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Updating Weight

MaryKatU
MaryKatU Posts: 146
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How often to you update your weight on MFP? I know most people say to weigh in once a week and that is what I normally do but I do peek at the scale throughout the week.

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  • SammyPacks
    SammyPacks Posts: 697 Member
    I usually try to put my scale somewhere I can't see it (so I'll forget it exists haha) and set an alarm for Saturday mornings to remind myself that I can weigh myself again.

    I usually try to wait 1-2 weeks because I like to be surprised by a lower number :3
  • amberlineilene
    amberlineilene Posts: 153
    I weigh myself every morning when I wake up..and I update anytime I see a loss of 1lb.
  • sassenachtiff
    sassenachtiff Posts: 53
    I was weighing myself every 2-3 days but it was starting to drive me a bit crazy, so I've changed it to weighing in once a week.
  • TheBraveryLover
    TheBraveryLover Posts: 1,217 Member
    I update my weight on here every 2 weeks. Most do it weekly, like you said, though.
  • katrina1122
    katrina1122 Posts: 23
    I do it when I think of it.
  • heathersmilez
    heathersmilez Posts: 2,579 Member
    I update it 1x a week on MFP but like checking daily to see how weight fluctuates and how the meal the night before really did affect me.

    I like proof so if it is said/known that sodium causes water retention or carbs sit in your body longer I want to see it to believe it.
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    I weigh every morning and will log a loss after I have been the same (or lower) weight 3 days in a row. That allows for the bodies fluctuations and my blurry eyed focus in the morning. I don't let the ups and downs get to me. I am sticking with this for the long haul and refuse to let a couple pounds up ruin my day (or week).
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