How often do you weigh yourself?

Coreenbeth
Coreenbeth Posts: 5
in Motivation and Support
I am curious how often do you weigh yourself. Do you think if it makes differences?

I find weighing in everyday making me depressed because my mood would be affected by the 0.1kg increase or the stillness despite my efforts. However, I still want to keep track of how am I doing. So, I think once a week is better. What do you think?

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  • harlequin0318
    harlequin0318 Posts: 415 Member
    No scale - progress pictures and measurements
  • noexcusesjustresults2014
    noexcusesjustresults2014 Posts: 212 Member
    I weigh once a week at the same time in the morning before my long run.

    The more data points you have the "better" if your goal is analysis. However, if you get upset about .1kg changes I would recommend once a month. Even while eating at a deficit weight changes week to week and be unpredictable due to many factors (hydration levels, glycogen storage, etc).
  • megluvsvb
    megluvsvb Posts: 190 Member
    Honestly I rarely weigh myself and base my weight on how I feel and look . Muscle weighs more than fat and it's all about how you feel with your body!
  • smashley_mashley
    smashley_mashley Posts: 589 Member
    noexcusesjustresults2014 wrote: »
    Even while eating at a deficit weight changes week to week and be unpredictable due to many factors (hydration levels, glycogen storage, etc).

    ^^ this is very true as well and I find that at that time if the month I will weigh 4 lbs heavier. Try not to get bummed out with fluctuations..

    I record my weight once per week on Saturday first thing in the morning...but I usually check every day to every other day to see if I am on track..


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  • Chezzie84
    Chezzie84 Posts: 873 Member
    Once you week, first thing in the morning before I eat and after I use the toilet.
    I used to be like you obsessing over every gain. I learned not to bother with it. It is what I t is and as lo v as you are eating right it will balance out in the end.
  • oORosadaOo
    oORosadaOo Posts: 97 Member
    I weigh myself once a week, after the workout and before breakfast.

    If there's no loss I don't record it though but try another day. :lol:
  • legless11
    legless11 Posts: 21 Member
    Once a week, but more and more I'm thinking that's actually not a very long time between weigh ins so I might try once a month.
  • trungalung
    trungalung Posts: 45
    Once a week when I wake up in the morning. Right after I empty my bowels :wink:

    I bloat after a work out so I try to avoid weighing myself there.
  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    I generally do it once every 7-10 days. But, if even tiny fluctuations discourage you then I suggest you do it once every two weeks or so. And like noexcusesjustresults2014 said, weight depends on a lot of things. If you've had a lot of sodium, or started a new exercise regimen and have DOMS, or it's your ToM etc., you are bound to weigh more temporarily. It's just something you'll have to get used to; otherwise make sure there are no such factors influencing your weight before you get on the scale.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    I record my weight once a month and before and after any trip away. However, I weigh myself every morning I get the chance to so that I know if my monthly weigh in is part of a trend or a blip. For a number of reasons I am trying to lose very slowly, so it can look like I'm gaining when I know I'm not, but I only know I'm not because I know what has happened inbetween.
  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
    edited November 2014
    GrahamSS wrote: »
    I weigh myself everyday and record it because I am a number person. (I weigh always as I get out of bed.) At first I was worried about daily numbers but as I charted them a pattern appeared and all was well. In all I have lost 8.4 kg in 84 days but the daily fluctuations make interesting reading.

    Biggest daily increase = 1.9 kg
    Biggest daily loss= 1.2 kg
    Average loss = 0.1 kg per day

    Here is a copy of the data graphed.

    Blue line = Target
    Red line = Actual
    Yellow line = Projected

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    I have stuck quite well to a target calorie count from MFP that it calculated to loose 1kg a week. I have exercised 4 or 5 times a week (usually burning 500-700 calories a time) and have eaten back all the calories. I look at the weekly figure for calories so daily can be 500 over or under. Sometimes even 1000 over in a day. For me it shows pretty well that its all about calories, but we all know that.

    Hope someone finds it interesting.


    Graham

    Very interesting Graham! I started about the same time as you (current MFP streak 81 days) and my graph shows similar dips and spikes. You're a man after my own data fuelled heart. You have a 5.2kg head start on me, but as of today I'm 8.1kgs down.

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    ETA that's a 2.5kg spike out of nowhere at the end there. If I was the sort of person who believed that 2.5kg was actual permanent weight gain and not freak water fluctuation I'd have probably had a fit about it. Weighing daily and charting shows you that daily dips and spikes aren't anything to worry about.
  • ButterflyJourney
    ButterflyJourney Posts: 46 Member
    1 lb of Muscle and 1 lb of fat weigh exactly the same. 1 pound of muscle takes up less room, whereas a pound of fat takes up more space. I will change my profile photo to show this to you. The photo shows 1 lb of each.

    As for weighing yourself daily, if it affects your moods, cut down to one day a week.

    I weigh daily. This helps me to plan my foods for the day, increase my water if need be.

    You can also ignore the scale (if you can) and go by how your clothes feel. Your scale may not show a loss, but you could be losing inches. :-)
  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
    ButterflyJourney wrote: »
    1 lb of Muscle and 1 lb of fat weigh exactly the same. 1 pound of muscle takes up less room, whereas a pound of fat takes up more space. I will change my profile photo to show this to you. The photo shows 1 lb of each.

    As for weighing yourself daily, if it affects your moods, cut down to one day a week.

    I weigh daily. This helps me to plan my foods for the day, increase my water if need be.

    You can also ignore the scale (if you can) and go by how your clothes feel. Your scale may not show a loss, but you could be losing inches. :-)

    Not sure why you are referring to it, or why you couldn't post it for that matter... but here's that picture.

    muscle-vs-fat.jpg

    If you want to post pictures in the future try the button which looks like this up the top of the Reply window.

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  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
    edited November 2014
    GrahamSS wrote: »
    fluffyasacat wrote: »
    ButterflyJourney wrote: »
    1 lb of Muscle and 1 lb of fat weigh exactly the same. 1 pound of muscle takes up less room, whereas a pound of fat takes up more space. I will change my profile photo to show this to you. The photo shows 1 lb of each.

    As for weighing yourself daily, if it affects your moods, cut down to one day a week.

    I weigh daily. This helps me to plan my foods for the day, increase my water if need be.

    You can also ignore the scale (if you can) and go by how your clothes feel. Your scale may not show a loss, but you could be losing inches. :-)

    Not sure why you are referring to it, or why you couldn't post it for that matter... but here's that picture.

    muscle-vs-fat.jpg

    If you want to post pictures in the future try the button which looks like this up the top of the Reply window.

    tt1i6qa6htxe.png

    I knew this but have never seen the picture before. It's a pretty powerful image.

    Yeah it's interesting to see the volume difference. I get a little cranky with it because too many people confuse excess weight as "fat which could potentially be converted into muscle", when of course this is never the case. Fat and muscle are two different things, and can (and do!) coexist within everyone's bodies.

    Many fat people have very well developed muscles, especially as they're hauling plenty of weight on their bodies. If you gave a skinny person a 40kg weight to carry all day they'd (correctly) think they'd done a hell of a workout.
  • ncfitbit
    ncfitbit Posts: 1,058 Member
    Love it! I've set a goal to lose 5 lbs a month and I've been wondering if that's enough, but this picture is a great visual reminder that losing 5 pounds of that stuff would be great! Thanks to those of you who posted your graphs, too. I find that weighing daily works for me, too. It helps me deal with both big ups and big downs and also motivates me to keep a very accurate diary so that I can make sense of the data. Numbers are good!
  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
    If you get a wifi scale you can step on and look away while the data is sent to your profile and/or apps. Hey presto - no daily tripping on the numbers but you get the charting anyway.
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Do whatever works for you. I like frquent weighing, but I dont take it too seriously, can keep it in prespective and know the body fluctuates. Charting the results helps you appreciate the fluctuations. Its just data as long as you interpret it correctly. Longer periods tend to get on my nerves as I just like the feedback.
  • baxterroxy
    baxterroxy Posts: 43 Member
    everyday I weigh myself. It is important to see what effects the weight...vacation, drinking, things like that.
  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
    I weigh and log every day and chart it in excel as others have mentioned. I only look at TOM-to-TOM trends and the monthly or longer term charts. If you want to chart or understand those daily/weekly fluctuations, then you need that daily data.

    I also know that for me personally, not weighing every day was one of the contributing factors to my excessive weight before.

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