Do you weigh every day...and if you do

My scale automatically logs it onto MFP, Health Mate and Trendweight, as well as sends it to my Google Calendar. Despite this, I have no idea how much I weigh unless I go and check LOL!

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CurlyCockney wrote: »

My scale automatically logs it onto MFP, Health Mate and Trendweight, as well as sends it to my Google Calendar. Despite this, I have no idea how much I weigh unless I go and check LOL!

+1 for Trendweight, but how do you get it to post to your Google Calendar? (I have aFitBit Aria.)

I weigh nearly every day out of curiosity. But, my weight varies quite a bit day to day, probably due to salt intake, water retention, and other factors. I have never found a correlation of eating super-healthy one day and weighing less because of it the next day.

Statistically, I think the best approach would be a running 5-day average. That is, average your weight for the last 5 consecutive days and use that as your current weight. Doing this settles out the variation fairly well.

I've gone through periods where I weigh daily and then I've used Happy Scale to track the fluctuations. I found it quite interesting to watch the patterns. I only logged my loss into MFP weekly or fortnightly.

I weigh myself every day and log it daily as well. I like to see the overall trend. It's also good to see if eating a particular meal makes me retain much water the next day.

I only log it on MFP saturday for my weigh in, but i'm ridiculous when it comes to weighing several times a day. it's like a bad habit but I don't really think about it affecting my progress.

Yes, and I enter it on MFP. By entering on MFP, it goes to Fitbit. Then Fitbit sends to Trendweight. I look at Trendweight less often now because I discovered it is backwards-looking.

For 2 1/2 years (I have not always weighed daily during this time), I have always weighed the least on Sat. morning after taking a shower. Even if I take time off from work and treat Fri. like a weekend, Sat. morning is still my lowest weight. Sun. is back up again and it jumps around throughout the week (and evenings are higher).

I weigh daily but only log my weight into MFP on Fridays using whatever number the scale says that morning. The daily weigh-ins help me see how my day-to-day habits affect my weight and put me in check when I am going off plan, but the weekly logged weights help me see the trend.

As a note, it is not unusual for scales to read differently depending on where they are placed. Be sure to place it on a hard, even floor. Just pick one spot and keep it there. Don't move it around weighing yourself each time, because you will get a different reading each time. Whether losing, maintaining or gaining weight, what you want to see long term is a trend. The actual number is relatively unimportant.

mom23nuts wrote: »

Do you update your info daily? The little ups and downs and fluctuations are one thing, but do you enter it in as your daily check in with MFP or just stick to entering in a particular day of the week even though you weigh daily?

My scale may be going nuts. Today 3lb lighter but then moved it to a new location and then 10lb lighter, then back to 2 lb lighter. Time for a new battery and a recheck tomorrow.

I know it's all about how clothes fit over the number on the scale, just wondering how people log in as a curiosity factor.

Your scale may be OK - the weight recorded is likely changing due to the surface it's been placed on. The weight distribution through the feet of the scale, and whether its on a solid, flat surface, make all the difference in the world whether it's measuring accurately. The best way to check is to hold a weight of defined value (say an 10lb dumbbell type weight) close to your body, see the weight, and then check your weight when you put that weight down. if it's recording the change of weight accurately, it's likely that the scale itself is OK, but you need to ensure it's on a hard, flat surface, and you don't move it around at all.