Weighing in 1 day a week vs every day

I weigh in every day and record it in an app in my phone but I only "officially" record here at MFP once a week, usually Wednesdays. I picked it completely at random and what day I record has changed over time (when I started it was Fridays but there were times when I couldn't record or forgot on a Friday for whatever reason so whatever day I did remember, became my new recording day - till the next time I forgot!). I weigh daily so that I can see patterns and an overall trend, but I don't pay much attention to the fluctuations at all. So long as my weekly recording is a little less each week, I'm happy with that.

I weigh in everyday when I can to keep myself accountable for the day before.

i do the same i recently tried to refrain from weighing for 3 weeks and found i lost less weight in that time then when i weigh everyday. plus i have learned how different foods affect me, which is good to know! if it would drive you crazy to weigh every day then dont but if you realize weight fluctuates and just because the scale says you gained 3 pounds in a day, dosnt make that so, good luck!!

When I first started losing weight and had a lot to lose, I only weighed once a week on Friday, but I was pretty much guaranteed to have a loss each week back then. For a long time now I weigh every day and record it in a separate app on my phone (so I don't have my friends congratulating me for "losing" the same weight over and over again). I only record my actual losses on MFP. It has taught me a lot about my body's patterns and conditioned me in a way to not be so invested in what the scale says but be more concerned instead with the trend over time.

I weigh every day but only record once a week, typically on friday.

i've always used weighing everyday to help me control my weight. I can honestly say I think I would have been well over my 172 I started here if I hadn't cut back every now and again b/c of jumps upward.

So, now that I am eating less, I continue to weigh in everyday partly because it's motivational, and partly because I think it's the only way to get a truly accurate view of how my weight loss is progressing. Some days it's up, some down, but what I focus on is the trend and the weekly average.

For example, I've had weeks where if I had weighed in every Saturday, I'd have thought I'd stayed the same or even gained weight over a two week period. However, taking the daily weight fluctuations into consideration the truth was I was at my lowest by over a pound at the beginning of the two weeks, about average in the middle, and at my highest in the final week. In truth I had lost 3 lbs in two weeks. By weighing in daily I could discern this fact but weekly weigh-ins would have obstructed my view of this.

Also, as an aside, I generally have dips on Mondays, so it's usually lower than the previous 3 days, and equal/lower than the following 3 days Not sure why, except I suppose I tend to cook more on the weekends while I buy about half the time for lunch during the week.

I started out weighing every day, but the up and down results drove me nuts. No matter whether the number was up or down, I could use it to justify a donut from the breakroom. "I'm not losing weight anyway, so I may as well eat that donut." or "I'm doing so well that I've already lost my two pounds for the week so I can have that donut."

I switched to weighing once a week on Friday mornings, usually my lowest weight of the week. It still drove me nuts. I was real good about avoiding sweets during the week because I didn't want to spoil my weigh in. When I saw a loss I was thrilled, but sometimes despite doing everything right I would see no loss or even a gain simply because on that one day I was retaining fluid for any number of reasons. That would make me angry.

These days I'm back to everyday, but now I also put the number in an Excel chart. As long as that trend line is still heading downward, I'm satisfied.

I weigh in everyday when I can to keep myself accountable for the day before.

Ditto to this. The weekends are rough sometimes but it motivates me for the upcoming week.

I weigh in every day and plot it in excel and then plot a trendline. This trendline is what I pay attention to. The daily variations don't bother me.

I weigh in Saturday mornings....my husband and I picked that day as it was easiest for us both to weigh in together.

Personally I cant do the everyday thing, I panic when I see my weight go up or not move so daily messes with my head too much for me to find it to be useful. I know it works for so many people but with my past issues I try to keep myself to the once a week weigh in.

I weigh (and log) every morning, unless I am away for a weekend. As a result, I know how much I fluctuate day to day. I know that if I am good all week, I will see stable numbers and .5 losses. I also know that I can gain as much as 4 lbs over the weekend due to waterweight and overeating/drinking. I am still trying to lose the last 2 lbs from a weekend of beer and bread 3 weeks ago.

As a result of my daily logging and pattern analysis, I've decided to approach weekends differently now and I'm already seeing results.

I weigh in everyday when I can to keep myself accountable for the day before.

I try to weigh in everyday too.
That way I can hold myself accountable, reflect on what I did the previous day or two, and if it worked I keep it up, if not I alter my type of intake. Also if i know i did well eating, and I feel good, and i had a slight increase I no longer freak out because i then know it was probably muscle gain, and not something else.

Also i'm just to impatient to wait!!! LoL

Yesterday I had a good day where I ate til I was full and ate well, still had extra calories left at the end of the day so I had a mini ice cream cone, and how good it was to step on the scale today and see my weight still went down

I like the 'libra' phone app - it gives you a graph and smooths out 'bumps'. So you can weigh in every day, but then try and ignore the figure and look at the graph.
This way if you're heavy or light on 'weigh in day', it doesn't matter as an average from the last week is used.

The last time I had a set weigh in day is when I was still in Weight Watchers and it was on Tuesdays at noon. I realy liked Tuesday because it would help me avoid some of the weekend tempations knowing that weigh in was right around the corner.

While I agree with the no deprivation thing...some food for thought...maybe consider limiting that a bit. Instead of having both cake and ice cream, pick one. For instance, i went and got a sub last weekend and decided I wanted to have chips with it. I noticed that they had homemade cookies by the register and really wanted one of those but I decided I wanted the chips more and both would be too much. See what I'm saying?

I weigh myself pretty much every day. To me it's better to see those fluctuations and come to terms with them.

My offical weigh in day is saturday, however i weigh in everyday, that way it is easier to see if i did well the day before. Then on here i put weight every two three days. I like being accountable. Do what works the best for you.


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