How often do you weigh in?

JRRCLR
JRRCLR Posts: 338 Member
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm sure this has been asked before, but how often do you weigh in? Daily? Weekly? Just curious!
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  • xp0sed
    xp0sed Posts: 173 Member
    People say not to but I weigh myself daily. I helps me to keep on track and seeing those .2 pounds lost helps!
  • BrentGetsFit
    BrentGetsFit Posts: 878 Member
    Weekly.
  • luv2ash
    luv2ash Posts: 1,903 Member
    once a week! If you are eating properly and exercising there should be nothing to worry about in between.
  • KokomoJoe
    KokomoJoe Posts: 435
    I weigh in daily. It was habit when I went to the gym all the time. Now I'm not going to the gym but I am getting up and working out at home. So I have been weighing myself in the morning.
  • Christie81
    Christie81 Posts: 88 Member
    Weekly :)
  • kwardklinck
    kwardklinck Posts: 1,601
    I weigh daily but I'm weird like that. I usually only enter my loss when I lost a whole pound.
  • benitocereno
    benitocereno Posts: 101 Member
    Definitely weekly- I think daily would be discouraging due to water fluctuation, etc.
  • KimKelly65
    KimKelly65 Posts: 51
    Weekly.

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  • LoneStarFan79
    LoneStarFan79 Posts: 10
    Every morning. It helps me stay focused. If I gain a pound I work harder at the gym, if I lose a pound it makes me feel like counting the calories and keeping up with MFP worth it.
  • columbiasmiles
    columbiasmiles Posts: 54 Member
    I want to do it daily but I have decided that weekly should be fine. It gives me something to look forward too. Tomorrow I weigh in and I am so excised.
  • shreddingit
    shreddingit Posts: 1,133 Member
    MONTHLY.....I think it has helped to stick to it because I see a great loss every time....now that im closer to my goals I will do it every 2 weeks.
  • Sparren
    Sparren Posts: 106
    Daily. It helps keep me focussed on what my goals are.
  • kwardklinck
    kwardklinck Posts: 1,601
    I do weigh daily but I also know my body better now. I know when I had a lot of sodium or didn't drink as much water or if I did a particularly hard workout that the numbers will be up a little. I don't freak if the scale shows I'm up 2 pounds because there's always a reason for it. I know it's not permanent unless I way overate for weeks at a time.
  • rachelc96
    rachelc96 Posts: 34
    Every Saturday. Keeps me motivated so that I don't have the urge to indulge on Fridays (:
  • melissa1977
    melissa1977 Posts: 129 Member
    Usually every other day. It drives me mad if I do it daily, but I can't seem to stand doing it once a week. My bf had to take the scale out of the bathroom when I was going all 2-5 times a day crazy with weighing, but if I only do it once, I'm not quite as bad off.
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,114 Member
    Daily.
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20051118/daily-weigh-in-may-help-dieters-lose
    While most weight loss programs don't encourage the practice, a new study suggests that daily weighing may be better for weight loss and weight control than weekly or less frequent weighing.

    People in the study who weighed every day lost more weight or maintained their weight better than people who did not.
  • orting514
    orting514 Posts: 153
    Its interesting to read others responces, and the reasoning behind it, personally i weigh in weekly, every monday.
  • MonicaBenavidez
    MonicaBenavidez Posts: 92 Member
    Once a week on Saturday mornings!
  • dtrm88
    dtrm88 Posts: 71 Member
    Weekly
  • Prizettes
    Prizettes Posts: 5
    Im currently hooked watching the Biggest Loser - so I do my weigh ins at the same time! :)

    Watching it gets me motivated and when I hit the scales I'm motivated to carry on regardless of what they say! :)
  • madijo41
    madijo41 Posts: 367 Member
    I weigh myself everyday. It used to be like... a million times a day, (need to find the spot in the house that I weighed the least) :blushing:
  • rockabyesarojane
    rockabyesarojane Posts: 471
    once a week on friday mornings.
    waiting a week makes me behave and I see a bigger loss than if i was doing it daily.
    (I'm thinking of doing it every two weeks though)
  • ultimategar
    ultimategar Posts: 96 Member
    I know you shouldn't be a slave to the scale, but I weigh myself in the gym 3 days a week - can be pretty frustrating when you don't see the result you expect, but this can often be caused by water retention due to heavy exercise - (I dropped 2 lbs between friday and monday due to this.)
  • merrillfoster
    merrillfoster Posts: 855 Member
    Daily (just to make sure I'm on track), but I only track it on Friday morning 'weigh-ins'.
  • kklittle
    kklittle Posts: 14 Member
    I don't know about everybody else, but my weight fluctuates so much just throughout the day that if I weighed everyday I would be a basket case. It seem much more accurate when I do it once a week...same day and same time of the day too. That's just me.
  • fitmamaoftwins
    fitmamaoftwins Posts: 116
    once a week
  • ajwall3
    ajwall3 Posts: 187
    Once a week on Friday mornings. No clothes and after I pee :happy:
  • jam3114
    jam3114 Posts: 250 Member
    I hop on the scales a couple of times but I only record my weight on one day each week & ignore all the rest of the reults
    I'm addicted to the scale but have cut back form twice a day every day to a couple of times a week
    Usually I do my weight in at the start of the day
  • prototype
    prototype Posts: 14 Member
    I weight myself daily, at the same time, every morning. I have a routine. I like to do this because I'm still at the point where I am paying attention to my body to LEARN how different changes affect my progress. I note days where I have more sodium or heavy exercise. The next day, I look at the scale result and take note on the outcome. Years ago, it used to drive me crazy if I did that and I 'd be so discouraged it would send me in to an eating binge. NOW I see this as a tool to learn my body and know what works, what doesn't work, what I should eliminate... etc.

    I actually only record my weight once a week on MFP. Every Thursday morning.
  • SillySarah
    SillySarah Posts: 62
    I weigh in every morning. Of course, I do keep in mind that my weight may fluctuate from day to day and sometimes from hour to hour. I do it every day for 2 reasons.

    One, it helps me to stay motivated to eating healthy. I have a range of about 5 lbs that I usually fall into. When I begin creeping out of that range, It's usually because I have been eating too much food.

    Two, it helps me to keep my hydration in check. When I am really active, I try and weigh myself before and after a workout to see how much water I need to put back into my body.

    I don't fixate on weight either. It's just a tool that one can use to gauge their current health. Nothing more.
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