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How often should I weigh myself?

witchfire372
witchfire372 Posts: 2
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
HI!

I was just wondering, how often should i weigh myself?? I know that I should weigh myself at the same time of the day, but should i do it everyday?

Thanks!

Replies

  • I do it once a week
  • ckapes
    ckapes Posts: 31
    I also do it once a week.
  • TeddyBear47
    TeddyBear47 Posts: 200 Member
    Most do it once a week, I weigh in once a month. I keep track once in awhile, but official is once a month.
  • jcriscuolo
    jcriscuolo Posts: 319 Member
    I agree with once a week but sometimes I do it twice a week if I think I am doing well. But that can backfire so be careful.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I get on the scale just about every day, but I don't get emotionally involved.
  • i weigh every morning at the same time. I do it to see how certain foods effect my weight loss. For instance if I was high on the sodium side and drank my daily intake of water I might retain water which means lower weight loss (usually).
  • successiswithinme
    successiswithinme Posts: 91 Member
    once a week for tracking purposes but I focus more on incheslost instead of weight.
  • mg720
    mg720 Posts: 212 Member
    originally i was doing this every day but it was very frustrating. just recently i decided to weight myself Friday mornings before breakfast and this seems like a better approach for me.
  • Once a week is probably the best.
  • kperk91
    kperk91 Posts: 226 Member
    I weigh myself every Sunday morning before breakfast (I've usually been up for 15min or more before I eat breakfast).
    I take measurements on the first of each month because I think that could change more slowly sometimes.
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