How often do you weigh yourself?

amypauline523
amypauline523 Posts: 10 Member
edited November 19 in Getting Started
I just started not too long ago and I've been weighing myself every day and logging it. Is this how everyone else does it? I'm just curious on to how often other people weigh in and why!
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  • wendy16256
    wendy16256 Posts: 32 Member
    I'm like you, I weigh myself every morning. I'm not obsessive about it but it does keep me on track.
  • jpburcham
    jpburcham Posts: 98 Member
    Likewise ~ weigh every day and record it. I'm a bit of a geek, and chart also. My weight fluctuates from day to day, but over a week, I do expect to see it trend down. Best of luck.
  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    Same time every day 5:00 in
    The morning

    Write down weight, body fat percentage, muscle weight, water percentage

    The body comp numbers vary a bit so I look at the weekly average

    It is easy to get all wrapped up in scale variance or salt induced water gains, even being sore makes me hold a little water
  • Carol_
    Carol_ Posts: 469 Member
    I record my weight once a week, but I usually weight every day. I think I might start recording it every day.
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    Once a month, if that. If I weighed myself every day I would get anxiety over little, normal and expected fluctuations. With weighing-in once a month I can see how much I actually lost and get excited over progress without stressing too much
  • ForMe2No
    ForMe2No Posts: 235 Member
    Once a week on Friday mornings.
  • aleikita
    aleikita Posts: 215 Member
    Everyday to make sure I only gain a pound a week like doc recommends for pregnancy
  • alejandro_08
    alejandro_08 Posts: 25 Member
    I used to do it everyday 0500 in my PT uniform. Now I only do it every time I have a bod pod appointment.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    In a deficit once a week or biweekly. In maintenance about every day.
  • sportjunky578
    sportjunky578 Posts: 32 Member
    I don't own a scale and don't want one cause i feel it would mess with my head to much. i just take day by day
  • allaboutthefood
    allaboutthefood Posts: 781 Member
    Once a week
  • mousie1973
    mousie1973 Posts: 438 Member
    I weigh once a week.. monday mornings.. (gee what a way to start a monday)
  • DaniStrange
    DaniStrange Posts: 35 Member
    I wouldn't weigh in everyday if I were you, unless you want to be discouraged. Your weight fluctuates so much between water weight (and food babies ;) ) I would suggest weighing in once a week or once every other week. For me personally I do it on days that I feel extra skinny, that way I usually am always seeing my number dropping.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    I weigh once per 1-2 weeks. Typically on Fridays.
  • buffer221
    buffer221 Posts: 4,751 Member
    once a week
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    I do daily or whenever I like as that suits my personality. I'm completely comfortable with the scale and readings and it tends to go down. there is no right naswer other than do what suits you and your personality. Dont forget its only data and part of interpreting it is to not take a single days data too seriously, look for a trend and understand that your body naturally fluctuates 1-4lbs a day. Dont become its slave, but really its just a handy tool.

    Do use other methods such as the tape measure, how your clothes fit, performance measures at the gym etc.
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    I weigh myself nearly every day. I record each reading into a weight tracker app that gives me a fancy graph with stats and stuff. I only record my weight into MFP if it's a new low OR I've gained more than 5 pounds and it has stuck for more than a month.
  • kierasayshi
    kierasayshi Posts: 67 Member
    once every two weeks, in the morning.
  • Alpha12
    Alpha12 Posts: 251 Member
    Once a week. Sunday morning.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited June 2015
    DaniStrange wrote: »
    I wouldn't weigh in everyday if I were you, unless you want to be discouraged. Your weight fluctuates so much between water weight (and food babies ;) )
    I weigh every day, just because of those fluctuations. That lets me know that I'm still on track, even if I should hit a "high" on, let's say, a Friday.

    I would suggest weighing in once a week or once every other week.
    Once a week is usually recommended. Maybe it had its merits in the old days when we used analog scales, which will give an approximate but reliable feedback on the progress. Increments of 0.1 of a pound/kilo in digital scales is actually too exact to measure a living organism like a human being, but if so, weigh every day, with the same scale, at the same time, same place, with same clothes, after bathroom, before breakfast, and understand and accept the fluctuations.
  • AnnebelleLee
    AnnebelleLee Posts: 3 Member
    I only get weighed at my doctor's office. However, since I started this program yesterday, I may have to change that to once every two weeks. Otherwise, it gets discouraging to not see that number go down.
  • mooo92
    mooo92 Posts: 39 Member
    Personally I keep staring at the mirror everyday, I've given up on looking at the scales everyday at the gym (use to be an obsession). I checked it maybe once every 1-2 weeks now. I feel a little less frustrated this way because the fluctuations would range to about 2-3lb and would really annoy me.
  • sweetteadrinker2
    sweetteadrinker2 Posts: 1,026 Member
    FoxyLifter wrote: »
    I weigh myself nearly every day. I record each reading into a weight tracker app that gives me a fancy graph with stats and stuff. I only record my weight into MFP if it's a new low OR I've gained more than 5 pounds and it has stuck for more than a month.

    This. I'm still losing actively, so I haven't had to do the more than 5 lbs, but new lows only. And I weigh daily specifically to get the fancy graphs :blush:
  • Oldbitcollector
    Oldbitcollector Posts: 229 Member
    Eat time I go to the gym, but I only seriously take my first measure of the week as my number. Usually on Monday mid-morning.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    On the daily, but like dubstep I only record the drops.
  • GreenValli
    GreenValli Posts: 1,054 Member
    I weigh every day but I record it only twice a week.

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  • forgivensins
    forgivensins Posts: 90 Member
    I weight every day but I only log the lowest of the week. I also have a file to keep tabs on trends especially for when I get stuck.
  • cyronius
    cyronius Posts: 157 Member
    Everyday. But I use trendweight to get the bigger picture, so the fluctuations don't bother me...
  • 2009jewellz
    2009jewellz Posts: 187 Member
    mousie1973 wrote: »
    I weigh once a week.. monday mornings.. (gee what a way to start a monday)

  • 2009jewellz
    2009jewellz Posts: 187 Member
    Once a week. Every blue moon everyday.
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