How often do you weigh yourself?

lisastwins2002 · August 2016

Hi all, I joined this group a few years ago but haven't been active since then. I've been tracking calories for about 10 days and have been trying to figure out exercise too.

My question is, how often do you weigh yourself? I don't own a scale so I plan on using the scale at the Y. I'm just not sure if once a week is too often.

Thanks!

malibu927 · August 2016

Once a week is fine. Anything more than once a day, IMO, is too often.

Alli4Chocolate · August 2016

I won't weigh myself daily because I know it can be a deferment, so what I will do is measure on how my clothes fit. So, I guess to answer your question, I weigh myself (when I am trying to lose weight) once a month, but once I reach my goal, I will then weigh myself once a week.

DebSozo · August 2016

Every morning. I lose so slowly that I need to nip weight gain in the bud. I easily gain a couple pounds in a week without monitoring.

SingingSingleTracker · August 2016

Every morning come hell or high water. Also, in the summer, before a big workout and after a big workout to make sure I am hydrating properly and seeing how much water weight I lose doing yard work, or a hard bike ride when it is hot and humid (usually 2 - 6 pounds of water loss for me).

But every single morning I stand on the scale. Keeps me in check. Keeps it real. Allows for micro-managing if need be.

jeepinshawn · August 2016

Every morning after going pee before breakfast.

ibamosaserreinas · August 2016

I used to weigh daily but it was a struggle to not allow my mood to be influenced by the number.

Now I rely more on the way my clothes feel and where I am at on my belt notches.

I weigh in a couple times a month.

SideSteel · August 2016

I think it's going to vary a bit from person to person.

For most people I think one of the following would be reasonable:

1) Daily, taking an average over the week to establish a weekly average weight and then comparing week to week averages.
2) 3 days per week also taking an average over the 3 days and doing a similar weekly comparison.
3) Once per week.

I think there's pros and cons to each but I'd GENERALLY go with #1 as being a better set of data to work with -- if the individual can tolerate it from an emotional standpoint/etc.

Soy_K · August 2016

Once or twice a week. I never weigh myself when i feel the onset of pms until it's over.

JeromeBarry1 · August 2016

I weigh daily, but the scale is in my house. I put the number in mfp and occasionally look at the chart.

brit4896 · August 2016

I weigh every morning before I do anything. It's probably not the best idea but for some weird reason it keeps me motivated.

healthy491 · August 2016

Every morning , but I would like to stop weighing myself that often.

PAV8888 · August 2016

Every morning after using the bathroom and before eating or drinking anything and wearing the same items if any

I then enter the number into my free fitbit.com account (available to anyone even without a device) and it automatically forwards to MFP (with the announcements turned off) and www.trendweight.com and www.weightgrapher.com.

These sites let me look at my weight level trend as opposed to my daily weight which is subject to large scale water weight changes.

Happy Scale for the iphone and Libra for android have similar functionality.

PleasantDisarray · August 2016

I weigh myself every day and put them into the app HappyScale - it's an app that plots your weights over time and then smooths it out into a much less fluctuant trendline. It keeps me sane during what could otherwise seem like fairly irrational ups and downs.

chubbybword123 · August 2016

gotta say... i used to weigh myself daily and learned a lot about my water flactuations and since i lost most of the weight, i lost the habbit of doing it daily and i kinda gained some weight back so i'm going back to weighing myself daily again...

hayleyf6051 · August 2016

I do everyday so I can keep a weekly average

KittiesGoMew · August 2016

Every morning after I pee, before I eat or drink and wearing (or lack of) the same things every day. I also http://www.weightgrapher.com/ so I can see my weight trend. It really helps to see that I am actually losing weight even when sometimes it doesn't always feel like it

pdm3547 · August 2016

I changed my mindset yesterday.

Fed up of losing these pounds for the THIRD time, I'm looking at things a different way. My measured weight is now a lagging indicator of my overall health and fitness. I'm training for a century bike ride in just 7 weeks time, and I'm looking forward to working out how I'm going to complete a triathlon next year.

So in recognition of this, I've decided that having the scales in my bathroom is pretty meaningless. They've been ceremoniously removed to the bottom of my wardrobe, only to be recovered on the 1st of each month for my regular weigh/measure session.

No longer am I beholden to daily (twice daily?) measuring and kicking myself when the number creeps up half an ounce. No longer do I put nutrition on the back seat at the expense of chasing down calories.

I changed my mindset and it feels good.

nickisa28 · August 2016

I probably weigh myself a few times a week. I won't weigh myself at least for 24 hours after a workout as I know I can be about 2lbs heavier due to muscle repair. So this week I've only weighed myself once this morning as I didn't workout yesterday. Then I'll probably weigh again on Saturday as I'm not working out on Friday or Saturday. I only really pay attention to the scale at the end of the week though. The weigh in today was just to check I'm on track and haven't gained. Although when I first started logging/losing I weighed myself every day. Now I'm nearing maintenance, I've eased up a bit x

Gamliela · August 2016

Rarely. When I get to the doctor, which is about once every two years, if that. For me body fat % ( I'm 23%) and measurements plus appearance is more important than what the scale number is. It ( the number on the scale ) fluxuates by the hour, I'd go crazy watching that number.

subakwa · August 2016

Daily, before my morning shower.

It is both my policing and my motivation. I spent too long being scared to stand on the scales and living in the ignorance is bliss mindset. Now I know I will be weighing every day and nothing will be a surprise.

I have become more attuned to my body and can feel much more accurately when I am bloated or when I am shedding. I find it helpful.

Perpkern · August 2016

Every day. Wake up, toilet, weigh.

I use Omron scales which measure body fat too. I try to ignore daily fluctuations. For example, today I am 0.2kg lighter than yesterday, but my body fat supposedly increased by 1.1%. I know impedance measurements can be inconsistent in the short term, but long term I believe they are a reliable measure of progress.

Every Sunday, I average my measurements for the past week, and use this average as my indicator of progress. This method will provide much more stable results, and after a while, you will learn to ignore daily inconsistencies and focus on long term changes.

I believe that weighing once per week does not provide enough data, and if by chance, you wake up bloated for example, your one weekly measurement will be an inaccurate representation of your composition. Either weigh and measure often (daily), or very infrequently (once per month). The way your clothes fit is also a great way to analyse your progress. Using the holes in my belts is my favourite method.

Hope this helps!

oolou · August 2016

Daily.

bebeisfit · August 2016

Tossed my scale out a couple of de ads ago..I had become obsessed with the thing. Now I weigh myself at the gym a few times a week. I know I can go up or down several pounds in a day. I log it on MFP every 7 to ten days.

ald783 · August 2016

Up until a few months ago I weighed once a week, sometimes a little more. For the past several months I've been doing about once a month just to kind of check in.

AriaLace · August 2016

I weigh twice a week. Mid week on usually Wednesday or Thursday and then on Sunday. I couldn't weigh every day because I'd get discouraged by huge fluctuations so I feel twice a week helps keep me on track.

kermax39 · August 2016

Daily at home at 7am then before dinner around 7pm but the weight I log on mfp is weekly from the scales at my local chemist. Theyre the ones I took my first weight from on week 1 so iv carried that on. My daily weight readings are just to keep an eye on fluctuations.

JeepHair77 · August 2016

Every day. Daily fluctuations don't bother me, but I think logging those fluctuations allows me to see a more complete picture - my weekly AVERAGE is what I actually look at. When I was weighing weekly, the fluctuations were more problematic for me - if I weighed myself on a day when I was retaining water, I'd flip out - "what? I gained 2 pounds in a week?" The daily weigh-ins have been better for me, mentally.

I would just mention that using the scale at the Y may show more fluctuations, if you won't be using it at the same time of day, under the same conditions, etc. I weigh in the morning, naked, right after waking up and using the restroom, and before eating or drinking anything. If you weigh at the Y, it might be a different time of day, you might be wearing different clothing, you might have eaten more or less recently... the results may fluctuate more. I think that's fine, as long as YOU think that's fine, KWIM?

lauraesh0384 · August 2016

I weigh daily, but usually log low weights once to twice a week. The fluctuations don't bother me as much as they used to, especially if I know what caused it.

KatrinaDelRey · August 2016

1-2 times a month . I do it this way because I become easily discouraged if I check too often

Spliner1969 · August 2016

I log any losses once a week. I will admit that I weigh in more than that though just to watch what sodium does to me. I eat a lot of BBQ/Grilled food in the summer months so my sodium intake is usually out of control lol. I try to cut it back throughout the work week and weigh in on Thursdays or Fridays. I've been at maintenance for a while now, so I don't log minimal gains of <2-3 lbs (unless sodium isn't the obvious cause) but I do log losses if they are there, and they usually aren't very often.

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