How often do you weigh yourself?

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  • mlaurie07
    mlaurie07 Posts: 1 Member
    muscle weighs more than fat so don't always focus too much on the scale Num,bers becasue if your clothes contiue to fit better and you are looking leaner than you are building muscle and burning fat
  • Juniper3411
    Juniper3411 Posts: 167 Member
    Normally I don't like to weigh myself at all :) But I think I will probably try bi-weekly in the beginning and then probalby switch to weekly once I get into the swing of things a couple of months in. I also weigh first thing in the morning after I pee. Or at 3 in the morning if I'm up with the baby!!!
  • taletreader
    taletreader Posts: 377 Member
    This is really really one of those "whatever works for you" questions -- anything between 'twice a day' and 'never' can be perfectly fine. If you find you're obsessing too much about the scales and are pretty sure of your eating and exercising, well, why not once a month?

    Me, I weigh myself every day at the same time (morning, after a trip to the washroom, naked or in knickers only) and chart it out of interest, plus calculate moving averages and some statistics out of interest. But I'm a scientist by training. My practice isn't better than anyone else's.
  • scottishtinkerbella
    scottishtinkerbella Posts: 20
    I weigh myself once a week. On a monday morning straight after I wake up ( well after visting little girls room) and record it on a spreadsheet I have created
  • harmonydubois
    harmonydubois Posts: 11
    My scale always end up disappointing me, so I stay away. The last time I weighed myself was 3 weeks ago...I'm trying to go a little longer
  • brookesready
    brookesready Posts: 52 Member
    Well, I want to do it everyday, but have to resist the urge. I usually stick to once a week only because I am just starting out and need to understand my body and hold myself accountable. Eventually I would like to get to once a week or even once a month. If I weighed myself daily I would be depressed and want to give up since weight loss is so slow.
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
    Daily....but that is what works for me....and I don't stress about little fluctuations up or rejoice too much when they go down. I agree with a previous post that basically said it is an individual choice and you have to do what works best for you.

    I also don't stress about taking a weekend off from watching what I eat so closely anymore....but for the most part, I'm in maintenance and not worrying about losing right now. I'd like to lose 5-10 more pounds, but I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't.

    Kaye
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    My scale always end up disappointing me, so I stay away. The last time I weighed myself was 3 weeks ago...I'm trying to go a little longer


    yeah that's why I weigh in once a month...my feelings kept getting hurt lol
  • momof2sb
    momof2sb Posts: 8
    I was thinking of weighing in once a week,,,,what do u guys think of that to soon or just right?
  • woja9640
    woja9640 Posts: 450 Member
    I think it's just right. I actually read an article supposedly by an actual Dr. who said that people who weigh themselves more often are usually more successful at keeping the weight off than those who weigh in once a week or less.

    I would say weigh your self once a day and only post the lowest weight of the week.
  • get_fit2009
    get_fit2009 Posts: 827 Member
    Wednesdays and Saturdays. Saturdays to see how I am starting off my weekend (because Friday nights I am wiped out and rarely go out on the town) and Wednesdays to be sure I am back on track from any Saturday or Sunday festivities. For me, daily weighing becomes obsessive and I get bummed if the scale goes up half a pound (even though the rational part of my brain KNOWS that could just be water weight). So, twice a week keeps me on track without thinking about it too much.
  • pennou85
    pennou85 Posts: 1
    i defenately weight myself multiple times the day....
    i placed the scales outside the bathroom and weight myself everytime i pass them by...
  • LeeLeeTunk
    LeeLeeTunk Posts: 84
    every morning and night...you tend to weigh more at night!
  • tim_jennings
    tim_jennings Posts: 172 Member
    I weigh every morning and measure every Sunday. However, the only day that "counts" is Sunday.

    I like to see the litlte fluctuations so that I know what my body is doing, but I don't let it get me down. On the contrary, I feel it encourages me because I am understanding my body better.

    However, I do not suggest everyone weigh frequently. If you put too much stock in the scale, you could get discouraged and sabotage yourself. Mostly I judge how I am doing by how I feel after walking up the stairs to work every day.
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    muscle weighs more than fat so don't always focus too much on the scale Num,bers becasue if your clothes contiue to fit better and you are looking leaner than you are building muscle and burning fat

    It's only really possible for a human being...on a strict high protein diet, weight training 5+ days a week...to gain one pound worth of lean muscle a month. YES it certainly weighs more than fat...and yes I know it's mentioned pretty constantly...but holding onto weight and switching fat with muscle isn't really likely. What's more likely is that to lose inches doesn't require a lot of fat loss...and so the scale doesn't really register it much. Add to that water retention in other areas than the belly etc...and it makes sense. The only time the whole 'muscle weighs more than fat' thing applies, is when you're at a comfortable weight for you appearance and health wise...yet you still weigh more than you expected.

    For me, I weigh in every day (after the restroom, first thing in the AM)...and log it on a home made spread sheet, every day. My 'weigh in' day is whatever day I'm lightest that week, usually Monday...because Sunday is a complete REST day, and my muscles aren't holding onto water for repair. Logging my weight daily though has serious benifits. First...I usually gain weight all week long, then shed more than I gained over the weekend (usually, literally...on Sunday night lol). This helps me not worry about fluctuations much. Second, when the pattern changes...I know something's up and can address it. Also...if I didn't weigh in daily...I might miss my lightest day of the week (which was actually Wednesday last week, as well as today). It doesn't matter which day you're lightest...those days just mean you have the least retained water...and so your weight is more accurate.

    On a week like this one...where I'm consistently lighter (by 2+lbs!) day by day than I was the week before...it's a pretty good indicator that Monday's going to show an awesome loss =D.

    Cris
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    When I was losing I weighed every day and logged every Wednesday. Now I'm trying to find my maintenance calories I'm weighing and logging every day. If the scales keep going down or my hunger keeps going up, I add some more calories.

    I'm hoping that by doing this I'll understand my body's fluctuations better.
  • woja9640
    woja9640 Posts: 450 Member
    Muscle and fat weigh the same, however 1lb of muscle is more compact than 1 lb of fat.

    Here's a link to a picture I found showing the difference between 5 lbs of fat and 5 lbs of muscle.

    http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/images/fat-v-muscle.jpg
  • KevKidd
    KevKidd Posts: 26 Member
    Every Friday morning first thing.
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    Muscle and fat weigh the same, however 1lb of muscle is more compact than 1 lb of fat.

    Here's a link to a picture I found showing the difference between 5 lbs of fat and 5 lbs of muscle.

    http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/images/fat-v-muscle.jpg

    I am sorry...muscle and fat do not weigh the same. I understand what you're saying but it's inaccurate. That's like saying a steel anvil and chicken feathers weigh the same, because 1lb of steel anvil is just more compact than 1lb of chicken feathers. When something is 'more compact' it is denser, and this makes it heavier as well. 1lb of anything weighs the same as 1lb of anything else...whether the other item is less dense or not is irrelevant to the weight, it's relevant to volume.

    In order to correctly correlate weight, you have to have the same volume of two items, then weigh them to get a comparison.

    Hope that didn't come off wrong...it's just a misunderstanding a lot of people have so I thought I'd clear it up.

    Cris
  • tim_jennings
    tim_jennings Posts: 172 Member
    Exactly, it's like saying air weighs the same as lead. Although it is true that if you get 1 lb of air and 1 lb of lead they have the same 'weight', the general usage of the term "weight" implies similar volumes.\\

    However, thanks for the link to the volume comparison!
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