How often do you weigh yourself?

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  • vinny76063
    vinny76063 Posts: 133 Member
    I use to weigh myself day in day out and i would get down, so i started going by how my clothes fit and only hit the scale once a week or once every 2 weeks. That scale can be very discouraging, my older bro was at 325 and once i convinced him to stay off scale he did alot better as far as mentally staying focused and is down to about 275, he checks his weight once a week now. I get the curiosity thing tho, I have my weeks where i get the same way and want to check a cple days in a row. As long as you dont get discouraged & stay on your diet and exercise routine keep doing what your doing. If it starts bringing you down or frustrated try to stay off for a cple weeks as long as you stay good on your diet and workout. just a suggestion everybody is different
  • judilockwood
    judilockwood Posts: 134 Member
    Every day, first thing. I like to know the fluctuations and relate them to what I've eaten-sodium etc. No nasty surprises then x
    And I log too.. shows the patterns x
  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    The scale is a nightmare, One minute its down then up, down up!!

    Try to do once a week, but yes I can easily jump on a couple times a week which is NOT good!
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    Every Wednesday.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Formerly once a week on purpose. Bought a scale....once an hour. That got carried away. Then for a few months never. Now I'm doing it daily. I will go back to once a week soon as soon as I have enough information to pick a cal goal.
  • smc864
    smc864 Posts: 570 Member
    Every day unless I know I ate alot of sodium and I cannot take the frustration...lol

    ^^this
  • An8888
    An8888 Posts: 24 Member
    I log my weight in two ways: Once a day on mfp, and once a week at home. I find it interesting to see all the minor fluctuations through the week, and compare them to the weekly home weigh in. That way if I lose less weight one week than the prior week, I can kind of look back and see why that might have happened. But so long as I keep seeing the overall weight go down every week, I don't get too discouraged.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Usually once a week.
  • lynnerack
    lynnerack Posts: 158 Member
    I'm obsessive = morning and before I go to bed! :blushing:
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,861 Member
    Hi everyone. I typically weigh in a couple of times a week but I'm trying to cut down since I feel I've become a little too focused on fluctuations. How often do you all weigh in, or what works best for you?
    I weigh every day and take the average weekly. This is NOT for everyone.
  • tomwatso
    tomwatso Posts: 1,304 Member
    Everyday!
  • SarahLynne22
    SarahLynne22 Posts: 9 Member
    I never really weighed myself before, and then when I got weighed at the doctor, I realized I was a whole lot heavier than I thought I was. So, I started weighing myself almost every day and would get really frustrated with the results. I was either losing nothing, or gaining and my DH kept reporting he lost like two pounds just because he didn't have a beer the night before....
    So, this time when I have been trying to lose weight, I decided to weigh myself once a week. I bought a digital scale and weigh myself on Wednesday mornings, my Wednesday Weigh-in. I have found it is much better for my fitness goals. The only time I weigh myself daily is when I do my monthly three-day fast, and that's only cause it makes me keep with the fast when all I wanna do is gorge!
    Good luck with your journey!
  • 89nunu
    89nunu Posts: 1,082 Member
    I weigh in every day and record my weight in a chart so I can see the general trend. This only works if you don't get to upset by the general fluctuations. My scales can change 2lbs from one day to another!
  • SueGeer
    SueGeer Posts: 1,169 Member
    Every morning.....first thing I do after peeing.....I don't worry about daily fluctuations, tho - they happen :smile: . Use FitBit Aria scales which automatically sync to MFP........
  • emaren
    emaren Posts: 934 Member
    Once a week, Saturday Morning, first thing.
  • Sarah0866
    Sarah0866 Posts: 291 Member
    Thank you all! I appreciate all the feedback :)
  • Sarah0866
    Sarah0866 Posts: 291 Member
    Every morning.....first thing I do after peeing.....I don't worry about daily fluctuations, tho - they happen :smile: . Use FitBit Aria scales which automatically sync to MFP........

    Thank you :) I have a similar scale by Withings and it's awesome, also syncs to MFP so super easy use!
  • Necron33
    Necron33 Posts: 42
    Once every few weeks.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I weigh in the mornings, but sometimes I forget. I have a fluctuation of +/- five pounds.
  • p00ki3nb00
    p00ki3nb00 Posts: 64 Member
    i usually weigh myself twice a month. the 1st my starting, and the 15th in the middle of the month.
  • impromark
    impromark Posts: 119 Member
    I'm a daily sorta guy, but then I like a routine so simply doing it every morning after the workout and before brekkie keeps it uniform. I tend to hit my lowest weight of the week on Wednesday-Thursday, as I eat more on the weekend when away from my office routines; knowing this and that I fluctuate in a 3-4 pound range keeps me from obsessing over it. I'm just happy to see it continue its downward trend!

    I used to weigh myself at night too, since I found it weird to lose 2-3 pounds between the time I hit the sack and the morning weigh-in (what IS the deal with that, anyway?), but that was more curiosity than anything else. Once I hit my target weight (8 pounds to go, yay!) and switch to maintenance, I expect to reduce weigh-ins as I find my groove.

    Mark
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Every morning. I have an app that takes the weight and makes a graph for me, so I can see the trend. I like graphs.
  • fatsnacker
    fatsnacker Posts: 209 Member
    I weigh myself on Saturday and Sunday morning and record the lightest weight - its usually less on Sunday after my Saturday 500 calorie fasting day. Sometimes I will also weigh myself on Monday morning if periods have kept my weight up over the weekend.
  • chelseascounter
    chelseascounter Posts: 1,283 Member
    Everyday. I'm too curious.
  • RipperSB
    RipperSB Posts: 315 Member
    I am in maintenance now I used to weigh in once a week - Saturday morning after rising and visiting the bathroom. I would also get out the measuring tape every second week. Recently I read a post from an engineer who offered the idea that more data gets you more accuracy. People talk about fluctuations but if you only weigh in once a week, how do you know you're not weighing in on a "fluctuation"? It's all in how YOU process the information.

    Update- I tried weighing in every day for the past two weeks and captured the info on the graph below:

    MFPDailyWeight.jpg

    I also included the Net Cals from the PREVIOUS day just to try to give some context. My target for net cals is 1840. As you can see, there were some pretty good fluctuations in there but at the end of the two weeks, I ended up pretty much where I started. The average weight for the two weeks - 140.4667 lbs.
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    This topic has been done alot. You should use the search option.

    My answer though is that I weigh myself everyday but I know daily fluctuations happen and don't let day to day increases stress me out. Today, for example, was higher than yesterday but I indulged in a yummy DQ Blizzard so I expected it to increase. It's the week over week/month or month numbers that are key.

    ^^This. Search it...but I'm game. I weigh multiple times through the day since I like to see how my weight fluctuates during the day. I record the weight I get after I wake up and go potty (or the lowest out of the day...sometimes...ok, it was only that once). :-D
  • tiggerlgh
    tiggerlgh Posts: 73 Member
    I weigh in daily every morning before my shower. I have a Fitbit Aria scale so it automatically syncs and records it for me. I don't worry about small fluctuations just trends overall. I also WI weekly at my WW meeting.
  • nicoleisme
    nicoleisme Posts: 95 Member
    Probably 7-14 times a week. I don't care or write it down, I'm really intrigued by the change of weight from, salt, water, food, etc. So I just do it more for fun, and then when my weight goes down I know if it's a fluctuation or if it's actual weight loss.
  • robinsondel
    robinsondel Posts: 47
    I step on the scale every night at the gym. But, that's just to see if I've lost enough to register on it. It only goes to 400lb, damn, I just said ONLY, that's bad lol. After I get to the point where I show up on it, I plan to weigh once a week, but that will probably change just because I'll be so damn excited that I'm not too big to weigh anymore lol
  • Grafakos
    Grafakos Posts: 22 Member
    About 2-3 times a week, but I only "count" the weekend weigh-in. The others are just for the sake of curiosity to see the fluctuations within the week.

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