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    How often do you get on the scale?

    Posts: 108 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I officially weigh in with my nutritionist every two weeks. Is it bad that I jump on my own scale a couple times a week? How often do you all weigh yourself?

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    • Posts: 17,562 Member
      As long as you're A. consistently doing it at the same time (i.e. when you first wake up, after using the bathroom and before eating), and B. aware that weight fluctuates from day to day, there's no problem.
    • Posts: 3,731 Member
      Almost every morning, but I only record when either the number goes down, or it's been more than a week since my last log.
    • Posts: 296 Member
      I weigh myself pretty much every morning. My weight can fluctuate up and down 5 pounds from day to day, so weighing every day I can see the trend.
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      Every day. Except when I travel. I always have.
    • Posts: 1,017 Member
      I weigh every morning. I track the daily fluctuations to see the trends.
    • Posts: 19 Member
      edited November 2014
      Every day. As soon as I get out of bed, I hit the bathroom, and then weigh and log it. It takes a whole 15 extra seconds, and then it's done. No thinking required, and there's no element of timing needed. Even on a weekend, if I sleep in a bit, no biggie. Get up and weigh.
    • Posts: 4,059 Member
      I do it every morning before I shower. I like to see the trend of my weight and be able to get a gauge for it over the week. I log my weight frequently as well, so my chart is updated with said trends.
    • Posts: 15,151 Member
      I get on mine every morning.
    • Posts: 61 Member
      every morning too.
    • Posts: 134 Member
      Most mornings.
    • Posts: 10
      I used to do WW, and they had weekly weigh-ins. Because of that, I'm still in the habit. I weigh every Friday.
    • Posts: 72 Member
      Every morning then I like to look back ever the week prior on the same day to see where I was at.
    • Posts: 3,250 Member
      I weigh every morning & write it on the calendar.
      Only log it here if I've gone down, and then I also take a picture, change my ticker, & update my profile.

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    • Posts: 1,126 Member
      Same here... every morning. Trying to make it a habit for the rest of my life.

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    • Posts: 181 Member
      Every Morning..no matter what!
    • Posts: 89 Member
      For the past seven years, I weigh every morning, after bathroom, before breakfast: measure & record: blood pressure, heart rate, weight, % body fat, resting metabolism, BMI. Those last four items are based upon Omron WW digital scale--I assume the weight is accurate and the others may or may not be accurate; but, I assume they are consistent...to show a trend.
    • Posts: 5 Member
      Every morning
    • Posts: 8 Member
      Every tuesday. I am so excited to go to the gym today because I am going to weigh myself today lol
    • Posts: 451 Member
      Every two or three days.
    • Posts: 4,572 Member
      Every morning. I expect to bounce around with a few pounds and that way I never have to think about it.
    • Posts: 229 Member
      I weigh every Friday morning. If I weigh more often, I get too obsessed with the weight fluctuations.
    • Posts: 17,456 Member
      edited November 2014
      every single day - I love watching my bodyweight fluctuate

      I've even started logging daily so I can watch the trends
    • Posts: 561 Member
      Friday mornings only. Like a PP said, If i weight more than that, I get obsessed with the fluctuations, even though I KNOW they are normal.
    • Posts: 108 Member
      I appreciate everyone's input. I try to stay away from the scale, but it beckons me each morning. In the past, I have become obsessed with the little fluctuations, but I like the idea of seeing the trends.
      I change my weight here on the first week, but wait for my official weigh-in on the second.

      Thanks, again!
    • Posts: 1,318 Member
      Well after the other week when it went up 4lbs, I haven't been on it since hahaha!!

      I used to weigh every Monday evening and record the details on my phone. I so need to get back on track though :blush:
    • Posts: 177 Member
      This sounds crazy, but two years ago I was 402LBS, now I'm 192. I was very sad all the time when I looked at the scale. Everyday I worked out like a machine @ home of course & in the first month I lost 10 pounds! My suggestion to anyone is not to look at it for awhile! throw it away! Because it can be discouraging because fat can turn to muscle, including water intake & salt intake!

      #NeverGiveUp
    • Posts: 46 Member
      I'll admit. I'm obsessed. I weigh more than once a day sometimes but always in the morning. I know that daily fluctuations occur. I know that water weight changes frequently. I just like to see how time of day, hydration and exercise change throughout the day.
    • Posts: 970 Member
      I weigh in every Saturday morning around the same hour.
    • Posts: 640 Member
      every morning
    • Posts: 157 Member
      every morning. I hop out of bed, take care of business in the bathroom, strip for the scale so I'm not weighing sleepwear and I weigh myself. Since I usually wake up around the same time every day, it eliminates time-of-day as a factor.
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