How often should I weigh myself?

weighing yourself is a personal decision, some ppl think that that would be to much, but as long as you are not obsessing over gains and loss's you should weight yourself whenever you feel like it.

i only weigh in on mondays. i feel like the scale fluctuates too much during the week due to various things. like if you weigh in on friday, then you splurge during the weekend, you will have to record the weight gain on monday. you will constantly be going up and down.

You're going to see more results and progress by actually weighing yourself less frequently (Every couple of weeks or so) than every day.

Your "scale weight" can fluctuate based on a wide variety of variables, so people who are hooked on the scale tend to be more disappointed than those who focus on their workouts and nutrition plans.

Remember, the number on the scale is just a number. It's a reflection of Earth's gravitational pull on your total body mass. That's it. If you really want to WEIGH less....move to tMars or the Moon where the gravity is much lower.

A better option though, is monitor yourself in the mirror and in how your clothes fit. How do those old jeans of yours fit? What about that top you've been hesitant to wear out?

Those are the more reliable monitors of your progress as your body changes over time in the long run.

Note: No one ever goes to bed looking like an Olympian and wakes up looking like a Biggest Loser Contestant. the changes happen over a long period of time due to poor choices in lifestyle and diet.

In the same way, reversing that trend takes the same time and doesn't happen over night. Make concious choices for the future starting with right now and that's the key to success! :-)

Cheers!

I admit I weigh every morning, but it doesn't bother me to see the scale go up here and there depending on what I ate the day before. So for some people that would make them obsess about the scale. I weigh in the morning, after going potty, naked. Then I go about my day and don't worry. My official weigh in day is Wed and only that day gets recorded.

I hear once a week is the standard for figuring out long-term progress. I weigh myself once a day just because it's on my mind and it's fun, but I don't get too worried about day to day results or if I gain a couple of pounds. Water, etc. can make small differences and it's really the long term goal we're focussed on. Good luck!

I sneak peeks throughout the week, but I have my "official" weigh-in once a week and log it Just don't let the fluctuations get to you...we all have our ups and downs.

Weighing yourself everyday becomes a counter-productive obsession after a while. Egger29's suggestion of using the mirror is a good one as is Editara13's advice on weighing in once a week.

Here's something else to consider. Get bodyfat tested and track your bodyfat instead. Use the mirror method daily, weigh in once a week and every other week get a BF test.

monday morning is the best for me. same scale, same time, naked before you eat.

I too am one who steps on the scale in the morning, however I only log that number once a week, sometimes once every two weeks. I don't get down or depressed or feel like eating everything in sight when the number goes up a tad because of all the variables involved with that number. Like a lot of people say here, it's just a number. If you belong to a gym, see if they offer free or cheap body fat tests and measurements. My trainer suggests doing that at least once a month. Just try and to it at the same time every time you have it done.

I say if you treat the number as a number and don't get mad or bent out of shape if that number goes in the wrong direction, you should be okay. If it'll have just the opposite impact, where you get mad, depressed and want to eat when it goes up, then hold off. That part is 'all in your head'.

It depends on how you react to the numbers it says. I have, just out of CURIOSITY, weighed myself EVERY DAY for 2 weeks- just to see HOW MUCH it fluctuates.
It would drive me stark raving MAD if I let those numbers dictate my day.

I'm an emotional eater, and this is simply self-defeating for me.

I stick w/ once a week, same day/ about same time/scale in same spot and ONLY weigh in more often if I feel I've gotten a little too far off course......which can happen over weekends when I'm more likely to eat away from home


Just remember: The SCALE is just a gauge- and only ONE gauge- along with
BMI, Body Fat, and blood work ( if that's a concern)
EQUALLY important are the NON SCALE VICTORIES (NSV)
Inches lost, looser clothes, more energy, better sleep, other people noticing, etc.....

I believe its personal preference, like others have said if you obsess over gains then its best to weigh weekly, if you know gains are normal then its ok to weigh daily. I weigh every day, I log it weekly on MFP and daily in a spreadsheet along with my food and water and other information and notes.. just so I can keep track of my progress and maybe see things that work and things that don't work.

I like to use my current weight to help track how I eat, but waiting to do a weekly weigh in just seems to be too long. Is weighing myself twice or three times a week doing more harm than good?

The scale is an evil beast. Personally, I don't like the scale for the 'small' weight loss measurements. It just doesn't tell the whole picture. If you lose .4 pounds, did you really lose some weight? Is it a freak weigh in? 10 lbs, ok, there is a genuine amount of weight gone. The really important part is the composition of your body. Use the scale, it is a great tool, but it does not show the whole story. Measure yourself at your neck, shoulders, bust, upper and lower arms, waist, hips, thighs, lower legs and track those measurements. That will give you a much better story of your progess. What mentally sounds better? I lost 1 pound, or I lost a combined total of 4 inches on my body?

I currently weigh my self daily but am planning to log once a week, on a Friday. Although I been registered for 3 weeks I've only been using the site properly for 2 weeks the first week was a test just to see how much i was actually eating everyday and how much of it was rubbish, was a proper eyeopener,
I find weighing myself daily is a benefit in the fact i am encouraged to keep going by the fact the weigh is dropping even by a tiny amount, but on days it doesnt change, or heaven forbid it goes up it actually motivates me to try harder, no scale is going beat me lol.

I am hoping as i get further in this and a visible change is noticable i will be able to reduce the need for weighing myself everyday and just use the way i look as a measure,

I am so glad i found this site, the phone app is the most useful diet tool and i find all the stories inspirational. As someone with only a stone to lose, i think some of the people on here are amazing and when i read about their stories and their amazing weight losses, its like a virtual kick up the backside. I tell myself if they can, i can.

You can weigh yourself anytime you want as long as you're fine with what you see and don't freak out over little fluctuations.

I've actually fashioned wheels onto mine and I use it as my main source of transportation so I can keep an 18-hour long record of fluctuations throughout the day. Then I log it on my arm, then at the end of the day, I close my eyes, make a wish, choose one of the dozens of logged weights, and viola! That's the weight I decide to be that day.

lmao

I weigh daily, but only log it once a week.

Interestingly, I wrote a blogpost about this exact issue today. Feel free to read it : )