How often do you weigh yourself?

Daily. Weight tracker. After I write it down, I couldn't tell you how much I weighed today. I totally forget it. Review weight tracker to see trend every couple of weeks or so.

I weigh in daily to keep my head in the game. Both recording my food intake and my weight keeps me aware of my goal.

Weekly. I'm not concerned about noise or having less data than daily. Trust in your process. Time and consistency bring results.

I weigh every day. My weight fluctuates a lot. I track the data on a spreadsheet and use some math to look at the trends rather than the daily numbers because neither weight loss nor weight maintenance is linear. Keep an eye on the long term trend; ignore the daily number.

As a personal example from some time in the past, my scale showed a 4.8 pound loss over two days... followed by a 3.2 pound gain in one day. Over a few weeks though, if you look at the trend, it's a lot flatter than that. There's some good apps and websites that can help filter out the noise. I use WeightGrapher and TrendWeight.

For a deeper explanation of how it works, check out The Hackers Diet - especially the pages on Signal & Noise.

Weekly.

Daily. I have a Wifi scale and it automatically records in my app and calculates average weight over the period of a week, month, etc. Depending upon where you are in the journey, weighing daily isn't always a great idea. I have a pair of pants I try on periodically, that's a much better measure. Especially if you are working out. Your body can shift a lot; your clothes can fit better and you may have gained a pound or two.

Daily. After I wake up an have my morning evacuation, lol. (Well, consistently at least 5 days a week)

Weekly on Thursday morning. I weighed in daily for quite awhile until that data became non-informative and really only served as extraneous noise.

herblovinmom wrote: »

👋, another daily weigher here 😉… I like to collect the data. I also use a weight trending app to filter out the highs and lows. I used to be terrified of the scale. Exposure therapy has helped a lot over the years, I now see it as just another tool to measure progress towards my longterm goals. It no longer messes with my head, I don’t feel like a failure when I gain a pound instead of lose a pound because I can see with the data that’s natural for my body to fluctuate.

I take this approach as well. "Exposure therapy" was the term I was thinking even before I read Herblovinmom's post. After months of seeing a number every day I very quickly work through the thought patterns that used to stick with me all day (or until I stepped on the scale and saw a different number). I have learned what patterns I can anticipate in my monthly cycle, when I fly, when I've had lots of salt, etc. I am much quicker to get to the "hmmm, that's interesting" view of a higher than expected number than I used to be, and can remind myself of the effectiveness of not being reactive to the number on the scale because I've seen that the trend has stayed on track in the downward direction despite those "blips" or "plateaus" I have seen.

So that's what works for me, but I'm also a data geek and know lots of people who are successful with weekly or even less frequently.

Switching to weekly. I was becoming obsessive and am concerned about developing issues if I do any more than that. If you are feeling obsessive, like you said above, I'd recommend going no more than weekly as well.