How often do you weigh yourself?

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    MeganReid1991 wrote: »
    How do you guys who weigh everyday?
    For me I’m way to dependent as of now to do that. If I don’t see a loss I tend to give up in the past at least I’m trying to be more realistic this time around and lose weight more slowly!
    Bi weekly I can see a big jump in weight! From 3-6 pounds so I love seeing a big difference but I agree doing it weekly might keep me in check!

    I view it as a normal part of my morning routine, and nothing more than one data point in an overall trend. Using a trending app shows the bigger picture.
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    Daily, when I wake up, post toilet stop in the nude. Then I track it on a spreadsheet and average it out over the week.
  • MeganReid1991
    MeganReid1991 Posts: 170 Member
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  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    daily which is why i started using a scale app to track. i find it very interesting how it goes up and down up and down then bam, down!
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Every day. Otherwise I might get fooled by water weight variations and think I’m gaining when the trend is actually down, or vice versa. I use HappyScale to see my trends over time.

    Weighing weekly doesn’t average out variations, it just gives you less data.
  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    Daily or more. It keeps me motivated for some reason.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    Once a week when I maintain. Daily and using a trending app when I am cutting or bulking. I take measurements weekly regardless of current goals.
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Every other day while I was losing and the first few months of maintenance. I only switched to less often, like 3 or 4 days apart since I joined a gym. If I am rushing out the door to the gym and will shower there, I skip that day. I have been good about staying in range, but I am still not considering going more than a week and that would only be for a vacation or other travel.
  • ChelleDee07
    ChelleDee07 Posts: 396 Member
    I weigh daily. I have maintained now for more than a year with taking my weekends off. I get in the gym, still weigh my food and log during the week eating healthier foods. On the weekend, I eat more relaxed without gorging myself and I rarely get in the gym. Monday comes around, and I am right back at my healthier lifestyle. I can see me living the rest of my life this way. My weight is usually up a few pounds on Monday morning, but right back down by mid week. It's a constant cycle that works for me, so weighing keeps me informed.
  • reflectionofme
    reflectionofme Posts: 310 Member
    Every morning and input it into Libra but Mondays are my official weigh-in days.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    There's never going to be an "exact" weight, the only thing that changes is your view of what it says and what you do with the info. I weigh every day because I prefer the more detailed view. In as *kitten* backwards way, weighing every day has the potential for less stress because over time I have seen spikes and dips and know that something that makes more sense is likely only a day away. I don't want to see a spike on the scale and go two more weeks under a false impression, same with a dip.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    reflectionofme wrote: »
    Every morning and input it into Libra but Mondays are my official weigh-in days.

    Exactly this, except Friday is my official weigh-in day.
  • Blondie_130
    Blondie_130 Posts: 22 Member
    Once a week, midweek. I weigh in the morning after I’ve gone to the bathroom and before I’ve had anything to eat or drink.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    Every day, first thing in the AM, after bathroom, before eat/drink, wearing only my glasses and watch. I've done it for years, even before trying to lose weight. It helps me understand what causes minor ups and downs in scale weight, and how large they can be, even when they aren't fat gain. Because of that, I'm better able to be unemotional about the number: It's just useful data.

    I used to graph the daily weights on graph paper. (No, I'm not weight obsessed; I'm a data geek in various ways.) Now I put the daily weights in the Libra weight-trending app.
  • nursemellie76
    nursemellie76 Posts: 3 Member
    Maybe once a month if that. I’m a firm believer in letting the mirror be a better indicator(or the way my clothes fit). I started out a few years ago weighing nearly daily and was less pleased with seeing the numbers hover around the same or a slow decline. Now when I weigh and the numbers are more dramatic it gives me a bigger boost :)
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