How often do you weigh yourself?

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  • messyinthekitchen
    messyinthekitchen Posts: 662 Member
    I weigh myself everyday, but only count my weight loss once a week on Friday's.
  • MandaJean83
    MandaJean83 Posts: 675 Member
    Every morning, and then every evening after dinner. For some reason, my evening weight helps me predict whether I'll see a loss the next morning. It's an addiction, LOL, but it does keep me accountable! :)
  • starshine420
    starshine420 Posts: 95
    Once every two weeks. It stresses me out too much to do it everyday because of the fluctuations and I never remember to do it every week, so every two weeks. Plus, doing it less often, I see bigger results which motivates me more :)
  • kapspecial
    kapspecial Posts: 67 Member
    Every morning au natural before breakfast. I have an official weigh-in day which is Saturdays. So nothing counts before Saturday they are just little teasers and previews.
  • jj1983
    jj1983 Posts: 146 Member
    I have found I am most successful when I weigh everyday in the morning. It keeps me accountable. I always tell myself if I have a day I haven't done as well as I like, that just as long as the scale doesn't go up, it is okay. If I don't weight myself everyday, I find if I have a day I have done well, it might end being two or three and then very quickly I am up 3 pounds on the scale.

    I could not agree more! This is exactly why I weigh daily as well....unless I pigged out the night before. Then I hide from my scale until I feel the food has been digested
  • ❤lindsay❤dawn❤
    ❤lindsay❤dawn❤ Posts: 443
    I weigh on Tuesday's, but I've been sneaking peaks and my BF is threatening to hide it... : O
  • crodrigu73
    crodrigu73 Posts: 134 Member
    Yesterday I banned my scale for a month. I actually hid it so I won't be tempt to jump on it. I was weigh 4 or 5 times a day. Which wasn't why I decided to ban it. I have a mental block about getting past the half way point on my journey. Everytime I saw the scale get to 54 pounds lost I would fall off and eat bad and gain a bunch of weight. So I am hoping by not seeing the number I can push past the mid way point and have my very own biggest loser moments.
  • lexlowe
    lexlowe Posts: 908 Member
    My 'official' weigh-ins are a week apart, but I get on the scale at least once a day. I find it interesting how much my weight can vary from day to day, before and after meals, and especially overnight-often I can lose a couple pounds from when I go to bed to when I wake up.
  • seanwebster
    seanwebster Posts: 83 Member
    I do a weekly check-in on Friday morning. Sometimes followed up with a Saturday double-check if I think Friday's was off.

    Went a long time without weighing at all until I realized I had lost so much weight there was no telling what my calorie goal really should be. Didn't want to make it about an arbitrary number. Put the scale away for a month, make sure you hit your calorie goal most of the time, and enjoy when all your clothes fit different. Worth it.
  • Hoakiebs
    Hoakiebs Posts: 430 Member
    TO hmardis -- Tp add your ticker to your post...

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  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    every wednesday in the a.m!
  • imkegoal
    imkegoal Posts: 156 Member
    FAAAAAR too often- three times a day at least! I only log it once a week though, but feel I need to stay in controle by checking the scales three times- in morning, when daughter goes to bed and then when I go to bed- to prepare me for the morning ahead.

    Get really nervous in the days before weighing day... am a bit opsessed at moment. Hope it will pass when I reach my target weight!
  • castaliavt
    castaliavt Posts: 75 Member
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    Once a day. I like to see the trends and how what I eat affects my body weight -- I find it interesting.

    Me too - it's really interesting to see how much weight can fluctuate from day to day. I don't get upset it it's a few pounds higher one day and I don't celebrate if it's a few pounds lower. I only record once a week.
  • Hoakiebs
    Hoakiebs Posts: 430 Member
    I like to weigh myself every morning, buck naked (except for my glasses, without which I would not be able to read the weight...hmmm maybe somedays I'll begin to take them off, first), after I pee first. It's like Christmas! Always a surprise, some good, some bad, but I've become a pretty good judge of which direction I'm headed before I take that step. I like the instant feedback of the previous day's activities. But that's just me.

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  • TonyG111160
    TonyG111160 Posts: 48 Member
    Too often!!

    My wife always says skinny people never weigh themselves!
  • Jennicia
    Jennicia Posts: 409 Member
    ONCE A WEEK! I prob need to do more often! I hate the scale
  • brittanyla077
    brittanyla077 Posts: 79 Member
    Everyday in the morning but I only record once a week
  • sapphiretyger
    sapphiretyger Posts: 79 Member
    About once or twice a week. When I blow it off for awhile, it seems like the weight starts coming back. But if I do it daily, the fluctuations can drive me nuts!
  • malaika1981
    malaika1981 Posts: 49 Member
    1-2x a month
  • denise_earheart
    denise_earheart Posts: 354
    I do daily although I only want to once a week as well..... but I only log my weight once a week
  • TamImbrogno
    TamImbrogno Posts: 72 Member
    Everyday as soon as I wake up! I do this so I know how what food I consume does to my body!
  • picassoadagio
    picassoadagio Posts: 407 Member
    Everyday, sometimes a couple times a day, but I don't record it until weigh-in day which is Friday.
  • crimsontech
    crimsontech Posts: 234 Member
    I like to weigh myself every morning, buck naked (except for my glasses, without which I would not be able to read the weight...hmmm maybe somedays I'll begin to take them off, first), after I pee first. It's like Christmas! Always a surprise, some good, some bad, but I've become a pretty good judge of which direction I'm headed before I take that step. I like the instant feedback of the previous day's activities. But that's just me.

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    Actually, you can just click on "Settings" at the top of the forums and tick the box to show your ticker automatically. :)

    Staying on topic, I weigh myself in the morning and at night before bed. I'd like to think if I weigh myself daily, it keeps my weight loss journey fresh in my mind. Also, if I weigh weekly, I am more likely to cheat, convincing myself I can "make up for it" when it gets close to weigh-in time.
  • bluesgirl43
    bluesgirl43 Posts: 2 Member
    I got Wii Fit for valentines day so I weigh in daily with it. I absolutely love my Wii Fit and would recommend it to anyone!
  • Vash41288
    Vash41288 Posts: 41
    not often actually, I like to determine my goals more on how I look and feel rather then the actual weight. Maybe I'm just weird like that. I mean if I lost weight but I can't "see" it then I'm still like :(
  • felicite
    felicite Posts: 1
    I was doing it every morning but I am trying to go to once a week, I have gone two days! I almost got on today but I stopped myself! :)
  • jatiger83
    jatiger83 Posts: 67 Member
    I my weigh myself everyday sometimes more than once. During the week I weigh myself when I wake up and before I go to bed. I don't freak out over my weight much. I know I will weigh more at night and that my weight can change from day to day. But I like to weigh myself often, it helps me stay focused and if I notice my weight seems to be going up I can look at what I have been doing and change it asap :)

    Also I only truly weigh in once a week, on friday. That's the only weight that 'counts' for me.
  • Pistolcoach
    Pistolcoach Posts: 19 Member
    I read a study recently that stated people who weigh themselves daily are more likely to loose weight and keep it off. The thinking behind the findings is : the accountability of seeing your weight daily has a greater effect on how you choose to behave the rest of the day.
    I think the important thing is to do what is best for you! I've seen people post that weighing in everyday drives them crazy; to see the numbers go up and down has a negative impact on thoughts and then behavior...this is clearly an example of a person who should NOT weigh in every day!

    weight loss and health is an individual journey. It's a race you run at your own pace. It's all about finding out what rules work and dont work for you! the basics are the same; eat less, move more.

    Here is to healthy living!
  • 519harley
    519harley Posts: 241 Member
    Everyday! Hit the bathroom and then off to the scale.
  • countryclubber
    countryclubber Posts: 46
    Every day....Sometimes a couple times a day.....

    I broke that habit today though.....I am only weighing once a day and in the morning before breakfast like your suppose too :drinker:

    i'm the same way! i, like a lot of americans, want instant gratification, and enjoy seeing the scale move down :)

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