Thoughts on daily weigh in

I weigh in daily but am used to the zig zag. I never expect weight loss to be linear. Keep sticking to your calorie/exercise goals and everything will fall in line.

The more semi valid and consistent with each other data points the more meaningful your trend. multiple data points in a day=useless. Same time/same conditions/multiple days + happy scale = figuring out what is happening over time.

As you correctly inferred hormonal cycle, exercise, food in system, sodium and a host of other issues obscure your long term weight change trend.

Apps such as Happy Scale (iphone) and Libra (android) and websites such as trendweight.com and weightgrapher.com help you see the bigger picture.

Are these apps always accurate? They actually CAN and DO lag a tiny bit; but they seem to be quite good at identifying our longer term weight trend and any inflection points, even if they do so with a very slight delay.

And they are MUCH MUCH better than any random scale weight. Including the once a week or once a month measurement variety, if you're striving for accuracy.

Emotional and mental well being, of course, trumps accuracy. Consequently, the more accurate options may not be available to all of us ;-)

I seem to "stress" less about daily weigh in's than weekly ones. I use the Libra app, and like the accountability of it.

Its a personal preference, just no that if you weigh daily your weight will fluctuate a lot more. I was weekly when I first started, then when I got close and the lbs came off a little slower I didn't care anymore what the scale said and was more concerned with how I felt, looked, and how the clothes fit. Now that I have changed up my workouts for different goals I only weigh when I feel like it, could be 2 weeks, could be a month.

Weighing daily helps me stay focused and not freak out. I'm learning what to expect of my body during certain times of the month and also learning what foods might be causing some water retention. I thought daily weigh ins would make me obsessed but it's actually been very empowering!

Daily is really the only way. While losing, weighing once a week gives you a really fuzzy view of what's going on.

I weigh myself daily but only log my weights once a week, sometimes twice. I used to weigh myself at the gym at night after a workout, but I think I'm going to start doing it in the mornings before I leave for work.

Its a personal thing, I weigh daily even at maintenance - I like having stats/data to compare and it helps me understand my fluctuations so they feel perfectly normal/expected. Knowledge is power is my mantra

It really depends on you. I don’t think there’s a right/wrong. If a slight increase will cause you to be over restrictive or put you in an unhealthy relationship with food, don’t do it. But if the daily weigh in serves as the ritual to remind you to be mindful of your food and exercise, go for it. Your weight is only one data point in your measure of health.

I weigh myself, naked and unafraid, every morning right after i visit the bathroom.

Depends on how it affects your motivation etc. If you get on the scale and see a number you don't want to see (lets say +2 lbs) and that discourages you and causes you harm (mentally) then I would say no. If it doesn't cause you any stress or harm from seeing a bad number then sure do it.

Daily fluctuations of weight are varied due to a lot of things so it shouldn't get you off course. Looking at the longer trend over a longer period of time is more significant.

Even then if you re-comp your body you could weigh the same but look better. Its a complicated question to ask really if you get down to it. But do what works best for you!