How often do you weigh yourself?

daily. But I don't let it stress me out (I used to get freaked out by normal fluctuations). I have seen the number vary widely, I just chart it on MFP and move on. Overall I can see the graph go down so daily fluctuations don't bum me out anymore

i am not weighing myself till January 1st 2016. weighing myself is always a hindrance toward me, but however i will do measurements monthly.

every week is the best i think, my body can flucuate in weight over the days dependant on exercise, and if i dont eat correctly. usually on a thursday

Everyday - first thing in the morning.
- Read the following Copied from Huffington Post:


- There are plenty of arguments that advocate throwing away the bathroom scale, but a new study suggests daily weigh-ins may be a key component to weight loss.

The study, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE and conducted by Elina Helander and co-authors from Tampere Univeristy of Technology in Finland, sampled 2,838 weight observations from 40 people attending a health program and found that when people weighed themselves daily they tended to lose weight, while taking breaks from daily weigh-ins for longer than one month led to weight gain in certain cases.

This isn't the first time the odds have been in favor of the bathroom scale.

"Get out of bed, use the bathroom, then step on the scale. Every day," personal trainer Marshall Roy advised in an article for Be Well Philly earlier this year. "It will give you a very reliable baseline and daily data point. It will fluctuate a little bit day to day, but when you look at all the numbers over the course of a week or month, trends will be obvious."

And a University of Minnesota study, cited by Prevention magazine, surveyed 1,800 dieting adults and found that people who weighed themselves every day lost about 12 pounds over the course of two years, while people who weighed themselves every week lost only 6 pounds.

So if weight loss is one of your New Year's resolutions, be advised: The scale may be a better friend than you thought.

I was weighing everyday, but I became so stressed out over the numbers. I now weigh every other day, and focus more on how the clothes fit.

every day but I don't freak out about fluctuations. track and log accurately and you have nothing to worry about

I weigh once a week. Same day every week, first thing in the morning. Your weight can fluctuate each day so I figure if I'm weighing a little less (even 0.1 lb) every week then I'm actively losing weight.

HappyHealthyMe87 wrote: »

At the minute I weigh myself every day.... Which I know I shouldn't be doing.

I weigh daily, but if you know you have an issue where seeing any gain on the scale sets you on binges, I'd just toss the scale and focus on measurements. As far as weight plateaus, my longest in a year lasted four weeks, so measuring every six weeks should give you relative certainty you will always see good news when you step on the scale so long as you're working at it!

i weigh everyday. unfortuately, its like an addiction. i should just throw it away. lol

I don't have a scale. So I only get weighed when I go to the doctor, so it's pretty sporadically. When I had a scale, I weighed obsessively, it wasn't good for me. I finally have put faith in just counting calories and exercise. I've lost at least 25 pounds. I go to the doc next week, it will be interesting to see how the holiday eating affected weight loss. For the long term, I will probably have to use clothing as a guide. I have never stayed on a diet as long as I have this time around. It isn't all not using the scale, but I think it is a big reason.

I'm a sporadic weigher. I can't leave my scale out in my small bathroom, my dog tends to pee on it (sometimes I feel the same way). I was frustrated as I was stuck every time I did weigh in, hadn't lost any and then after about 2.5 weeks of not checking I pulled it out and wow - 3.5 lbs down. I was all smiles and breaking my arm patting myself on the back, sucking in my gut. Now I'm tempted to check more frequently to get the high but don't want to be disappointed. So I'm going to keep tracking w/MFP and trying to get motivated to add exercise (my failing point) and check again in a couple of weeks to see if the changes I incorporate & stick with make a difference.

I weigh twice a day, but only log the morning. My weight changes depending on so many factors!

Every few months, I prefer seeing the big drops

Twice a week. On a Wednesday and Saturday before breakfast. If I have not lost anything on one weigh in this prompts me to try even harder for the follow up weigh in a few days and this works well for me. If you get a readings with weight the same or up then I get the measuring tape out for a once a 2 - 3 month boost to moral. I had a lot of weight to lose and would be losing 1 - 3 lbs every 3 to 7 days.

I weigh 2-4 times a year, through curiosity. My main weighing scale is the mirror. I always know if I've eaten badly; The food didn't get in there without my permission, so I don't really need scales to tell me.

I used to find that if I lost weight, or reached a weight goal, I would slack off. It was as if I had saved money to spend.