daily weigh ins v weekly weigh ins

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paulbryant4369
paulbryant4369 Posts: 17
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what do you do and why ?
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  • Thanis90
    Thanis90 Posts: 63 Member
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    Weekly, because your weight fluctuates throughout the week due to water weight. Also, you could find one day you've lost a pound, and the next day you've put on two. It can leave you feeling disappointed and put you off. But that's just me!
  • ShmoozyQ
    ShmoozyQ Posts: 390 Member
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    Weekly, maybe even every other week since my deficit is so small that I can't usually see a change in a week. My weight could fluctuate up to 5 pounds in a day, not useful information to weigh daily.
  • CatoftheCanals_
    CatoftheCanals_ Posts: 41
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    The water weight thing has me really frustrated, so I am going to start weighing weekly... I get tempted to weigh daily, but need to not become obsessed with it. That is a way that you can become to focused on the number and not the goal, which is to be healthy. I went from 156.0 to 159.8 in one day and that was after an hour and a half of tennis and sticking really well to my calories, so I was really frustrated and ready to give up, so now, I am only going to weigh once a week, the same day and time.
  • sporadica
    sporadica Posts: 133
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    I know that I get obsessive about it, so now I don't have a scale at all... if I want to weigh myself then I go visit a friend who has a scale in their bathroom :)
  • CatoftheCanals_
    CatoftheCanals_ Posts: 41
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    That is a really good idea!! I already find myself going to the scale every time I step into my bathroom.
  • ShmoozyQ
    ShmoozyQ Posts: 390 Member
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    That is a really good idea!! I already find myself going to the scale every time I step into my bathroom.

    I keep my scale in the guest bathroom, so I'm not tempted to check on myself every time I'm in my own. Works pretty well for me!
  • mollyt1169
    mollyt1169 Posts: 5 Member
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    I'm horrible. I weigh in daily and it is frustrating. Maybe its time to hide the scale!
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
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    I weigh in weekly. I think if I weighed in everyday I may get too discouraged.
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
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    Weekly... I usually do a check in mid week, but I learned not to do it daily becuase it does fluctuate SO much....
  • LolaGotThin
    LolaGotThin Posts: 112 Member
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    Weekly and at my gym. I don't have a scale at home because I know I'd be on it everyday and I'd probably be disappointed. If for some reason I feel like I've done a really great job and feel like I might have lost another pound or whatever, I'll weigh myself again. So two times a week, tops.
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
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    Used to be several times a day. But now I do it Monday mornings.
  • HannahMargrethe
    HannahMargrethe Posts: 17
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    I usually weigh in one time per month. :)
  • heidithebee
    heidithebee Posts: 15
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    I weight myself in daily, but it's really not something that gets to me. I like to see how workouts, my eating, and other factors contribute as a whole to fluctuations in my weight. I only record when I'm a certain weight for a few consecutive days.
  • Laura8603
    Laura8603 Posts: 590 Member
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    I weigh every morning. It does not upset me or anything. If I'm up, I cut back on carbs for the day. I'
    m maintaining a 200 pound loss so I must stay on top of it or I will gain it all back!!
  • alecta337
    alecta337 Posts: 622 Member
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    I do daily weigh ins and then average them to see my real weight loss. I also look at monthly trends.

    I <3 excel.... 'nuff said
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
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    Daily, because it is what keeps ME accountable. This topic can be "cussed and discussed" from now until eternity, but it all boils down to personal preference.
    Kaye
  • k_sharp
    k_sharp Posts: 100 Member
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    To keep myself from weighing in everyday I put my scale up. I put it up on a high shelf that I actully have to work to get it out. it works for me but right now I am weighing in three times a weeks but only because I'm doing a program that I have to go in to a office and weight in three times a week. The only time I ever gain is if I eat beef for dinner the nit before I weight in.
  • MummaSue
    MummaSue Posts: 242 Member
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    I weigh myself most days, I find it's a good indicator of whether I've overdone the salt for example and whether any particular food/lifestyle combo is good or bad eg eating late :O( You could say it's obvious, but I find it helpful, it keeps me "in the zone" knowing the scales are not going to lie to me the next morning! I only log my weight about once a week though, aiming for same day wherever possible.
  • FTIM2015
    FTIM2015 Posts: 460 Member
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    I try and log weekly, but I weigh in every few days just to see how I'm doing.
  • marybell82
    marybell82 Posts: 122 Member
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    I weigh in every morning, it helps me keep track of how poorly i did the day before, i understand our weight does fluctuate with water and other factors, but if i notice ive gained a pound or two i try to start my morning eating way healthy and just watch what i eat throughout the day... if i notice ive lost weight i continue with the routine i have going for myself. weekly would be nice but if im not on myself about it on a daily basis i tend to cheat and slack off.

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