How often do you check the scale?

budonyan
budonyan Posts: 38 Member
edited December 2 in Health and Weight Loss
As the title says..

I check every two weeks now.
I use to check everyday by it discouraged me.

Now whenever I check every two weeks it always is down a couple pounds.
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  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    About twice a week, currently. I avoid the day right after a heavy workout because of water retention in muscle tissue.
  • Ruatine
    Ruatine Posts: 3,424 Member
    Another one who weighs everyday. I like to see the fluctuations - takes the power away from them for me. I also use Trendweight to keep track of the overall direction my weight is going.
  • thiosulfate
    thiosulfate Posts: 262 Member
    Errr'day
  • Annahbananas
    Annahbananas Posts: 284 Member
    Every morning. Same time
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I weigh every day and chart this in Excel. I log into MFP once per month. As a woman who has not yet gone through menopause, it's most useful to compare my weight to this time last month rather than this time last week due to normal hormonal fluctuations.
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    Daily. Keeps me motivated and on track.
  • dykask
    dykask Posts: 800 Member
    Morning before I eat or drink and sometimes after workouts. My weight here is an adjustment between morning and post workout weight so that my calorie estimates are more accurate. I set the weight on my watch and it ends up getting sync'ed to MFP. I typically lose 2kg during a workout, but it is getting hotter so that will go up.
  • richardpkennedy1
    richardpkennedy1 Posts: 1,890 Member
    Twice a week. First thing in the morning after taking a pee
  • BiggDaddy58
    BiggDaddy58 Posts: 406 Member
    I weigh in officially on Monday a.m./ however, I have been weighing daily just to learn my body and how it processes my lifestyle changes.

    It helps to know, you will fluctuate daily. Knowledge is power.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    dykask wrote: »
    Morning before I eat or drink and sometimes after workouts. My weight here is an adjustment between morning and post workout weight so that my calorie estimates are more accurate. I set the weight on my watch and it ends up getting sync'ed to MFP. I typically lose 2kg during a workout, but it is getting hotter so that will go up.

    Is weighing this way accurate?

  • Symijai2340
    Symijai2340 Posts: 8 Member
    I have decided not to weight myself anymore. I go by the way my clothes feel Weighing myself used to discourage me so no more scale..Only my dietician knows my true weight...
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Every morning, out of sheer morbid curiosity. I only bother logging once per week, though.
  • X_Sooner
    X_Sooner Posts: 366 Member
    Monday mornings
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Symijai2340 wrote: »
    I have decided not to weight myself anymore. I go by the way my clothes feel Weighing myself used to discourage me so no more scale..Only my dietician knows my true weight...

    I'd be too scared to do that. As I've read stories here about people gaining up to 20lbs before their clothes start getting tight.
  • smile_saurus
    smile_saurus Posts: 7 Member
    Before MFP I'd weigh myself once a week, first thing in the morning after using the bathroom and before I'd eaten anything. The app prompts me to weigh myself several times a week so I do so, but I prefer to utilize several methods (scale, calipers, measuring tape, how my clothing fits) to get an overall better idea of my progress.

    That's because certain weeks I might be retaining water (hello, PMS!) which causes a higher number on the scale and I tend to get discouraged. I feel better though, during those weeks if my measurements are smaller, or if my body fat percentage has gone down.
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    I used to be the worst at that, weighing 4 or 5 times a day, making myself crazy. But I just went 4 days without weighing myself, so proud. Ideal for me would be once every 3-4 days I think. One day at a time, as the alkies say!
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Every Friday morning.

    Consistency is king
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Symijai2340 wrote: »
    I have decided not to weight myself anymore. I go by the way my clothes feel Weighing myself used to discourage me so no more scale..Only my dietician knows my true weight...

    I'd be too scared to do that. As I've read stories here about people gaining up to 20lbs before their clothes start getting tight.

    Were those tight jeans or elasticated clothes?
  • canadianvampyregurl
    canadianvampyregurl Posts: 231 Member
    I have been checking every morning. This is so not working for me so I have asked hubby to hide the scale. I will weigh again next month :)
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,186 Member
    I weigh every day. It keeps me motivated. I am now able to see patterns in the fluctuations so I have a pretty god idea if I need to change my eating (sodium, etc) or if it is just regular monthly stuff (ovulation and TOM). I'm not sure if I will keep with every day weighing when I get to maintenance (6 pounds!) or not. I probably will since it is such a habit now.
  • beaglebrandon
    beaglebrandon Posts: 97 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    First thing every weekday morning. The key to weighing daily is not to view the day-to-day fluctuations but the trend over time.

    Same here. But every day.

    Then I track them on a spreadsheet. It's very interesting. I've looked at the numbers, and look at 'What if I would have weighed myself every Monday?' what about 'What if I weighed myself every Saturday?'

    I understand the ups and downs and it's actually helpful to know why it went up 2 pounds overnight or down 2 pounds overnight. It's not all about me doing anything bad. It's about water weight most of the time. The next day after a 2 pound increase, I'm back to normal. The next day after a 2 pound decrease, I'm back to normal.

    For example, my Monday weights have always gone down. Between 0.5 and 3 pounds.

    But If I weighed myself on Saturdays, it's an entirely different story. One week I drank 3 shots on a Friday night. Saturday morning showed me down 2 pounds from where I should be. Alcohol causes the body to get dehydrated. If I didn't know better - Woo hoo! Lost 3.5 pounds from the week before (199 to 195.5)! Whatever I'm doing is working... then the next week, I GAINED 3 pounds! WHA!?!?! (195.5 to 198.5).

    Looking at my week daily, my 195.5 was fake. It should have been 197.5. And the next week my 198.5 was an anomaly as well. It was 197.5 the day before and the day after. So, in effect, I was losing weight slowly between 199 and 197.5, (2.5 pounds in 2 weeks).

    The weekly weigh-ins, if done on a Saturday, and not knowing anything about water weight, could have triggered me to have wild swings in my happiness with losing weight. I'm glad I do it daily so I can see the patterns, not abnormalities.
  • nslumia05
    nslumia05 Posts: 10 Member
    Since I began using MFP, I started weighing myself every other Tuesday first thing in the morning. I use the numbers and changes in the fit of my clothing to assess my progress.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    trjjoy wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Symijai2340 wrote: »
    I have decided not to weight myself anymore. I go by the way my clothes feel Weighing myself used to discourage me so no more scale..Only my dietician knows my true weight...

    I'd be too scared to do that. As I've read stories here about people gaining up to 20lbs before their clothes start getting tight.

    Were those tight jeans or elasticated clothes?

    haha I have no idea.
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  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    1-3wks
  • ericatoday
    ericatoday Posts: 454 Member
    Evryday gor me if i dont i go up to much because in my mind ill think im doing better then i am and i always get disappointed
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
    Monday mornings.
  • Alicewtl
    Alicewtl Posts: 8 Member
    Every week or two. I don't see the use of seeing the same number everyday.
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