How often do you weigh in?

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  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    My weigh-ins are on Monday mornings before eating and showering.

    I weigh myself daily but don't always log it in.
  • colinchunky1
    colinchunky1 Posts: 7 Member
    having used this website for 3 years and maintaining my 5 stone weight loss,up and down a few pounds but no more, i,ve found once a fortnight is enough. daily can become frustating and weekly can fluctuate because of socialising at weekend. saturday morning before breakfast seems to be my best time .hope this helps
  • ald783
    ald783 Posts: 690 Member
    Every other week
  • ScoobaChick
    ScoobaChick Posts: 184 Member
    I weigh every morning and record it, but I will sometimes step on during the day because like @WendyLaubach I'm curious about weight fluctuations. I can also predict one day ahead when my TOTM comes because my weight inexplicably goes up by 1 lbs (well it is explicable in hindsight). I figure whatever makes people happy and healthy works best for them!
  • philipfoster76
    philipfoster76 Posts: 14 Member
    Almost daily, first thing in the morning. But part of that is accepting that it will certainly go both up and down and that I have to accept it and just watch for the overall trend. I track in MFP every time I weigh. I geek out on numbers, and as others have mentioned it is fantastic watching it move in relation to how tightly I've kept to my macros and workout routine. When I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, it stays on an overall down trend without fail.
  • Yourkindagirl
    Yourkindagirl Posts: 100 Member
    When I was losing, I weighed once a week. Now that I'm maintaining, I weigh everyday. I only weighed once per week while losing because the body does fluctuate. Sometimes, the scale would depress me. Sometimes, it would go up when I thought it shouldn't have, and that would discourage me. Early on in my weight loss journey, this would derail me progress because I would sabotage myself. I mean it wasn't working anyway, right? Might as well eat this donut.

    So, I began to just weigh once a week at the same time. That gave me a clearer picture of my progress. Now that I have reached goal, I weigh daily, so that I am always aware of what I am doing. It is sooo easy to fool yourself into thinking you have arrived once you are at the maintenance stage. We think because we have reached goal that we deserve to eat what we want. That's true, but with great moderation. So, when I do eat foolishly, I need to immediately see what damage I've done, so that I will not gain. It is a struggle, but weighing everyday keeps me honest.
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    edited April 2016
    emzy42014 wrote: »
    Every morning? Why. Once a week for me and I dread it! Also find I loose or gain inches too

    Every single morning here, but I only record it on Saturday mornings. And, because I find that it is motivating AND it keeps me on track.
  • emzy42014
    emzy42014 Posts: 359 Member
    Exactly. It has to be a lifestyle change.
  • gjw1911
    gjw1911 Posts: 31 Member
    I weigh in every other day, I even follow the same ritual on weigh in days. This way it feels like I am getting a fairly accurate data on my weight.
    I have heard that to be successful long term with weight loss you need accountability and almost obsessive tracking.
  • samwiserabbit
    samwiserabbit Posts: 153 Member
    edited April 2016
    I just recently heard of trendweight.com and so far it's been the thing that most helps me have a healthy relationship with my scale. I record my morning weight every day and the app calculates a trend. So when, for example, I suddenly gained 7 pounds one day, it still reported that I was loosing at a rate of 1.3 lb per week and reported that my weight had increased by less than a pound.

    Before that, I weighed in rarely, and so if I caught myself on a heavy day, I'd get really bummed.

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  • jaynee7283
    jaynee7283 Posts: 160 Member
    I weigh myself every morning just for kicks, but I only track it in my spreadsheet on Monday mornings.
  • momof4girls48
    momof4girls48 Posts: 41 Member
    Once a month.
  • emzy42014
    emzy42014 Posts: 359 Member
    samwiserabbit wrote: »
    I just recently heard of trendweight.com and so far it's been the thing that most helps me have a healthy relationship with my scale. I record my morning weight every day and the app calculates a trend. So when, for example, I suddenly gained 7 pounds one day, it still reported that I was loosing at a rate of 1.3 lb per week and reported that my weight had increased by less than a pound.

    Before that, I weighed in rarely, and so if I caught myself on a heavy day, I'd get really bummed.

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    This sounds like just what I need!!! Isn't there an app for something like this? Pref android?
  • maeggggan
    maeggggan Posts: 71 Member
    i weigh in the first day of the month and the middle-ish of the month (usually around the 15th). plus i take measurements on the first day of every month.
  • joselito_1_1
    joselito_1_1 Posts: 31 Member
    Every day !! ;):)
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    As a Lifetime WW member under goal weight, only once a month.
  • Mccmack
    Mccmack Posts: 195 Member
    I weigh every day. I find that when I am losing weight, my weight will fluctuate 4-8 pounds at different times during the week. If I am at a plateau, it does not fluctuate so much. It helps me get a better sense of what my actual weight is. I record my weight on Friday morning, but I will take into account how much of that weight will come right back on when I drink some water and eat some food. I find that the 4-8 pound range has a lower upper limit as I lose weight.
  • eeejer
    eeejer Posts: 339 Member
    emzy42014 wrote: »
    samwiserabbit wrote: »
    I just recently heard of trendweight.com and so far it's been the thing that most helps me have a healthy relationship with my scale. I record my morning weight every day and the app calculates a trend. So when, for example, I suddenly gained 7 pounds one day, it still reported that I was loosing at a rate of 1.3 lb per week and reported that my weight had increased by less than a pound.

    Before that, I weighed in rarely, and so if I caught myself on a heavy day, I'd get really bummed.

    bph3zos25iec.png

    This sounds like just what I need!!! Isn't there an app for something like this? Pref android?

    I use trendweight, but I believe the app Libra does this also.
  • fahdiz
    fahdiz Posts: 10 Member
    I weigh every morning and record on MFP every morning. The fluctuations don't bother me; I'm interested in trendlines, not individual data points.
  • emzy42014
    emzy42014 Posts: 359 Member
    eeejer wrote: »
    emzy42014 wrote: »
    samwiserabbit wrote: »
    I just recently heard of trendweight.com and so far it's been the thing that most helps me have a healthy relationship with my scale. I record my morning weight every day and the app calculates a trend. So when, for example, I suddenly gained 7 pounds one day, it still reported that I was loosing at a rate of 1.3 lb per week and reported that my weight had increased by less than a pound.

    Before that, I weighed in rarely, and so if I caught myself on a heavy day, I'd get really bummed.

    bph3zos25iec.png

    This sounds like just what I need!!! Isn't there an app for something like this? Pref android?

    I use trendweight, but I believe the app Libra does this also.

    Just installed libra! :)))

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