when to weigh?

When ( frequency ) isn't as important as how. Consistency is the key.

That is the best situation, yes. How often you do it is personal preference...I weigh daily and see how the fluctuations are affecting the number, but I don't let it get to me.

An article that I read a while back from Jillian micheals said to weigh yourself 1x per week on the same day & same time each week. This will be more accurate in your true weight loss.

I weigh daily - every morning I the buff after visiting the toilet. Even doing that's weight jumps around all over the place because my body likes to hoard water!

I do it this way because it means I see the new low weights I get to - and that keeps me going. If I only weighed weekly I'd often miss those lows - and would probably suffer motivation wise. Other people can't handle the fluctuations - and so weigh themselves much less often.

So there are two things here - pick a frequency that works for you. Then be consistent about how - same set of scales, wear the same clothes, at the same time of day (there's no point comparing a morning weight to an evening one), and with comparable food levels (no point weighing yourself on an empty stomach one day - then after 3 courses the next).

In addition to all of that accept that your weight is not a static thing. Time of the month, salt intake and exercise all impact on mine massively. I look for a downward trend - I don't expect to see new lows every day / week.

I weigh every morning

You'll get the most consistent weight if you weigh first thing in the morning, after you empty your bladder. I usually weigh once a week, because I don't really care what I weigh at any given time, as long as I'm making progress.

Every morning after using the bathroom and doing some bodybuilding poses in the mirror for comedic effect. It's when you're going to weigh your lightest during the day (assuming you slept a normal 6-8 hours, and didn't just wake up an hour after a long night of drinking)

I weigh every morning but take the number of one day of the week(Sunday) as a reference point to my weight loss progress.

I personally step on the scale almost every time I go into the bathroom just because it's such a habit but I've learned that when I see the scale go up through the day that it isn't my true weight. Most people seem to weigh themselves in the morning without clothes after they go to the bathroom. Some do it every day, some do it only on the same day every week. For some reason I've noticed that I often weigh less before I go to bed which is the opposite of most people. Weighing myself daily has helped me notice the differences in how what I eat affects my weight though.

fr3smyl wrote: »

@chelsmaee7, yeah me too. I weigh less in the evenings. That's one of the reasons I begin to weigh myself more often.

I wonder why that is for some of us!? I rarely see people that weigh less at night.. Maybe not as many people weigh themselves at night so they just don't notice it?

I weigh everyday in the morning in my boxers. but use Monday mornings as my main weigh day (for weight loss groups etc)