When do you weigh yourself... I'm scale obsessed now!

I weigh every morning when I get up, before I've eaten breakfast. I don't focus on the number it shows, though - I add it to MFP's graph and look at the trend line, taking into account the past week or two. Draw an imaginary straight line through all the points - if it's going down or holding steady, great! Your weight fluctuates wildly, though, so if you stare at each day's and only compare it to yesterday's, you're going to be bummed a lot.

I also skip weighing for the week before my period and the first few days of my period. I find that during this time I tend to gain, then suddenly lose a few pounds during my actual period, which just all feels like a big fat nope. So I start up again as my period tapers off and go right back to each morning and looking at the graph.

peachyfuzzle wrote: »

I wonder if anyone has ever figured out the exact weight of a "crap ton"...

Yes, it's actually 250 kilos more than a metric ton, so that would make it 1,250 kilos, or just over 2,755 lbs.

NSDM (op) - I weigh myself in the morning before I work out, in the morning after I work out, and then I eat. And I don't weigh myself again, because the scale will lie from that moment forward. I honestly don't even know why I do it in the mornings, since I only keep track of my Saturday morning weight. OCD, yes, but I find that it keeps me honest with myself and a bit more on track than when I don't. I don't weigh during my TOM, though, because that would just depress me for no good reason.

I weigh just about every day; 1st thing in the morning.

257_Lag wrote: »

Wake, pee, weigh and most importantly record it! (Lots of apps and whatnot)

As for weighing less in the morning that's normal. The main reason is all night long you are breathing in dry air and exhaling moist air so you are losing a lot of water.

Now that's an interesting thought. I hadn't heard that before. And here I was hoping that my body went into some sort of super metabolic overdrive overnight which causes me to lose a pound or so.

Almost every morning. What I try to do is use it to teach myself to see patterns (as others mentioned) and to not take the fluctuations too seriously. I write down my weight every day, but only log it at MFP once a week. I just want to know if the weekly weigh-in day happens to be an outlier. One of my problems when I was gaining lots of weight was that I refused to weigh myself since I knew the number would depress me, and I built this up into a fear of getting on the scale and then an emotional attachment to the weight--down meant happy for hours, up meant down for hours. I wanted to get over that and look at it more clinically, as just a source of information, so that I can use it regularly as a maintenance tool too. And I pretty much have.

I haven't weighed since April. I use other gauges for where I am instead of my relationship with gravity. I stay on course much better. With that said, when I was in active weight loss mode (70lbs) I weighed weekly then moved to monthly. Weighing more often doesnt serve you well. I recommend focusing on being consistent with food and activity and let the body changes happen. If you get too obsessed with scale, then it takes emphasis over what REALLY matters. Emphasis and your mental energy needs to go toward making lasting lifestyle changes to the way you eat & move. If you are consistent & persistent with THAT - the weight will fall into place.

Every morning. Wake up, go to the bathroom, weigh myself. I log the weight into a Google Docs spreadsheet via my phone and the spreadsheet automatically generates an average weight for the week. The weekly average weight is what I use as my guide to what's actually going on so I don't stress about day-to-day fluctuations.

Plus, the spreadsheet gives me a nice graph to look at when/if I start getting discouraged. I don't know why, but looking at the downward trend really helps me mentally.

I weigh every Saturday morning, and I put the scale in a hard-to-reach place the rest of the week so as to make it a chore to do it any other day. I get up out of bed immediately upon waking (usually about 7:00), go to the bathroom, and then take off all clothes. I make sure the scale is in the same spot every time. I step on, get my weight, step off and let it reset, then step on again...just to make sure it's accurate. Then the scale is put away again until the following week.

For weeks that I have a big dinner out on Friday night...I still weigh on Saturday morning. For trips away from home, I plan for it. For example, we went up north over Labor Day weekend, leaving on Friday. I weighed on Friday morning that week, but went back to Saturday when we returned.

I am prone to retain water water , so I weigh myself every morning. I started the lipotropic injections last week and was 9 lbs lighter this morning. I also have urinated like a hundred times! I won't log this weight loss because I know it is water.

I weigh to keep up with the amount of water retention I have . By measuring daily I can see a pattern . I refuse to get too worried about it unless I have a crazy weight gain.

I've done it every mornig but the fluctuation got to me. I know your weight fluctuates and all but I was always curios. I've now put my scale away and will do weekly weigh ins. I've recently started measuring and I'm hoping to see changes there as well I'll probably do measuring once a month though

The scale will fluctuate few pounds here and there(water weight, muscle loss/muscle gain etc). Body fat percentage would be the most accurate to determine your overall health and fitness, which is the ratio of lean muscle mass to body fat. once you determine that you can google the chart it will tell you what ends of the spectrum you fall in as. Guys and girls have different charts because naturally girls tend to store more fat in certain regions(genetics) than guys do. For example a guy could be 16% body fat and not have a 6 pack but a woman can.

Monthly, same day, before breakfast and in the gym. The last condition means I have to wear clothes, fortunately for the other patrons.

I weigh every day and try not to worry about fluctuations. It keeps me on track. When I do not the days and weeks go by...I don't want to see the number. For me, every day keeps me honest. It is what it is. Can't deny when you see it every day. I am at goal and need to be reminded of how far I've come and how hard I've worked for it!

I weigh once a week, every Monday morning (because MFP resets on Mondays, so I like to be able to go over the last week and check on my intake/exercise/macros if I got an especially good or bad week). As everyone else said, I weigh first thing in the morning, after potty and before food. It's the most accurate picture you'll get!

I weigh in once a week in the morning after using the restroom and before eating and exercising.