How often do you WEIGH YOURSELF?

Once a week on Saturdays after my morning/early afternoon walk, bathroom, and shower. Then I take the average of all Saturdays and log that on the last Saturday of every month.

I'm just starting again but I've lost a lot before. I like weighing myself daily, first thing, no clothes. When I used to weigh weekly, if that one day was a bad day and I gained, I took it very hard. When I weigh daily, I can see it goes up a little here and down a little there... But overall, the plan works if you just keep working it.

I weigh daily every morning and log the weight in Libra. It's just data to me - more data points means a better view of my weight trend. I don't get upset about it, so it works for me.

It's been very informative to weight daily, discovering how my cycle influences my weigh-ins, as well as my food and exercise (for example temporary upticks after high sodium/high carb meals like sushi).

I like to weigh daily, same time every morning. After bathroom duties, and before my shower. Weight fluctuates so much, weighing daily helps me see how and why I may gain or lose. I know that if I were to gain a pound or so, it's not fat. It's just water weight and will leave my system eventually.

I also weigh daily every morning. I feel it keeps me accountable and on track.

I weigh three times a week. Just to see how my loss is going and if I need to adjust my calorie intake. So it would be the beginning of the week, mid week, and the day before my official weigh in. I use to weigh in every day but that drove me nuts.

Usually 2-3 days per week and then take the average...generally Wed, Thurs, and Friday mornings before I've eaten anything and after the restroom before my shower. Waiting until Wednesday helps to clear out some of the water weight from the weekend as I usually eat out once or twice, beer, and I can often be very active on weekends on hours long hikes or MTB treks that can cause quite a bit of water retention.

You're always going to have natural fluctuations so it's important to just recognize that and understand that they are completely normal and natural. By occupation I analyze data and numbers and there is a fine line between not enough or too much data for meaningful analysis. A small sample of data points for example, doesn't really give you a full picture of what's happening and what to project out...too many data points can create a lot of noise to filter through, etc.

IMO, monthly weigh-ins would require a considerable amount of time to collect enough data points for meaningful analysis and getting a picture of what's really going on. For example, if you were to lose 1 Lb per week on average for a total of 4 Lbs in a month, that might not actually show on the scale with a monthly weigh in due to fluctuations...I can be up or down 2-3 Lbs day to day...If I weighed in monthly, it's very possible that I would have lost 4 Lbs of fat, but that is masked on the scale by 3 Lbs of water weight on that singular weigh in day.

Weekly would give you more data points, but again, you might weigh in on a "heavy" day where water or waste in your system is muddying the waters. As a trend, I tend to have my lightest day on Thursday...heaviest weigh in is usually Wednesday and Friday tends to be somewhere in-between. For a time I used to weigh in daily, but those additional data points weren't really providing me with any more meaningful data than weighing in 3 days per week...it just made for excess noise.

I know people highly recommend not doing this, but I check my weight about three times a day.

I weigh once a week, at same time of day. I dont worry if I don't lose. I know that there are fluctuations. Usually if I don't lose one week, I lose even more than I expected the next.

I step on the scale most mornings to see where I'm at. It's not for discouragement If I gain weight or encouragement if I lose weight just making note of the scale change. I prefer non-scale victories over scale victories so having a set weight to lose in my mind is discouraging especially when you don't always Trend downwards because that won't always be the case. Some other goals that I set to achieve is to be able to do chin-ups without assistance or to be able to do push-ups without having to drop to my knees or to jog around the block without getting winded. I would slowly increase those goals as I reach them so I kept challenging myself. Then each morning when I step on the scale it's not as big of a thing if it goes up or if it goes down since I have other factors to look at

I weigh every day.

It allows me to overcome the shock of gaining 3 pounds after following the plan to the letter. Because at 3500 calories per pound, there is no way I have 10500 extra calories in one day. So it became obvious to me that it was fluctuation due to intestinal tract contents and water retention. Hence, no more worries about the fluctuations. And, for me it always averages out and my loss graph looked like a steady slope down. Now almost perfectly flat when viewed at a distance. But, I have to think those 3 pound gains through every time it happens.

Good mornin! Personally if I weigh too often I get in my head about how well I'm doing or not doing. My weight can fluctuate from morning to afternoon and from day to day. I end up chastising myself and losing focus. So I try to keep it to 1-2 times a week. That works well for me. Stay close to these boards and let us support you!!!