How often do you step on the scale?

Everyday, first thing in the morning. It is an obsession.

jaymikhail69 wrote: »

So I see most people choose to track it daily. But if the body fluctuates daily, why track it daily? Is it just compulsive?

Its precisely because the body fluctuates daily. You average out all the amounts and you get a (reasonably) accurate number. If you just do it once, then you won't know if its above or below your current 'average.'

If you average out 7 consecutive day's values then you get a weekly average, Once you have a weekly average for several weeks in a row then you know how much you are losing per week. Its useful to know about how much you are losing per week so that you can know whether you're eating the right amount of calories.

Also if you weigh yourself weekly, and it happens to be an 'above average' day, then you can feel disappointed because you might think you haven't lost anything that week. eg if you are losing 2 lbs per week but you happen to weigh on a day that you are 2 lbs above average then you will think you haven't lost.

Obviously how often you weigh yourself won't speed up or slow down your weight loss. So it doesn't really matter and is just a question of what works best for you and what will help you stay on the wagon

Once a month when my trainer takes my meassurements. Weight loss kind of takes a backseat to my life. I focus on other things.

I weigh daily, but only log when it's a lower number whether that's the next day or 10 days from now. That works for me. It might not work for someone else. But I always say, "Don't let the number hurt your soul," meaning don't let it bother you regardless of whether it's up, down or the same. As others have mentioned weight can fluctuate (madly for some!)

I weigh myself every morning on my Aria and it just syncs to MFP. I think the daily weighing helps me understand and anticipate fluctuations so I don't freak out about it. The only thing that is annoying is that on my feed it will say "lost .8 pounds" when really, I maybe just went up on water weight one day and then dropped back again. I wish there was an option to track all weights, but only "announce" new lows. Because, it probably looks like I'm losing weight much faster than I actually am.

kristydi wrote: »

It's funny how different people are. I get much more worked up about the numbers when I only weigh weekly. If I don't see any change, or enough change after a whole week it bothers me. Only having that 1 number gives it more importance in my mind, while having lots of data points makes it easier for me to not worry about the occasional higher number.

Anyway, there's no 1 right way. Find what works best for you and go with it.

Yes, that's what I find! The daily weights are just numbers - I don't expect to lose a significant amount of weight every day, and I do expect my weight to go up and down. But if I weigh weekly I expect a loss every week, and am disappointed if not, even though that's unrealistic.

It's interesting because I'm doing two lots of weighing at the moment. I weigh every day at home. And I weigh every week at a weight loss class. I find myself getting worried about weighing in at the weekly class, in a way that I don't with my daily weigh-in.

jaymikhail69 wrote: »

So I see most people choose to track it daily. But if the body fluctuates daily, why track it daily? Is it just compulsive?

It's just data. I weigh daily, unless I forget/am out of town or something. I don't obsess over it. I step on, step off, record the number in my weight tracking app and move on. I only put losses into MFP though.

Usually,one to two times a day.But sometimes it can go upto 5-6 times a day because I have severe obsessive compulsive tendencies