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• debrakgoogins Member, Premium Posts: 1,933 Member Member, Premium Posts: 1,933 Member

  I am pro daily weighing. I use an app called Happy Scale to log my daily weigh ins. I like the extra data I get.

  January 23, 2019 6:54PM

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• deannalfisher Member, Premium Posts: 5,600 Member Member, Premium Posts: 5,600 Member

  for me yes, because it lets me identify trends in sleep, heavy workouts etc - other ppl it makes obsessive

  January 23, 2019 6:58PM

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• Fitness327wk Member Posts: 4,355 Member Member Posts: 4,355 Member

  Awesome! I am going to check out that app!

  January 23, 2019 7:31PM

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• estherdragonbat Member Posts: 5,287 Member Member Posts: 5,287 Member

  I weigh daily, but only update my stats Sunday morning

  January 23, 2019 7:32PM

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• Fitness327wk Member Posts: 4,355 Member Member Posts: 4,355 Member

  I downloaded Happy Scale, cool app!

  January 23, 2019 7:36PM

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• BaVIP073 Member Posts: 22 Member Member Posts: 22 Member

  I weigh daily first thing in the morning. I also use Happy Scale to track trends.

  January 23, 2019 7:50PM

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• mph323 Member Posts: 3,481 Member Member Posts: 3,481 Member

  I weigh daily, but the number on the scale doesn't trigger me to have a good or bad day. For someone who has a lot of emotion tied up in that number, weighing less often would be a better idea. It's very individual.

  January 23, 2019 7:59PM

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• Panini911 Member Posts: 2,325 Member Member Posts: 2,325 Member

  I do daily. i look forward to seeing the number mostly some days are a bust with water retention but that's life. Using a weight trending app keeps me focussed and i am able to take the peeks and the lows.

  January 23, 2019 8:01PM

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• amberellen12 Member Posts: 332 Member Member Posts: 332 Member

  I weigh daily so if it starts to move up I can nip it right away.

  January 23, 2019 8:26PM

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• RAinWA Member Posts: 1,690 Member Member Posts: 1,690 Member

  I weigh daily to keep myself on track especially when maintaining. I hate putting higher numbers into my trending app so I try to keep my weight range where I want it so I don't have to. It's a game I play with myself, but it works for me.

  January 23, 2019 8:29PM

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• Tacklewasher Member Posts: 7,131 Member Member Posts: 7,131 Member

  Weigh daily, have a wifi scale so I don't even have to type numbers in. Updates Libra, MFP, Garmin and trendweight.

  January 23, 2019 9:34PM

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• walktalkdog Member Posts: 94 Member Member Posts: 94 Member

  I weigh daily; it helps keep me accountable, and drives my food choices for that day. I use the Libra app.

  January 23, 2019 9:43PM

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• cwolfman13 Member Posts: 37,956 Member Member Posts: 37,956 Member

  Used to do daily...now two or three times per week. I wouldn't say it necessarily holds me accountable...more that it just gives me more data points. Body weight fluctuates all over the place...I can gain or lose a couple pounds day to day and it actually has nothing to do with what I did the day before and it doesn't drive my current choices...ie, "oh noes...I'm up two pounds this morning, I better cut back."
  
  A lot of people get discouraged because they don't understand normal and natural weight fluctuations and they don't understand why they've done everything right (which they have) and the scale went up a pound or two from the day before and don't understand that it has nothing to do with them, but rather, simple physiology.

  January 23, 2019 9:54PM edited January 2019

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• Fitness327wk Member Posts: 4,355 Member Member Posts: 4,355 Member

  Hi am going to check out the a Libra app as well. For me as well it doesn’t bother my emotion of weighing myself everyday. I like to keep track!

  January 23, 2019 11:01PM

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• Fitness327wk Member Posts: 4,355 Member Member Posts: 4,355 Member

  Ahh you need to buy the scale for the Libra app. 👍

  January 23, 2019 11:09PM

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• lalalacroix Member Posts: 870 Member Member Posts: 870 Member

  I weigh first thing every morning after using the bathroom. I then log the weight into the Libra app. I don't worry much about fluctuations and just pay attention to the trend.
  
  Weighing daily helps me adhere to my calorie deficit.

  January 23, 2019 11:13PM

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• budonyan Member Posts: 36 Member Member Posts: 36 Member

  It reaaally depends on how sensitive you are lol-- My husband has to hide my scale until my two week weigh in because we know if I see even a .1 gain (which is always from water weight but my emotions don't factor it) I will be devestated! I super envy those who can microtrack their weight, good for them!

  January 24, 2019 3:54AM

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• Safari_Gal Member Posts: 888 Member Member Posts: 888 Member

  I weigh daily.

  January 24, 2019 4:40AM

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• Cahgetsfit Member Posts: 1,913 Member Member Posts: 1,913 Member

  The good thing I also found with Happy Scale was that I could also see when it was that I had spikes in bloating and stuff due to period - i run iPeriod also and put in stuff like moods etc. The two combined made me learn a lot about my cycle.
  
  I did it for a few months - weigh every day and iPeriod updates and discovered things like I have a ravenous beast hungry day about 7 days before my period, I get this woosh of weight loss the day before I get bloated just before my period - seriously - like i'll drop a kilo bam from the day before and then the day after it will be like 2 kilos up. And sometimes when that special day pops up on my official weigh in day (Friday) it makes it seem like i had this wonderful week and lost so much when in reality it's some weird thing my body does every month.
  
  I'm not doing it at the moment but it was a very interesting data gathering exercise to do that for about 4 months I think I did it.

  January 24, 2019 4:47AM

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• Running2Fit Member Posts: 704 Member Member Posts: 704 Member

  The best thing is to find whatever works for you.
  
  When I don’t weigh daily, I just start lying to myself and slipping up. Weighing daily keeps me accountable and I don’t stress about the fluctuations - I know what’s just a normal fluctuation vs real gains where I need to start reevaluating my choices. Plus, I like having the data and I like that Happy Scale gives me predictions of when I’ll hit my next goal or my ultimate goal weight.

  January 24, 2019 7:08AM

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