How often do you take measurements?

I don't measure my waist, I go by how clothes fit instead. I try not to get too obsessed about numbers so don't weigh myself that often too, maybe once a fortnight.

When I was losing, I measured every Sunday - neck, biceps, forearm, chest, waist, hips, thigh, and calf. Now I measure once a month.

During my loss I was measuring bi-weekly: chest, biceps, waist, belly, hips, butt and thighs. Probably should have done neck, forearm and calf as well but the challenge I was in to start didn't have them and I never thought to add them until much later.

Since going into maintenance and recomp, I've been trying for weekly measurements.

Every month or two or when I remember. When clothes seem to fit differently. When I magically feel smaller (but am not ).

At this point it's about how my body looks and not as much about the scales. Previously about once a week which is not too frequent. Not concerned about one particular area as I am about the whole body look.

workinonit1956 wrote: »

I don't measure, I have a "test" dress and jeans and use those:). Not very scientific but it gives me a practical feel of my body shrinking.

I had a couple pairs of "test" jeans when I started. They went from not even going up my legs to six inches from buttoning to buttoned, but way too tight. Then they fit. Then they got too big. Then they went to live at Goodwill. I don't have any test clothes anymore because I've never been this size before. I guess I could buy a pair that's a couple sizes too small. It's so much more fun than measuring.

I personally measure weekly with my record weigh in for the week. I find I often lose inches when the scale doesn't want to budge much and vice versa. It's a bonus when I see losses on both.

I measure neck, shoulders, chest, waist, hips, biceps, thighs and calves. You can also measure forearms and/or wrists, but I don't since I don't see much movement (though honestly I don't see much movement in my neck or calves either). I also measure three times and take the average.

Some say weekly is too often and it is better to measure every two weeks or once a month. I just know that I'll forget if I don't do it weekly. I also get on the scale daily (which many don't recommend) because I like to see the fluctuations and map them to my calorie intake/burn.

I also have some goal clothes hanging in my bedroom where I have to see them daily. But I like the measurements because I like to have quantifiable success backed up by actual numbers, especially since there is no standardization of clothing sizes.

I measure once a month. I include thigh upper and lower, knee, calf, ankle, neck, upper arm, above elbow, forearm, wrist, belly button, waist, hips, 3 inches below belly button, under bra line and bust. But I don't use a scale... so.
Sometimes I may go 5 weeks without measuring now as I am set for just .5 per week and the loses are a lot slower.

What I have found is some areas lost size steadily where others seemed to have had their era of shrinking and then slowed down almost completely. I had a month where nothing much changed, I couldn't find a reason for that, yet I could see I lwas looking slimer and clothes got looser. I guess just I was still losing, just not in specific places the tape measure showed, for example my back and middrift appeared to lose the fatty bits.

Congrats on your loses! Good work.

I measure too often, weekly. I record about once a month. Honestly, my hormonal fluctuations are more dramatic in my waistline than they are on the scale.

Scale daily, calipers weekly.