Should I always weigh 1/week? Do you ever go to 1/month? Continue to log you daily food?

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  • paradi3s
    paradi3s Posts: 343 Member
    For me i weigh and measure myself every morning. Sounds obsessive, but thats just me.
    As for logging, I believe I won't stop. I feel like if i do start being a bit more free and stop logging, ill eventually start eating more than what i should and gaining
  • Vixenmd1
    Vixenmd1 Posts: 146 Member
    I lost a lot weight with WW online 07/08 and kept it off till 2011. Then gained a little bit so I made the bright decisions to take a break from tracking and weighing myself. In six months I had gained 30 lbs. Which is where I stayed for a few years then I put on even more of the weight I had taken off. Here I am. I started up 55 of those 75 lbs. I will tell you for me I now know that I need trackimg and daily weighing to maintain. When I did it I was able to maintain a 75lb loss. When Instopped the weight came back. I think the tools help me be real with myself and make better choices.

    Same with my favorite budgeting app does for my money. You need a budget. Since when I am tracking what I am actually spending on things I have to be real with myself.

    To eavh his own but I wish I had never taking a break from trackimg and weighing myself.
  • Vixenmd1
    Vixenmd1 Posts: 146 Member
    This is why I habe always weighed daily. I know that weekly can just hit a water weight day ect so if I weigh daily and I am up I can tell myself it was water weight. If it takes me two weeks to realize no you are gaining that is much harder to adjust then if it takes me 3-4 day to realize the same thing. I weigh in am and after my run daily. after my run since then the water weight is gone.it only takes a second. I used only log one of the days but now I have a wireless scale and it logs each day.
    Pu_239 wrote: »
    When I am focused on my weight loss, I weigh in every day and focus on the newest low of the week, that is my weight.

    The reason I don't fully recommend weighing weekly is because weight fluctuates. i used to weigh in on mondays. Some weeks I'd lose no weight at all. For example it's monday and I weigh in at 230lbs and lets say I don't weigh in to next week, but here is my actual results

    monday-230
    tuesday-230
    wedensdsay-234
    thursday-232
    friday-230
    saturday-228
    sunday-229
    Monday-231

    I actually lost 2lbs but I don't see it because I only weighed in once a week and it looks like i gained a pound...

  • ckrct5
    ckrct5 Posts: 1
    I think every person is different and they have to find what works best for them. I weigh myself everyday, not so much for weight but just to make sure what I am doing is working. I still find it difficult to eat the right food all the time. So its the scale that help keeps me honest (most of the time). Besides, the scale is right next to the shower. If I see something overtime, I know I need to make corrections.

    With all that, my fitness goals have always been % body fat and not weight. It took a lot of work to lose the 51 lbs I didn't need so I will weigh-in at least once a week and continue to log diet on myfitnesspal.com so I am conscious of what I am eating and what is doing to my body.
  • vfit10
    vfit10 Posts: 228 Member
    A week cause If I'm lossing or gaining -- and how I see my self in the mirror and my performance at the gym then I adjust the cals according to my goals
  • rckk18
    rckk18 Posts: 27 Member
    Since you are on maintenance I would weigh myself every 2 weeks. If a pound or two was gained you would be able to address it right away before it becomes 5 or 10 lbs.
  • mynameisoliverqueen
    mynameisoliverqueen Posts: 63 Member
    Instead of going on what the scales tell you, believe what the mirror shows and invest in a body composition meter. Other people do not see weight only what is visible. Get the body fat percentage down and you will soon ignore what the scales say.

    Muscle weighs more than fat, so you could be exercising, healthy muscle increasing, unhealthy fat decreasing, yet scales say you are 5lb "overweight" still.

    Also avoid any supplements with Creatine in them as they will make the muscle "weigh" more by increasing the amount of water stored in the muscle itself.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    I weigh once every week or ten days. I went most of March without logging, but I felt my nutrition was suffering so I am back to logging the last few days.
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    I lost 130+ pounds. During the weight loss period, I weighed in most days.

    When I first began maintenance, I kept weighing daily.

    Now, 2.5 years into maintenance, I hardly ever weigh myself. I try to remember to weigh in once a month, but I often forget.

    I still log my food. I stick to my exercise routine. I can tell if my clothes feel tight. This feels like a good routine to me.
  • TerryKes
    TerryKes Posts: 35 Member
    So many great responses, thank you! I was surprised by the number of you that continue to weigh daily. One of the commonalities, though, was so many of you are in maintenance. I like the idea of focusing on goals, too, as RaspberryTickleChicken (and that name is awesome!) said, set goals. That's where I've struggled when I've hit goal before - and being so goal oriented - I've not know what kind of goals to set. That's so helpful. THANK YOU EVERYONE!
  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
    I like data, so I weigh myself every day when I'm at home, log it, check the 10-day rolling average and then every couple of weeks look at the chart of my weight since I started focusing on my health about 15 months ago. I find it helps to remind myself of where I came from.

    I'm currently above my target weight range after intense business trips/vacation, but I waited until the time was right for me to focus on getting rid of them.

    I also like planning my meals because I can have a crazy schedule, so I use MFP to not only log my calories and check macros, but also to plan the family's meals ahead of time (usually a couple of days in advance).

    These 3 things are exactly the same as I focused on during weight loss. Maybe think about the routines which felt most comfortable for you, stick with those and add one or two simple goals? (I started working out when I hit maintenance and I just started trying to add weights to the machines every time, and cycling further on the exercise bike)
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