the demon scale!

Jessicaruby
Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
how often do you weight urself? i used to weigh myself like a million times a day(horrible i know) and obliviously my weight would fluctuate depending on my workouts, what i ate and drank, ect. i have stopped weighing myself because im scared of the damn scale! lol i am just wondering how often you should weigh urself to get an accurate number on ur weight and to see if you are losing?

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  • TopazCarey
    TopazCarey Posts: 263
    I usually weigh myself once a week, usually on Saturday mornings. Make sure you weigh at the same time of day too for a more accurate weight. Mornings are usually best after you've used the bathroom and things, that's when your weight is the lowest.
  • NaturalCon
    NaturalCon Posts: 13 Member
    I'm not sure it will help everyone, but I use this http://physicsdiet.com/ - basically you weigh yourself every day at the same time and it smooths the graph for you.

    The idea is that what you end up with is a trend in your weight, rather than worrying about whatever number actually comes up on the scale that day. If your "trend" is down even though your weight is up, you're doing fine even though you ate that giant meal late last night that seems to have made you gain 3lbs overnight :D

    It's not regularly maintained and it's a little buggy, but I find it works well for me.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    I just wrote an extensive blog about that! Feel free to read about it!!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/kapeluza

    I weigh myself daily and explain why there :)
  • sinner069
    sinner069 Posts: 3
    weighing yourself throughout the day is pointless, food, water, bathroom use,sweating all change your weight, for the most accurate weight the best time to weigh is first thing in the morning before you eat or drink anything, preferably after you've use the bathroom, your weight will still change if your weighing every single day, so take your average for all seven days and use that as your current weight
  • MiaOrange
    MiaOrange Posts: 151 Member
    I may weigh myself a lot. I got the Wii fit and weigh in everyday, I put away my bathroom scale for months, because it's not that accurate. Before the Wii weigh-ins, I was also weighing myself multiple times a day especially the days right before my weight loss group. Once I took the advice I read somewhere to only weigh in once a week and I ended up gaining a few pounds and didn't do that again. I like to know if I've been overeating or eating too much salt ie water retention.

    The only weigh-in that I really pay attention to, even with the above activities, is my weekly TOPS weigh-in on their scale with clothes added in.
  • KayakingPublicist
    KayakingPublicist Posts: 37 Member
    Once a week. Friday mornings. Same scale. Same 'outfit' (mine's birthday suit ;-)
  • EmersonLee
    EmersonLee Posts: 17
    I try to stick to once a week, sometimes I'll check a day or two early/later.
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