How often do you weigh yourself?

jade097 · October 2016

Daily? Weekly? I'm still trying to figure out how often I should be.

richard3263 · October 2016

No more often than weekly. Weight fluctuates all the time and weighing yourself an hour apart even on the same day can produce a different result. Consistency is important so try to wear the same clothes, use the same scales on the same floor surface, on the same day of the week and at the the same time of day. Good luck.

janekana · October 2016

Yeah, I always weigh myself in my gym clothes every week or every two weeks. Whenever I remember to do so.

If I see a loss/gain, then I weigh myself a couple days later to check if it's not water fluctuation, and then I put that number in MFP if it's the same number.

koslowkj · October 2016

I weigh myself daily. I feel like it keeps me more accountable than weighing every week or two. I log in Libra every day, which smooths out the flucitations and helps see the big picture, and I log new lows on MFP.

AnvilHead · October 2016

Here's some prior discussion of it, this is a topic that comes up about every other day:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10471498/how-often-should-i-weigh-myself

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10470354/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10470042/how-often-do-you-step-on-the-scale

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10464913/weighing-in-how-often-and-when

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10457100/how-often-do-you-weight-yourself

Gallowmere1984 · October 2016

Daily, and then I plug it into Happy Scale for a moving average.

marm1962 · October 2016

Daily for me, but I just think I'm addicted now

katthouse499 · October 2016

Every two weeks for myself

xDesertxRatx · October 2016

Scales are just outside the main gym so when passing i jump on them to see what it is but only record it every two weeks.

HannahSunset55 · October 2016

Every day, first think in the AM, nude, after using the bathroom.

crzycatlady1 · October 2016

I'm several years into maintenance now and I still weigh myself daily.

Nightmare_Queen88 · October 2016

Weight fluctuates day to day. Water weight, TOM etc. So I'd say once a week at the most.

medic2038 · October 2016

HannahSunset55 wrote: »

Every day, first think in the AM, nude, after using the bathroom.

This is my routine too!
I track my weight in a spreadsheet and go off of a weekly average though. I'm also not overly concerned with the massive fluctuations that drive some people insane.

If you're the type of person to be super obsessive over the scale weight, less is probably much much better!

workinonit1956 · October 2016

katthouse499 wrote: »

Every two weeks for myself

Me too!

joelo_1119 · October 2016

Once a week first thing in the morning in underwear or nek'ed

Briantime · October 2016

I weigh in weekly. I found daily weigh ins to be demotivating when you inevitably have a day here and there where you show a weight gain. Once a week allows me to see solid progress and not ride the emotional roller coaster.

SassyJackie1125 · October 2016

I weigh myself daily naked in the morning as soon as I get up. Right after going to the bathroom.

Gamliela · October 2016

At the doctor's, which has been even less than once a year!

PennWalker · October 2016

Daily, in the morning. I don't pay any attention to the fluctuations. Weighing daily keeps me aware of my health.

MaybeLed · October 2016

Nightmare_Queen88 wrote: »

Weight fluctuates day to day. Water weight, TOM etc. So I'd say once a week at the most.

It's those reasons that make me weigh daily tbh.

I know if I weigh daily I've not put on 2lb overnight (sodium, hormones, hydration, whatever) but if I weigh week 1 on a 'low' day and week 2 on a 'high' day I'd be likely to quit!

Weighing daily has allowed me to figure when I retain water (always the day after a Nandos lol), and therefore not stress about it.

shannie018 · October 2016

Every morning.

fatsince4 · October 2016

every morning for me.

ryry_ · November 2016

I weigh daily, and log my weight in Happy Scale. On Fridays I update my weight with the current moving average

avskk · November 2016

Daily. I'm logging every day right now as I shed water weight so I can approximate my "true" starting point; after that I'll weigh daily but only log when a loss (or a gain... but I'm trying to be positive) sticks around for several days.

jvcjim · November 2016

weekly, normally mondays at 8am

Thorbjornn · November 2016

I'm trying to keep it to weekly. Sunday morning, no clothes. I take measurements also... belly, chest, biceps, neck, thigh. I log all that in an Excel spreadsheet.

Tacklewasher · November 2016

Daily in underwear and nylon shorts. I need it to be a habit tied to a short treadmill session. Take measurements weekly. I know the scale will move around (up 1.5 this morning from yesterday) and I'm fine with that as long as the trend is downwards.

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