How often do you weigh in?

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  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    I weigh myself whenever i am in the gym...but weekly for that one solid number. (same day and time each week)
  • rockstarginaa
    rockstarginaa Posts: 1,529 Member
    1-2 times a week.
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    I weigh every day, even when things aren't going well. I also use an app called Weight Record on my Ipad and it graphs the weight for me. So I can see after a big meal how it affects me the next day, and then goes back to normal. I can detect trends or plateaus and address them immediately to keep the movement going in the right direction.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    edited March 2015
    I weigh every day.
  • lizzocat
    lizzocat Posts: 356 Member
    I weigh daily BUT the caveat it that I know my weight will fluctuate and I do NOT get upset about the daily fluctuations going up and down. I used to get discouraged so I would weigh weekly but I like to be able to track the progress and see what my body is doing. If you do weigh daily, just be prepared
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I weigh daily first thing in the morning and record the numbers in an excel graph. It is interesting to see the fluctuations and what makes the scale jump.. usually a really heavy lifting session, lots of food before bed or high sodium meals from the day before do it.
  • sandryc79
    sandryc79 Posts: 250 Member
    Monthly, I feel like it separates me from all my anxiety over fluxuations and shows a more accurate representation of my progress
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    I weigh every day just because I'm the curious sort, but I only do a check-in (recording my weight) once a week. I think if I were to record every day the graph would look like an EEG gone wrong.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I weigh weekly. Any more often you are probably obsessed/addicted.

    How many posts have you seen where people are freaking out over weight gain of 2 pounds, then it turns out they weigh themselves every day and it's just normal fluctuations/water weight.

    Weight fluctuates, it's probably best to look at the numbers/trend over a few weeks rather than 1-3 days.
  • Wreathy
    Wreathy Posts: 61 Member
    Every morning when I get up. I want to stay on track - I'm aware of fluctuations like water retention and poop so don't stress too much. However, I have a bit to lose and I find the daily weighing very motivating - it's now really just part of the routine. I weigh myself right after I get up - same time, scales in same place.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    edited March 2015
    ditsyblond17 wrote: »
    I originally wanted to do weekly, but I'm tempted to do daily because I'm a bit addicted. How often do you all weigh yourselves?

    Search function if your friend because this is asked once per week at least. I weigh everyday because I like the data points and it tells me a lot about normal fluctuations.
  • runnrchic
    runnrchic Posts: 130 Member
    When I feel like it which is every 3-10 days.
  • tiffanybrooks530
    tiffanybrooks530 Posts: 140 Member
    once a week, too much fluctuation on the daily weigh-in so i pushed it to weekly.
  • greaseswabber
    greaseswabber Posts: 238 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    I weigh weekly. Any more often you are probably obsessed/addicted.

    How many posts have you seen where people are freaking out over weight gain of 2 pounds, then it turns out they weigh themselves every day and it's just normal fluctuations/water weight.

    Weight fluctuates, it's probably best to look at the numbers/trend over a few weeks rather than 1-3 days.

    I agree with looking at 3 weeks of data instead of 3 days. But I'd rather look at 21 measurements over three weeks than just 3 or 4 measurements. That's why I weigh daily and record daily in another app which does stats in a way that I like.
  • SonofNorthernDarkness
    SonofNorthernDarkness Posts: 64 Member
    way too much for my own good
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    greaseswabber wrote: »
    Merkavar wrote: »
    I weigh weekly. Any more often you are probably obsessed/addicted.

    How many posts have you seen where people are freaking out over weight gain of 2 pounds, then it turns out they weigh themselves every day and it's just normal fluctuations/water weight.

    Weight fluctuates, it's probably best to look at the numbers/trend over a few weeks rather than 1-3 days.

    I agree with looking at 3 weeks of data instead of 3 days. But I'd rather look at 21 measurements over three weeks than just 3 or 4 measurements. That's why I weigh daily and record daily in another app which does stats in a way that I like.

    If I weighed once per week I would probably freak out when I saw something that didn't make sense. But because I weigh everyday it all kind of makes sense.
  • G8rRay
    G8rRay Posts: 89 Member
    I weigh & record my weight (and Blood Pressure, Resting Heart Rate) daily; but, I use the weekly average of my weight for tracking purposes. I weigh (without clothing) right after I get up and use the bathroom.

    The daily fluctuations in weight are too radical; but the weekly average is much more smooth and tends to better show the trend.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    Too much. As a result I'm likely going to be removing the batteries from my scale and putting it away until the end of April, just to see if I can do it.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited March 2015
    I weigh daily.
    This because i like to see the progress and i am not bothered or worried about fluctuations.

    It also made me learn which foods make me hold water ( like for example cod, when i eat cod i hold water). So in general salty foods. I dont use added salt to my food at all. So like cad and bacon can make me hold water.

    And i recognized or saw the connections of my fluctuations and what i ate. So that is a reason for me to keep an eye on it.

    Blood pressure & HR and measurements and photo is every Monday.
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