How often to you weigh?

Dreysander
Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
edited November 27 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
What the title says. How often to you weigh yourself? I am thinking of starting maintenance soon and I currently weigh every morning, but I'm starting to feel like maybe I need to do it less often due to daily fluctuation.
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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    pretty much daily. daily fluctuations don't concern me.
  • Bizzarrini
    Bizzarrini Posts: 69 Member
    Daily, I like seeing the fluctuations. They help me to understand my body. Also it keeps me on track.
  • CalorieCountChocula
    CalorieCountChocula Posts: 239 Member
    Daily too. Wifi scale and trendweight.com to track.
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    When I was losing I only weighed once every week or two. Now that I'm trying to maintain I've been weighing daily and recording it on my iPhone using the health app. I find the average over time (week/month) interesting, whereas averages really wouldn't have been particularly useful (IMO) while losing.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    Every single day, fluctuations and all.
  • ivy6154
    ivy6154 Posts: 32 Member
    edited December 2015
    Ohhhh not ready for this thread yet!!
  • 4bugsmama
    4bugsmama Posts: 2,871 Member
    Almost daily, but for sure weekly
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'll still be weighing everyday when I'm in maintenance. I think it's even more important to keep a close eye on your weight when your maintaining, so you can nip any gains in the bud asap.
  • jnz17
    jnz17 Posts: 17 Member
    Daily with fluctuations, but I pay attention to how the weekly averages are changing.
  • SacredCoffee
    SacredCoffee Posts: 23 Member
    I used to go once a week only but lately I do daily, I like to see the daily changes (good or bad) since I tend to retain water really easy. Doing it daily helps me determine if I need to drink extra water for the day, but I still only count Friday's as my "weigh days" where I'll actually update my weight. :smile:
  • gramarye
    gramarye Posts: 586 Member
    I'm weekly, with occasional check-ins when I feel like it. I did daily for the first year or so, and I've debated switching back to use Trendweight. However, I don't want to spend the $100+ for a compatible wi-fi scale. So I'd have to be dedicated to filling my weight in on FitBit every day.

    I think there are points to be made for both daily and weekly. It just depends on if daily fluctuations will make you anxious or discouraged.
  • chelsy0587
    chelsy0587 Posts: 441 Member
    SacredCoffee wrote: »
    I used to go once a week only but lately I do daily, I like to see the daily changes (good or bad) since I tend to retain water really easy. Doing it daily helps me determine if I need to drink extra water for the day, but I still only count Friday's as my "weigh days" where I'll actually update my weight. :smile:

    This... almost exactly. When I first started I weighed only once a week, then started weighing every day I went to the gym until it was a daily thing. Like others have said I like to see the fluctuations because then I start to understand how certain foods effect my body.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    I've been maintaining for the last 6 months or so and mostly weighed daily - I log it in Fitbit which forwards to trendweight.com so I have an idea of how I'm doing. For the last month or so, it's been 2-3 times a week, though.

    ~Lyssa
  • desiresdestiny
    desiresdestiny Posts: 175 Member
    Once a week or so
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    Daily. Just habit. The scale is there after I shower...
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I weigh in once a month at weight watchers and record the number that they give me.
  • kdhamner
    kdhamner Posts: 309 Member
    I weigh twice daily. Once in the morning and once before bed. I just like to see the fluctuations that I have throughout the day/week. I have lost nearly 100 lbs and do ok with the frequent weighing. I know some get frustrated if they weight too often, but I am ok with it. I have really gotten to know my body that way.
  • neumann16
    neumann16 Posts: 4 Member
    Daily and log it too
  • AlphaCajun
    AlphaCajun Posts: 290 Member
    Once a week. No real need to stare at that number every day.
  • 4myhealth77
    4myhealth77 Posts: 77 Member
    I weigh myself daily so that I can try and understand how certain foods are reacting within my body. If I fluctuate really high the next day knowing I don't eat a lot of salt, then most likely my body didn't like that food and can't handle it. I am doing LCHF.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Occasionally, I think it may have been mid November I last weighed myself.

    I have been maintaining 6 years. At the beginning I weighed myself daily, after a few months I knew I was pretty stable so it went to weekly, this was when I stopped consistently logging daily too.

    By the end of the first year I wasn't logging, but was weighing weekly, and weighing food for portion control.

    Now I weigh when I feel I am gaining, or if the fancy takes me. I keep a 5 lb range that I have gone over once, and under twice, and don't weigh my food often. Portion control is working well.

    Bottom line; weigh yourself as often as you are comfortable with

    Cheers, h.
  • Laughter_Girl
    Laughter_Girl Posts: 2,226 Member
    When I was losing, I weighed every 3 - 4 weeks. Since I've been in maintenance, I weigh myself roughly every 2 weeks. As long as I'm within my weight range, I feel good. When I'm above that, which I am currently due to overeating, I just adjust my intake and exercise accordingly. When I'm below my range (happened once), I just ate more. :D That was a fun period.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I pretty much only weigh myself when I'm feeling slim.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    I'm weighing daily at the moment. Even with the number being where it is right now, Trendweight is fun to use and shows me the quick drop from other "blow outs".
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I pretty much only weigh myself when I'm feeling slim.

    ❤❤❤ big like
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    used to weigh myself a few times a day, now in maintenance I just check in monthly or so just to see that I am still within my acceptable window.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    Since I'm playing with the ten day moving average weight spreadsheet (https://medium.com/technology-liberal-arts/the-data-diet-how-i-lost-60-pounds-using-a-google-docs-spreadsheet-80adce62cf5c#.aef9arj2f) at the moment, every day. Normally, once a week when actively attempting to lose weight. Maybe once a month to once a quarter when not.
  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
    It took me a long time to get over weighing myself daily. I'm actually glad I did, though, when I first started maintaining. It turned out that 1600 calories a day was too much for me. After a little adjustment, I hit on the right number of calories for me to shoot for.

    I hardly ever weigh myself anymore, though. Once I figured out the number of calories I need to maintain, weighing myself became less important. I weigh maybe once a month now, after AF.
  • Katiedriss1
    Katiedriss1 Posts: 93 Member
    I weight my self every Friday morning
  • helene4
    helene4 Posts: 120 Member
    I only weigh myself at the gym. Motivation to go!
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