Logging Weight Change

HeatherT929
HeatherT929 Posts: 23 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How often do you weigh yourself and how often do you log it? If you gain, as we all know our weight (or is it the scale?... ;-) fluctuates so much, do you also log the gain? Just curious. Thanks all!

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I weigh myself 2-3 times a week and log it on Libra, gains and losses.

    my official weigh in day on here is a Thursday, i log gains and losses.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    Usually every Sun I weigh myself.

    and yes, put in MFP progress whether up or down
  • amayk
    amayk Posts: 42 Member
    I only weigh myself once a month and log it then.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i may or may not step on the scale every day but only really pay attention to it once a week- saturday morning. that weight - up or down, is what i record.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I log my weight every day. It helps me stay in tune with the program.
  • MarieRosekenji85
    MarieRosekenji85 Posts: 147 Member
    I weigh in on Fridays, like others have said it's a personal preference and to me weighing in more then once a week is counter productive to me. I log gains and losses.
  • Caralarma
    Caralarma Posts: 174 Member
    I only log my weight when there is a loss... which is why I have some huge gaps between weigh ins haha
  • NikkyT30
    NikkyT30 Posts: 91 Member
    I log weight about every other day. For me personally the weigh in holds me accountable for my choices. I don’t beat myself up for a gain. I look back at my diary so I can learn what is working and what isn’t. It’s all about personal preference and how it effects you emotionally. If it is a motivator.......do it! If not.... weigh in less. Ps. I also take measurements on the 15th of every month to see progress the scale might not show. Good luck everyone!
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    I log on my Apple Health app every day — it does a trending weight for me.

    I log only the new lows on MFP. I hate how MFP’s graphs show weight, and they don’t really do trends. So sometimes that means it can be a while before I log here, and sometimes it’s more frequent. Ditto with my bust/waist/hip measurements here.
  • HeatherT929
    HeatherT929 Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks all for your responses!
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    edited January 2019
    If weight loss is your main concern, logging it daily and tracking trends is effective. A weight trend app like Happy Scale is a better source for knowing whether your weight fluctuations are really gains or trending toward a loss. I weigh myself every day and log it into Happy Scale. It also allows me to analyze the reasons that my weight fluctuates. For instance, I know that if I eat Pho for lunch on Tuesday my weight will be up by two pounds on Wednesday. I know that twice a month, my weight spikes up by two or three pounds then drops back down like clockwork. The day after I work with my personal trainer, I will show a gain of three to four pounds. One day later, it is back to normal again. Some people may not want all that data but I am an analyst by trade and like being able to see those numbers. I enter my weight into MFP when I remember to.

    If becoming leaner and stronger is your goal and you are strength training regularly, measurements are a much better guage of your progress. As you lose fat and gain muscle, the scale may not move much or it might even go up but you will be leaner and you will lose inches.
  • patrickaa5
    patrickaa5 Posts: 70 Member
    I weigh daily and log on Mondays and Wednesdays. I probably should just log one day a week, but it's interesting to see the differences. Wednesdays are almost always lower than Mondays due to eating out on weekends.
  • zeejane03
    zeejane03 Posts: 993 Member
    Daily weigher, track my trends on the app Libra (android).
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,744 Member
    I weigh myself weekly and then log the average at the end of the month. Loss or gain.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    I strongly encourage finding ways to become okay with normal weight fluctuations. It seems like there are two ways people do this: 1) weigh less often, or 2) use a trend weight app, like Libra or Happy Scale. I prefer number 2. I weigh daily and record it in Happy Scale, but I only started doing this in maintenance. I wish I'd done it while I was losing weight. I think it would have helped me understand the small changes that were happening but masked by normal weight fluctuation.
  • zeejane03
    zeejane03 Posts: 993 Member
    edited January 2019
    Dilvish wrote: »
    Weighing in every couple of days sounds like you are in a hurry to lose the weight and that simply doesn't work. 85% of people who stop dieting or go back to old habits once they reach their target weight almost always gain some or all of it back. Weight loss and maintenance is a journey, not a destination.

    Long term success stats are dismal, regardless if the initial weight loss was done fast or slow. Neither has been proven more effective than the other for long term adherence.

    I've been a daily weigher for almost 7 years now, 6ish of those while being in maintenance. I track my weigh-ins on a trending app and learning my trends has been useful. I think more data/information is always going to be helpful.

  • kemoon0915
    kemoon0915 Posts: 113 Member
    I weigh myself daily just to keep an eye on things but I only log it once a week (Sunday mornings)
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Daily weighing, because I'm a data nerd
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    edited January 2019
    Dilvish wrote: »
    Weighing in every couple of days sounds like you are in a hurry to lose the weight and that simply doesn't work. 85% of people who stop dieting or go back to old habits once they reach their target weight almost always gain some or all of it back. Weight loss and maintenance is a journey, not a destination.

    Yes, people who lose weight and then go back to their old habits are going to gain it back. After you lose weight, you have to go into maintenance if you want to keep it off. That doesn't have anything to do with how often one weighs themselves. I weighed daily while I was losing and I weigh daily in maintenance. How often one weighs is a matter of personal preference.
  • joaniebalonie088
    joaniebalonie088 Posts: 93 Member
    I weight almost every day, and it automatically uploads from my scale into FitBit and MFP. I have a Fitbit Aria 2 scale.
    Once in a while I'll skip the weigh-in in the morning if I really overindulged or ate Pizza or Chinese food the previous day! I've definitely gotten better at disconnecting my emotions from the number on the scale, but the habit of skipping on these particular mornings shows that I've still got some room to improve in that department.
    It is hard to be getting ready for another long day at the office with a big fat increase on the scale on my mind!
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    apullum wrote: »
    Dilvish wrote: »
    Weighing in every couple of days sounds like you are in a hurry to lose the weight and that simply doesn't work. 85% of people who stop dieting or go back to old habits once they reach their target weight almost always gain some or all of it back. Weight loss and maintenance is a journey, not a destination.

    Yes, people who lose weight and then go back to their old habits are going to gain it back. After you lose weight, you have to go into maintenance if you want to keep it off. That doesn't have anything to do with how often one weighs themselves. I weighed daily while I was losing and I weigh daily in maintenance. How often one weighs is a matter of personal preference.

    And actually, some research has just come out that showed a correlative effect between daily weighing, and success in loss and maintaining loss.
  • lalalacroix
    lalalacroix Posts: 834 Member
    I weigh daily and plug that info into the Libra app. Weighing daily really helps me with calorie adherance. I am not bothered by the fluctuations caused by water gain.
  • rcervetto
    rcervetto Posts: 60 Member
    I weigh daily and log it into a trend weight app (Happy Scale). I log my weight to MFP once a week (currently Wednesday), gain or loss.
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    I log everything every day (with a few exceptions when life gets in the way).

    If i am unable to be transparent and honest with myself, it’s hard for me to imagine how anyone could offer useful advice that would actually have a positive result.

    If I eat a bag of cookies worth 1400 calories, it does me no good to pretend it didn’t happen.
  • StrawberryJam40
    StrawberryJam40 Posts: 274 Member
    It's actually motivating for me to get on the scale every morning. It helps me see my progress even if the morning shows more than the prior morning it's still a smaller number than last week! (I expect a little fluctuation but still overall going the right direction.)

    It reminds me to start the day right.

    But I only log Monday morning weigh in on MFP.
  • oneillm45
    oneillm45 Posts: 44 Member
    I weigh every day. It desensitises me to the scale - if I'm only weighing once a week, I worry too much beforehand about what the number is going to be. I log my weight every day into an app, but only update here once a week.

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