I don't know why I care but.........

I'm one of those daily weigh-ers as well, but it also annoys the heck out of me to see those little .2lb losses in my newsfeed consistently from the same people. But you just learn to ignore it.

For my part, I've actually changed my settings so that my weigh ins don't automatically post to my newsfeed so that others don't have to see them.

I weigh myself as often as I feel like but I only log on Thursdays and Mondays.

Sometimes I weigh daily, but I only log actual 'weigh-ins' on Saturdays.

i guess i'm one of those who annoys you. sorry
i like to weigh and record every day b/c there is this neat little app on the MFP app on my phone which shows a graph of weight loss/gains and i like to be able to see my whole month with ups and downs. also, if i start to gain, i have a better handle of what i'm doing wrong vs. after weighing-in only once per week, it is "too late" to fix a problem and i might already be up 5 lbs. i can also see major weight loss and say Hey that works!

If I see a new low, even if it's .1, I'm going to log it.

Sorry, but I don't care that you care.

I log my weight every day whether it is up or down. I don't do it so it will post to my newsfeed, I do it so I have all my data in one place and I don't have to enter it in separate places to keep track of it and log milestones and such. So yes, I have o.2 losses and such. But that's just how MFP works. It posts it when I log my weight and it's down. MFP is set up that way because the community aspect is a huge part of this service. Sharing even the smallest losses for those trying to lose weight is a good thing, so you can celebrate with others.

tbullucks2006 wrote: »

People that weigh themselves every day and record the most minuscule losses annoy the *kitten* out of me. One word - "fluctuation". Ok. Rant over. I apologize for my PMS.

Ahhhh the beauty of personal choice and what drives, inspires and/or gives us all stress and anxiety.

I weigh and record my morning and before bed weight. Quite often I weigh myself at intervals throughout the day and put it on my spread sheet just to look back at past days and see how my weight was under similar circumstances. No other reason then pure curiosity as to how my body works and I am a statistical compulsive freak I guess.

I am subject to emotional ups and downs and anxiety and being able to see the broad picture at a moments notice helps to keep me from thinking that one weigh in signals that I am a complete failure and that I should quit this healthy diet plan that I am on.

When I look at my (now) three month graph showing a steady decline in weight from 217 to 191, I can accept that on any given day my weight had spiked since I can see on paper that historically this has happened over and over and over on my declining weight graph. I can also see that I have periods of plateauing for 3-5 days, but now know that by just sticking with it, the work all shows up eventually in a matter of days on the scale.

So, it works for me. But I certainly understand why this would drive others crazy and that a weekly weigh in is recommended for those that just can't bear to see the daily fluxuations.

I am also glad that MFP lets us know when we are not eating enough. I easily can slip down that rabbit hole of just not eating in order to hit a lower weight when I am not feeling so chipper about my program. But I know that these moments will pass, so I just eat some more food on my diet, and in the end this is a lot healthier then starving myself, which is so so so easy for me to do.

tbullucks2006 wrote: »

I needed to hear the different perspectives. See now I realize I'm just being stupid!

You're not being stupid. I weigh once every one to two weeks, and i don't record until I've lost 1 kg (2.2lbs)