Weigh ins.

I’m with you! I started tracking back in early November & decided to weigh myself only once a month on the same numerical date. Although in January, I ended up weighing twice, because curiosity got the better of me.🤣 This has helped my mental game A LOT! I mainly track Protein, Fiber, & calories, and have set my MFP goals so one day a week I get a much bigger calorie allotment than the other six days. This helps me not only shake up my body from getting too adjusted to the lower calories, but it also gives me a day to socialize &/or indulge a bit more. So far, My mental game is MUCH better/healthier, and I plan on continuing with only once or twice a month. {If for some reason this way stops working for me, I’ll go back to Happy Scale & try to watch my trends more than the numbers.} *And yes, I’m losing weight consistently!🥳

Everyone has to do what works for them~ so maybe you can experiment with different strategies and see what works best for you. Good Luck, and I’m sending you lots of support!!

I weigh myself everyday, first thing before I jump in the shower, but I only record my weight once a week. It keeps me on track for the week, I can adjust my calorie intake each day if I need to. I record my measurements every 4 weeks.

I feel like one's relationship with the number has a big impact on how often one should way. Some people are analytical by nature and having lots of data points (daily weigh ins) help them look at the long term picture. Some people are very cyclical, eating high fiber, low sodium, high protein and low carb during the week, but allowing themselves to eat out on the weekends. For them, once a week (probably Friday mornings tbh) works well because the jump in water weight Monday morning after a high sodium weekend sets a bad tone for the week (for example). Some people do better with solid, definitive changes, and rounding errors or fluctuations bother them. Monthly weigh-ins work best for them.

I'm a data gal. I like the daily weigh in, and I like looking at the 3 month or 6 month trend charts. Heck, when I first started tracking calories, I only recorded my first weigh-in of the day, but I would weigh myself multiple times of day. After going to the bathroom. After eating a meal. After working out or showering. It didn't psych me out so much as give me data inputs as to how the scale changes based on factors outside of my actual weight. Spending the first month weighing multiple times a day helped me with listening to my body and being able to attribute small fluctuations with non-fat factors, which in the long term, made it really easy to shrug off the days I jumped up 2 pounds from the previous day.

I recognize that's not the case for a lot of people, and it doesn't have to be. Don't be afraid to experiment with your time tables.

For those of us that use a scale to weigh-in, do you ever try to guess your weight before you get on it? I do and it is astonishing how far off I am sometimes! At times, good; other times, bad!