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    For Weekly Weighers, Why did you pick the day you did to weigh in?

    Posts: 243 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I see some people that only weigh once a week, others weigh every day but only record once a week. For those of you in this situation, why did you pick the day you did?

    I see people saying that they log their weight or weigh in on Mondays. To me that makes no sense. Why weigh in after a weekend when you could have over indulged. I weigh in every Saturday morning and record that weight in MFP. It makes sense. It seems easier for me to stick to the plan during the weekdays and I let lose a little more on weekends.

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    • Posts: 5,320 Member
      With my husband home and being active, I am less likely to over indulge on the weekends.

      In the end, it doesn't matter. My week to week weight is irrelevant, it is the long term trend that is important. I only stick with Mondays because I agreed to be in a challenge and that is the day I chose at the beginning.
    • Posts: 1,073 Member
      I have the hardest time being disciplined with my diet on Thursdays because they are my busiest days. In order to motivate myself to eat right, I weigh in on Friday mornings. It does help having the looming weigh-in the next day.
    • Posts: 440 Member
      edited May 2018
      Friday because I eat more on Saturday & Sunday and I have 5 days to create a deficit (or not :#) and to see something more realistic after a few “good” days and not water weight, more food in my belly etc, etc
      I could peak any other day but my “official” weight is Friday, that’s the beginning of my week...
    • Posts: 26 Member
      bfanny wrote: »
      Friday because I eat more on Saturday & Sunday and I have 5 days to create a deficit (or not :#) and to see something more realistic after a few “good” days and not water weight, more food in my belly etc, etc
      I could peak any other day but my “official” weight is Friday, that’s the beginning of my week...

      Exactly my reasoning! Friday mornings are my day.
    • Posts: 18,842 Member
      Because I only have about 1 valid day per week to minimize known water weight fluctuations, and even that can be screwed up sometimes so I skip it.

      Morning after rest day eating normal sodium levels, not sore from last workout.

      For me that is Sat. Sometimes Wed.

      Ditto on not weighing on Mon if you are prone to eating different foods on the weekend - recipe for aggravation and stress.
      But, some may plan on more exercise then - thinking exercise by itself is a cause for weight loss - never mind body's normal response is more water weight. Stress again I'd think.
    • Posts: 1,867 Member
      I'm one of the Monday loggers usually. But I do average out the last week's daily numbers for it so it doesn't make much difference either way. Monday just seemed like a fresh start day to pick.
    • Posts: 5,283 Member
      Saturday has historically been a day I over-indulged. Making my weigh-in Sunday morning helps keep me on the rails.
    • Posts: 441 Member
      I must be weird.... I eat better, and less on the weekend than I do during the week, because I’m not flat-out busy at work so I don’t seem to be as hungry and need as much food. I’m more likely to slip up on a weeknight because I’m tired and/ or have less time to cook, so that’s more often when dumb decisions are likely to happen.

      I generally eat more Mon to Fri, so Monday morning, first thing in the morning is my best day to weigh in.
    • Posts: 1,557 Member
      I do Monday because that's the day I started logging and actively trying to lose weight, so I just kept it on the same day every week.
    • Posts: 8,423 Member
      I weigh myself Sunday mornings.
      1. When my mom was alive I called her every Sunday morning to talk and after she died there was a hole in my routine that day. It helped to designate a new activity to do for that time.
      2. Sunday mornings everyone else in my home is sleeping in. I am not rushed or interrupted. I don't forget to weigh in.
      3. I do not really eat or drink very differently or do different activity on the weekends so it doesn't really matter that much.
    • Posts: 644 Member
      I weigh in on Sunday’s with the reasoning that if I’m upset by the number I don’t have to straight off to work etc but instead have a day to reflect and get over it. I started out that way and don’t see a reason to change it even though I’m in a Much better place mentally now.
    • Posts: 10,130 Member
      Saturdays because Saturday tends to be the day I'm least in a rush and least likely to forget to weigh myself between emptying my bladder and jumping in and out of the shower and getting dressed. I'm not going to undress just to weigh myself.
    • Posts: 230 Member
      When I was weighing weekly, Id pick a day after a workout. Wound up being Tuesday for me.

      I currently just weigh daily and just deal with the ups and downs.
    • Posts: 11 Member
      I’m a Monday weigh’er! I decided on Monday’s because it’s when I feel the beginning of my week is, and if I’ve had a crap weigh in, it’s the perfect day to restart!
    • Posts: 6 Member
      Sunday morning, helps keep me accountable on the weekends and i usually have more time :)
    • Posts: 257 Member
      Wednesdays so I can recover from weekend if needed although sometimes I'll weigh on a different day if I feel lighter and I'm impatient but Wednesdays generally work well for me.
    • Posts: 9,382 Member
      Sunday evening - for no particular reason.

      I just have a sense of week ending then and new week starting Monday.
    • Posts: 811 Member
      Wednesday because it’s the middle of the week.
    • Posts: 57 Member
      Tuesday morning for me. Keeps me on track enough through the weekend knowing I’ll be weighing in, but still affords me one Monday to balance out.
    • Posts: 135 Member
      Friday. I was weighing in on Monday but I dont track my calories on the weekend, I'm very consistent M-F so I feel like that is a better day for me. I eat more junk food on the weekend, definitely increasing my salt intake so monday wouldn't be a good day.
    • Posts: 45 Member
      Friday morning for me - I indulge on the weekends generally so Monday would be a sad day indeed to document my efforts!
    • Posts: 157 Member
      Monday, because it is the start of the work week.
    • Posts: 1,406 Member
      When I started I chose Monday morning because I thought it might help me stay on track during the weekend and it actually did.
    • Posts: 113 Member
      Sunday mornings - after the usual morning routine, but before breakfast and coffee. It's my quietest, least stressful morning.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Hi, I am new to this site and would like to say that I weigh myself daily but the official weight I use is the one from my Tuesday Morning TOPS group.
    • Posts: 194 Member
      I'm with the Wednesday group!
      Enough time to lose water weight from the weekend and have worked out sufficient days.
    • Posts: 2,223 Member
      As a daily weigher, I can say that there's typically a trend down through the week with Friday and Saturday being the lowest for the week, and a spike back up for Mondays. Particularly true these last few weeks between various family birthdays, a bachelor party, etc.

      There's been a 5 lb drop from Monday to Saturday each of the past two weeks.
    • Posts: 189 Member
      Monday as it keeps me focused over the weekend, and makes me think twice about any weekend treats.
    • Posts: 2,806 Member
      Friday morning. I am much more likely to overindulge or eat out and retain water from extra salt during the weekend, which for me starts on Friday.
    • Posts: 415 Member
      That was the day I started restricting calories to lose weight and charted my starting weight. So I weigh the same day each week.
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