Daily weigh-ins

Nothing wrong with weighing daily! Make sure the conditions are always the same, like same clothes (or none), same feeding status (food and fluid in your body has weight), etc. Thus best to do it after getting up, naked after being to the loo.

Weighing daily has one big advantage: you see how weight fluctuates daily, and the influence a bit more salt, being dehydrated with high temperatures, TOM, eating late, etc can have on scale (not not body fat) weight.

Disadvantage of this: some people cannot deal with this additional data and panic.

I have been in maintenance for nearly 7 months and weigh daily. It keeps me on track.

standout00 wrote: »

Lietchi wrote: »

Why wouldn't you keep doing that, especially if it motivates you? Did you read somewhere that you shouldn't?
I weigh daily because I like the data it gives me. And I use Libra to help me see the weight trend beyond the daily fluctuations.

At the moment, I'm weighing myself daily. A lot of other people tell me that I'm only meant to be weighing myself once a week...

Meh, other people aren't experts on your best life.

Some people shouldn't weigh daily, because they freak out over any tiny scale fluctuation that isn't downwardDownwardDOWNWARD, and they can't get past that.

As long as you don't expect the scale to drop every day (or even every week), and can keep the daily weights in perspective emotionally, it's fine to weigh daily IMO. I've weighed myself daily for well over a decade, starting even when I wasn't even trying to lose weight. (I'm a data geek, not a bodyweight obsessive. I measure/track various life stats that are important to me.)

One caveat: If you're motivated by daily weighing because the scale is dropping every single day . . . reasonable odds that you're losing weight too fast for best health, unless you're very, very seriously obese (or have so little to lose that you only need to cut calories deeply for a couple of weeks-ish).

Best wishes!

Lietchi wrote: »

Why wouldn't you keep doing that, especially if it motivates you? Did you read somewhere that you shouldn't?
I weigh daily because I like the data it gives me. And I use Libra to help me see the weight trend beyond the daily fluctuations.

I also weight daily and use Libra. I like seeing the strands and fluctuations.

For me weighing daily (or as close as I can get to that) is crucial.

If I stop weighing I find myself slowly slipping into weight gain. It’s happened a few times over the last several years. Last time I stopped weighing myself because I broke my ankle and literally couldn’t step on the scale.

Fast forward over a year and a half when I finally dragged myself back on the scale again - I gained back the 15 lbs I’d lost over the previous 9 months (back at almost the exact same starting weight - I think I have a set
point!

The thing that has *really* helped me this time is using Happy Scale - it calculates your daily moving average. So each individual weigh in doesn’t feel so charged. I can see the pattern over time.

If it helps, do it.
People tend to lose more when they first start. So some people have a few good starting days and then freak out when they have their first day where their weight goes up. if that's you, you shouldn't weigh yourself daily.
My weight can vary by more than 5 pounds within one day - depending on what I eat, drink, and wear. Remember that if you drink 16 ounces, you just added a pound of liquid to your weight. Hormone levels and exercise can cause temporary changes (for both men and women). As long as you keep in mind that there will be temporary fluctuations, and you focus on the overall trend, it can be fine to weigh yourself as often as you like.