How often do you weigh yourself?
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budgiejnr
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Daily, weekly or every couple of days?
I weigh myself on a Friday at 9am weekly
I weigh myself on a Friday at 9am weekly
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Daily (every morning before consuming anything) even though I know it's frowned upon. I never take it too seriously as it is daily and bloat and whatnot isn't always consistent, but I've seen a steady decline overall. It also keeps my head in the game by reminding me my goals and to stick to them at the start of every day.32
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Same - I know it’s frowned upon but weighing myself each day helps keep me on track. I find seeing the numbers slowly go down highly motivating and know not to let myself get upset when they go up a little - that’s just part of the process.12
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Once a day in the morning after toilet. If you average your weekly measurements (which I do by eye), you can get a pretty accurate trend.
Sometimes I weigh myself before bed, out of curiosity. You can lose more than a pound overnight through pee, sweat, and breathing out CO2!10 -
I never used to weigh myself because it was deflating to not see progress everyday. No matter how many times I read/heard that 'weight loss is not linear', I got super frustrated with not seeing the numbers drop. Especially when my weight rose, following a period of a few days of 'perfect' discipline. I knew my ego was too fragile to get that feedback so I used the mirror, how my clothes fit and progress in the gym/ or my cardio sessions, as my metrics.
I now weigh myself daily (and sometimes more) because I have a healthier relationship with my 'weight' and the scale. I like seeing how my body reacts to certain workout regiments, or meals. Now I expect a weight gain after a long run, or a super intense workout. For me it is just another metric now, and together with all the other measurements one can use, is one way to see progress and/or set goals.
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Usually weekly on a Friday. If I know I had a crappy week I don't weigh myself, but I rarely go more than 2 weeks without a weigh-in.2
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Everyday.3
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It fluctuates from daily to every 2 weeks... if I go past 2 weeks without weighing in, I know I'm avoiding it and probably not working out or logging food and need to get back on track.8
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Without fail...nude first thing in the am every day. I've learned a lot about my body and how it responds to certain food. It keeps me accountable as well as motivated. I've learned how to accommodate my food for a healthy body and the scale is just one tool. Like everything about weight loss, there is no right or wrong way. It is a journey of what works for you and fosters health/well-being. My lifestyle gives me joy.6
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When I actually care, it is daily, first thing after bathroom. I even travel with a scale at times just to keep my head in the game. To me it is no different than tracking my food. It is data. I have had this habit for enough time (minus my avoidance stretches than invariably resulted in weight gains) that most of the time I can predict scale outcome, even if calories are perfect. By weighing daily, I am seeing the non-body-fat impact yesterday's food choices can have on the scale and be OK with that. If I did not weigh daily, I would not have that learned association. If I were weighing less often and got an "up" then is that actually fat gain, or a temporary response to preceding day. Anyhow, that is me and each person need to do what supports them best for making healthy changes.4
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Every single day! But I log my weight only on the 1st and 15th of every month.7
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I weigh daily. I don't think it is frowned upon. I think you get a better average if you have more data points. And I look at the overall trend. I think each person should do what works for them. If the day to day fluctuations mess with your head then daily weighing is probably not for you.8
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I've weighed myself daily, and noted the result, for probably over a decade, even before I started trying to lose weight. I'm not scale-obsessed in any problematic way, just generally a bit of a data geek, in this and other respects. It doesn't stress me if I get out of routine and miss a day at home, and I don't weigh myself when I'm away from home overnight.
These days, I put the daily weight in Libra weight trending app. In maintenance (or ultra-slow loss, as I've been pursuing lately) even Libra's trend is misleading sometimes, with its default settings, i.e., it will say I'm gaining or maintaining when I'm actually not (from unusual water weight triggers, for example). But it's 100% true - speaking as someone who's spent some time as a *paid professional* data geek 😉 - that more frequent data points will generally show trends more quickly and correctly.
The right answer about weigh-in schedule is individual. From an abstract data quality standpoint, daily under consistent conditions is best, IMO. But people who are very stressed by scale fluctuations may be better off weighing infrequently, perhaps even never (relying instead on fit of clothing, say, or occasional tape measure).
For me, my daily weight is just a snapshot of my body's momentary relationship with gravity, not a metric for my success or value as a human being. I learn a lot from seeing what causes my person random fluctuations, and for me that's been a calming thing.4 -
I weigh daily, and at some point I read that in countries where that is the advice (I remember they mentioned France and Japan) people tend to be better at keeping the weight off.
If I stop weighing that’s when my weight can soar.6 -
I weigh daily and have for over a year and a half. Like someone mentioned above, I have developed a much healthier relationship with my scale (and food) from the many wise folks here on MFP.
I do not have hormone effects on my weight, and, to be honest, have never really been able to pinpoint the reasons for my weight fluctuations*, but they don't bother me.
Here's a screenshot of my Libra recently (each dot represents a weigh-in):
* For example, I might have an increase and think "that's because we ordered Chipotle yesterday" BUT, I can go back to 3-4 months ago when we last ordered the same thing and my weight dropped the next day. My daily weight is a true mystery to me! 😁
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Probably 5 days a week. Daily, but I forget often, and don’t bother if I’ve already eaten.2
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I like to weigh myself every morning, first thing. It takes a lot of pressure off, oddly enough. Weighing only once a week (what I did years ago with Weight Watchers) stresses me.6
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I weigh daily as I find I can see the trends a lot more accurately: which foods cause water retention (and how much), how hormonal cycles affect my weight, all that stuff. Its so much easier to keep calm about going up a few pounds when I know its because I ate fish and chips the night before, and in another day, the water retention will have resolved itself. The more knowledge, the better!7
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I weigh most days, daily if I can, and always first thing after my morning tinkle. I like seeing the data and it keeps me on track.2
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I care but I do not weigh frequently anymore (maintaining almost 3 and half years). I am more focused on my energy and fitness. I keep an eye on clothes and rings and my intake but putting the scale into hibernation mid last year was very freeing.
The only times in my lifeI have done that before were when I did not give a kitten but this time it was a very calculated move with other metrics firmly in place to make sure I was not kidding myself.
Summerthemisfitinthisgroupobviously3 -
When I remember and that is not very often, so maybe once a week. In maintenance going to 11 years, so I go this .5
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