Updating weight?! Every week really? Why!

I weight myself every day using a weight trending app (Happy Scale) but only change my weight on MFP if I lose. I like the weight trending app because there are days when I gain or don't lose but the trend is still downward.

I weigh weekly, I tried every 2 weeks but I noticed I lost less weight when doing that. I think because if I weigh weekly and don't see progress I can change what ive been doing right away so I can see progress by the following weigh in. I noticed when I weighed in bi-weekly I was losing just over half a pound a week. When I switched to weekly I have been losing 1-1.5 lbs a week.

I weigh daily. It allows me to see trends and fluctuations. For example, I expect the number in the scale to be higher this morning because I lifted weights yesterday. During TOM, I know the scale will read 3-5 lbs heavier for the week. I also look at my week as an average, because one or two high days doesn't negate the rest of the week. I'm a bit of a numbers nerd though, so that works for me.

I found that by doing this 1) I could see that the day to day fluctuations are nothing but noise, so it helped to desensitized me to them and 2) facing that scale every morning reminded me of where I am, where I've come from, and where I'm going, so it keeps me focused and I can't lie to myself about it.

You need to find what will work for you. Perhaps for now, weigh every couple weeks or once per month. The compromise is that you won't know if you're weighing on a higher day and it will take longer to set a trend. If you are going to be demotivated by daily weighing, then it isn't going to help you to do it. So there's your advantage to weighing less frequently.

I would also recommend taking progress pictures and measurements each month. Sometimes the scale doesn't budge, or you aren't seeing the changes in yourself, but holding up those side by side pictures can make the changes obvious.

I weigh weekly, it helps me prepare for the next week. I don't get discouraged if i didn't hit my goal, but I do get fired up and ready for the new week.

Only take but a few seconds to hop on a scale and track the weight. The more you get used to tracking the ups and downs the more you start learning about what working for you or whats not. Also you start being able to track changes in the body to see how it responds to certain changes you implement.