Weighing In Daily?

i wouldnt advise weighing yourself every day you will drive yourself crazy, once a week woud be my advise i weigh myself at the same time of day every week to give me more accurate results. hope this helps

When I was at home and had access to scales I would weigh myself in the morning and evening, and then maybe on the wiifit if I was on there as well.

I find it good to see how much my weight fluctuates during the day. But I wouldn't record my weight on here daily because I don't think it's helpful, and it's subject to change.

I used to weigh weekly, but then had a few weeks with no change. So then I started to weigh (and record) daily. I perfer the daily weigh now! Knowing that weight fluctuates, I get less frustrated when I have a gain.... and more excited with a loss. When I look at the progress graph, I see the up-down-up jig saw of my weight, and I know it's normal... as long as that jig saw line is for the most part creeping down, I could care less if I weight 0.4 lbs from the day before.

I hear ya. I was so pumped. Only weighed in on Sunday morning the past 2 weeks but last week I weighed again on Wednesday last week and that put me at 7 lbs lost. I weighed this morning and I am up 2 lbs. I don't know how to stay motivated with the fluctuation.

Overtime you learn the normal patterns of your body fluctuations and it isn't as discouraging. I weigh in daily, not expecting a loss everyday and often expecting an increase because I know I tend to lose and then gain 3/4 of that back and then lose it again plus a little more. That is my normal patterns so when I see the increase, I expect it and it isn't as frustrating.

I weigh every morning and usually every evening, but only record once a week.

Because weight fluctuates so much, it's really valuable to me to see the fluctuations, and it also helps keep me accountable from day to day.

Like last week, I weighed 216 on Tuesday morning, went to the gym that night and stayed at my calorie goal. The next morning, I weighed 217.6. I knew there was no way I gained 1.6 pounds overnight, so I knew it must be water retention or something like that.

But if that was my only day that I weighed in that week, I would have thought I didn't lose any weight from the previous week and would have been discouraged, and likely would have given up.

Seeing the weight fluctuations from day to day let me know I'm on the right track.

It really depends on what works for you. For me, weighing everyday is a good reminder to stick with it. But some can't handle the daily fluctuations. If you're one of those people discouraged by those daily fluctuations, then I would suggest not weighing everyday. For me, it works. Some weigh every week. Some weigh once a month. There's no right or wrong, only what works best for YOU.

But when you do weigh, make sure it's the same time, same place...preferably first thing in the morning, after going to the bathroom, and fully naked.

Daily, because it helps me understand how meals and certain foods affect my body.

I weigh & log everday, first thing in the morning. I find if I only do it weekly I lose control over my eating. I do see fluctations, especially round TOM, but as long as the overall trend is downwards I'm happy

I weigh myself every morning .. helps me figure out how food effects me .. once I hit a plateau .. I change it up ... food and exercises.. more important .. also really alerts me as to what foods to stay away from .. we all have different bodies and they react different to foods and exercises ...

I would not personally recommend weighing yourself daily. That can become a very obsessive behavior, and can put an unhealthy spin on what you are doing. Having battled anorexia since I was a young teen, I know all about the importance of numbers. The first thing you need to ask yourself is what is your motive for losing weight. Statistics show that most people who lose a lot of weight put it back on and then some. If you are doing this only for the sake of looking better, statistics are not on your side. While I realize this is almost always a factor, and that is not a bad thing, hopefully you are also motivated to have a healthier lifestyle. If this is the case, you have to put numbers into perspective. If you are doing any kind of exercise to build muscle, so weeks you may not lose any weight because what you are losing in fat, you are gaining in muscle. Your weight will fluctuate depending on what you ate the day before or how much water you have had. Concentrating on numbers can be so disappointing. I would recommend weighing in once a week, and paying more attention to things like how your clothes are fitting. Are they getting looser? Concentrate on your exercise routine getting easier or your endurance getting better. Those are the things that measure a lifestyle change. Those things will give you a better shot at having permanent results. The numbers will come, but if you put all the concentration on them, they can actually get in the way of what you are doing. Hope this helps at least a little, and good luck with your journey towards a better you.

I weigh daily because it is right next to the shower in the AM and seeing fluctuations don't bother me. In fact, it's good for me to know that it happens so much because if I weighed once a week and I was up then waiting a week to see if any progress was made would be hard.
I only log the actual weight here once MAYBE twice a week if it is consistant loss. Like this week on my normal log-in date I was only down 0.2 pounds from the last week. Kind of a bummer. BUT literally 3 days later I am down over 2 pounds... so exciting! So it took those extra few days for the weight to drop off. If I didn't weigh in every day I wouldn't have seen that happen and for ME it makes the week harder to think I am not losing.
Not all weeks are like that of course... and like I said, I can handle the ups and downs because I feel like I am really doing the right thing, and after 7 weeks here now, I know it is going to even out because I can't NOT lose weight eating this way
I can see that weighing every day could not be for everyone though.. but I personally love it seeing the daily changes, even if I am up some.

I like numbers, charts, graphs and data. (Science nerd) I weight myself everyday and record it just to see the relationship between different exercises, food, micronutrients and water intake everyday. I measure every two weeks or so and that's what I go by to measure my 'success'. I also go by what I see in the mirror!

It's all in what works for you. If you weigh daily and are discouraged by any failure to lose or even showing a temporary gain, then perhaps weighing weekly or even monthly is a better choice for you. If it drives you crazy to wonder where you're at and you have a hard time being faithful to your diet plan without knowing your progress, then you might benefit from weighing daily.

I weigh daily, if I like the result I don't want to do anything to mess it up. If I don't like the result, it makes me want to double down and work harder. Your mileage may vary.

Sounds to obsessive. Sorry if I offended anyone but tracking weight everyday is tedious. Once a week for me and it's been pretty consistent thus far...

And tracking calories every day isn't?? :laugh:

No because it's serving a purpose (health). Weighing everyday, in my humble opinion, serves no purpose but feeding into the obsessive behavior.

Haha, wow. Your "humble" opinion is telling me I'm obsessive, eh? Goodness, I'd love to hear some of your not-so-humble opinions!

Weighing every day serves a purpose for me: it keeps me on track. Also, it gives me more data points to help me better understand my body (hey, health, wassup!). I like knowing why my body has its ups and downs. For example, I am better able to understand how things like my period or a high sodium day affect my water retention. I gain knowledge and my body becomes less of a black-box.

Furthermore, some studies have shown that daily weighing can be effective in helping people lose weight and keep it off (see, for example, http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/11-2005/daily-weighing-helps-people-lose-weight-prevents-weight-gain.html)

So... while I'm very very glad you've found what works for you, I'm also very very glad I've found what works for me! And it's not obsessive, thanks very much!

I weigh and record daily. I like numbers. Makes a nice little graph. Like a stock portfolio. I don't even care about the scale weight anymore, really. Now that I'm semi-maintaining, I like to keep it within a range of numbers. The little fluctuations, in conjunction with my current goal of body fat % reduction, lets me know I'm not losing a significant amount of muscle and that it should be fat being lost.