How often do YOU weigh your self?
mejustsmaller316
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I was reading a chapter in my text book for life-span devlopment. I had a test question in regards to how often you should weigh your self if your trying to lose weight. Acorden to them you should weigh your self daily for the best weight loss results. I always have tried to do once a week so I don't become obsesed with how much I weigh.
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I've always done once a week as well until lately. I still only record my weight once a week since I know it can fluctuate day to day...but I've been weighing myself a few times a week lately just to make sure I am actually progressing.0
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I weigh myself daily knowing that my weight fluctuates throughout the week, I don't let it bother me. I record my weight once a week.0
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I usually don't. I might start weighing myself on Sundays, but I usually avoid the scale. I don't have a good scale so its accuracy is debatable.0
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Every morning0
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Once every 2 weeks.... if i remember to do it.0
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I am a little bit obsessive and weigh myslef every day, mainly because it's nice seeing it go down, but sometimes because when it goes up it gives you a kick up the ****. I try and look at the long term picture though, rather than get hung up on the details.0
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I am a daily weigher. As long as you realize that your weight does fluctuate daily and don't freak out, daily weighing is good. It keeps me in check.0
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I have been doing it about 4 times a week. But, only record it weekly. I don't freak out when the weight fluctuates. Today in 3 weeks was the first time it went up slightly, so it was easy not to freak out. But, I am worried to how it will affect my recording weight this Saturday.0
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Every 2 weeks. I'm trying to get into the mindset that my dietary changes are more about a healthy lifestyle and less about losing weight and the number on the scale, so I hopefully will maintain it.0
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usually every Friday at the gym0
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I do once a week. I was weighing daily, but then I found that I was becoming overly obsessive about it, so I switched to once a week and I'm pretty good with that. Plus, your weight can fluctuate day to day depending on when you ate last, if you're on your period, how much salt you've consumed, how much water you've had, etc...I find once a week to be a little more accurate in terms of measuring weight loss.0
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I weigh myself daily. The fluctuations don't bother me, but they are a good way to monitor how much water I am retaining and what kinds of food days make me bloat.
Sometimes though it is a bit frustrating if you are plateauing.0 -
I only allow myself to weigh in on Fridays, becuase I become easily discouraged.0
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Daily. I can't stand the wondering...but I don't get too upset in the fluctuations, unless I can't figure out why they are happening!0
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every day but I'm not the type to obsess over the numbers if they increase0
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Daily, kind of out of fun to see what kind of changes my body goes through.. We all fluctuate throughout the day record once a week though..0
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I had been weighing myself daily but my battery just died in my scale so I took and out and don't plan to get a new one for a week. Then I'm only going to weigh myself once a week...I worry too much about the scale I think and that hasn't been very productive for me! So I'm going to step on the scale, probably on Fridays, then stick it on a high shelf that I need a step stool to get to so I don't think about it everyday. I want to focus more on home my clothes are fitting.0
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I weigh myself pretty much every day. In the beginning it was b/c I would see a 0.2-0.4 lb loss consistently every day, and it motivated me to keep going. Now that I'm working out some days it will actually go up, and I actually find the fluctuations interesting. Neat to see how high it goes the day after a really hard workout, and lots of fun to see it drop back down lower a couple of days later.0
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That is a good idea AntShanny. That is what I do. I leave my scale out though, but it does take some will power not to jump on it. Every day I pass it up is a win for my will power..LOL. I also have a progress chart on the wall above it so I can see every day how I am doing. Its a good reminder to keep up the good work! In leiu of weighing myself everyday, to beat my "cravings" for the scale, I measure myself each time I feel the need to weigh in. I keep a tape measure on my counter so I can reach for it every time I want to weigh myself.0
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[I had been weighing myself daily but my battery just died in my scale so I took and out and don't plan to get a new one for a week. Then I'm only going to weigh myself once a week...I worry too much about the scale I think and that hasn't been very productive for me! So I'm going to step on the scale, probably on Fridays, then stick it on a high shelf that I need a step stool to get to so I don't think about it everyday. I want to focus more on home my clothes are fitting. ]
That is a good idea AntShanny. That is what I do. I leave my scale out though, but it does take some will power not to jump on it. Every day I pass it up is a win for my will power..LOL. I also have a progress chart on the wall above it so I can see every day how I am doing. Its a good reminder to keep up the good work! In leiu of weighing myself everyday, to beat my "cravings" for the scale, I measure myself each time I feel the need to weigh in. I keep a tape measure on my counter so I can reach for it every time I want to weigh myself.0 -
I don't really pay attention to how often. I put the scale under the bathroom sink and just pull it out if I think about it, but I'm thinking it's around once a week-ish.0
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Daily.......lost and have kept off over 60 pounds for almost six years.
I think it is a PERSONAL choice. What is good for me might not be good for the next person. You can do all kinds of research, read all kinds of books, get all kinds of advice. What other people do really doesn't matter -- do what works for YOU!
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For the first year of my weight loss journey I weighed my self daily. The rapid changes the first year were an encouragemnt daily. Now I do it weekly. As progress has slowed day to day is depressing.
Don't wory about what others say, there is no right or wrong to this. What ever system works best to motovate you is right.0 -
I weigh myself daily but don't obsess about the number. I run every day and the number goes into my log which automatically averages out the weight for the week. With the day to day highs and lows I think I get a clearer picture of where I am if I go by the weekly average.0
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i weigh myself every monday0
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I do daily on my wii fit board. I like having the line graph it creates to see trending. The daily fluctuations do not bother me when I can see history and trends.0
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Every morning. And yes, I obsess about the number. I'm okay with that.0
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i used to weigh in daily, but i'm over it already. whenever i feel like it now, maybe twice a month. maybe.0
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Once a week, on Monday mornings0
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Like a lot of folks have said, daily but I record it weekly. For a long time I would obsess over the scale every day to the point my husband would get mad at me. Now I have a tape measure to make sure I am making progress those weeks when I see no change on the scale.0
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