How often to weigh self on scale?

Every morning after I pee. I should probably switch to once a week though.

I weight myself every morning to watch the flucuations, but I only log my weight once a week.

Everyday:

The weight you are in the morning after your first pee is usually the most accurate as you're not carrying around all the food/water buildup from the day before your body has digested it.

I typically weigh myself about twice a day. First time is in the morning as thats usually the most accurate (assuming you've gotten a good amount of sleep). I also like to weigh myself later in the day just because i'm curious what it says and i can usually get a good feel for what it'll read the following morning.

One thing to keep in mind while weighing yourself multiple times a day and week is that the number on the scale WILL fluctuate, usually about 2-3 lbs. This is NORMAL because of everything that has happened during the day.

Weighing in everyday helps keep me on track and keep my motivation high.

It's no problem if you forget to weigh yourself. How often you weigh yourself and when is all personal preference but keep in mind that the morning is best before doing much else. You can change your morning routine if that helps: Get up, go to the bathroom, brush your teeth, etc. and if you don't usually have to use the facilities in the AM then just get up, weigh yourself, and brush your teeth. Whatever you choose to do is up to you.

I weigh daily in the morning naked after using the facilities. As an engineer I love data.. so I enjoy all the ups and downs. I also plot it in excel and run trendlines.

When my scale was the Wii Fit in the living room ... probably weekly. A couple weeks ago I bought a bathroom scale and now I weigh myself a few times a day.

Now hold your warnings weighing too often or whatever...

(a) I don't care what it says. I'm just curious how I fluctuate over time. I record my weight every 4 days.
(b) Weighing myself before/after runs helps me know how much water weight I lost which has opened my eyes to how much water I need to bring on long runs (especially now that is hot)
(c) I'm childish. Weighing myself before/after ... bathroom activities ... is funny to me. I'm setting records.

Ha, I do all of a, b, & c, too! It's fascinating to me, but I'm weird :laugh: .

To OP, I record daily ("official" weigh-in is first thing in the AM after bathroom) on the Libra app for my phone. It tracks a trend line, which averages daily fluctuations and gives a forecast of future weight loss.

For MFP, I enter my first day of the week weigh-in (for me, it's Monday AM, after a rest day, so as to remove any muscular water retention from "skewing" the number).

Or, if daily weigh-ins and seeing fluctuation is stressful to you (it is for many, many people--and that's okay, too). Just step on the scale once a week or less. That works for tons of people, too.

what is OP and what is the app called for your phone?

(c) I'm childish. Weighing myself before/after ... bathroom activities ... is funny to me. I'm setting records.

3 pounds. what's yours?

what is OP and what is the app called for your phone?

OP = original post/poster

Only on days that ends in Y...

Of course everyone is different but I weigh every day and look at the trend. I also weigh myself during the day out of curiosity but only record the first weight of the morning. It helps me to look back at the chart and see that my weight is like a rubber ball bouncing down the stairs, it hits a low point, then bounces back up a little, then goes down even farther, then bounces back up a little, and so on. That way when the number goes up, I don't panic because I remind myself that I just have to keep doing what I've been doing and the weight will keep dropping off.