How Often?

I weigh once a week. Usually Friday mornings before I get in the shower. Here's an interesting article I have posted on my blog about why you should weigh less often. Hope it helps! :flowerforyou:

Your weight can fluctuate by a few pounds from one day to the next. The adult body is about 60% water, so small changes in water balance can easily alter body weight. For example, it is normal for many women to have some water retention around the time of their menstrual period, so their weight increases temporarily by a few pounds during this time.

What you eat can also influence how much water your body keeps. If you eat a very salty meal, your body will retain extra water for 1 or 2 days to keep your body fluids from being too salty. Afterwards, your body will get rid of both the extra salt and water through your urine.

Because of daily fluctuations in your weight, avoid weighing yourself every day. If you want to monitor your weight, weigh yourself no more often than once a week unless directed by your doctor to do so more often because of a health problem.

I weigh every friday morning unless TOM is here... In that case I skip the week. If weighing everyday works for you and you're not stressed over it when you see the scale go up. If you can understand your daily flucuations without freaking out, then there's nothing wrog with that. It's just some people weigh in every day and actually think they've gained 2 lbs of fat in a day, they don't understand daily fluctuations. :flowerforyou:

I weigh myself every morning. It keeps me motivated. I do realize that my water weight can change things around, but that also tells me that I need to drink more water to help flush things out. I don't see the scale go down everyday, but it's those tenths of a pound that help keep me motivated. If I only weighed in once a week, I don't think I would be successful because I would always tell myself to eat well just the few days before my weigh-in. I am a famous procrastinator!!! You gotta do what works for you. Like kerrilucko said, if the fluctuations don't bother you, the weigh everyday if it motivates you.

I weigh myself every morning because it keeps me focused and motivates me one way or the other. If I gain, I work harder...if I lose, I keep going. So far it has worked. I have lost 11 pounds in 3.5 weeks.

I weigh myself every morning. Sometimes I weigh myself at night too. I think I just like to see the number go down by morning.

If you weigh yourself everyday, then you cannot worry about the daily fluctuations. They are going to happen. If you follow your eating and exercise plan, then the weight should come off. I only log in my weight once a week or so. I have dropped a pound each week since I started. So, I don't worry if one day the scale jumps up a few pounds because I know that in a few days my body will get rid of it. It just reminds me that I need to drink an extra glass or two of water.

If you can handle watching the daily fluctuations, then don't worry about it. Just think about your long term trend. If the numbers on the scale are getting smaller as time goes by, well then, I don't think it matters how often you check.

Every day in the morning.

I weigh once a week on Sunday mornings.

I happened to start my lifestyle change on a Thursday, so that is the day I weigh.....unless I am going or have been on vacation or something out of the norm.

I kind of like doing it Thursday! Because if I am going to eat something that is saltier or out of my normal schedule, it will be on the weekend and I feel like this gives me a few days to get back to normal before I weigh.

I weigh in every day but I only log my weight when I hit a new "low".

This has worked for me in a couple of ways. First, I've gotten used to seeing my weight fluctuate naturally so a little gain isn't that discouraging. I just drink more water or take longer walks if it stays up for several days.

Only logging the "lows" has kept me motivated - I see steady progress when I look at my reports. And it's so exciting when I drop another pound. If I only weighed in say, on Monday, and I had hit a new low on Saturday, I would have missed it!

Everyone is different so you might try it one way for a few weeks and then change for a while. Good luck!