How often do you weight your self?

I'm slightly addicted ATM, so I weight myself about 7 times a day. Really is a pointless and disappointing exercise.

I try to keep it to once a week as some days you can just go up and down in lbs. First thing Monday morning when you get out of bed

I dont have scales at home so weigh every 7-10 days roughly, I personally think every day is a little too much as weight fluctuates day - day to water etc...

It's always correct

Of course what people mean is that your weight various constantly due to many factors more than your fat loss By far the biggest of these is the volume of water you are carrying under the skin, in your gut and in your muscles.

This varies based on physical activity (sweating), sodium intake, carbohydrate intake and of course water consumption.

So it's very common that you might vary your weight by 2, 3 or 4 pounds one day to the next. This is most easily seen when you embark on a reduced carb diet. You'll drop 4lbs of weight in a couple of days, but gain that back when the carbs go back up.

What you are trying to get from the scales is a view as to fat loss I assume. So for that you want to try and measure yourself under the same circumstances. If you have a weekly routine of say reduced calories Sunday thru Friday where you eat generally the same things and exercise on the same days then probably all other conditions will be equal and your weight difference from one Friday to the next will be genuine.

There's nothing wrong with watching the scales every day, just be aware that 2lb increase from yesterday doesn't mean you gained a bunch of fat (you'd have to have eaten about 9000 calories to achieve that!).

hope that is useful.

I weigh myself every Friday

I weigh myself once a week, except for around T.O.M. then I skip a couple weeks because it will just discourage me to see a weight gain whether it is temporary or not.

Hi, I weigh in everyday which I know you shouldn't but it's just to tempting to jump on. Having said that my bathroom scales can say 3 or 4 different weight s each time I step on.
My official weigh in day is Friday when I use my WII fit board to weigh in which seems to be much more accurate.

I personally step on the scale every morning. That being said, I only officially 'record' my weight once a week on my calendar. On here, if I weigh in the same three days in a row, it gets updated. I like weighing every day, since it keeps me mindful of my weight. I don't get bothered by a bit of fluctuation, since it's only natural, but it helps me catch any upwards trending weeks. Basically, do what makes you happy!

Six pounds in a week is a quick loss, but some of that might be water weight, and just general fluctuations. Don't be surprised/upset if the scale does tic back up a bit, and congratulations on your hard work!

Officially, ... once a week, but I step on it everyday to keep myself in check

I agree with you. I also officially weigh myself once a week for documenting purposes, but I tend to get on the scale everyday. I don't beat myself up if it's a pound or 2 higher on some days since it may be water weight or the fact that I am now adding strength training to my program. I know as long as I consistently take in less calories (or even amount of calories) than I'm allowed to have, it will come off soon.

I have just finished my first month weighing daily does fluctuate results but keeps me going also
Weekly if probably better but it's what ever you found works good luck!

I weight in every day (addicted) and log it in as a "food note" but official weigh in day is Saturday, that is what I enter into MFP. I am amazed at how it fluctuates day to day

hi you should weight you self the same time same day once a week best in the morning before breakfast. if you weigh all the time you wont get the right results because of things like fluid it changes all the time.

I only weigh myself when I notice differences in my body. Either my arms feel tighter, belly flatter or is I just feel more alert than usual and full of energy. I know I'm doing something right so I hop on the scale and 9 times out of 10 my weight went down! But if I had to guess, I prob weigh myself every 4-5 weeks.

I dont have scales, so I don't wieght myself that often I'm not even sure now how mcuh I do, I know everytime we get batteries in the wii fit, and everytime I happen to see one in a house I visit, last time I weighed was new years :}

But maybe once a week, once every two weeks if you are trying to loose weight and get healthy, otherwise you will get obsessed :}

I weigh in once a week on a saturday morning. I then allow myself a small treat on saturday night and then have the rest of the week to burn it off!