How often do you weigh yourself?

domeofstars
domeofstars Posts: 480 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Right now I'm weighing myself everyday, and I write down the weight along with the date in a notebook. Its really helping me to stay motivated and also to not become discouraged if my weight goes up a bit temporarily. In the past I would weigh myself sporadically, get depressed at my weight and over eat to make myself feel better.
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  • xsmilexforxmex
    xsmilexforxmex Posts: 1,216 Member
    I weigh daily and use a tracking app to graph my average. It helps me to not lose it if I gain some water weight and has helped to see how fast I gained to know how much over I'm eating.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    couple times per week.
  • mebayr
    mebayr Posts: 2 Member
    I weigh twice a week...Thursday mornings and Mondays, but I only log Mondays. Thursday I call me weekly check in to see if I'm on track. I agree, weighing more keeps me motivated and on track. If I feel my motivation slipping, I take a peek.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    Pretty much every day. I use happy scales app for my trending.
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    Every day. Love to watch the trends. I use Libra.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    Pretty much a daily weigher for the last 5ish years :) I keep the data in a trending app (Libra).
  • clambert1273
    clambert1273 Posts: 840 Member
    Same as the last two.. I am a numbers geek so I do it daily and track it... fun to watch it go up and down but see the trend remain downward
  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Daily. I use Happy Scale to track my weigh-ins.
  • MollyMS77
    MollyMS77 Posts: 12 Member
    Not currently weighing. Considering it, though...saw some charts around here last night and I like charts!
  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    almost daily. I like to see the progress! It motivates me :)
  • sabajosh
    sabajosh Posts: 6 Member
    I am pretty. Obsessive 3 times a day
  • arrghmatey1
    arrghmatey1 Posts: 91 Member
    Once a day after my morning business.
    A weighing consists of 4 or 5 trips to the scale in a 15 minute period taking the two matching lowest results.
    Note them in a note book along with morning Blood Sugar and Pressure .
    Your doctor will love you and it will save lab fees. :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Every few days, and i use Trendweight.
  • Jeprout66
    Jeprout66 Posts: 16 Member
    I weigh myself every morning and then average it at the end of the week.
  • rayneoverme
    rayneoverme Posts: 9 Member
    Every day. Only count it once a week.

    What I'm looking for is my weight in a scatter graph that shows decreases overall.
  • LewisAMartinez
    LewisAMartinez Posts: 22 Member
    Most days. Once a week is not often enough to catch a creeping weight gain in good time.
  • masoi13
    masoi13 Posts: 11 Member
    Once a week,friday or saturday morning.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,142 Member
    Daily - like to see how different things affect my day-to-day weight. I don't worry if I'm slightly up as I've got to know why by doing it.
  • MissBecca145
    MissBecca145 Posts: 149 Member
    Daily, first thing after le bathroom. Chuck it into HappyScale. Then log on here once a week.

    As people have said, it's good to see the actual trend and not get freaked out by fluctuation.
  • BABYLILAC
    BABYLILAC Posts: 148 Member
    MissBecca145 wrote: »
    Daily, first thing after le bathroom. Chuck it into HappyScale. Then log on here once a week.

    As people have said, it's good to see the actual trend and not get freaked out by fluctuation.

    This !
  • Susieq_1994
    Susieq_1994 Posts: 5,361 Member
    Daily, and once a week (every Sunday) I calculate the average and log that here on MFP. I use Libra (weight trend app) for my daily weight record. :)
  • Lashawn71188
    Lashawn71188 Posts: 13 Member
    Just about everyday. That way if what I'm doing isn't working I can quickly reassess what I'm doing by looking at my food and workout logs.
  • taldar
    taldar Posts: 1 Member
    Once a week at the exact same time in the exact same place!
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    daily after I get up and pee in the am; and I log it into my FITBIT app which connects to MFP but also lets the nutrition folks I'm working with see my info
  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    Everyday I go to the gym. After my workout and shower, fully clothed.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    Like several others here, I weigh daily and track it in Libra. On Mondays I log my actual weight for that day here (although the weekly average idea is intriguing). I've been known to hop on the scale right before bed too, just so I can compare it to the next morning's reading.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    When I was losing weight I would weigh twice a week. One was the "official" weigh-in and the other was a mid-week checkup that I used to tell me if I needed to do something to make sure the official weigh-in showed a drop in weight. Now that I'm just trying to maintain my weight the two weigh-ins have morphed into one pre-weekend checkup. On weekends I like to pick a restaurant to stop at while I'm out riding my bicycle. I don't ever want to think "If I hadn't eaten there my weight wouldn't have gone up." So, I weigh before the weekend and if it is within range then I'm free to relax a bit, but if it is out of range then I make adjustments accordingly.
  • englishmuffinruns
    englishmuffinruns Posts: 70 Member
    Every morning. I use Happy Scale. Wednesday is my "official" weigh-in day that I record here.
  • sfa90
    sfa90 Posts: 105 Member
    Every morning!
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