The Scale: Every Day or Once a Week?

Weekly is best - it's easy to put too much pressure on yourself if you measure everyday and don't see a difference. No need to get obsessed.

If you think you can stick to it, I'd recommend once a week. At first, I'd weigh myself daily and I'd get all freaked out every time the reading moved up. The body's weight fluctuates a lot, so it isn't helpful to weigh yourself that frequently. Unless, of course, you can look at the number and still go on your merry way. That's what I've been doing, because I've been too curious to wait the entire week. Now that I've observed the weight fluctuation, I'm thinking of going with the once a week approach starting Monday.

I weigh in every day as per my nutritionists orders. But if I gain its no big deal to me, stuff happens. Right now I am up 5 lbs because I cannot go to the bathroom. No big deal, in time this to shall pass. I hope!
Do what ever you want because it sounds like you want weekly anyway. But for me daily is no biggy.

I weigh myself daily. But if you choose to go that route, you have to understand that your weight fluctuates daily based on different things. I'm just a curious person, though.

If you're finding yourself becoming obsessive or discouraged with weighing daily, I'd definitely suggest going with once a week.

I only weighed once a month while I was losing. In maintenance, I do every 4-6 weeks. I think daily is too often. You can't see the real trends with regular fluctuation clouding things. :-)

I weigh myself daily. But if you choose to go that route, you have to understand that your weight fluctuates daily based on different things. I'm just a curious person, though.

If you're finding yourself becoming obsessive or discouraged with weighing daily, I'd definitely suggest going with once a week.

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I weigh everyday......but I understand weight fluctuates and that does not bother me. It would be harder for me to wait 7 days between weigh in. Everyone is different and you need to do what works best for you.

I weigh every week or two weeks because I get frustrated at the fluctuation not realizing that factors such as water weight, muscle mass, food ect. plays a role. Also I pay attention to the way my clothing fits whether the scales reads pound off your clothes always tell the true nature of what is transpiring with your body.

If you can emotionally detach from the scale then daily. However if you obsess and then punish yourself due to the number then less frequently is probably better for you in the long run.
For me, I love to see the effects on my body of too much sodium, DOMS, the flu etc - they all have an impact on your weight - but I'm completely detached from the actual number itself.

I've weighed myself everyday since I've joined MFP, 480 days and counting. I have no attachment to the number on the scale, emotional or otherwise. It has simply become part of my daily routine,...hit the scale, record it, forget about it, stick with my plans and my goals.

I believe the daily weigh-ins is best for me, since I love having more data than less. I use the daily numbers to monitor the trend over the long term. Personally, I look at progress month by month, since in my opinion, daily and/or weekly data can be misleading at best, or completely inaccurate at worse. Although I log daily on MFP, I use my own spreadsheet to monitor the big picture. The main way I track my own weight loss or gain is by calculating my average daily weight over a given time period, again, usually 30 days or a month. Simply,...if February's daily average is less than that for January, then I know I am going in the right direction. The subtle, and sometimes not so subtle daily changes get washed out in the end. I also use the mirror, a measuring tape and check on how clothes are fitting to get the complete picture.

Having said all that, I know that some people have an unhealthy relationship with the scale, which is why many people suggest only weighing once per week. But to me, I believe that this may lead to even more problems for *some* people who already have issues with the scale. I have seen posts here and on other websites,where *some* people who prefer weekly weigh-ins go a bit crazy when their weekly weigh-in day comes around,...from getting super stressed and/or eating or drinking a lot less the night or two before just to get a better scale number. Obviously, this is not healthy on so many levels, but I think it happens because for *some* people, the weekly weigh-in becomes an all-too-important event, much more important than it should be. Again, for *some*, I could only imagine that the pressure would be much greater on a weekly weigh-in than if done daily. With a weekly,...there's always the chance of THAT day being the day when you "gained" 2 pounds of water weight. If done daily, I believe it would be much easier to ignore that temporary "gain",...to accept it's only a minor blip and move on. Of course, there are a great number of successful people who don't have this issue with weekly weigh-ins, so of course, this doesn't apply to them.

Daily weigh-ins have shown me that my weight, just like everyone's, fluctuates daily. Hopefully, it will always be 2 steps forward, 1 step back. Assuming someone is logging accurately, and staying within their goals, most people will experience the same thing over the long term. The day to day means nothing.

Although it may be difficult for *many* people at first,...I believe they should try to take back the power which they have given to the scale. In my opinion, daily weigh-ins and accepting the results for what they are, is the best way to achieve that.