is weighing myself every morning bad

Our weight fluctuates for many reasons, and knowing this should make you stress less about the daily ups and downs. Perhaps you should start weighing weekly? If not, maybe you can just start averaging your weight loss/gains rather than see it as ups and downs- you will see a trend overall.

Good luck!

If you're finding it demoralising then yes it is bad.

Those weight fluctuations are probably just water retention and nothing to worry about. I personally weigh myself everyday as I like to know I'm on the right track, but I factor in added water and don't let little gains worry me.

Most people on MFP will recommend weighing once a week but it is totally your choice and what you feel comfortable with. :happy:

hi, i think you should only be weighing in once a week(easier said than done though!), i am also a scales addict! but your weight will fluctuate from day to day, you should do it same dayn and time each week, this would be more accurate. are you doing your measuremants too? this is also a good gauge of your progress. youve lost 7lbs, which is fab, your obviously doing something right!x

NO......NOT IF IT WORKS FOR YOU!! Do not listren to people who say you should or shouldn't weigh at any particular interval. Try varying it....daily....weekly ....less often....until you find what works for you.
We are all different physically and emotionally and you need to find out what works for you!
I weigh every day in the morning and am used to the natiral variations.....so it works for me but it doesn't for many others.

Looking at your diary I would say that you're too far under your daily goal. It's best if you try and eat back all your exercise calories - MFP has done the calculations so believe what it says when it tells you what you have left. If you don't feel comfortable eating them all back then give yourself 100 or so calories to allow for over/under estimation in your food and exercise. Enjoy your food - that's the great thing about MFP - it's about losing weight healthily so if you exercise you can eat more :-)

Also, I would suggest drinking more water - it really does help.

Weighing yourself everyday isn't bad - it's how you react to it. I tend to get on the scales everyday out of curiosity but I don't beat myself up over slight fluctuations - they'll always happen. If you find it does get to you then just give yourself a pat on the back for doing everything right and remember that the next time you get on them it'll probably be down again! Do only have one 'official' weigh in a week/fortnight/month though and use that as your baseline for each week.

Good luck!

I weigh myself every single day, but I don't record them all. I strength train as well, and understand that it makes my weight increase simply due to water retention. I see the scale move up, but only record when it drops down. I typically record once or twice a week. I know I am sticking to my calories most days, so I have no worries about the weight actually truly increasing. Weighing myself daily is how I am able to recognize these changes and how my body reacts to training sessions and no matter wether it goes up or down, it motivates me to stay on track.

Well said.....I agree 100%

It's not a bad thing if you realise your weight WILL fluctuacte whether you've been been "good" or "bad".

if you weigh yourself every day you will go crazy. Do it once a week the same time and the same condistions. I weight myself Thursday morning when i get up. Your body goes up and down depending on water retention and other things. Follow your calories do your work outs and adjust weekly to get your to your goal if not you will never get what is right because you will be adjusting all the time.

Sorry but I have to disagree with your first sentence.......it works for me and I am not crazy!!!! I only log the weight once a week and I understand the reasons for the natural fluctuations so I don't fret or make adjustments because of them. Please remember that what works for you may not for others.

Well good thing i was not ordering her to do it. It is just my view only. Thanks for your feed back. Like you said everyone is different.

I used to but it passes nothing wrong with it thou x

I weigh myself every morning, I just can't help it! I do find that my weight fluctuates by a pound or so each day, but it is gradually going down. Don't let it bother you too much, if at the end of the week you have lost.

Don't let yourself get hungry, you should eat your full allowance of 1200 calories a day. I started off on 1200 a day, and I lost 5lbs very quickly, then realised i was tired, grumpy and not very happy (even though i was losing weight). So I have just upped it to 1360 a day, we'll see how that goes...There's no point in being thin and not being happy! Plus, if you're under-eating so much, you may be doing your body more harm than good.

I weigh myself once a week at the moment at work. We're doing the Biggest Loser Competition.

I used to be very obsessive about weighing myself a few years ago when I lost over two stone, i was jumping on the scale every day, sometimes more.

I find just once a week is enough now, even then I still don't like doing it!!

You also have to realise that just because you're losing body fat doesn't necessarily mean the scale is going to budge. I learnt this for myself while I was doing the 30DS. Even though my clothes were becoming loose and people were even noticing the change, i didn't lose any physical weight. As a result, I lost all motiviation and ended up just giving up!

So... my personal advice to you is just do it once a week and if the scale goes up please don't be disheartened. Our bodies are complicated devices and we have our reasons for the change in weight, especially us females! Don't give up, just look at how your clothes are fitting and how you feel yourself.

Take this week for instance, my jeans are looser than ever and i've been running my *kitten* off and working really hard to eat clean, and I put on a pound! I'm a bit gutted but I will not lose motivation. I will continue! In 2 weeks i've lost 8 pounds! I'm not giving up and neither should you!

Good luck! :flowerforyou:

Don't weigh every day you will go crackers! Weigh once a week in the morning on an empty stomach - then put the scales away where it is a pain in the bum to get them out every morning!

I weigh myself most days (and did when I was loosing weight too) - but I only log it when there have been a change of +/- 1lb or once a week - whatever is more frequent,

^^^ This!

It's completely up to you - I weigh and log almost every day. I struggle with weekly weigh-ins because I lose momentum and eat rubbish, telling myself that it doesn't matter because it's still 7/6/5/4/3/2/1 days until weigh-in... doh! There are fluctuations from one day to the next sometimes, but I personally find it more helpful to note these so I can look back over time and see what my day-to-day weight has been.

I don't think there are any rights or wrongs when it comes to weighing in - do what works for you and makes you feel happy.

Hi....I have decided not to weigh myself and measure my sucess by the sizes on the clothes. I know that this is a total different approach but I HATE the scale. I know that fitting into my size 8 jeans gives me more confidence than seeing a number on the scale. Do what works for you, everyone is different.