Weighing oneself; how often?

I have been weighing myself daily to keep an eye on how I'm doing and recording my weight weekly, but I'm wondering what other people do. The disadvantage I can see with the daily weighing-in is that I sometimes get discouraged with what I know are uncontrollable fluctuations. Does anyone have a system that seems to work well?

I weigh daily for the datapoint and don't let the value discourage or encourage me. I look at the trend overtime only when I want to evaluate my progress but to get an accurate trend I like to have that data on hand.

I weigh myself every morning after I wake up. The kicker is that I don't let one or two pounds sway my mood or how I feel about my diet. If you can't deal with fluctuations (not a bad thing, many can't) possibly try once a week. If possible try to be consistent about the time you weigh. I'm usually about 2-3lbs heavier after dinner than I would be after waking up in the morning.

Friday mornings! Once per week seems to be the best way to go about it IMO.

I mostly weigh once a week. Every Sunday morning as soon as I get up.

I weighed on July 1, 2013.... then not again until November 23(or there abouts) for a pre op physical.... haven't weighed since then... may do so on July 1, 2014 -- not sure yet... Why???

Because I got frustrated with seeing the daily fluctuations as well...back on July 1, 2013 I decided to give it a month before I weigh... that month came and went.... my clothes were feeling considerably looser and figured this was much better than a number on the scale.... The November weigh-in was for a pre op physical to fix a broken wrist. Even then, I stepped on the scale with my eyes closed and told the nurse that I didn't want to know what I weighed. She complied and didn't tell me. It was when I was in recovery after surgery when I decided to ask what my weight was... omg... imagine my surprise when I realized I was down 52 pounds at that point... I can honestly say that would NEVER have happened had I been weighing every day as I was in the past, because I would have grown frustrated with the fluctuations. So... it's been 5+ months since that November weigh-in.... not sure what the number on the scale says, but the size number in my jeans is a 6.... don't need to know any more at this point.... my clothes speak for themselves...

I last weighed myself sometime last fall, don't recall what month.

I generally only weigh myself if I poop in the morning, lol

HAHHAHA too funny :laugh:

Daily, first thing in the morning! I like to be able to track the patterns of how my body manages things like hormonal fluctuations and sodium intake. I'm a control freak and I like to have a good idea of where I am at on a daily basis.

2/3 times a day. I'm obsessed LOL!

Every morning. That way I have lots of data in MFP, and I can see the trend, instead of having an off-day once a week and thinking I made no progress... this way I can see daily flucuations which is kind of cool to me. I stand on the scale praying for it to say less than last time, if it does, I'm really happy, if it doesn't, I look forward to the next day!

I typically weigh every morning and nights when I work out. If I work out at night I know that whatever I weigh after I will weigh between 1-2 pounds lighter typyically. The mornings are my gauge for the day though and I'm happy when I eat throughout the day and I only weigh a few ounces then I did in the morning, then I know I'm doing it right. 40 more pounds to sub 200 and 70 more pounds to target weight!

I do daily, because even though there are daily fluctuations, I like seeing the numbers. They're encouraging, and knowing that I am steadily in a downward trend helps me with motivation for the coming day.

Oh and to those who state that weight loss isn't linear I get what you are trying to say but honestly if you are consistant in your diet then the trend over time is very much linear at least in my experience both now and when I dieted several years ago.


My weight as measured by scale every morning for the most recent 45 days:




r-square sez linear at 1.3 pound loss per week average. Considering I am aiming for 1.5 pound loss per week not to shabby. You look at it day to day it bounces all over the place but you look at the long term trend you get a pretty accurate read. I can pretty much tell you what I'm going to weigh a month from now with decent accuracy. More data you have, easier it is to establish a trend.

Yeah me too, total data junkie...if I didn't exert some self control to reign in my addiction I'd probably be weighing my scale too.

This made me smile. Every morning I take and record my basal body temperature before getting out of bed, examine Fitbit's assessment of my sleep from the previous evening and clip it to my pajamas to start counting my steps for the day, and weigh myself -- all before my morning shower.

For a good chunk of this first month of MFP, my temperatures were a little wonky and so I was also taking an OPK every morning for about 10 days. Not even trying to conceive. If OPKs weren't so expensive, I'd probably pee in a cup every morning just to have another piece of data to record.

every other week for me. usually wednesday mornings.