What day do you weigh in? and why?

Hellbent_Heidi · November 2011

I weigh in every morning when I first wake up. My weight fluctuates a lot throughout the week, so I only record when I see I've lost weight. But the weight at the beginning of the day is your true weight.

Same here...mostly because I work out in the mornings and like to enter my current weight in the cardio machines for a more accurate burn (as accurate as those things can be). I only update MFP when I've lost, and then only after I've seen that lower number for at least two mornings in a row.

allisonj87 · November 2011

I weigh in on Mondays. Mostly because I think that everything should start at the beginning of the month/week. I was going to switch to Friday, but I think that weigh in on Monday keeps me from going crazy on the weekends.

xmalonex · November 2011

I weigh in every morning...right now I'm losing lot's of water weight so its kind of exciting to see some come off so quickly.
When I've dieted before if I weighed every day I stayed on course...it was after I stopped weighing in that the pounds crept back.

lovecola06 · November 2011

I weigh myself every morning first thing after pee. I log the weight if it is a loss, but don't record gains unless it has been greater than 2-3 days. Weighing myself every day works for me, but I understand it's not for everyone. I like to see a general trend downward. As long as that is true, I know that what I'm doing is working... I do an official weigh-in where I do measurements & BF% every Saturday morning. That gives me some additional parameters to monitor so that I am not obsessing over the scale weight. Saturday is also a good day for me b/c I take "free meals" over the weekend. That gives me Mon-Fri of eating clean & exercising to lose anything that I previously gained.

sandybirrd · November 2011

My official weigh-in is Wednesday mornings...give me a chance to recover from indulgence on the weekends, and it also gives me something to look forward to in the middle of the week! I do tend to cheat and "peek" other days of the week though

natachan · November 2011

Monday, cause it's the start of the week. I use it to let me know my progress for the week, and how bad any slip-ups hurt me or didn't hurt me. Plus I go grocery shopping early in the week so it lets me know if I'm on the right track when planning my weekly meals.

ampuckett08 · November 2011

I weigh myself everyday when I wake up. I do this partially because of my type of personality and the other reason is so that I am aware of what type of water weight I have gained from eating something that I shouldn't have and it makes me realize to make wiser choices and to stay focused.

mother_of_brigade · November 2011

Wednesday is my WI. I like it because I can make up for bad decisions from the weekend or prepare for it.

agthorn · November 2011

I only log my official weight on Wednesdays every 4 weeks (I have a lot of 'monthly' fluctuation). My rationale for Wednesday is that I lift weights on Wednesday and Friday evenings so weighing on Wednesday morning means I'm not retaining water from muscle repair, and it's a few days removed from the weekend since I tend to not eat as much fiber, drink as much water, etc over the weekends as I do during the week.