daily weigh ins v weekly weigh ins

what do you do and why ?
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  • Thanis90
    Thanis90 Posts: 63 Member
    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
    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.
  • 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.
  • 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 :)
  • 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
    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
    I'm horrible. I weigh in daily and it is frustrating. Maybe its time to hide the scale!
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    I weigh in weekly. I think if I weighed in everyday I may get too discouraged.
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
    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: 111 Member
    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
    Used to be several times a day. But now I do it Monday mornings.
  • I usually weigh in one time per month. :)
  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    I try and log weekly, but I weigh in every few days just to see how I'm doing.
  • marybell82
    marybell82 Posts: 122 Member
    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.
  • danibabs
    danibabs Posts: 298 Member
    I weigh weekly because of the fluctuation thing, but also because once I weigh in on Monday mornings I can close the door on the last week. Whatever happened is done, I have my result and I can concentrate on the next week, the next goal.
  • d3mon4ngel
    d3mon4ngel Posts: 242 Member
    I tend to weigh myself daily, but the only ones that actually count are Mondays or the 1st of the month.

    If the scale goes up then I don't let it get to me, but if the scale goes down I feel just a little bit better :smile:

    Last week I recorded each day (just because I could). I found that my weight really is a see-saw, up one day, down the next, up again the next. (Was happy that my Monday weigh in was a "down" day :laugh: ) However, even when it had gone up from the previous day, it wasn't going higher than the day before that, so still going in the right direction :smile:
  • Bikini27
    Bikini27 Posts: 1,290 Member
    I weigh daily just out of habit and to account for my sins. I usually log my weight about every 7-10 days. This month, I logged in the days I was leveling up the 30DS and then the end of the 30 day cycle (today). I measure every time I log my weight into MFP, too. I also try to take photos.

    Yes, I am one of those people that even though I am fitting into pants I could not even close 2 months ago and I feel so much better...I need the affirmations in a photo montage. So when I feel like I keep losing and gaining that same 1/2 inch, I can see my stomach is getting flatter and my legs are more toned and my arms are less wing-like.
  • Monthly..and I use measurements because the scale wasn't moving as fast as I like..but the inches are melting
  • I have been weighing in daily, in the mornings. There is a "get active" challenge going on at work where we have to record our stats every day. What seems to be working for me so far, is that I will record a loss, but if I gain, I'll record an even weight that day and see what it is the next day. If it is still a gain the next day, then I record the gain. That seems to be offsetting the fluctuations pretty well, though I wish we could do weekly for that challenge :-/.

    As far as MFP, I'm making myself only record once a week, and that is the guage I am using for my personal goal rewards and the true measure of where I am.
  • shaycat
    shaycat Posts: 980
    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!!

    You look amazing! Good job
  • I admit to pulling out the scale most mornings, just because it interests me. I only "count" Friday or Saturday morning.

    I have at times been obsessive about how much I weigh, but now I'm at a mindset where I know that my weight is going to fluctuate, and that is fine. But, in the same sense, weighing everyday, I KNOW that my weight is fluctuating, so if for some reason (time of month, stress, sodium, quitting coffee and having... ahem, slow digestion for a few days) my weight has fluctuated up during the first half of the week, it makes me understand why come Friday, I have lost nothing when in reality I may have lost some water weight, I picked up at the beginning of the week.

    I realize weighing everyday can be a frustration, but if you can look at it as a tool to understanding how your body reacts and functions, it can be very interesting.
  • medoria
    medoria Posts: 673 Member
    Daily. My weight fluctuates a lot depending on water rentition or on bowl movement so I weigh myself first thing in the morning and record every loss I have. If I would only weight myself once a week I might gain one week and then lose the next and thats a "false" loss and it to much of a mind**** for me.
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    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!!

    Yes, I like to know if I need to cut back on something or if I am on track. I don't have the internal control over food that I need to be successful without external cues (logging, weigh-ins, the fit of my clothing, etc.).
  • I do weekly since that way i won't have daily disapoinments..if there are any.. or i get weekly surprises...