Weighing everyday or once a week?

Im a little OCD so i weigh every morning!

Weigh everyday. It helps you to understand how your food intake causes weight fluctuations.

100% agree...I try to weigh myself daily as this will show whether my intake was too high the day before, too low or just perfect. I also learn to decrease calories and take other healthy alternatives especially in attempting to reach closer to your goal weight, such as 5 pounds closer to your goal weight. :flowerforyou:

I have to say when TOM is here it is a bit of frustrating, best strategy is to drink lots of water those few days!:sad:

I have become compulsive about weighing in. I weigh in every day at the same time, and then record my weight in 3 places (just in case I lose my phone or my computer crashes?? LOL) Really, seeing the numbers every day helps me identify how my body is reacting to my habits. I am trying hard to learn to read my body, so the daily imput is important for me.

I log my daily weigh-ins in a small calendar to see the great accomplishments and see visual progress!

I check every morning.... Don't know what is better necessarily...

In the beginning I was weighing daily and recording once a week. That didn't work for me, because then if I lost a lot in the beginning of the week I would tend to be more relaxed about my workouts and foods because I knew I'd already have a loss to record. Also I ate worse on the weekends because I knew I had all week to burn the extra cals.

Now I weigh in everyday and record my losses right then. With every morning being weigh in it holds me more accountable. Also it helps me be more aware of when I am losing and gaining... and when I need to change up my routine or up my workout. When you only weigh in once a week you could go all week not knowing you are gaining... and had you known ahead of time you may have been able to stop it before it happened.

**It really comes down to what works for you. While many say not to weigh daily because it will stress you out. I personally am the opposite; "not knowing" whats going on with my weight would bother me. I like to stay aware of whats going on with my body at all times.

I weigh daily and log it on Sunday morning.

I find it far more motivating to see my weight on a daily basis. If it's gone up by a couple of hundred grams it motivates me to work harder (even though I KNOW it's likely just water weight) and if it's gone down I'm motivated to keep doing what I'm doing.

What works for me:

I weigh myself each day in the morning, but I don't freak out about fluctuations.

If my weight is a little down I say "YAY!" and it motivates me to have another good day. If my weight is up I say "darn it, knew I shouldn't have eaten that XYZ yesterday!" and it motivates me to have a better day today. So either way: win/win.

I record the total on mfp each day that it goes down. But if I go up a little I don't tend to record it right away, not unless it stays that way for more than a week then I record it to keep myself accountable.

That way if I gain just a little then lose it again, my mfp friends don't see that as a "loss" in my feed. Because, to me, little bits that I've had to re-lose are not a real loss.

I weigh daily and log it on Sunday morning.

I find it far more motivating to see my weight on a daily basis. If it's gone up by a couple of hundred grams it motivates me to work harder (even though I KNOW it's likely just water weight) and if it's gone down I'm motivated to keep doing what I'm doing.

^This...and I always use the scale at my gym, and always after I am finished working out. If I know I won't be going to workout on Sunday morning for some reason I log it on Saturday.

I only weigh in once a week. I get too nutty about the scale and down if its not moving "fast enough." I literally put my scale away in a closet and don't look at it except for Sunday mornings.

I weigh-in every Monday morning. Before that, I would always step on the scale when I go into the bathroom. It was starting to drive me crazy. So I put the scale in my closet and get it out once a week. I want to feel like I am losing w/o relying on the scale so much.

Every morning, but only log it on Fridays. Helps me watch what I eat and motivates me to exercise more!! :happy:

I would weigh yourself just once a week. Your body weight fluctuates throughout the week due to water weight. You'll drive yourself crazy with the ups and downs. I usually weigh myself on a Monday. But after a good day, I'm eager to weigh myself again. But ultimately... Monday's numbers are what count.

My "Official" weight in is once a week but I always take a peek at the scale every couple of days.

I weigh once a week.

I weigh myself at least once a day, and I love to watch the daily and weekly trends emerge. I log my weight on Thursday, although typically Friday is my lowest weight of the week. Then I hold steady for the weekend and see a little increase on Monday and Tuesday and then start dropping again on Wednesday-Friday.

I think daily weighing is helpful if you can keep yourself from freaking out over an increase. What we eat and our activity affects how much water our body retains, so I can watch the scales and sort of see what I do/don't do that affects it.

Personally, I hate weekly weights because it's depressing to be stuck with a high number for a whole week when it's probably just water weight, anyways!