How often do you weigh yourself?

ericarolf
ericarolf Posts: 3
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
How often does everyone weigh themselves? I do it every other day, and I am just curious what everyone else is doing. Thanks!
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  • Kenshin_D
    Kenshin_D Posts: 7
    I try and do it once a week.
  • Kenshin_D
    Kenshin_D Posts: 7
    I try and do it only once a week.
  • Bubs05
    Bubs05 Posts: 179 Member
    I usually step on the scale every morning on my way into the shower, just for curiosity. But I do my 'official' weigh-in once a week, on Saturday mornings.
  • anthony438
    anthony438 Posts: 578 Member
    Daily- it makes it easier for me to see how things like sodium affect me
  • Seajolly
    Seajolly Posts: 1,435 Member
    Daily (every morning) but I don't obsess about it. It just helps me stay on track better.
  • chickenpoppa
    chickenpoppa Posts: 207 Member
    once a week unless i have a gym assessment:-)
  • Rae9911
    Rae9911 Posts: 200 Member
    I weigh myself every Friday morning after I have gotten up but before I have breakfast, I personally find it's better for myself to just do it once a week.
  • rainbowbuggy
    rainbowbuggy Posts: 320
    I usually step on the scale every morning on my way into the shower, just for curiosity. But I do my 'official' weigh-in once a week, on Saturday mornings.

    I do the exact same!
  • Kitiara47
    Kitiara47 Posts: 235 Member
    I weigh in every Saturday morning, but I look every once in a while if I'm curious. Most of the time I try to stay off the scale until Saturday.
  • catherine1979
    catherine1979 Posts: 704 Member
    I usually step on the scale every morning on my way into the shower, just for curiosity. But I do my 'official' weigh-in once a week, on Saturday mornings.

    I do the exact same!

    Same here.
  • Kathy_Noring
    Kathy_Noring Posts: 143 Member
    I weigh daily to keep on track, but I only have one official weigh-in, which is Mondays. That's when I determine how much weight I have officially lost for the week.
  • Jonbradley
    Jonbradley Posts: 1 Member
    I have an "official' weigh in every 2 weeks and use that date to try and achieve personal goals, but I try to weigh myself every other day to track my progress and see just how tomorrow's limits will be.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Once a week.. I started doing it everyday for awhile there and drove myself up a tree with all the fluctuations.

    I generally do mine on thursday.
  • dgirllamius
    dgirllamius Posts: 171 Member
    I weigh myself every Friday morning. I might do it in the week to see if I'm progressing (I know I shouldn't but hey). It's nice to see that little red bar move down every week :D
  • Clew
    Clew Posts: 910 Member
    I only weigh myself about once a month. I found the scale was affecting my mood too much so I broke the frequent weighing habit last summer. It wasnt as hard as I thought, and I'm much happier now :)
  • kristinkt
    kristinkt Posts: 921 Member
    everyday with official weigh in on Sunday:smile:
  • melhort
    melhort Posts: 31 Member
    I weigh myself almost every morning but official weigh in on wed.
  • hatchhome
    hatchhome Posts: 65
    I do every morning. It fluctuates but is also very accurate of what kind of day I had the day before. U weigh the same no matter if u weigh yourself or not. To me it's like not checking your bank account because u don't want to see the balance.
  • MissWait
    MissWait Posts: 160
    Officially every Saturday....But everyday...Can't help myself :laugh:
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    I started on Memorial Day. I weighed myself on 6/29 and plan to weigh again on 8/8. That will be when I've been on MFP for 10 weeks. I'm over sixty and expect to lose pretty slowly, so I'm only weighing in once in awhile and concentrating on my nutrition and exercise. The results will have to take place without me checking on them every day or so.
  • djkymba
    djkymba Posts: 174
    Once a week.. I started doing it everyday for awhile there and drove myself up a tree with all the fluctuations.

    I generally do mine on thursday.

    This. UGH, my scale stubbornly refuses to move so I try not to obsess about it and just keep on doing what I'm doing. It can't last forever. (can it? :ohwell: )
  • aalanclose
    aalanclose Posts: 125 Member
    My goodness. You all sound very sensible. I find i end up weighing myself 3 or 4 times a day but do an "official" one every fortnight on one of those machines that gives you a printout.
  • bmw4deb
    bmw4deb Posts: 1,324 Member
    Thursday mornings. I do sneak on the scale a few other days lol
  • cmreich
    cmreich Posts: 5
    I weight myself once a day but I know really shouldn't. You're weight varies 3 pounds plus or minus from water weight (completely irrelevant to fat loss and will change the next time you hydrate etc). I used to get emotional before I understood this if I saw that number go up when really I am just had too much sodium. So like most everyone who has posted, I get on the scale once a day out of curiosity but my official weigh in that I record is once a week.
  • angela828
    angela828 Posts: 498 Member
    daily! after I do my business in the bathroom and strip down to my undies or nothing at all. I only log on Fridays.

    I like seeing the fluctuations... keeps me accountable...Sodium is the thing I watch out for the most so if I see my weight creep up, I know to keep an eye on it.
  • hill2302
    hill2302 Posts: 139 Member
    I'm embarrassed to admit I'll step on the scale 2x in the morning (you know just to verify the first reading), sometimes when I get home from work (but not always), after any hard workout before I shower(see how much water I sweated off), and every night before I go to bed. I don't keep an official weigh in day. I will just post my weight loss when I have lost more than .5 lbs and kept it off a few days.

    That sounds a bit neurotic or obsessive, but I swear I'm not. But then again, if I were, would I realize I am?
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Daily (every morning) but I don't obsess about it. It just helps me stay on track better.

    Same here. I am a daily morning weigher. I don't stress about the daily fluctuations but if my weight does keep trending upward it will allow me to reconfigure my calorie intake before things get out of control. This will probably especially help when I am maintaining.
  • pitbullmama
    pitbullmama Posts: 454 Member
    Daily after using the bathroom. I found that when I didn't the pounds crept back on. I don't obsess about minor daily flucuations though.
  • mmiiaa
    mmiiaa Posts: 171 Member
    I step on the scale every other day or so just because I'm curious, but I only record my weight once a week.
  • karlajohnson123
    karlajohnson123 Posts: 86 Member
    I weigh myself first thing every morning.
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