Scale/ accountability

Options
desiresdestiny
desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
hello
Once you hit maintenance, how often do you weigh yourself and how many pounds do you let yourself fluctuate by?
«1

Replies

  • pmanney
    pmanney Posts: 25 Member
    Options
    Weigh 1-3x a week, vary by +/-1.5 lbs approx.
  • shadowconn
    shadowconn Posts: 141 Member
    Options
    Once a week . . . twice a week. I kinda have to scale down my scale useage after I want to maintain. I'll get up as high as weighing myself 15 times a day while I'm losing weight.
  • MissJay75
    MissJay75 Posts: 768 Member
    Options
    Once a day. I know which weight is water weight and which is fat. I allow any water weight fluctuation, but if I gain a pound of fat, I'll eat at a deficit until it's gone.
  • griffinca2
    griffinca2 Posts: 672 Member
    Options
    Usually Sun, Mon, Wed, and Fri; my scale also has a fat % and I do that abt twice a week. I'm in maint (and doing recomp) and basically want my weight to stay abt the same. B)
  • desiresdestiny
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
    Options
    MissJay75 wrote: »
    Once a day. I know which weight is water weight and which is fat. I allow any water weight fluctuation, but if I gain a pound of fat, I'll eat at a deficit until it's gone.

    How do you know the difference between water weight and actual gain
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Options
    I'm not at maintenance yet but I'm close. I intend to keep weighing and charting my weight in my phone daily. Probably for the rest of my life. It takes like 20 seconds a day and creates a trend line. I plan to give myself a variance of about 4 pounds before taking corrective action. 185-189
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Options
    desiresdestiny wrote: »
    MissJay75 wrote: »
    Once a day. I know which weight is water weight and which is fat. I allow any water weight fluctuation, but if I gain a pound of fat, I'll eat at a deficit until it's gone.

    How do you know the difference between water weight and actual gain

    Charting will show you this. The LINE is your true weight. A spike is water.
    gb9qs705u7x0.jpg
  • desiresdestiny
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
    Options
    257_Lag wrote: »
    desiresdestiny wrote: »
    MissJay75 wrote: »
    Once a day. I know which weight is water weight and which is fat. I allow any water weight fluctuation, but if I gain a pound of fat, I'll eat at a deficit until it's gone.

    How do you know the difference between water weight and actual gain

    Charting will show you this. The LINE is your true weight. A spike is water.
    gb9qs705u7x0.jpg


    So do you weigh everyday?
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Options
    I do and have for 2 1/2 years. Wake, pee, weigh (naked) record. It's not for everybody but it works for me.


  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,372 Member
    Options
    Only the week after my period, as it's usually my lowest as it's when I drop water weight... Then I compare to the month before... if it's even a pound more, I try to cut a little bit more (I can predict usually by how much I've been eating though). I'm still aiming to lose a pound a month or something.

    I don't even want to deal with water weight, it's totally random, doesn't mean a thing, and just frustrates me, lol.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,345 Member
    Options
    A few times a week....my range has to stay within +/-5lbs, if I got to top end of range I'd tske action but so far so good (almost 2 yrs in maintenance)
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    Options
    I weigh myself on Friday mornings. My range is 2 lbs.
  • desiresdestiny
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
    Options
    257_Lag wrote: »
    I do and have for 2 1/2 years. Wake, pee, weigh (naked) record. It's not for everybody but it works for me.


    Thanks
  • desiresdestiny
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
    Options
    Thanks everyone I'm thinking maybe once a week
  • M30834134
    M30834134 Posts: 411 Member
    Options
    257_Lag wrote: »
    desiresdestiny wrote: »
    MissJay75 wrote: »
    Once a day. I know which weight is water weight and which is fat. I allow any water weight fluctuation, but if I gain a pound of fat, I'll eat at a deficit until it's gone.

    How do you know the difference between water weight and actual gain

    Charting will show you this. The LINE is your true weight. A spike is water.
    gb9qs705u7x0.jpg

    @257_Lag what app is this?
  • M30834134
    M30834134 Posts: 411 Member
    Options
    NM, found it
  • DoreenaV1975
    DoreenaV1975 Posts: 567 Member
    Options
    I plan to continue to weigh everyday. I feel like if I do this I can take corrective action immediately if I see the scale go up.
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    Options
    I honestly need to stay away from the scale. It affects me waaaaaay more than it should. I got by how my other fit (one form-fitting dress and a tight pair of jeans, especially) in that sense. But mostly I focus on health gains--lifting more/heavier and improving my running times. Staying off the scale makes for a much happier me!
  • lisab64mfp
    lisab64mfp Posts: 89 Member
    Options
    I weigh pretty much daily. My watch it weight is multiple days at 145 or above (142 is where scale should be).

Categories