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How often do you weigh yourself?

schnugglebug
schnugglebug Posts: 330 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I know weighing yourself is an individual thing, I am just curious as to how often people weight themselves... I heard it is not good to weigh yourself daily as you go up and down... once a week?

I don't own a scale so I weight myself every couple of weeks when I go visit my mom...
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  • msiamjan
    msiamjan Posts: 326 Member
    Way more often than I should.
  • runner1981
    runner1981 Posts: 4
    once a week on Friday...
  • alung2k3
    alung2k3 Posts: 81 Member
    It can become abit of an obsession lol. But I can't help just popping on the scale each morning!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    every day!

    but when i am maintaining i try and only do it once a week!
  • Jones4177
    Jones4177 Posts: 136
    once a week, Monday morning
  • mother_of_brigade
    mother_of_brigade Posts: 102 Member
    I 'officially' weigh in on Wednesday...but alway weigh myself in the am!
  • dosesr4winners20
    dosesr4winners20 Posts: 362
    every morning (well almost) and some evening if i feel thinner for more motivation. i know craziness....
  • tacoma210
    tacoma210 Posts: 19
    EveryDay... Before I shower in the morning..
  • FitnessDynasty
    FitnessDynasty Posts: 62
    Once a week, Thursday.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    When I was losing: Once a week.
    Since I've lost the weight: Every 2-3 weeks.
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    Once a day! I only "report" it once a week...but I have a standing date with my scale. In fact, I know that my scale is right, so when I go out of town...I take mine with me. My sister's scale is off by a couple of pounds. I don't want to have to worry about it!
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    Way more often than I should.

    +1 lol me too

    honestly a few times a day xD
  • ImNotStarving
    ImNotStarving Posts: 29
    I can't keep myself from getting on the scale every morning. But I try not to take those weights too seriously, as I know weight fluxuates... I log once a week.
  • Maggieq87
    Maggieq87 Posts: 400 Member
    On good days, once.
    On bad days twelve thousand, because obviously there is something wrong with the scale.
  • sk2775
    sk2775 Posts: 699 Member
    I weight myself every morning but I only record my weight on Thursday. I just like to know if my weight is flucating every day....:-)
  • justaxletdown
    justaxletdown Posts: 76
    Everyday. Sometimes multiple times. When I'm home, I can't help myself. Especially lately since I've been at a bit of a plateau :(
  • msmayor
    msmayor Posts: 362 Member
    Everyday but I only record Monday morning weigh-ins.....everything else is just to watch the numbers flucuate
  • 21karensmith
    21karensmith Posts: 50 Member
    Well I weigh myself every Sunday, at the start of a new week, so that if I didn't do as well as I wanted or should have, then I push myself a lil harder the coming week.
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  • krissykross
    krissykross Posts: 61
    Every morning, right after I use the bathroom. But I only count the weigh-in on Wednesday mornings.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    Every day.

    :laugh:
  • nomorearmflab
    nomorearmflab Posts: 76
    Once a week. or at least I try to. I have a standing appointment every thursday morning before my shower.
  • Naughtybiscuit
    Naughtybiscuit Posts: 71 Member
    I'm an every morning weigher too - I know it's a bad habit but it makes me focus more I think. It feels like I'm doing something to acknowledge I'm on a diet :)
  • Franticantics
    Franticantics Posts: 117
    hah wellll...
    Every morning 1st thing
    Every morning before i leave the house
    Everyday when i get in from whatever i've been doing

    Every night before i go to sleep.

    Obsessed?..
  • foxgirlbmx
    foxgirlbmx Posts: 1
    I weigh myself in clusters. Ie. I weigh myself one day, and maybe the following three days to see what i am averaging in that time frame. And then if i start to see physical change(every 2-3 weeks) i weigh myself in again. I'm more visual as opposed to the scale.
  • kit_katty
    kit_katty Posts: 992 Member
    Pretty much once a week, morning, before breakfast. I don't have one of those that's electronic, so it's more of a guess, I definitely can't see little weight fluctuations, only about a pound or more.
  • AnitaMcKenna
    AnitaMcKenna Posts: 77 Member
    I'm also guilty of weighing myself most mornings, but do a 'weigh in' on a Monday, which has been a kick in the teeth a few times when I've gained a pound over Sunday night!!

    Am relieved to see lots of others check daily though :blushing:
  • kaetmarie
    kaetmarie Posts: 668 Member
    Every couple days, but I only log it once per week
  • raw_sugar
    raw_sugar Posts: 87
    I refuse to weigh myself more than once a week because I know the daily fluctuations would drive me batty. I AM however, planning on investing in a digital scale, because the one I have now is hard to read.
  • inotnew
    inotnew Posts: 218 Member
    I check it almost every day, I don't obsess over it, I just want to monitor it. Then once a week is my official weigh in.
  • toque_de_miel
    toque_de_miel Posts: 223 Member
    I have to admit I weigh myself every morning after I wake up...

    Yes, there are fluctuations but I'd only go all day thinking about it and end up doing at night after I've eaten all day and then seem a lot heavier lol.
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