My case for weighing yourself every day.
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gotta do what works for you. I weigh myself at the doc's every 3 months, or when I happen to be at my mother's house. I don't own a scale.0
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I weigh myself every morning, so you're not alone. It helps me keep track of my water retention... ESPECIALLY around TOM... MAJOR water gain around that time...0
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When I'm actively trying to lose weight, I step on the scale every time I walk by it0
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Meh. Once a month. I'm eating better, I'm eating less and I'm moving more. I can see my body changing and I don't really need to know the weight day by day or even week by week.0
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Weigh every morning and then take an average weight between Sunday and Saturday.0
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I weigh myself every morning after I hit the bathroom. My doctor suggested every day monitoring, but I know myself and even if he'd said weekly, I still would do it daily. It would drive me crazy not sneaking a peek along the way. I find it keeps me honest with myself and motivated as well ... especially when I see a new number in the right direction. It's worked so far!!0
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what's in your headddddddd? in your headdddddd?0
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I weigh everyday and will always do it. The times that I was heavier...I barely weighed myself. I didn't keep myself accountable for it.
It isn't a big deal to step on the scale first thing in the morning. I know if my day before was a good day or not. If I ate too much food that caused my weight to go up (whether water weight or not ) I know to drink more water and cut back on some food the next day.
It has helped me maintain my weight.0 -
I also weigh every day and write it on a calendar. If I get discouraged, I check how much I weighed 6 months ago, and I m always trending downward. Great tool to keep me going forward with my progress.0
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I've "lost" 8lbs overnight from being dehydrated. I've "gained" 8lbs in a day because of ..... something. All of it is arbitrary when it comes to your actual health and body fat %, which is what you're aiming to reduce - not your body's actual weight, but the chubber.
^^^^^ this
weight does not matter, body fat % does. And body fat % does not change overnight.
If losing no scale weight in a week is going to upset you when during that week you've stuck to your calorie goal, got stronger, fitter, maybe lost half an inch somewhere... then you need to focus less on the scale and more on the bigger picture. Several weeks of not losing anything indicates you're no longer in a deficit and you need to change something (but that shouldn't make you upset.... it's feedback... and you should still recognise other progress you made, e.g. lifting heavier, getting fitter, etc). But one week could be just a blip, e.g. retaining more water that day or whatever... if that is going to mess your head up, you're giving the scale more importance than it deserves. And if you're doing that, then weighing yourself every day isn't going to fix the problem.
However, if you're just using the scale as one of many tools that can aid you in improving your health and don't attach any undue importance to it and can put the number it gives you in the proper context, then it doesn't matter one way or another whether you weigh every day or just once a week or month or whenever it suits you.0 -
I read this yesterday and went out and bought myself a weighing scale today.am hoping it will keep me accountable and I can keep track better.....tx mfp,every piece of advice counts0
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Personally, I like to weigh myself every few days(4-6) so the progress is a bit bigger, which is much more satisfying because I know how much our body changes throughout the day, even from water! However, I support whatever people do if it works for them!0
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Every morning I wake around 5:30 pee, and weigh myself. If I don't, the coffee I drink will add a lb to me haha.0
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I weigh myself everyday, first thing in the morning. I also thinks it helps to see the patterns in reference to weight. I also know if I have drank enough water the day before. I figured out that if I don't drink at least 6 - 8oz cups of water a day I can way as much as three pounds more the next day!0
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I do too. It keeps me on track and I have kept off the 25 pounds I have lost.0
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I weigh each day as long as I stay the same weight or show a loss. If I show a small gain I stop weighing for a couple of weeks and then weigh. I always show a loss then. I begin weighing again each day and the cycle continues. I lose pretty slow so this works for me and keeps me from getting discouraged.0
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