I own a scale and I usually just weigh once a week. I keep it put away in a cupboard under my bathroom sink so it's not out where I see it all the time. My scale syncs via wifi to MFP so I literally step on it once and take whatever it says as that week's weight. I've tried doing the multiple step on and off and it's pretty close (within 0.2 lbs) every time, so don't see a point in weighing more than once...

I am very reactionary so I just weigh once a week. (Although sometimes I give in to temptation and do it about halfway through. But if the scale hasn't moved I get antsy.)

I weigh daily, but it also doesn't bother me to see it go up for a day, or two, or even three. When I hit a stall, or upward bounce, I'll shift from a one week view to a month view and then two months. That re-assures me me that the overall trend is down, and markedly so. If I weren't losing 3+ lbs a week still, I probably would shift to a weekly weigh in. I didn't gain all this weight overnight, so I'm mentally prepared for it to come of slowly.

Like April and cabennet, I am a daily weigher because the ups and downs remind me that the path is never one way, even though the trend is steady.

My Mother in law was in town over the weekend which kept me from weighing daily (she was sleeping in the basement where the scale is. It was interesting to go 5 days without weighing!

I agree that if you are going to react to the daily fluctuations, then weekly weighing is likely your best bet.

Rob

I always thought weekly weigh ins were the way to go...but for me that is way to long in between accountability. I weigh daily. I know there are going to be fluctuations from day to day so I don't stress. But, I also am very aware of how the food I ate the night before effects me and it keeps me accountable. So, if you can go do it without stressing, I recommend daily.

I think not stressing is the key, so if that is once a month so be it. When I was into the Dr every 90 days I only weighed their. I only go to the Dr every 6 months now, also I'm just at maintenance now. This change has me weighing daily but not stressing, I know with the strength training and aerobics have changed my weight loss. Muscles are heaver than fat so I am exchanging fat for muscles. I should do measurements instead but don't.

Randy

I keep a log of my weight loss by week ever since my surgery. So my official weigh in is on Wednesday, but I do weigh myself daily. I find that I stress too much if I don't weigh daily. But like others, I don't react each day. I just keep watching the weekly downward trend on my Excel log.

Weekly. I tried daily but it makes me nuts.

I weigh once a week every Sunday. We sit in on the kitchen floor, once we weigh ourselves we put it away til the next Sunday and so on. It helps us not be tempted to weigh ourselves everyday since weight fluctuates daily. Weekly weigh ins are more accurate for us.

I tried daily but it didn't work for me - I put too much stress on myself when I see a normal, fluctuating weight uptick on the scale. I tried weekly but was too anxious about that, too, so I've settled into twice a week (Monday and Thursday).

Aztec4Life wrote: »

I'm debating whether to buy a scale or not. I know most "bathroom" scales top out at about 300 and I'm not even there yet so I'm not going to bother buying one just yet.

In the event that I do, anyone recommend a certain brand that won't break the bank. I just want something digital that's accurate. Don't need body fat % and all that (I used to have one of those and learned that those readings can be WAY off)

Hey check out Fitbit Aria scale it does all that without the limits and auto sync into MFP we love ours

My doctor said to only weigh weekly, to which I replied "but it's fun! (pout)" So he recanted and said it was okay to weigh daily, but I wasn't to get upset at at small gains or losses from natural fluctuation. Not a problem for me.

I'm at goal now and watching to make sure I don't lose too much. I'm slowly getting the hang of this totally new phenomena and am fluctuating +/-2. All is well.

We have a professional quality balance-beam scale which is extremely accurate.

I am 6.5 years out from RNY. I have gone from 340 to 140 (well, 145 right now but will lose the 5 I gained). I weigh daily. I can do a lot of damage if I do not watch my weight closely.

A great website to track your weight is https://trendweight.com/.

i weigh myself every other day, first thing in the am, before drinking or eating, and always in the same jammies..yep, i change from the ones i wear to bed into those same ones every other am to weigh myself and then take them back off again..lol...i like to take the most guess work out of whether my digi scale is still spot on..it doesnt move from its spot and i always weigh in the same clothes so i cant tell myself..oh, i had heavier clothes on this am when i weighed thats why my weight is up. because in the past i have learned that I can come up with a lot of different excuses for why im that much heavier on this day than i was before..imagine, a couple of pounds as your normal body fluctuation, now add on another few pounds for those jeans, shirt, socks,and unmentionables youre weighing in that you normally dont and now you've got a good excuse for that 5lb weight gain..and of course it had nothing to do with the poor food choices you ate all day..just my way of trying to keep myself as accountable as i can