How often do you weigh?
pnrbor
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How often do you think you should weigh yourself? I weigh usually in the morning and before I have eaten anything every second day or so. The thing that sucks is that the weight fluctuates and sometimes it has gone up for no apparent reason.
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I weigh daily it has helped me stay in line on my 55 lb weight loss journey.4
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Daily, 1st thing (after pee and before drink), and track the weekly averages for me. This minimises noise and helps to track the trends.6
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I weigh daily, in the morning after going to the bathroom. Daily for accountability and also more data gives a clearer weight trend (I use the Libra app and my own spreadsheet).
I've been desensitized to weight fluctuations, I just see it as interesting data.5 -
I used to weigh weekly but sometimes on the day you weigh, the number could be higher due to fluctuations which would demotivate me. So now I do daily to my mind can adjust to the trend which helps me.3
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i weigh every saturday. im more interested in the weight trend than the actual number. i do have a goal weight of course and im only 4lbs off of that right now. however as long as my weight is going down by any amount i feel like im on track and can rely more on the mirror.3
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Active weight loss phase: Daily weigh ins
Maintenance or very slow weigh loss phase: Weekly weigh ins (at most, sometimes even longer)
I'm a numbers person, I love to track data, but if I'm not actively trying to lose weight, I don't find the daily weigh ins helpful.0 -
Daily after my morning dog walk.
I prefer to weigh daily rather than weekly - as weekly creates too high an expectation for me thats a significant upset if theres not as much loss as id want.
Daily means I watch trends and one bad day is easily forgotten about.2 -
Every Monday!0
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Once a week after my morning walk and shower and then log the average of all weeks on the last Saturday of the month.
I don't think anyone's touched on the no apparent reason for weight gain part. It doesn't seem like it's bothering you that much but it could be from too much sodium, not having eliminated waste, TOM, a new exercise routine, the scale being in a different place...anything really. 😀3 -
When I was actively losing weight I started by weighing myself every week -- decided that wasn't going to work for me mentally and went to every other week.
Now that I'm maintaining I probably have times where I weigh myself every other week but it's more like once/month just to make sure I'm not gaining/losing significantly.
I DO NOT suggest weighing more than once per week (which I think for most is probably too much, unless it won't bother you that the scale goes up/doesn't go down). Weight loss isn't linear and never will be so why put yourself through the mental anguish if it causes that?
Once every other day is not even really useful information to have. You have to look at overall, longer-term trends of your weight.3 -
Daily, to help with casually tracking my trend weight.
It doesn't suck that weight fluctuates - it's totally normal and expected.
Often the reason is clear, sometimes it isn't, sometimes the fluctuation is up, sometimes down - that's life!
No one day, or one weigh in, has any great significance unless you allow it to.6 -
I weigh myself 3X a week
But after reading the posts daily is sounding good with a weekly average3 -
Daily- then I take the average of those daily weighing for my once a week tracking0
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Daily, which I've done for well over a decade, even before seriously trying to lose weight. A bonus from that, when I actually got into weight loss, was that I already had a pretty good intuitive understanding of what made my bodyweight fluctuate randomly (in ways that had nothing to do with fat loss), by how much, how long fluctuations would last, and that sort of thing. Very calming knowledge to have!
Nowadays, I weight daily (when at home), put the number in Libra (a weight trending app), and don't give the actual daily numeric value much mind. I just pay attention to the longer-term trend. Even before Libra, I was noting daily weights on graph paper (date on X axis, weight on Y axis) so I could see the overall trend beyond the fluctuations. The trend is what matters. (No, I'm not obsessive, I'm a data geek, in this and other ways . . . have been a professional data geek, even.)
You might get some value from reading this; it's really excellent:
https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations5 -
Daily here too. I know a little fluctuation is to be expected and it doesn’t knock me off track. I like having the data of both weight trends and food diary to compare along with knowing I retain water at certain times anyway. So every morning quick step on the scales and lots of nice data to follow. As long as the trend is downward over a month I’m happy.2
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I have just switched from weekly to daily as an experiment. I'm not going to lie, the fluctuations do bug me a bit now, even with the head knowledge about why they occur. I hope to become more comfortable with them, and use the data in the same dispassionate way I'm now able to do with calories in and out. It seems to be that's the experience for many of the posters here who do daily weighing so I'm optimistic. Just gotta stick through this somewhat awkward phase.3
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Every morning. I get up, go to the bathroom, then weigh myself. Always in just a pair of boxers too to keep things as even as possible. Fluctuations happen and I get that can be frustrating. The reason I weigh myself daily, as opposed to weekly, is for accountability. If i binge, if I eat too much, I'm going to see it on the scale the next morning. If I were to weight weekly, or maybe twice a month, I'd feel more free to "cheat" and then make it up later but dieting really hard before my weigh in - that's not real dieting and it's also not healthy. Daily weigh ins keep me accountable.2
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Daily, which I long in to the Happy Scale app (iPhone.)
Happy Scale has several features that help me deal with the fluctuations, which are huge for me. I blame perimenopause.- The trend line on Reports. And if the monthly average isn't all green, the yearly average is.
- The Moving Average on Logbook. This is what I use as my "true" weight.
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I weigh every morning after pee and before I consume anything. I also tape myself every sunday morning at the same time. I noticed that my weight fluctuates, but if I see my tape going down or staying the same I am good. It really is all a mind game. For me my end game is to get healthy!3
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Couple times per week...usually Wednesday and Thursday.0
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pennyborelli wrote: »How often do you think you should weigh yourself? I weigh usually in the morning and before I have eaten anything every second day or so. The thing that sucks is that the weight fluctuates and sometimes it has gone up for no apparent reason.
Weight fluctuations are completely normal. Your body is comprised of anywhere from roughly 55%-65% water and that will always be variable per hydration, dehydration, hormones, etc. You will also always have variable degrees of inherent waste in your system. Water and waste have mass and thus weight...the scale doesn't just weigh fat mass. It's everything in your body...blood, water, waste, bones, muscle, fat, etc.
Bodyweight isn't a static figure. Nobody weighs exactly XXX Lbs all of the time. When you get to maintenance, you will see that you kind of have a maintenance range of weight...for myself I have an average, but I can fluctuate 2-3 Lbs up or down from that average depending on completely normal fluctuations. Sometimes they can be even larger...like if I have a really salty day or when I travel by air. Airplane bloat and water weight is very real and I've gained as much as 8 Lbs just getting on and off an airplane.3 -
I weigh myself in the morning after peeing - every morning the week my period starts, and the week following. The other 2 weeks I don't bother, because my weight is all over and up. As long as I'm somewhere within a 2-3 lb range I'm fine.3
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My dietitian said that I shouldn't weigh more then once a week.2
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My dietitian said that I shouldn't weigh more then once a week.
I would hope your dietician gives personalised advice on frequency to different people. As you can probably tell from the responses to your thread there isn't one way that is universally better for everyone.
If your fluctuations that you see daily, or every other day, bother you then avoiding the issue is one way to deal with those feelings.
IMHO it isn't addressing the underlying problem though and changing the frequncy doesn't guarantee that whatever day you weigh in doesn't coincide with one of those fluctuations.
"Oh noes! I've been good all week and no progress!
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Before my Wednesday weigh-in, I’m in need of a few healthy days.
So today, it’s water and more water then, veggies and more veggies.
I have been enjoying the daily weigh-ins and
seeing that some days the fluctuations wasn't as bad as expected.
This has helped my nutrition relapses to end quicker. WIN WIN
Today, it's back to my healthier routines, Pickleball then tomorrow Zumba.
I am so thankful my health is good enough to keep me moving.
Enjoy your journey,
Karen
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I have weighed daily for years & average them every Monday for the trend. I thought it was bothering me, so I tried not weighing for the month of Sept. Basically maintained, but want to lose more, so back to daily weighing as before. I think the break was helpful to settle me down about my routine.1
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I weigh daily but use the Libra app to track fluctuations. I only update on here every so often.3
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Weekly.
I try not to get too caught up on the number.
It's difficult so weekly is enough for me.
If its my time of the month or I've had a heavy weekend- I don't weigh in.
I find it unhelpful.1 -
I weigh daily. I know that it may be harmful to some people, but it has really helped me understand day-to-day fluctuations that come from exercise, diet, and hormonal influences.3
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