Do you weigh yorself daily? Weekly? Monthly?
ErniesMom863
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I have officially recommitted to regular weighins. My old scale died and I failed to replace it in a timely manner....gained 17 pounds within a 10 month period. :-( I have taken off a few this week (now only 15 to go) and I'm now recommitted to paying attention. I am not someone who can be left alone to my own devices. I really need to give up my late evening snack too.
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If I don't weigh myself regularly, I gain weight. I try to weigh several times a week.0
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I weigh myself daily, but mostly because it's interesting to see what my body does in various scenarios. After cardio. After weight lifting. After a rest day. After a pizza bender. After camping. After a night out drinking... Etc. The fluctuations don't really freak me out so much as I like collecting all the little data points.
I'm a dork, but I'm OK with that. ;-)8 -
Me too. If I don't weigh myself regularly, I will gain a bit of weight.
I weigh myself first thing in the morning, right before I hop into the shower. I always take note of my Monday weigh-ins but I've noticed that I weigh the least on Wednesdays and Thursdays.1 -
I have issues with that one, I admit. Some would probably think I'm out of control, BUT it works for me.
I weigh myself twice daily. Morning right after waking up and well, a pee break, and PM, right before I call it a night and know I wont eat or drink anything additional.
Then, I have two official weekly weigh in's. One at the YMCA with a team and another one at my Weight Watcher's meeting.
The YMCA one is better because it's motivating me to go to the gym, the WW one I actually cancelled and this morning was my last meet. (this platform is working better for me in terms of tracking).
Why do I do twice a day weigh in's : well, it gives me a better idea of how I react to food, of emotional fluctuations and also period, etc.
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Weigh in weekly, measure every other week, adjust weight loss goals monthly as needed, try on smaller clothes once a month.1
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I was getting obsessed with the scale so last weekend I had my boyfriend hide it. I feel lost without it but it's refreshing. I was getting discouraged because I'm working so hard and not really seeing it on the scale even though I am seeing it in other ways. I am going to try to stay away from the scale for a month but we'll see.3
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Weigh in weekly, measure every other week, adjust weight loss goals monthly as needed, try on smaller clothes once a month.
Similar to this. Weigh in weekly, electronically measure %Body Fat weekly, tape measure waist, arms, etc. and then calculate body fat using Military formula once each month.0 -
I was getting obsessed with the scale so last weekend I had my boyfriend hide it. I feel lost without it but it's refreshing. I was getting discouraged because I'm working so hard and not really seeing it on the scale even though I am seeing it in other ways. I am going to try to stay away from the scale for a month but we'll see.
I feel the same way. I get disappointed that I am not seeing drastic results and get discouraged. I put my scale in an inconvenient spot, up and away. I am now going to try weighing in and measuring once a month.0 -
Sometimes daily, but mostly weekly. I only log the Saturday weigh-in weight though.0
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Daily... Which depresses me A LOT, since the changes are so insignificant...1
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Every Saturday morning after I have used the loo. Always on the weekend when I am off because I would hate to have bad news from the scale and go into work with a bad/upset mood. I already hate my job as it is.3
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melodyis4reals wrote: »I was getting obsessed with the scale so last weekend I had my boyfriend hide it. I feel lost without it but it's refreshing. I was getting discouraged because I'm working so hard and not really seeing it on the scale even though I am seeing it in other ways. I am going to try to stay away from the scale for a month but we'll see.
I feel the same way. I get disappointed that I am not seeing drastic results and get discouraged. I put my scale in an inconvenient spot, up and away. I am now going to try weighing in and measuring once a month.
Same here. I couldn't keep myself off of it and it had a habit of ruining my mood for the day if I didn't see the results I expected so my fiance got rid of it. It's been hard not to have it around, though. I'm worried that without it I may gain and not realize it.0 -
Daily, record on another site, just to help me focus. Weekly, record here. Measure on 1st of month.0
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Daily, but as you probably already know, you have to understand some days you can be up 2 pounds and the next day down 4 because your body is weird like that.3
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I weigh every morning and document it on an Excel spreadsheet. It graphs it out for me. I love being able to see different weight trends.0
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every week or so. it's happened that I've accidentally weighed myself on a weirdly low day (maybe when i've dropped water weight), which is annoying, but over time a pattern should become clear.0
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I weigh once a week. Anymore than that, and I would drive myself crazy!0
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Daily, it's given me a better understanding how weightloss isn't linear. Also, seeing I'm up a kilo for a few days is a keeps me in line and is a good motivation.2
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Every week0
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I weigh daily and chart every fluctuation, because then the ups and downs don't bother me when I look at a 30-day perspective.0
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ElizabethKalmbach wrote: »I weigh myself daily, but mostly because it's interesting to see what my body does in various scenarios. After cardio. After weight lifting. After a rest day. After a pizza bender. After camping. After a night out drinking... Etc. The fluctuations don't really freak me out so much as I like collecting all the little data points.
I'm a dork, but I'm OK with that. ;-)
You are not alone!
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I weigh when i feel like it (sometimes every day, sometimes every 2 days, sometimes 3 times a week, whatever) and always weigh and log on Friday mornings.0
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Every Friday after my morning "Routine", but before breakfast.0
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i weigh myself every morning0
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Every morning, I don't like surprises!0
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I weigh daily only because I'm a little obsessive, but only log weekly.1
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I weigh daily because I have an app that graphs my daily weight and I'm a nerd who likes to look at those peaks and valleys on the graph. LOL! I don't get upset at the fluctuations though unless I know I sabotaged myself in some way. Then I give myself a 'talking to' and move on.1
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At least ever 2 to 3 days because I just mentally have too. But I only count my Wednesday Weigh ins because I know how my body can fluxuate!0
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I_Will_End_You wrote: »I weigh every morning and document it on an Excel spreadsheet. It graphs it out for me. I love being able to see different weight trends.
Good to see I'm not the only one doing this. Lol0
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