How often do you weigh in?

Weekly, but sometimes I can't resist checking how I'm going a couple of days early

I do it once or twice a month

Dawn410 wrote: »

I weigh daily, mostly so I can make sure it fluctuates back down from the higher numbers. I only log my lowest number, because it is the number I'm trying to get below.

Me too:)

Could experiment, see what works for you. I like weighing weekly.

Do whatever works for you. I step on the scale no more than a couple of times a week.

I have a lot of weight to lose and I only started a couple of months ago. I started with weekly weigh-ins, but with one weekly weigh-in that was higher than I expected I was very upset and a bit panicked. The whole weight fluctuates bla bla bla hadn't sinked in. I now weigh myself daily so I can get used to those variations. This week's "official" weigh-in day, I was 1.5 lbs higher than the days before and after; I just shrugged and moved on. I'll probably switch to weekly at some point.
Not a one size fits all. Just do what works best for you

I do it once a week. It's highly suggested to do it the same day and same time for the best results. As well as, pay attention to what rituals you have. Ex: After going to the bathroom, before eating, naked before a shower... All things that'll factor in.

I weigh daily, BECAUSE my weight fluctuates daily. I can also track the impact of too much sodium, PMS water weight gain and retention, etc......

I weigh daily and sync to trend weight. I highly recommend it. It has a sophisticated algorithm for giving you a moving weighted average of your weight loss each day. Your weight can fluctuate from day to day but trendweight tells you your "actual" loss - i.e., you can have a day when you gain scale weight but trend weight says you lost .2 lbs. Of course, you can have a day when you "lose" 2lbs on scale weight and trend weight tells you you lost .3lbs. But the important thing is the trend and it shows my trend very clearly. Both my loss as a downward line, but also that when my scale weight is consistently well below my trend line, I lose more quickly and the more it hovers around my trend line it means I'm stagnating a bit. I can also notice "trends" very quickly - i.e., I can see that every few weeks my scale weight seems to get up high close to my trend line for a few days in a row before heading back down. So now that process doesn't freak me out.

I'm a data freak so this really works for me. I just used my fitbit profile stats to find out my average deficit for the last 30 days to then find out how much, according to my logging, I "should" have lost based on my calculated deficit. Then compared how much trendweight says I lost over those same 30 days. It was to the decimal point the exact same number. Talk about your non scale victories! I had done the same thing about a month ago and I had lost less than I "should" have. I calculated the discrepancy and it was 187 calories/day - i.e., I had 187 calories less of a deficit in actuality compared to my logging and fitbit's calcs of my TDEE. So I started entering a 187 calorie quick add in my food diary called "fitbit/logging" adjustment - and now it matches exactly. I don't know if that's my own logging errors, fitbit overestimating my burn or a little of each. But that is pretty damn close numbers and by meticulously logging and using the fitbit tools and doing the calculations I can have a lot of confidence in the numbers each day and know that I am, or am not, doing what I need to lose weight. Overall, every single day with very few exceptions I am either maintaining or losing at a deficit between 200 and 1200 calories. The more of the big deficits, the faster I lose, but regardless I just keep losing. And that's really all that matters. I accept that sometimes life means I'm going to want to enjoy a night out or a particular meal or go through a stretch where I'm less active and so I'll lose more slowly. Other times the stars align or I'm just in a particularly good place and I lose more quickly. But I'm in control.

newyorkcitymom wrote: »

I weigh daily and sync to trend weight. I highly recommend it. It has a sophisticated algorithm for giving you a moving weighted average of your weight loss each day. Your weight can fluctuate from day to day but trendweight tells you your "actual" loss - i.e., you can have a day when you gain scale weight but trend weight says you lost .2 lbs. Of course, you can have a day when you "lose" 2lbs on scale weight and trend weight tells you you lost .3lbs. But the important thing is the trend and it shows my trend very clearly. Both my loss as a downward line, but also that when my scale weight is consistently well below my trend line, I lose more quickly and the more it hovers around my trend line it means I'm stagnating a bit. I can also notice "trends" very quickly - i.e., I can see that every few weeks my scale weight seems to get up high close to my trend line for a few days in a row before heading back down. So now that process doesn't freak me out.

I'm a data freak so this really works for me. I just used my fitbit profile stats to find out my average deficit for the last 30 days to then find out how much, according to my logging, I "should" have lost based on my calculated deficit. Then compared how much trendweight says I lost over those same 30 days. It was to the decimal point the exact same number. Talk about your non scale victories! I had done the same thing about a month ago and I had lost less than I "should" have. I calculated the discrepancy and it was 187 calories/day - i.e., I had 187 calories less of a deficit in actuality compared to my logging and fitbit's calcs of my TDEE. So I started entering a 187 calorie quick add in my food diary called "fitbit/logging" adjustment - and now it matches exactly. I don't know if that's my own logging errors, fitbit overestimating my burn or a little of each. But that is pretty damn close numbers and by meticulously logging and using the fitbit tools and doing the calculations I can have a lot of confidence in the numbers each day and know that I am, or am not, doing what I need to lose weight. Overall, every single day with very few exceptions I am either maintaining or losing at a deficit between 200 and 1200 calories. The more of the big deficits, the faster I lose, but regardless I just keep losing. And that's really all that matters. I accept that sometimes life means I'm going to want to enjoy a night out or a particular meal or go through a stretch where I'm less active and so I'll lose more slowly. Other times the stars align or I'm just in a particularly good place and I lose more quickly. But I'm in control.

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