Monitoring your weight

stephmelia148
stephmelia148 Posts: 9 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How often should you weigh in?

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  • Grammytryingtogetfit
    Grammytryingtogetfit Posts: 672 Member
    I generally weigh in once a week, good or bad.....LOL I know people that weigh themselves everyday. I don't think I could personally do that. Best of Luck!!
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    It becomes a personal thing. I weigh daily because I like to see numbers. I see how the scale goes up and down and have come to terms with it. I think I'd have a bigger issue with hitting the scale once in a week, and it being an up day.

    I take measurements weekly. But just started doing that.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    i weigh myself every morning as soon as i get up, and then track - so i can see a trend line (just because i might be up in weight one day, my trend line may be heading down)
  • Dano74
    Dano74 Posts: 503 Member
    As often as you feel you need to in efforts to effectively track your progress without become obsessive or demotivated with potential ups, downs and flatlines.

    It's 100% subjective.
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
    I feel like this thread comes up so often that there should be a sticky for it.

    As others have said it comes down to personal preference. Some people love data and trends and weigh every day. Others are fine doing it once a week or whenever. Find what works best for you.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I usually weigh in a few days per week...just keep in mind that you're going to see fluctuations both up and down...I'd suggest using an app like Libra to track the trend.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    YOU should weigh in as often as you want. If you use your weight as a point of data in a larger database of information, you should want to weigh in at consistently repeated intervals.
  • bebeisfit
    bebeisfit Posts: 951 Member
    I weigh myself everytime I go to the gym - I tossed my scale in the garbage decades ago because I got a little obsessed with my weight. I only log my weight a few times a month. If I have a pretty extreme weight loss or gain I'll wait to log it and see what the scale says the next time. It's what works for me.
  • lizzyh207
    lizzyh207 Posts: 26 Member
    I weight in on the first of every month or as close to the first as I go to the gym. I find I become to obsessive if I weigh in everyday and even every week.
  • cgvet37
    cgvet37 Posts: 1,189 Member
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    i weigh myself every morning as soon as i get up, and then track - so i can see a trend line (just because i might be up in weight one day, my trend line may be heading down)

    Same here. I find it much more useful.
  • Evamutt
    Evamutt Posts: 2,689 Member
    I use the same scale at the gym every time i go but recently bought a home digital scale. I'm ocd about weighing myself at home 10 times a day, but i still go by the one at the gym & update whenever i go down a pound or more

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