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Measurements: how often?

toe1226
toe1226 Posts: 249 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
how often do you take circumference measurements (hip waist thigh)

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  • ataylorgardner
    ataylorgardner Posts: 203 Member
    I usually check them once a month just to keep up on my progress. sometimes i go longer but i never do it more often than that
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Approximately once a month... unless I forget, which happens a lot
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Weekly.
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,760 Member
    Same here, about once a month.
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 583 Member
    I'm guessing a month is when most see differences. I measure once a month, but sometimes forget, so it is a little over a month lol :)
  • kisamekick
    kisamekick Posts: 47 Member
    I usually check every 3 months or so.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Not often enough. I didn't even get a good measurement before I started my bulk. Really dumb of me.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    I was doing the first Saturday of the month, but it was too frequent as my weight loss has slowed down. I'm now going to do every 5lbs lost.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    The first year I did every 6 weeks. Now that the rate of loss has slowed I prefer every 3 months. I like to see the big changes in the numbers! If you don't have s myotape, I'd stingily suggest it efoecidlly for self measuring. It just helps you be more accurate. Google it to see whst it is if you don't know.
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 583 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    The first year I did every 6 weeks. Now that the rate of loss has slowed I prefer every 3 months. I like to see the big changes in the numbers! If you don't have s myotape, I'd stingily suggest it efoecidlly for self measuring. It just helps you be more accurate. Google it to see whst it is if you don't know.

    @lorrpb, thank you for sharing this! I just searched for myotape, and this looks great. Self measuring with it is also a plus, hehe :D
  • OhMsDiva
    OhMsDiva Posts: 1,073 Member
    ataylorgardner wrote: »
    I usually check them once a month just to keep up on my progress. sometimes i go longer but i never do it more often than that

    That
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I've been taking measurements once every other month.
  • valeriesmith1840
    valeriesmith1840 Posts: 41 Member
    Whenever I feel as if my clothes are feeling different. Gosh. I'm not very consistent at all. Every month, sometimes two or three months apart lol
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