :)

Ohhh dollface I getcha! I weigh in 3 times a day, mainly because I'm curious, not so much obsessive. I weigh in first thing in the morning, then a little while after I've had some coffee as it *ahem* helps keep everything moving, and then again before I go to bed. About a week ago, I woke up one morning to find that in the space of 9 hours my scales showed me up as being 3lb heavier and it stuck like that for 2 days. THAT peed me off, lemme tell ya!

I weigh daily also., but only when I'm trying to lose weight. It's almost like a game to me because I would weigh before and after I drink water etc. One thing I mostly pay attentiin to is my weight before I go to bed, and my weight first thing when I get up. I've been making guesses on how much it would change overnight depending on the amount of water that comes out lol. So far when I eat a lot of salty food the change overnight is less than a lb and if I did not it can be as high as 1.5 lbs. What can I say, my hubby finds it entertaining that I weigh so often..

"affects" - he he..

I'm a "daily weigher" since teenage-hood and now am in my 30's. I've stopped last year summer time because of some personal issues and I had no mind, well, for anything. And what do you know, a year later I'm 10 pounds heavier. I only realized it when I couldn't put my shorts on. Before this, I was always of healthy weight (I still am, just not comfortable) and within 5 lbs of my high school weight one direction or the other. I was already using, although very sporadically, myfitnesspal and still working out (that's just a habit), but since I never saw the scale, I didn't pay that much attention.

For me, checking my weight every day is a good idea. With time, you won't obsess over it, it will simply become something you do every morning, like brushing your hair. It just lets you know which way your weight is going. If I gain a couple of pounds, I do nothing about it, if I'm closer to 5, I try to eat lighter for the next couple of days and perhaps take a longer walk. No big deal, and yet it has kept my weight in check for some 20 years.

I suppose I could do it once a week, but knowing myself, I'd forget. I got in habit of doing it every day, and I just don't even have to think about it. The benefit of doing it every day is also that it keeps you very accountable - if you pig out one day, it will show on the scale the next day. That again reminds me to eat lighter the next day and perhaps refrain from overeating next time (well, okay, maybe at least for a while:) .

Most importantly, don't be so hard on yourself. You've done amazing!

P.S. Just don't weigh-in every 20 minutes, your scale already appears to hate you (perhaps it's time for a new one...)

Happy daily weigher here. Wake, pee, weigh. If the number is suspect I weigh again as soon as I get out of the shower. I will occasionally weigh right before going to bed but that is simply out of curiosity. I log as soon as I am dressed.

It sounds like you need a new scale! A few months ago I replaced a "top quality" WW scale that was giving me different readings 5 minutes apart with a $30 EatSmart scale. Best investment I ever made. Consistent readings again and again.

Look what happened when I started lifting heavy! This is an old chart and after I leveled out the decline picked up right where it left off. 228 now.

It sounds like you need a new scale! A few months ago I replaced a "top quality" WW scale that was giving me different readings 5 minutes apart with a $30 EatSmart scale. Best investment I ever made. Consistent readings again and again.

Hahah, yes, the ww is the one I have now that fluctuates within seconds, and after reading several reviews last night came to the conclusion that I'd go ahead and buy an EatSmart one as well, though mine was $38. Glad to see another endorsement this morning.

I do the same and it can be quite irritating IF you let it. I keep track of daily weight on paper and BMF but not here on MFP, here I only record losses. I generally step on the scale once unless it's a really big change then I'll step on it again. I tried weighing weekly but Monday was not the day to do it, LOL, it is almost always higher on Monday because of salt over the weekend. I like daily so I can see a trend throughout the week. The way I understand it is, if you weigh daily you should average at the end of the week, I don't though. The only thing I average is calorie deficit and macros and for me the lower the carbs the better the number on the scale even with the same deficit. Don't let the scale drive you batty, use it as a tracking/trending tool not the end all/be all.

edit: I weigh at the same time every day

I weigh myself daily - within 30 mins after I get up. Key is to weigh yourself at around the same time every day. I don't step on the scale again till next morning. It helps a lot. I was stuck between 157 and 158 for almost 2 weeks. Then within 3 days, I dropped to 156 and today to 155. Now whether the actual numbers are accurate or not is up for debate. But what is certain is the direction of those numbers - downwards!!! That is good.

Good luck!

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I hear you. For me it is just extra data. one trick that I picked up from someone else on the forums is to do a running average of weights. I track a 10 day running average of my weight and it really makes sense. That way if I spike 2 lbs .. it is all good!

Yep, me too. Get up, go to the loo an then weigh. Once only though. My scales can fluctuate by up to 200g (not sure what that is in pounds), so I just take the first weight and BF%.

I actually feel like you should either weight in very infrequently (a few weeks in between) or once daily (in the morning before eating or drinking). This is my case for it:

Your weight varies every day based on factors like water consumption, sodium consumption, constipation, etc. If you weigh in daily, you will be more likely to notice that pattern and see the overall trend of your weight (if you weigh in down five days of the week and only way up two, you can be confident you are actually down.) Since your weight can easily vary a few pounds in a given day and healthy weight loss only involves losing a pound or two per week, if you check in just once weekly, you could end up not seeing a change because one week you weigh in on a day that is low in these retention factors and the next week you weigh in on a day that is high in these retention factors. Fluctuations can erase the entire pound or two you lost that week with respect to the scale.

Now, if you weigh in more like every few weeks, at that point you should be able to lose enough that you will still see a loss, even if you had some fluctuation factors.