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How often do you weight yourself?

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  • mordant57
    mordant57 Posts: 58 Member
    Daily, but I record an official weight once per week. BUT is information doesn't freak me out or make me anxious if it fluctuates...that's the key.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Daily, in the morning. I log my daily in a trend app. I only log new lows on MFP. Or if I have a really significant bump back up, but that hasn't happened since I started LCHF at the end of March (better diet adherence).
  • cinnag4225
    cinnag4225 Posts: 126 Member
    I typically peek at the scale each morning, although less so the past couple weeks, and always do a proper weigh-in Sunday mornings.
  • anl90
    anl90 Posts: 928 Member
    I try to do just weekly, but I usually end up doing it daily because I'm impatient. lol
  • fredericktambunan
    fredericktambunan Posts: 63 Member
    lookslikevanessa wrote: »
    Every day? Every week?
    I feel like I'll get anxious waiting a whole week. I'm an impatient person

    Every Sunday for me
  • flavelljudy
    flavelljudy Posts: 9 Member
    Once a week on Friday mornings. I would obsess about daily weigh ins.
  • lilstry
    lilstry Posts: 120 Member
    Truthfully, once a month. Never weekly or daily because you'll let yourself in for disappointment. This is a journey and it takes dedication to see results. I know what you mean by being impatient, this has been a process that has put my patience to the test!
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    I weigh nearly every day but record it once a week.
  • BrokeBirkin
    BrokeBirkin Posts: 73 Member
    edited September 2016
    I have an "official" weigh in once a week (always naked, after bathroom, and before eating). But if I feel like checking my progress I will step on the scale any time naked or clothed for casual check ins. This stops me from obsessively weighing myself daily or going crazy all week wondering. I checked myself yesterday after eating dinner wearing my pjs and I was only about 1 pound heavier than I was during my last official weigh in. So even though I don't know my real number currently, it felt good to know I'm obviously on the right track.
    I remember when I first started trying to lose weight a few years back I would only do it every 2 weeks because I didn't own a scale and had to go to my college's health area. It was hard waiting so long but honestly the big number difference would keep me motivated all 2 weeks (plus taking classes where my grade depended on it!)
  • somegirlsdo
    somegirlsdo Posts: 37 Member
    two or three times a day, usually
  • brialger
    brialger Posts: 41 Member
    I didnt when I was loosing, its not about the number to me its about how I feel. Now that Im maintaining I weigh once a day because im trying to figure out how many calories a day to eat to maintain properly
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    Well, I weigh myself daily.

    But I weight myself about 3 days a week when I do my physical therapy strength exercises on my ankles and hips.
  • mains_adam25
    mains_adam25 Posts: 382 Member
    how often do you guys log it into MFP to update your calories?
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    tomteboda wrote: »
    Well, I weigh myself daily.

    But I weight myself about 3 days a week when I do my physical therapy strength exercises on my ankles and hips.

    British I suspect? They use weight instead of weigh (I think).

  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    mains_adam25 wrote: »
    how often do you guys log it into MFP to update your calories?


    I only log my weight when it goes down...makes it easier to see the general trend without getting bogged down with water fluctuations.
  • Nikion901
    Nikion901 Posts: 2,467 Member
    every monring
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    edited September 2016
    eveandqsmom wrote: »
    tomteboda wrote: »
    Well, I weigh myself daily.

    But I weight myself about 3 days a week when I do my physical therapy strength exercises on my ankles and hips.

    British I suspect? They use weight instead of weigh (I think).

    Perhaps. It simply made me giggle every time I saw the thread title. Autocorrect on my phone likes to change "weigh" to"weight" on me whenever I don't pay attention.
  • Kelbelb75
    Kelbelb75 Posts: 90 Member
    Weekly, there abouts.
  • Tangerine16
    Tangerine16 Posts: 44 Member
    ogtmama wrote: »
    tomteboda wrote: »
    Well, I weigh myself daily.

    But I weight myself about 3 days a week when I do my physical therapy strength exercises on my ankles and hips.

    British I suspect? They use weight instead of weigh (I think).

    No!!
    "I weight myself" is wrong anywhere!
  • MaybeLed
    MaybeLed Posts: 250 Member
    edited September 2016
    ogtmama wrote: »
    tomteboda wrote: »
    Well, I weigh myself daily.

    But I weight myself about 3 days a week when I do my physical therapy strength exercises on my ankles and hips.

    British I suspect? They use weight instead of weigh (I think).

    Nope, Weigh is a verb and Weight is a noun, certainly in the UK, It's probably just a typo.

    As long as we don't have to get on to lose/loose.....
  • lisahile1
    lisahile1 Posts: 3 Member
    Every friday morning.
  • juliebowman4
    juliebowman4 Posts: 784 Member
    A couple of times a week
    Daily was just too....too....
    like a roller coaster. Mon morning I'd be excited to see I was down a pound only to step on Tuesday morning a have it say I was up 3 pounds
  • 321BooM
    321BooM Posts: 25 Member
    I weigh myself every morning as I need to do it to keep myself accountable!
  • daleis49
    daleis49 Posts: 6 Member
    Every morning.
  • Tiffminus30
    Tiffminus30 Posts: 7 Member
    Every day, but I'm switching over to once per week because I felt it was becoming an obsession (for me).
  • Grankakes
    Grankakes Posts: 128 Member
    i just started whole30 last week and it suggests not weighing for the full 30 days. its really really really hard not to step on that scale when i walk past it! when i get to a more maintenance phase, i'll probably go back to daily
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    Daily. If I did every week I would get sad because I retain METRIC %#@& TONS of water on my cycle. I weigh daily so I can watch that water fall off and see my loss while laughing maniacally:)
  • JJBerk
    JJBerk Posts: 7 Member
    Fresh off the potty, buck naked, just before shower, every morning. My smart scale synch's to MFP every time. At this stage, where every single thing I do counts, it's all a numbers game for me. It keeps me going, though some mornings with gains make for a rough day. One day at a time!
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