Daily weigh-ins? Yes! What are your thoughts?

SallyLuvsFitness
SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 Member
edited December 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I am all for daily weigh-ins! For me, it holds me accountable on a daily basis. Others I have heard it discourages them; however, it doesn’t for me. I like to know wher I am at everyday, especially when I am trying to lose weight and achieve my goal!

I know others disagree, what do you think? Do you prefer daily or weekly weigh-ins?
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  • SallyLuvsFitness
    SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 Member
    Awesome! I am going to check out that app!
  • SallyLuvsFitness
    SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 Member
    I downloaded Happy Scale, cool app!
  • BaVIP073
    BaVIP073 Posts: 22 Member
    I weigh daily first thing in the morning. I also use Happy Scale to track trends.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 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.
  • walktalkdog
    walktalkdog Posts: 102 Member
    I weigh daily; it helps keep me accountable, and drives my food choices for that day. I use the Libra app.
  • SallyLuvsFitness
    SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 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!
  • SallyLuvsFitness
    SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 Member
    Ahh you need to buy the scale for the Libra app. 👍
  • lalalacroix
    lalalacroix Posts: 834 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.
  • Safari_Gal
    Safari_Gal Posts: 888 Member
    I weigh daily.
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 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.
  • bolty264
    bolty264 Posts: 2 Member
    If it helps you with accountability then fantastic.

    I wouldn’t get caught up on the numbers though. There are sooooooo many variables that can effect what you weigh on a given day. Such as:

    Hydration status.
    How much food is in your digestive system.
    If you’ve been to the bathroom or not.
    Stress levels.
    Muscle loss or gain.
    Stored muscle glycogen.

    And that’s just the similarities for both men and women. For the fairer sex you also have to account for your monthly cycle. This means that day to day can give you a inaccurate representation. A fair comparison would be between the same points in your cycle.

    I don’t weight daily. Actually I hardly weigh myself at all. I go off how I look the mirror. I do this by taking a weekly photo. Taking measurements could also be a good option.
  • jonewe05
    jonewe05 Posts: 5 Member
    Weigh myself once every few weeks or so. I like seeing a bigger shift in the numbers, and day to day fluctuations are meaningless anyway.

    I tend to measure shorter term progress by how loose my belt feels.

    The belt don't lie!
  • SallyLuvsFitness
    SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 Member
    The happy scale app is awesome! Plugged in my info yesterday and will start putting in my daily weight,
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Fitness327wk wrote: »
    Ahh you need to buy the scale for the Libra app. 👍

    ??.

    No, Libra doesn't need a particular scale. You can use the app and put your weight in it daily.
  • gizzi246
    gizzi246 Posts: 1 Member
    I have tried it both ways - and settled somewhere in the middle - weighing daily taught me how much my weight can fluctuate so I actually obsess less. Now I weigh myself most days, only recording my weight when there is a loss. If I stay at a plateau for more than 2 weeks (no additional loss), I know I need to change something in my routine - add more exercise, change the types of foods, watch my salt more...… so far I have seen slow but steady loss since September a total of only 22 pounds but many NSV's as I have been steadily changing my habits
  • SallyLuvsFitness
    SallyLuvsFitness Posts: 13,724 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Fitness327wk wrote: »
    Ahh you need to buy the scale for the Libra app. 👍

    ??.

    No, Libra doesn't need a particular scale. You can use the app and put your weight in it daily.

    Thanks! I went back and now using!
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    I weigh in daily, but I have a long term and realistic mindset. I've run a few self experiments to see how much hydration impacts my weight and noted that my weight varies ~5 lbs throughout the day.

    I would say that if someone has an issue with daily weigh ins they either don't understand the process very well and/or need to seriously consider changing their mindset.
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