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How often do you log your weight?

ksedge

This is my first week so I know the first few pounds was water weight, but Im still dropping 1 lb a day. For a change, I'm actually excited to step on the scales everyday!!

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kenzienal

I use Happy Scale app, and log daily. I like seeing the fluctuations and being able to weigh daily.

To each their own.

kksmom1789

I use Happy Scale also to log my weight daily and then log it on MFP every time I have a new lowest weight

dawnna76

I also log it daily here and in libra. I like to see then trend because it helps me understand that even when I have a gain I can usually account the fluctuation to something else (water weight, pms etc)

when I weighed weekly I couldn't tell what the issue was and freaked when after 7 days it was up two pounds.

PrincessMel72

I only weigh myself once per month so that's when I do it.

BurlzGettingFit

I weigh myself daily (sometimes twice- once in the morning, once at night just to see the pattern in the difference at the start and end of the day) I log my morning weight every morning in my happy scale app ( seeing the downward trend is so fun!) and then I log in MFP or Fitbit when I have a new low.

Geocitiesuser

Every single day at about 7:30am in just my undies. Every. Single. Day.

I had to take a week off to go somewhere and the suspense killed me.

Then you get neat looking bumpy charts that show how crazy weight can fluctuation day to day. /humble brag

7 months of daily weigh ins so far.

nowine4me

I weigh/log every day. I've been at this for years, so the readings don't phase me anymore.

stanmann571

3 or 4 times a day. I need to try to remember to get happyscale going so I can watch the fluctuasians.

rsclause

I get on the scale daily when I wake up. The Aria WI-Fi scale then uploads it to FitBit and fitBit syncs to MFP. I never have to do anything and get to look at the graphs to see the trends.

ksedge

I need to check out happy scales app!
Im also weighing daily so I can quickly find out what i did wrong the previous day so I can correct

fitmom4lifemfp

ksedge wrote: »

This is my first week so I know the first few pounds was water weight, but Im still dropping 1 lb a day. For a change, I'm actually excited to step on the scales everyday!!

Every day.

irxproductions

I've been using MyFitnessPal for more than three years and I still get on the scale and enter my weight every single day even though I've only been maintaining for over a year after getting well below my goal weight.

I'm a statistics nerd, though, so I love filling the graph with data.

BurlzGettingFit

ksedge wrote: »

I need to check out happy scales app!
Im also weighing daily so I can quickly find out what i did wrong the previous day so I can correct

Even if you are up a few ounces or even a pound or two the next day, that doesn't mean you didn't anything wrong. I have some days where I'm up 2 or 3 lbs and then down the next couple days. Weight loss is not linear- that's why it's fun to get the app and watch that trend!

ksedge

Thanks, i will check it out.

cwolfman13

I never log it here...I use another app and I log it every time I weigh in.

dfwesq

I weigh daily at the same time, but only log my weight after it has remained around the same for a few days. I have an analog scale and the reading is to the nearest pound.

ksedge wrote: »

I need to check out happy scales app!
Im also weighing daily so I can quickly find out what i did wrong the previous day so I can correct

If I were just starting out, I probably would weigh myself and log much less often than daily. Weight naturally fluctuates a lot for all kinds of reasons. In my case, I've seen it change significantly throughout a single day based on all kinds of things that aren't diet mistakes (drinking a glass of water, not having drunk water for an hour or two, going to the bathroom, taking a shower, etc.) It can be challenging to try to track all the changes and try to make sense of them.

harzicn

I weigh in once a week, on Saturday at the same time. For me, any more than that my compulsive nature would cause me start to obsess too much.

JohnnyLowCarb

I log everyday but look for the trends. I dont freak out over the daily movements but I look for the longer term trends.

spydergirl47

I usually only weigh myself once per week on Saturday mornings. Sometimes I might weigh myself mid-week, but not usually.

AnnPT77

BurlzGettingFit wrote: »

ksedge wrote: »

I need to check out happy scales app!
Im also weighing daily so I can quickly find out what i did wrong the previous day so I can correct

Even if you are up a few ounces or even a pound or two the next day, that doesn't mean you didn't anything wrong. I have some days where I'm up 2 or 3 lbs and then down the next couple days. Weight loss is not linear- that's why it's fun to get the app and watch that trend!

So true!

I like to weigh daily (first thing, after bathroom, before eating/drinking), because it helps me understand what causes my weight fluctuations, thus worry less about them. (Causes can include water weight from a new workout, extra sodium or carbs (even if a healthy level, just more than usual), time of month for women, healing from an injury, and more.)

And one pound a day weight loss (!) is very fast, if it continues past the initial fast water-weight loss of the first couple of weeks . . . possibly unhealthily fast, unless you're very obese. 1% of body weight loss per week is a healthy target for most people. Losing too fast risks losing unnecessary loss of muscle and bone alongside fat loss, and those are slow/hard to regain.

BTW: Happy Scale works on Apple devices, Libra works for Android, Trendweight is more platform-independent, and I'm sure there are others.

moonstroller

Every morning, and then I write it on my calendar.

toxikon

I weigh everyday but only record on MFP when there's a loss. I dunno why, I guess it just makes me feel better lol.

leajas1

Another Happy Scale user here, so daily! I'll log my weight weekly into MFP, though.

thephoenixrisen

Every morning. My wife thinks I'm crazy and said it would drive her nuts, but for me, it's a good a reminder of how much weight fluctuates. As long as the overall trend is way you want it to go (depending on goals), no harm IMO. I'm syncing with Fitbit's App, and I do like on their that they will tell you the average for the week.

ChelleDee07

Daily for me as well. First thing in the morning after using the bathroom before getting my day started. Fluctuations are going to happen... but weighing daily has allowed me to get to know how my body responds around my TOM and more. Some people get discouraged and simply find it better for them to weigh less often. For me, it gives me more 'drive' to keep pushing harder if the scale doesn't read as I may hope.

lorrpb

ksedge wrote: »

I need to check out happy scales app!
Im also weighing daily so I can quickly find out what i did wrong the previous day so I can correct

It doesn't really work that way. Weight naturally fluctuates high up &down even when doing everything perfectly. Problems may not show up on the scales for 1 to 5 days. It's great to weigh daily, I do, but make sure you're interpreting the data correctly.

inertiastrength

Every day or few days. I downloaded the Happy Scale app so I'll now don't daily. I'm good with the fluctuations so I don't mind

LAWoman72

I weigh myself pretty much every day out of curiosity, then log the actual weight once a week.

Seffell

Every morning in Libra.

inertiastrength

gebeziseva wrote: »

Every morning in Libra.

Is this an app?