How often should I step on the scale??

I weigh myself every Monday morning. That way I don't tell myself "its the weekend!" as an excuse to over eat knowing I have weigh in coming up. I was weighing myself a few times a week but got frustrated with the fluctuation. Do what works for you! I'd stick to once a week as my advice though .

I try not to weigh myself very often because I become obsessed with the scale - and I have begun working out intensely so I dont really care so much about how I weigh as I do about how my body changes.

I do my "official" weigh in on Monday mornings as well, but I do step on the scale several other times during the week, just because I like to see the various fluctuations. If it's causing you a lot of stress or anxiety, I'd try to limit it to once per week. Tracking your measurements can also be really helpful, since the scale doesn't always reflect the work you are doing.

Daily...always. Immediately after I wake up and take care of - ahem - business. Least amount of variability then.

BUT...Do what is best for you.

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I agree with what is being said here. I think of my weight as a 5-pound range, because there is so much natural fluctuation depending on the time of day and where my body happens to be in the replenishing cycle of glycogen (which I think is the same thing that is often talked about as "water weight").

I agree that to monitor progress it is best to weigh at the same time of day on the same day of the week, once a week. Like k1inoregon, I also weigh myself daily just because I wanna "know" but I do it with the 5-pound weight range allowance in mind, since being up 2 pounds one morning doesn't mean I did anything bad or wrong eating-wise, it just means my body is doing what it needs to do to replenish energy stores and keep me going. So right now if anyone asked, I would say that I weigh 164, because that is the lowest number I have seen on the scale (well, actually 164.6) but I know that for the next week I will likely see any number from 164 to 169. And hopefully next week, it will be any number between 163 and 168.

I hope this helps! Hang in there!

I weigh myself every Monday morning. That way I don't tell myself "its the weekend!" as an excuse to over eat knowing I have weigh in coming up. I was weighing myself a few times a week but got frustrated with the fluctuation. Do what works for you! I'd stick to once a week as my advice though .

I also weigh myself every Monday morning because the fluctuations pretty much means nothing in my grand scheme of things.

However, I have contemplated possibly weighing myself morning and evening every day for a typical week just to track my fluctuations and see when I am getting the most accurate weight.

I wouldn't do more than once a week after that test week though!

Once a week...on Fridays, so the (I hope) lower number helps me stay motivated across the weekend not to over eat...

I have weighed myself every morning for the last couple of months. I like to look at the graph in the reports section. I have found once a week I lose really big one day. Around 2 lbs and then for the next couple of days after that I gain about 1 lb back. For the next few days after that I go up and down by a 1/2 pound. I dont get frustrated when it moves up because I know I am going to have a day with a huge number right a round the corner. As long as I weigh lighter than the exact day a week before I am happy. I have averaged losing 2 lbs a week since January 1st. Weighing myself everyday also helps me look at my eating and acitivities from the day before to make sure I keep working hard and eating better. This method isnt for the weak of heart however. If you get discouraged and frustrated when you see gains, then I suggest you step on the scale once a week. Feel free to send me a friend request.

In the beginning I used to weigh myself every few weeks, very occasionally once a week.

One big factor about how often to weigh is how you feel about what the scale tells you.. Some people get bummed out for the day if they see an increase or very little change, they should try and weigh once a week or longer, it's not a fast race to the bottom, it's going to take a bit. For some people, small losses are reason to not continue, in that case, hide the scale!

These days I am comfortable with my weight fluctuations from day to day so I do weigh daily but only record once a week or every two weeks, usually on Thursdays, post workout.

I aim to once a week but some days I feel skinnier so I hop on just to find out I'm .5 lbs heavier than the day before which should teach me a lesson but it doesn't.

This is me thank you so much for posting this

I like to weigh 1st thing in the morning everyday, but my official weigh-in's are Friday morning. My weight doesn't fluctuate enough to be frustrating because I really stick to my guns on diet and exercise. If I go up a bit I can usually correlate it to something I've ate or did by reviewing my diary entries. It's a learning opportunity about my body, what it likes and dislikes.

Agreed!

Try a weekly weigh-in. I double check on Monday or Tuesday to see how much damage I have done over the weekend (smile)!!!

I rarely weigh myself. I do once in awhile just for curiosities sake. But it really does not matter that much to me. How I look, feel and perform is much more important

Every two weeks. I find that I fluctuated too much on a weekly basis and I was getting too scale-obsessed. It's been tough, but it's much healthier for my state of well-being to focus on my day to day healthy food intake and getting my 5x/week workouts in and doing my best than to see what the scale is telling me. The scale only tells a part of the story. I find that the weeks I don't see any scale losses are the weeks that everyone's complimenting me on how small I'm getting. Don't overthink the scale, it leads nowhere.