How often do you step on the scale?

designerdiscounts
designerdiscounts Posts: 517 Member
edited December 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I have weighed daily for a long time and am considering laying off for a while. I’m at my goal weight and want to work on recomp, so the scale may not reflect the changes I’m hoping to see. I got my body fat tested 3 weeks ago and plan to get that done again at the one month mark. I’ve also been taking my measurements intermittently for the last 5 years so there’s lots of data there to compare. Scale fluctuations can make or break my day, wish they didn’t but they do.
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  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I weigh daily, but sometimes take a break of a few weeks.
  • designerdiscounts
    designerdiscounts Posts: 517 Member
    I've weighed daily forever but I think my mood is too closely tied to the number I see there. So, although it'll probably be really hard, I'm not weighing for a week. My food is pretty dialed in, I log everything and know what calorie number I need to be below so this hopefully won't effect that side of things.
  • Dootzy1
    Dootzy1 Posts: 2,357 Member
    I do best when I weigh once or twice a week. That works best to keep on top of it, without getting obsessed.

  • MrsPinterest34
    MrsPinterest34 Posts: 342 Member
    I weigh daily for the first 3 months then switch to weekly and focus more on my measurements.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,024 Member
    Sometimes every other day, sometimes once a week...but always 1st thing in the morning.
  • canthony3505
    canthony3505 Posts: 35 Member
    A couple of times a week. It fluctuates a good bit so weighing every day is pointless and just makes me obsess about it.
  • kierasayshi
    kierasayshi Posts: 67 Member
    I only weigh once a week. I refused to be married to the scale.
  • RoseyandReady
    RoseyandReady Posts: 256 Member
    One per week.
  • mrschwarten
    mrschwarten Posts: 194 Member
    I go through phases, where for weeks on end I'll weigh every day. Then I won't weigh in at all for a month or two, then I'll weigh in everyday for a little while. Back and forth! I can't say I've determined it to help or hinder my weight loss efforts, but it's almost like a pseudo-obsession for when I am in a weighing phase. Like I can't start my day at all, regardless of what the number is. And I think that's ok; I'm not freaking out about the numbers that pop up. It's almost like a little start-of-day ritual or something.
  • SchweddyGirl
    SchweddyGirl Posts: 244 Member
    I weigh myself every day...immediately after I wake up and use the bathroom. This is the weight I log, whether it is up or down. Sometimes I will weigh myself later in the day after a run to get an idea of how much fluid loss I suffered. I never log this weight, as I immediately drink it back (16 oz for every lb I loose).
  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    Once a week
  • cpstansburyuk
    cpstansburyuk Posts: 4 Member
    Once per week first thing in the morning. I tried weighing daily when I started on a diet plan but it just got frustrating. Now, every Sunday morning when I get up I get my weight and compare it to last week.
  • hipari
    hipari Posts: 1,367 Member
    Daily, but I use a weight trend app (Happy Scale) and follow the trend weight it calculates automatically. This allows me to remove a lot of emotion from the daily fluctuations and focus more on the rational reasons of why they happen.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i step on it every day but forget the number as soon as i step off. except on fridays, since that is my log day.

    everybody is different as far as how good it is for their mental health to weigh frequently. if the normal daily fluctuations upset you, then weigh less frequently.
  • hereinmissouri
    hereinmissouri Posts: 11 Member
    Twice a week
  • Safari_Gal_
    Safari_Gal_ Posts: 1,461 Member
    I used to weigh everyday .... but as I get closer to my goal... I’ve been going with how my clothes fit.
    Maybe I weigh very 2-3 weeks now.
  • thenewkayla
    thenewkayla Posts: 313 Member
    Every 3 days😭
  • kq1981
    kq1981 Posts: 1,098 Member
    edited January 2020
    I first started MFP 3 years ago so every single morning when I first started and I used happy scales to see my trend because I got discouraged with the fluctuations. Now it’s mostly once a week.
  • Rakesh_M
    Rakesh_M Posts: 14 Member
    Once a week works for me
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I don't think I'll ever buy one again. I was on it every day and couldn't stop. Now we got flooded I think I'll just go with my skirt size getting tighter or not.
  • mhdashler
    mhdashler Posts: 103 Member
    I weigh myself once a week, on the same day, and roughly at the same time. Too much life happens in a day and I don't want to feel guilty for enjoying myself one day when I can work it off over the next few days. Weight loss (and life) is a marathon, not a sprint. Anyone can do really good (or really bad) for a day at a time. Trends take time to form just like habits. Daily victories are great, but the trend measured over time is more important to me. Weekly weigh ins are close enough together so that I can make corrections to my routine if I have gone up (even though over a week, nothing should be substantial), and the weekly weigh ins are far enough I feel to actually celebrate weight loss.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    mhdashler wrote: »
    I weigh myself once a week, on the same day, and roughly at the same time. Too much life happens in a day and I don't want to feel guilty for enjoying myself one day when I can work it off over the next few days. Weight loss (and life) is a marathon, not a sprint. Anyone can do really good (or really bad) for a day at a time. Trends take time to form just like habits. Daily victories are great, but the trend measured over time is more important to me. Weekly weigh ins are close enough together so that I can make corrections to my routine if I have gone up (even though over a week, nothing should be substantial), and the weekly weigh ins are far enough I feel to actually celebrate weight loss.

    Yeah that is how it should be. Happy for you. Some can't do what they should and know is best. lol.
  • imabeevampire
    imabeevampire Posts: 166 Member
    Once a week officially, to log my weight. Might step on twice a week to see how it's going.
    If I weighed daily I'd get so frustrated at not seeing the scale move, I used to do this and didn't enjoy it. Plus one week of the month my weight goes up a bit even after a calorie deficit
  • vivo1972
    vivo1972 Posts: 129 Member
    Every day. Like everyone my weight fluctuates daily, going slightly up and down.

    I do it because "ooh I lost 100 grams yesterday" makes me feel good and a little boost to keep going and exercise a wee couple of minutes longer. I only used to weigh once a week and found I would feast and famine. This way I keep better portion control and am much more relaxed.
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