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minime0424
minime0424 Posts: 101 Member
edited December 3 in Fitness and Exercise
Who is guilty of weighing themselves throughout the day?????

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  • VioletRojo
    VioletRojo Posts: 597 Member
    I weigh myself 4 or 5 times a week, but only first thing in the morning before breakfast. It's useless to weigh myself at any other time because I'll also be weighing whatever I've had to eat and drink that day.
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    once a month to amend my calories and re-work my macros.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Not I, not until someone invents shoes that constantly weigh the wearer and updates mfp 10,000 times a second.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Not me. Bodyfat doesn't change more than a few ounces per day, so i don't see the point. :+1:
  • minime0424
    minime0424 Posts: 101 Member
    I can say I have been guilty of weighing myself several times a day :s
  • MiMi_5151
    MiMi_5151 Posts: 41 Member
    edited August 2016
    I'm MiMi and I am a scale-o-holic. I weigh myself any chance I get. However, I am only doing it because I'm curious about the effect my clothes, beverage, meal, shoes, 45-min walk in the Texas heat, etc have on my weight. I do not obsess over the expected fluctuations. I only record my early morning weight on Mondays.
  • DanerTee
    DanerTee Posts: 263 Member
    I can usually keep it to an only somewhat mad level of once per day, but I have been known to weigh myself before bed, in order to anticipate what my morning weigh will look like.......but let's be honest, it is really unnecessary and likely counter productive. Shall we cut it out and weight once a week? We'll do it together. :)
  • minime0424
    minime0424 Posts: 101 Member
    Lol lol I love it!! Glad to know I'm not the only one who falls victim to the scale once in while, for monitoring purposes lol lol
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Nope. I use libra so I weigh pretty much every day, but not multiple times per day.
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    once a day, after my workout and before I shower.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Only a few times 2 years ago just to see my fluctuations throughout the day. I weight first thing every morning. There is no value to multiple weighings during the day and can be detrimental to your motivation.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Not anymore, but while I was losing? Sure. I learned a ton.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Nope. Don't see the point of it.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,342 Member
    I'll do it out of curiosity, precisely because I know that weight fluctuates and it interests me. Weighing before and after a workout can give you a really clear picture of how much you lose through sweat etc.

    I found that by randomly weighing myself throughout the day, I grew more educated about fluctuations, and stopped worrying when my weight was doing something which didn't seem logical.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I'll do it out of curiosity, precisely because I know that weight fluctuates and it interests me. Weighing before and after a workout can give you a really clear picture of how much you lose through sweat etc.

    I found that by randomly weighing myself throughout the day, I grew more educated about fluctuations, and stopped worrying when my weight was doing something which didn't seem logical.

    This.
    It fascinates me what affects it.
    I know that I weigh more after a backshift, even if I slept the same amount of time as a regular night.
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    once a day, after my workout and before I shower.

    I have weighed before and after shower. Sometimes I weigh less after which has perplexed me.
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Only a few times 2 years ago just to see my fluctuations throughout the day. I weight first thing every morning. There is no value to multiple weighings during the day and can be detrimental to your motivation.

    @lorrpb Not necessarily. A lot of people weigh before and after exercising to understand sweat rate. Understanding your sweat rate can help you plan nutrition/hydration for longer distance races.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Nope. Once a day, first thing in the morning, naked and after going to the bathroom. My wifi scale sends it to Trendweight for logging and that's it. I don't step on the scale again until the next morning because I know the rest of the day will be an up/down rollercoaster of fluctuations which are completely irrelevant and not even worth looking at.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    3dogsrunning wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I'll do it out of curiosity, precisely because I know that weight fluctuates and it interests me. Weighing before and after a workout can give you a really clear picture of how much you lose through sweat etc.

    I found that by randomly weighing myself throughout the day, I grew more educated about fluctuations, and stopped worrying when my weight was doing something which didn't seem logical.

    This.
    It fascinates me what affects it.
    I know that I weigh more after a backshift, even if I slept the same amount of time as a regular night.
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    once a day, after my workout and before I shower.

    I have weighed before and after shower. Sometimes I weigh less after which has perplexed me.
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Only a few times 2 years ago just to see my fluctuations throughout the day. I weight first thing every morning. There is no value to multiple weighings during the day and can be detrimental to your motivation.

    @lorrpb Not necessarily. A lot of people weigh before and after exercising to understand sweat rate. Understanding your sweat rate can help you plan nutrition/hydration for longer distance races.

    Of course. I thought it was fairly cleAr I was referring to random weighing throughout the day.
  • minime0424
    minime0424 Posts: 101 Member
    Well I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has been guilty of weighing in more then once a day, it has helped me to gain a lot of knowledge in regards to what a normal flactuation is for me!! ;)
  • KiwiLifter
    KiwiLifter Posts: 115 Member
    Only while I'm cutting.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    LazSommer wrote: »
    before and after poop for maximum science

    Oh good, so I'm not the only one who's done this. Every time I do it though, I am reminded of that moment in Friday when the dad walks out of the bathroom and says "I feel five pounds lighter".
  • AlabamaMama224
    AlabamaMama224 Posts: 137 Member
    First thing in the morning. But if I feel puffy that day, I will weigh again and it usually reflects a small loss. But I only log once a day, the first weight of the morning.
  • selina884
    selina884 Posts: 826 Member
    edited August 2016
    I go through periods where I weigh myself every morning.

    Im glad I have done because Ive just checked my graph over the year (August-August) and theres a total weight loss of 14lbs.

    In my mind, I hadnt lost anything because I look/feel the same and Ive jumped off the wagon on several occasions (there was a period where I stopped eating properly/logging or counting calories) but after seeing the graph, my motivation levels have shot through the roof!

    14lbs isnt much weight loss over a year but when you have had a huge period where you just didnt care, ate what you wanted and stopped exercising, then it's a wonder!
  • Dannigreen31
    Dannigreen31 Posts: 557 Member
    I did it yesterday just to see how much the scales went up throughout the day. I usually only weigh myself once a month because fluctuations annoyed me
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,699 Member
    edited August 2016
    minime0424 wrote: »
    Who is guilty of weighing themselves throughout the day?????

    Only on rare occasions when I want to make sure I am hydrating adequately on my long rides.



    I weigh myself every morning.

    If I go on a long ride, occasionally I will weigh myself after. If I am the same weight, my hydration has been good. If I've dropped weight ... not so good.
  • jjejjtu
    jjejjtu Posts: 1,324 Member
    I weigh every Friday morning, first thing. Though my interest now is not the number on the scale, but on dropping my body fat percentage and adding some muscle. So the scale will soon not be an accurate gauge of my progress. It will be more my measurements and how my clothes are fitting.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    minime0424 wrote: »
    Who is guilty of weighing themselves throughout the day?????

    I don't see the purpose in weighing the food and drink I have eaten as the day progresses which is what weighing yourself throughout the day amounts to.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    who even has a scale near them all day
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    rileysowner wrote: »
    minime0424 wrote: »
    Who is guilty of weighing themselves throughout the day?????

    I don't see the purpose in weighing the food and drink I have eaten as the day progresses which is what weighing yourself throughout the day amounts to.

    Not really. Weighing food helps you manage calorie intake. There is no direct relationship between food weight and calories--between different foods. 100g of potato chips has a lot more cals than 100g of celery. Eating 1 lb of food doesn't mean you'll gain a pound of fat.
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