How Often Do you Weigh Yourself?

Proudmumofboys
Proudmumofboys Posts: 73
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm just curious how often everyone weighs in? I think I was doing this too often and was getting discouraged.
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  • bellanean
    bellanean Posts: 220
    Like 10x a day... no joke.
  • hannahncakes
    hannahncakes Posts: 97
    I'm trying to do it once a week but I keep jumping on every day- I can't help myself!!
  • yaya0527
    yaya0527 Posts: 5
    I try to limit myself to once a week...I don't own a scale, either. I weigh in at my school in the gym. I guess I'll need to purchase a scale for the summer, though.... :happy:
  • BR1986FB
    BR1986FB Posts: 1,515 Member
    Usually every 4 weeks.
  • SMJohnson27
    SMJohnson27 Posts: 146 Member
    Everytime I would try to diet before this, I would weigh in everyday. But I became really discouraged. So, this time, I decided to weigh in on the 15th and last day of the month. I started mfp on jan 3rd, and weighed in on the 15th. And in 12 days I had lost 9 pounds. It made such a huge difference. I am more motivated to keep up the calorie tracking and excercise doing it this way.
  • jenblwr
    jenblwr Posts: 53
    I weigh myself about 2 or 3 times a week, but only record it once a week.
  • yaya0527
    yaya0527 Posts: 5
    I try to limit myself to once a week...I don't own a scale, either. I weigh in at my school in the gym. I guess I'll need to purchase a scale for the summer, though.... :happy:
  • BeckyJill7
    BeckyJill7 Posts: 547 Member
    I weigh myself nearly every day but I only track it once a week. Every day I don't log it in is just motivation to keep my butt moving!
  • Shan605
    Shan605 Posts: 41
    Every Tuesday morning before i eat or drink anything
  • Jizes318
    Jizes318 Posts: 409 Member
    I am the same.. at work I jump on the scale we have but I do my "Weigh In" on Mondays.
  • tara3103
    tara3103 Posts: 107
    Daily...although I only record it on Monday mornings as soon as I wake up.
  • krapweezl
    krapweezl Posts: 1
    I used to hop on the scale at least every day, if not twice a day. That was a point of stress for me watching my weight go up during the day and was pretty discouraging. Now I try to check my weight once per week. That way, even if I lose only one pound, I can see that the number went down. At least for me, that helps.
  • mariasheehan
    mariasheehan Posts: 335
    Monday is my weigh in day :-) so I officialy record them, but I hop on a few mornings a week for 'a look' :-)
  • crissimoyer
    crissimoyer Posts: 62
    Every morning on my own scale. If it's more than a 2-3 lbs difference I watch what I eat till I'm back at where it should be, or less =) It's a way to keep myself in check.
  • Proudmumofboys
    Proudmumofboys Posts: 73
    I think I was weighing myself almost everyday, and was getting way to discouraged w/ myself and would then go off track. When I didn't see a difference I would get really mad.

    So I like the idea of setting a date of each month and weighing in, I think I will have to do that. Thanks everyone! :)
  • crystal_sapphire
    crystal_sapphire Posts: 1,205 Member
    Like 10x a day... no joke.

    why? we have normal daily fluctuation that cause us to usually weigh more throughout the day due to ingesting food and fluid.
  • crystal_sapphire
    crystal_sapphire Posts: 1,205 Member
    i try to every morning after peeing and before eating. sometimes i just can't face it and go without a day or two.
  • Sohnsearae
    Sohnsearae Posts: 74
    Weighing in more than once a week messes with my head and I get down if I see a gain of any sort even if it is just ounces and propbably water, so I weigh in every Monday, it helps keep me accountable over the weekend!
  • neelia
    neelia Posts: 750 Member
    I used to weigh once a week, but it was causing me to get very discouraged. Now I am starting to weigh once a month. My next weigh in will be the 12th of February, so hopefully I will see much bigger #'s then!
  • jessecobra
    jessecobra Posts: 11
    use to be every 2 weeks. But since i started lifting i cant go by my weight. i have to measure.
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,082 Member
    Every day and I only keep the lowest weight in that week.
    If the scale goes up then I work harder to get back to the old weight.
    If it goes down.. I would go so happy and proud of my weight loss so I stick to my diet.

    I don't weight myself when it's time of the month.
    Actually 1 week before that time of the month since I know the scale is not far from accurate.
  • jimrogers
    jimrogers Posts: 23 Member
    I weigh myself every day, but record it once per week.

    I do it on Saturdays so that when it posts to my FB page a higher number of friends see my progress! :smile:
  • marieisthecool
    marieisthecool Posts: 46 Member
    I weigh and record every day. seeing the number motivates me and seeing the number of pounds lost makes me want to work harder to keep them off. if I don't weigh myself often i talk myself out of excercising and in to eating poorly
  • Erin_endless_benevolence
    Erin_endless_benevolence Posts: 61
    I weigh myself 3 times a week. Moday to see if I did any damage over the weekend, Wednesday just for curiosity and Friday to see if I have accomplished anything. I only update my weight when there is a change that lasts more than a week. Being a female our weight fluctuates so much its rediculous! lol.
  • bellanean
    bellanean Posts: 220
    Like 10x a day... no joke.

    why? we have normal daily fluctuation that cause us to usually weigh more throughout the day due to ingesting food and fluid.

    well duh.. but it works for me and thats all that matters
  • svackar
    svackar Posts: 33
    I weigh myself daily and log/record my weight weekly on Monday night.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    I weigh myself at my work's gym after I work out each time (I work out on every lunch break, so 5x per week). sometimes I weigh myself at home but my scale isn't as accurate so I kinda take that figure with a grain of salt.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    Like 10x a day... no joke.

    why? we have normal daily fluctuation that cause us to usually weigh more throughout the day due to ingesting food and fluid.

    well duh.. but it works for me and thats all that matters

    They were just asking your reasoning behind it. No need to be a jerk.
  • mushy201
    mushy201 Posts: 14
    I usually weigh myself each morning before eating or drinking, but I only count it on friday mornings.
  • myminime
    myminime Posts: 7 Member
    I know that it is not recommended, but I weight myself every morning. I can tell when there are some foods, that for some reason, make a difference in my weight loss. I like to know what those are before I continue with them in my diet. However, when I was with weight watcher's, things I ate on Monday would show up on Wednesday or later. If we follow the program, the weight will come off. I truly believe that.
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