How often do you weigh yourself?
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Weight yourself ever day on empty stomach.0
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I hop on the scale every day, first thing in the morning (empty stomach) and log it.
I perfectly understand those who feel that checking on your weight every day can be discouraging due to fluctuations, since they do exist and may freak some people out, but they are also exactly why I choose to weigh every morning.
Since I'm reasonably large and drink lots of water, my weight fluctuates a lot (I've seen changes of up to 8lbs overnight) and I don't want to ever find myself feeling discouraged because it fluctuated up exactly on the day I chose to weigh.
Besides, I had a great experience with daily weight tracking in the past, weighing every morning for over a year, and it is very satisfying to look at a graph and notice that, despite jumping up and down all the time, that line is steadily going down.
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Thank you everyone!!!! Very helpful answers0
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Statistically, daily weigh-ins are most effective. So that's what I do.
I record every day, too.0 -
Everyday.I don't get discouraged, i use it as a tool to improve. I also figure in water intake, fat and processed foods and the like as to how it fits in to the bigger picture.0
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I weigh and record every day then graph it on WeightGrapher.com so that the normal fluctuations don't freak me out. I average it for the week and record that on MFP. I hate to say so but I love seeing the downward trend which, for me, has been very consistent over the last year and a half. You can keep notes on the fluctuations too -- sooooo geeky. LOL. I'm starting to love numbers now.0
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I tried not to weight myself very often...I normally do...every two weeks...but it is a bit disappointing when you feel like you have loose some weight and you actually, haven´t0
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I'll weigh in (unofficially) on my home scale pretty much every day to help keep myself on track.
I weigh in (for my official weight loss numbers) on a doctors scale at work. I started out weighing in "officially" about 2x / week...(before I got my home scale), Now more like 1x / week...0 -
I am a daily weight kind of girl, for several reasons. One, I like to see the up and down fluctuations. It helps me tune into what I'm feeling and to how my body might be responding to certain foods or sore muscles or even dehydration. Two, it keeps me honest. When I stop weighing, I tend to gain. It becomes easy for me to just forget what I'm doing. Up and down fluctuations are totally normal and not at all demoralizing to me. I'm not going to gain 3 pounds of fat overnight, and I know this. If I'm retaining, I review my diet and activity and analyze why. Keeps me happy!0
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I weigh myself most mornings but only chart the result when it holds consistently, about once a month.0
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I have been weighing myself everyday but recently got discouraged because I've hit a plateau and am obsessing over the number on the scales when I should be more focused to the inches I am losing. I am going to weigh in Monday morning then keep my scales in the trunk of my car until the following week,0
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I weigh myself when I get a chance that would be Saturday mornings and then when I decide my breakfast ; )0
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Every Sunday morning. Sometimes I check in mid-week but I don't record that weight or let it bother me if it's up from Sunday's weight.0
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once a week, ~9PM Monday, boxers only0
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Once a week on Sunday morning.0
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I weigh everyday. I was entering each day into mfp but now I'm keeping it all in my blog and only entering in mfp when I drop below the last check in weight.0
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I weigh in the morning (when I remember). When I do weigh, I enter it in MFP for tracking0
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Hello...I weigh in once a week on Wednesday morning before eating or drinking anything...and wearing nothing so I can keep an accurate weight...then I write it on the calendar to remind me...Wednesday I call my weigh in day..0
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Every day I weigh myself in the morning before my shower. I log it once a week on a Monday morning.
Not at all bothered by fluctuations when I know I have eaten right, weighed everything and have been getting my exercise in.0
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