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DO YOU WEIGH YOURSELF DAILY?

wifeyy
wifeyy Posts: 481 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I hope am not the only one who does this, i am just too curious every morning to go on the scales
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  • cindy0716
    cindy0716 Posts: 135
    I do, but don't record it except for one day a week - every Sunday.
  • Amandapanda1203
    Amandapanda1203 Posts: 5
    Yes I do weigh myself everyday during the week. I know they say it isn't good to weigh yourself daily because it will drive you crazy, but I just can't help it!!! My weight changes to often for me not to know what it is. So no, you are not the only one.
  • BreakinTheChains
    BreakinTheChains Posts: 381 Member
    you are not the only one !! I DO TOO :) I only record once a week though !!
  • stephreed11
    stephreed11 Posts: 158 Member
    I do but only record it 1 day a week
  • TheCats_Meow
    TheCats_Meow Posts: 438 Member
    I can't weigh myself every day. If I did, I would be an emotional basket case from seeing the fluctuations each day. I'm enough of an emotional basket case on my own, thank you very much! LOL
  • littleenginethatcan
    littleenginethatcan Posts: 264
    Yes, I do. Sometimes more than once a day. My husband has threatened to take the scales away. :noway:
  • Emily_34
    Emily_34 Posts: 26 Member
    I also weigh myself everyday but only record once per week. :)
  • Huskeryogi
    Huskeryogi Posts: 578 Member
    I weigh daily but only record on Fridays. Anything within 3 lbs of my current low weight I write off to water any more than that I take a look at what I've done and adjust
  • BlessedandBeautifulBrown
    BlessedandBeautifulBrown Posts: 464 Member
    i don't cause i would go crazy.. and something bad hits it would drive me straight back into the arms of my Mcdonalds..
  • Raf702
    Raf702 Posts: 196 Member
    It's way too tormenting to weigh yourself everyday. It can seriously add mental strain and affect your diet/exercise. One day your down 1lb, the next up 2lbs, then next down 1.5lb, etc. I keep it to a minimum of 1x a week to about once every other week.
  • mamaredhead
    mamaredhead Posts: 112
    I do weigh myself every morning but I only record it when I lose ;-)))))
  • charlotte3176
    charlotte3176 Posts: 115 Member
    I weigh myself every day, but only record on Sunday and Wednesday.
  • wifeyy
    wifeyy Posts: 481 Member
    i think it can motivate you to see it go down after a previous day of hard work... hmmm i'm glad am not alone.
  • NicoleMarie0409
    NicoleMarie0409 Posts: 151
    you are not the only one !! I DO TOO :) I only record once a week though !!

    Me too!
  • princessstokoe
    princessstokoe Posts: 18
    I can't weigh myself every day. If I did, I would be an emotional basket case from seeing the fluctuations each day. I'm enough of an emotional basket case on my own, thank you very much! LOL

    me too!!!!
  • 0PhAtDaDdY
    0PhAtDaDdY Posts: 569 Member
    Yes Daily...I want to know quickly if I gained anything..
  • juliapurpletoes
    juliapurpletoes Posts: 951 Member
    I do too! at first the fluctuations really bothered me, but i knew the body was science as well as emotiona so I decided to embrace it and learn from it.

    It does help me see trends and keep me on track.......cause I never want to gain back what i had to lose.

    :blushing:
  • hayremom
    hayremom Posts: 9 Member
    If I weighed myself everyday I would go crazy. I only weigh and record on Mondays.
  • tn_hammock
    tn_hammock Posts: 11
    Not every day....but most days!

    I also record it everytime....but then again I'm a COMPLETE chart geek....line charts....pie charts....if it is trackable, I'll put in in a chart! Ha!

    I also have a digital scale that tells me even if I only lost 0.2 lbs....any progress at all makes my day!
  • wifeyy
    wifeyy Posts: 481 Member
    LOL hahahah... that use to happend to me before @ jisdashyt
  • debgcook
    debgcook Posts: 64
    I do cuz it helps me stay on track but I record it every Sat.
  • czechsmate
    czechsmate Posts: 556 Member
    nope...once a week - same day - same time!
  • dobarber
    dobarber Posts: 611 Member
    I have been weighing everyday for a while but I'm going to stop. I started weight training and taking cardio classes at the gym and my weight seriously went wacky. I actually gained 4 pounds the first week. I felt extremely depressed and felt like punching the wall until I weighed myself at the end of that same week and found a 2 pound weight loss. I jumped up and down at that point but that roller coaster is too much for me. 1 or 2 times a week is max for me now. I put the darn scale in the closet until its time.
    Doug
  • geohow11
    geohow11 Posts: 126 Member
    I do but only record once a week

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  • harriet_tubman
    harriet_tubman Posts: 52
    i used to and it's all good when you're losing at a fast rate, but once it slows down all the weighing got frustrating for me. i stopped weighing myself and just go by how my clothes fit. i purposely saved a pair of jeans that are one size too big so i can check to make sure they're still too big every few weeks or so...
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    <~~~Total scale *kitten*... :blushing:
  • becka63
    becka63 Posts: 712 Member
    I used to (get me- I've only changed this routine in the last 10 days!). But as has been said, I found it mentally draining. Not so much the berating myself when I'd 'gained', but from analysing every single fluctuation- oh that's water weight, that'll be sodium, that's cos I worked out hard & my body's repairing muscles, that's because I drank a lot and my liver's too busy expelling the toxins to work on anything else....I can actually feel myself getting tense just typing these!

    So I've decided to just go once a week, whatever the scales say, that's what I log. It has been the nicest week I've had on MFP. Truly. I would have liked to go once a month, but I'm doing Turbo Fire, and enjoy logging my weight / measurements once a week. Maybe if that novelty wears off...

    I'd say each to their own, if you find yourself obsessing like I've detailed, maybe a change is worth looking at!
  • CMadison52
    CMadison52 Posts: 2
    My opinion is that weighing yourself daily is a bit depressing and can affect your diet/exercise plan if you are not achieving the goals that you have set for yourself. I personally weigh myself once a week. I have just resubscribed to MyFitnessPal, so hopefully I will stick to it this time :-)
  • lheintzelman
    lheintzelman Posts: 1
    I too weigh myself daily but only record on Mondays.
  • carey1932
    carey1932 Posts: 55 Member
    I weigh every morning & record when I see a new lower weight, no matter what day of the week it is.
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