How often do you weigh?
NJsemple
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I used to weigh weekly but find it so much better now weighing the last Saturday of every month. I just wondered what everyone’s preference was 😃
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Typically twice per week and take the average...usually Wednesday and Thursday. I'm an 8ish year maintainer who now needs to drop the remaining 10 Lbs or so of my COVID 20ish.4
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I weigh weekly because the fluctuations are interesting to me. In the past I couldn’t do that because they would throw me off. I only record my weight on Wednesdays though.2
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I weigh weekly on Friday, first thing in the morning. It's a good system for me and I wouldn't be surprised if it continues to make sense once I'm maintaining.3
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Daily for the most part3
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Daily and watch the trend.
I’ve always thought that if you weigh less frequently you have less idea of your true weight trend since there are so many uncontrollable factors affecting weight; water, digestive contents, hormonal fluctuation etc and no way to know how many of those are in play on any specific day.
If you weigh on a monthly or weekly basis you might catch a ‘high day’ and feel discouraged when, in fact, you’re perfectly on track. 🤷♀️16 -
I weigh daily and track in an app that shows me the overall trend. Daily weights are data points to me and I do love data!7
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One of many, many threads asking the SAME question over the years but I'll answer it just the same.
Everyone does what they are comfortable with. There is no "right" answer.
I weigh myself DAILY and have been doing so for over 5 years. Doesn't bother me but there are many who can not handle the daily data feedback and choose other intervals.
But, if you want to lose wt and/or maintain your wt loss, the IMPORTANT thing to do is to weight yourself "regularly" (regardless of the interval you choose) because w/o that data, what you are doing to lose/maintain your weight is pretty meaningless.7 -
Daily suits me.
Keeping a casual eye on my weight trend is an essential tool for me for long term maintenance without food logging.
Takes seconds, not at all stressful for me as I regard it as data, doesn't make or break my day!
Glad you have found what works for you OP.4 -
In the morning before I eat, 2-3 times a week. My weight stats mostly the same.3
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Once a week after my morning walk and shower and then log once a month by averaging out the 4 or 5 weeks.2
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Daily, put it in Libra for trend tracking, don't much worry about the daily weight, but pay attention to trends. I've weighed every morning if at home, for years (maybe a decade?) even when not trying to lose, just part of my routine (plus I'm a data geek in other ways, too). When I started losing, I already had a really clear idea that my weight bounced around several pounds day to day, usually understood why, and wasn't stressed by it, which was helpful.
Everyone should do what's most calm-inducing and helpful for her/himself.7 -
These days in maintenance, I weigh almost every morning because recognizing, understanding, and accepting my daily weight fluctuations brings me peace right now.
But at various times in my history, I've restricted myself to weekly or biweekly weigh-ins when I was in a place where being up half a pound could ruin my whole day.6 -
1-2 times a week. I think everyday is too much.5
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I hid my scale cause I was getting on it every day 3 times a day atleast. It was dumb and messing with my head. . I now just weigh myself at the most every 2 weeks. Props for doing it once a month OP.5
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BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »Daily and watch the trend.
I’ve always thought that if you weigh less frequently you have less idea of your true weight trend since there are so many uncontrollable factors affecting weight; water, digestive contents, hormonal fluctuation etc and no way to know how many of those are in play on any specific day.
If you weigh on a monthly or weekly basis you might catch a ‘high day’ and feel discouraged when, in fact, you’re perfectly on track. 🤷♀️
That’s why I had to go monthly for some reason during the month on one weigh in I always gain anything up to 5lb but it sorts it’s self over the month that’s why I changed1 -
I weigh myself depending entirely on when I've messed up with my meal plan for the day/week, and get frustrated by the numbers not shifting or creeping up. The more I gain, the more I weigh myself. It's a rather strange obsession, but then aren't all obsessions?
But as I've been doing well recently I'm weighing myself less, and finding my weight's going down. ^^4 -
Daily. Then I pay attention to my weekly average. More data and a more stable trend4
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If I am working on losing weight, or on maintaining a certain weight, then I weigh daily so that I can avoid having things going too far the "wrong direction" before I even notice it. But, on the other hand, if I'm allowing myself to have extra pounds, then I only weigh occasionally, since it is evident to myself that I really don't care at that time about my pounds. [Yes, folks, when I allow myself to have extra pounds, the reality for me is because I don't care... otherwise I'd not let it happen!!]
Different things work for different people, and the motivation of "why" someone weights also makes a difference.5 -
Daily helps keep me in line and my eye on the final goal6
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Weekly here! Wednesday’s & sometimes on a Saturday morning - in an effort to stay focused as I could easily overeat at a weekend!3
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