Do you check weight everyday?
RainaL1987
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How often do you get on the scale? Should I be checking daily, weekly, or monthly?
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I weigh every day.
If you are new you check the scale monthly you risk eating the wrong amount for a whole month before you get feedback from the scale. If you are experienced and know exactly your maintanance calories, and know that you measure and log you food correctly (from past data and experience, not because you think you do) then you can weigh as often as you like. Might even go once a month.3 -
I think this is more about how much you let it get to you when you step on that thing. I can be one to step on that thing way to much, but I dont let it get to me. I do weigh myself everyday in the morning and I also have an account on trendweight.com which can show you your weight loss or gain trend. Again I do not let it get to me when I see the roller coaster ride my weight goes on. I know exactly why things are happening.6
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Every other day. It bounces up and down. If you only check it once a week, you might think there is no progress when you are comparing a "down bounce" one week to an "up bounce" the next. The more data, the better. At the other end of the spectrum, weighing once a month or so, the difference will probably be more than the bounces and they won't be as big of a deal.10
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I'm weighing daily and recording the weekly average. I find it works best like this (for me personally), because I'm more interested in the general trend rather than the little ups and downs caused by water retention and so on. But yes, I'm curious enough to jump on the scale quite often, probably abusing it sometimes
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I do daily, it makes for a noisier graph, but it lets me spot trends more easily. Tends to give a better picture for me and lead to less discouragement7
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I weigh every day, but record once a week, on Monday. The ups and downs don't bother me; I know why they're happening, and I'm seeing steady progress, so I'm motivated.3
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I think I'm just nervous that when I check I won't be down as much as I think I should be. After reading a lot of post on the this site I think I thought I could loose faster then I will.0
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RainaL1987 wrote: »I think I'm just nervous that when I check I won't be down as much as I think I should be. After reading a lot of post on the this site I think I thought I could loose faster then I will.
Well it also depends on how much you need to lose. Plus everyone is different and those needing to lose more will lose faster, then slow as they get closer to goal weight.
In your pic you dont look like you have alot to lose so your progress might be slower. Also I have seen my weight fluctuate 5lbs in one day depending my water intake.1 -
Yes everyday when cutting, weight fluctuates with water, most people find that they weigh heavier at some point during the week, this can be down to water retention or even bowel movement (or not)
I usually see 1-1.5 lbs fluctuation throughout the week.3 -
I was doing it every day but it didn’t help me at all, I still overate or not regardless of my weight and obviously the day after with 2 lbs above I felt even worse so I rather concentrate in having a few days on track and then check, anyways what matters to me is my weight from week to week
Now I feel more at peace!1 -
RainaL1987 wrote: »I think I'm just nervous that when I check I won't be down as much as I think I should be. After reading a lot of post on the this site I think I thought I could loose faster then I will.
If you weigh daily, you need to do some research into natural weight fluctuations...not only will you not be down as much as you think, but you're going to have days where your weight goes up as well...you don't lose exactly X ounces everyday...doesn't work like that.3 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »RainaL1987 wrote: »I think I'm just nervous that when I check I won't be down as much as I think I should be. After reading a lot of post on the this site I think I thought I could loose faster then I will.
If you weigh daily, you need to do some research into natural weight fluctuations...not only will you not be down as much as you think, but you're going to have days where your weight goes up as well...you don't lose exactly X ounces everyday...doesn't work like that.
You do lose exactly X ounces of fat (and maybe muscle) everyday (provided you made the deficit for exactly X ounces fat). But your weight includes water weight too. So the scales won't show this exact tissue loss.2 -
gebeziseva wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »RainaL1987 wrote: »I think I'm just nervous that when I check I won't be down as much as I think I should be. After reading a lot of post on the this site I think I thought I could loose faster then I will.
If you weigh daily, you need to do some research into natural weight fluctuations...not only will you not be down as much as you think, but you're going to have days where your weight goes up as well...you don't lose exactly X ounces everyday...doesn't work like that.
You do lose exactly X ounces of fat (and maybe muscle) everyday (provided you made the deficit for exactly X ounces fat). But your weight includes water weight too. So the scales won't show this exact tissue loss.
If you are going to pick nits, then it doesn't work like that either. When you consume the calories and when they become available to the body as energy varies by food source, so even if you eat the same number of calories a few days in a row, the calorie deficit will vary from day to day because of how long it takes for various sources to become available for the body to burn. Also, consider this scenario - if you exercise hard in the morning and burn 3000 calories that day, don't eat until evening and then consume 4000 that night, you will lose body fat on that day. It all works out eventually, but since you wanted to pick nits...7 -
I weigh weekly. I can’t handle seeing the daily fluctuations, so I definitely won’t do daily.2
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My weight bounces around, so I don't like a weekly weigh-in ... I weigh in every day and keep look at the weekly average, which is what I consider to be my weight as of that point in time.2
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I check daily, only record drops, and don’t worry about fluctuations.7
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Angierae75 wrote: »I check daily, only record drops, and don’t worry about fluctuations.
That was exactly what I did on the way down. I knew I was in deficit every day and the trend was down, so I just tracked the lowest. Now I am under goal and my goal was to keep my BMI below 25. So now I just worry about the highest reading.3 -
CarvedTones wrote: »Every other day. It bounces up and down. If you only check it once a week, you might think there is no progress when you are comparing a "down bounce" one week to an "up bounce" the next. The more data, the better. At the other end of the spectrum, weighing once a month or so, the difference will probably be more than the bounces and they won't be as big of a deal.
Not necessarily. The right "wrong" bounce can manage to miss even a 5lb change.
Daily and app that shows the trend over time.3 -
Nope not daily just once a week.1
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Yes, I've lost a total of 93 lbs. I've worked too hard to get where I am to start slipping backwards, so I like to keep track of my weight daily. By weighing daily I am much more likely to see the effects of my poor decisions sooner, rather than later, and adjust my eating as needed so that it doesn't hinder my progress in the long run.4
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Multiple times.1
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gebeziseva wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »RainaL1987 wrote: »I think I'm just nervous that when I check I won't be down as much as I think I should be. After reading a lot of post on the this site I think I thought I could loose faster then I will.
If you weigh daily, you need to do some research into natural weight fluctuations...not only will you not be down as much as you think, but you're going to have days where your weight goes up as well...you don't lose exactly X ounces everyday...doesn't work like that.
You do lose exactly X ounces of fat (and maybe muscle) everyday (provided you made the deficit for exactly X ounces fat). But your weight includes water weight too. So the scales won't show this exact tissue loss.
That is flat out wrong. 3500 calories in a pound of fat is a directionally correct heuristic, based on averages of different values like water content of the fat cell.2 -
I just went from daily to weekly. Even though the fluctuations are water/food/digestive tract I still didn't like it. So weekly I will stay1
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Golferdrone wrote: »Multiple times.
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I get too focused on numbers so I weigh pretty infrequently. I prefer to go by how my clothes fit and how my overall mood / athletic performance is.1
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I weigh myself daily, but only look at weekly averages. If the weekly averages aren't headed the direction I want them to, I'll reevaluate my calories1
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I spot check every morning and review recent activity. Did I hydrate yesterday? What was my salt intake over the last few days? Was I particularly stressed? When was my last long run?
After 3.5 years of tracking I've developed enough routines that they have become habits. Routinely checking my weight, speed, and strength is all part of this.2 -
I weigh daily and record daily. I fluctuate a lot so I don't let it discourage me. I look at my weight graph for my overall weight trend.1
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Giiirrrl, if you weigh yourself everyday you will drive yourself crazy.. our weight fluctuates so much, especially as a lady! Its influenced by so much .. the amount of water weve had, how much we ate, the amount of salt intake the day before, our hormones and what time of month were at, if weve gone to the bathroom or not .. Weigh yourself once a week, at the same time of day, preferably in the morning to get your true weight! 9
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gebeziseva wrote: »You do lose exactly X ounces of fat (and maybe muscle) everyday (provided you made the deficit for exactly X ounces fat). But your weight includes water weight too. So the scales won't show this exact tissue loss.
That is flat out wrong. 3500 calories in a pound of fat is a directionally correct heuristic, based on averages of different values like water content of the fat cell.
I think you misunderstood what @gebeziseva said.
It is true that the value of 3500 Calories in a lb of fat is an "average" value and includes a 'discount' for the non lipid contents of the lb of fat and a 'discount' to the value of Cal in 1g of fat (otherwise it would be closer to 4282 Cal).
However the 3500 Cal value, does not include or address the fact that while you may have lost or gained 100g of fat during your day, your total mass may have simultaneously changed by 1000g due to not-directly-related-to-the-underlying-fat-loss-or-gain water weight changes.
So your scale shows the results of additional effects, beyond those those caused by your energy balance.3
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