do you weight your self every day ?

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  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
    Yep. Works for me.
  • Abakan
    Abakan Posts: 361 Member
    Yes, every morning I can't wait to jump out of bed and weigh myself, been doing it for 2.5 years and i'm never going to stop.
  • deirdreeaton
    deirdreeaton Posts: 6 Member
    No once a week If I weighed every day and diden't lose I might be temped to eat more rather than less:laugh:
  • deirdreeaton
    deirdreeaton Posts: 6 Member
    The Doctors scales has to be wrong,did you weigh yourself on your own scales after the Doc's, 41lbs gone your doing Brilliantly well done:happy:
  • 1findlay
    1findlay Posts: 6 Member
    Yes, keeps me on track and helps me maintain.
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,372 Member
    nope. about once a week.. since i've been at my goal weight for over a year, i just weigh to keep myself in check
  • magtart
    magtart Posts: 161 Member
    I weigh myself every morning after going potty and before showering.
  • janesmith1
    janesmith1 Posts: 1,511 Member
    Yes, helps keep me in line. If I don't then I don't keep track as well. This works for some, not for others. In fact I weigh in 2x a day. But again, this works for me.
  • GlitterrMagpie
    GlitterrMagpie Posts: 302 Member
    No, once a week or sometimes once a fortnight.
  • 424a57
    424a57 Posts: 140 Member
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    Every day
  • Groovyca2022
    Groovyca2022 Posts: 21,378 Member
    No
  • joannaphipps00
    joannaphipps00 Posts: 21 Member
    I weigh in once a week, it helps me prevent the games that my mind plays if I don't drop a pound every couple days. :smile:
  • TekkieMom
    TekkieMom Posts: 4 Member
    Used to, but no longer. Too stressful. Once a week is my "weigh day". I picked Wednesday so I have time to repair any sins from the weekend ;). I will sometimes do a "sneak peek" half-way through (Sat/Sun) to see if I'm on track. If I am, it motivates me to stay the course, if I'm not, it gives me a few days to be good. Even though my goal is to lose weight, my absolute goal is to never gain week over week.
  • SEAFOODMAN
    SEAFOODMAN Posts: 342
    Every 15 minutes
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    I weigh myself every morning, naked, after I pee, within 5 min of waking up. I log that scale reading every day. Sure, it jumps up and down, sometimes 2-3lbs from day to day. I use that info to evaluate my previous days eating and activity.

    But what I really like is watching the continuing downward trendline. Weighing and recording EVERY DAY insures that I'm not manipulating the data, selectively recording only the readings I like. That keeps me accountable and my weight loss real.
  • BuggerLugs_x
    BuggerLugs_x Posts: 31
    I use to weigh my self twice a day, as soon as I woke up, then before I went to bed. The amount your weight goes up and down is unreal. I didn't log then though.
    When I started logging I started weighing myself first thing in the morning every morning and logging it, I soon realised my weight was up and down all week especially when coming to my time of the month.
    Since I started myfitnesspal I now only weigh in on a Tuesday when I wake up. That way I know if my loss is a loss or just a fluke. I do get tempted to weigh in more but stop myself as I want the surprise (good or bad) on a Tuesday! :D
    I personally would recommend daily for a week so you can see how much your weight changes, then weekly, then even fortnightly. I always weigh as soon as I get up (after morning pee) before I eat anything. :)
  • toovodz
    toovodz Posts: 50 Member
    Yes, I can't wait to get on the scale in the morning! It keeps me on track but it also gets on my nerves when it fluctuates. I need to stop it really and do it once a week. I'm 8 weeks in so maybe I'll chill out and weigh once a week soon.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    Of course you're going to weigh more on the doctor's scale, since you're wearing clothes and shoes, while at home everybody weighs themselves naked, after using the john.
  • meeulk
    meeulk Posts: 246 Member
    HackDiet_1yr_20140316.png

    Every day

    What did you use to make this graph?
  • skeo
    skeo Posts: 471 Member
    Absolutely not. Too many variables, diet, water retention, etc. I weigh myself perhaps once every 12 days. I use a tape measure to check my measurements once a week and log that. The scale is just when I am curious. :huh:
  • 40DayFit
    40DayFit Posts: 246 Member
    I weigh myself every morning, post-evacuation and before eating or drinking. I use the same scale, placed on the same location (uneven floors), and weigh myself nude. I track these numbers just out of curiosity, and because I'm using them for some baseline measures. I don't use these daily numbers as evidence of real gains or losses, because they fluctuate too much.

    Like many here, I have an "official" weigh-in date. I chose Wednesdays just because it's far enough from the weekend that any "mistakes" I make, I can generally recover from before weigh-in day. I post my weight here on MFP each Wednesday; that's my "official" weight.

    I just learned about http://www.weightgrapher.com/ today. I will be using that site to track my daily numbers, because it can generate a simple graph I can use to see trends over time. For those who are weighing daily to see trends, this free graphing tool might be of interest.

    Most important note, I think, is to know what you can handle and what meaning you place on numbers from the scale. If you're inclined to see each micro-gain and micro-loss as deeply significant, perhaps daily weighing isn't for you. If you're inclined to use it as data for a larger understanding about weight/fat loss and behavior change, perhaps graphing daily changes can be useful.
  • s1rens0ng
    s1rens0ng Posts: 127 Member
    I weigh myself every morning, post-evacuation and before eating or drinking. I use the same scale, placed on the same location (uneven floors), and weigh myself nude. I track these numbers just out of curiosity, and because I'm using them for some baseline measures. I don't use these daily numbers as evidence of real gains or losses, because they fluctuate too much.

    this^^^ and i record my weight every friday morning same time of day, never move my scales from the original place.
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Yep. Every morning, after my morning pee, generally with no clothes on (or just unders). I use the Libra app on my phone to enter it in, and it shows me the TREND of my weight loss. This is helpful because I can see that I am trending downward even if the scale shows a slight increase. I only log once per week on MFP
  • klee58
    klee58 Posts: 1
    Yes. Every morning. Doing it keeps me on track. If I'm up one day, I know that I wasn't good the day or two before, so I should watch what I eat that day to keep myself in check. :drinker:
    ^^^ Me too, same reasons. It's easier to correct for one day's indiscretion than a week's or longer. One time I was on a 2-week cruise and tried to be as good as one could be with cruise food and did a lot of walking/jogging on the deck circuit, but I didn't have a scale to check myself daily. I got back and learned I'd gained 11 lbs!
  • jkohnmobile
    jkohnmobile Posts: 15 Member
    I weigh-in daily on a Withings scale, and use https://trendweight.com to monitor the trend. Using a running average like this is more accurate than weekly weigh-ins, IMHO (because that weekly weigh-in is still subject to the day-to-day variability that could mask whether you've truly gained/lost weight in the last week).
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    Every Saturday, after hitting the bathroom and gym.
  • ubermofish
    ubermofish Posts: 102 Member
    I do every day, to see how different foods and water levels can impact my total overall weight. I only really count progress once a week.
  • disneygirl626
    disneygirl626 Posts: 132 Member
    I weigh once a week. I fluctuate a lot day to day so I don't worry too much about how much I weigh each Monday, I just focus on the trend.
  • WallyH4EverVersion
    WallyH4EverVersion Posts: 172 Member
    Yes. Every morning. And I don't feel like a *kitten*. :-)

    I know there are variables from one day to the next. And that is precisely why I step on the scale every day. If I only weigh once a week, I don't know if that day is the weirdo high day. By weighing every day I can watch for patterns.
    THIS

    And because I feel it keeps me in control.
  • spara0038
    spara0038 Posts: 226 Member
    Yes, although if there's a major spike from one day to the next, I don't worry about it. Unless I ate 7000 calories in my sleep, there's no way I legit gained 2 lbs overnight lol :-)

    I've noticed that my weight tends to be cyclical- lose 6 lbs, gain 4 back, over a 20 day cycle. Steady weight loss over the long run, but I have IBS and water retention issues, so weighing myself every day helps me to not freak out if I've gained 5 lbs in a week because I understand I'm probably in the gain part of the cycle.

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