weigh ins

sjeagle30
sjeagle30 Posts: 292 Member
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
Does everyone weigh themselves everyday or every few days or what?
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  • dg09
    dg09 Posts: 754
    I log every morning weigh-in if it's less than the previous day.

    I also weigh myself multiple times a day that I do not log.
  • tillyhue
    tillyhue Posts: 1 Member
    Once a week at the same time is plenty
  • kellymarie111
    kellymarie111 Posts: 51 Member
    I do it everyday, I like to see this little changes from each day! Though i would love to hold out untill once a week and see a big weight loss but I'm to impatient :-)
  • sjeagle30
    sjeagle30 Posts: 292 Member
    haha. thats a good way to do it. only log it if its less :) I have been on so many different diets and some say weigh every day and some say only once or twice a week. I would think daily is best so the weight gain doesnt get too out of hand.
  • kellymarie111
    kellymarie111 Posts: 51 Member
    I log every morning weigh-in if it's less than the previous day.

    I also weigh myself multiple times a day that I do not log.

    Yep that's exactly what I do. And I do it each night before I got to bed...so if the scales are saying smaller that the night before then I no I'm gunna wake up to a good weight loss :-)

    I don't do it during the day though, with morning, daily and night time I'd may as well sit and eat on the scales all day hehe
  • jaxbeck
    jaxbeck Posts: 537 Member
    constantly :ohwell:
  • Larry0445
    Larry0445 Posts: 204 Member
    I have been logging every day,but am now going to every other day. Usually your weight will go up and down, a bit,so every day may not be the best choice. Hope this helps. I may change to weekly,myself. :smile:
  • bzmommy34
    bzmommy34 Posts: 229 Member
    I weigh myself every morning but I only log once a week, same time/day/naked.

    The main reason I weigh every day (but don't log) is because I am trying to figure out exactly how much sodium affects me.
  • Lozze
    Lozze Posts: 1,917 Member
    I weigh once a week. I did try the once a day thing but 1. T he scale I bought SUCKED. Would get three different readings if I stepped on differently. When the time comes I will buy a better scale even if it costs more! 2. I got depressed if my numbers didn't go down.

    So I got rid of it and still only weigh in once a week. If you can see the numbers and not get depressed then go for it!
  • Chagama
    Chagama Posts: 543 Member
    I weigh and log it every morning. I know there are lots of ups and downs day to day, but I keep looking at the long trend. I think more data is better, and once a week is less information. I also worry that if it's once a week, and that's the odd day due to water or something odd, you have no way of knowing that the one day you weighed yourself is the goofy day that week.
  • stefanieanne14
    stefanieanne14 Posts: 119 Member
    I weigh myself in the morning and at night but only log on Tuesday mornings.
  • fj211
    fj211 Posts: 95
    Twice a week but usually log only once--unless it's a milestone.
  • Michele7091
    Michele7091 Posts: 256 Member
    I weigh in once a week. Every Tuesday morning. I personally couldn't weigh in every day.
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
    I weigh-in once a week. I would do it everyday but A. I forget, B. I have a WiThings Scale and it syncs to my FitBit and I don't want to see numbers all over the place on a daily basis :laugh:
  • darylinny
    darylinny Posts: 146
    Once every two weeks (during my gym's biggest loser competition), before that, it was twice a year.
  • MandaJean83
    MandaJean83 Posts: 675 Member
    I weigh everyday. I try not to let fluctuations get to me. Getting on the scale each morning helps me stay consistent!
  • Joannie30
    Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
    I weigh myself every Monday, first thing in the morning at roughly the same time. I weighed myself yesterday AND today however because i weighed yesterday with a big towel round my hair and a big dressing gown on. My weigh-in today showed an extra 2lbs off over and above the 2lbs i logged yesterday am!
  • christa_dee
    christa_dee Posts: 37
    I weigh myself all the time, but I don't go off of that. The only weight I go off of is once a week on Friday morning:)
  • mrseelmerfudd
    mrseelmerfudd Posts: 506 Member
    once a week. every day you have fluctuations, so definately best (well for me personally) to weigh weekly. otherwise id be obsessing and weighing myself constantly.
  • sarahsmall
    sarahsmall Posts: 14 Member
    I weigh in everyday. It keeps me on track. When I don't, then I start letting my diet slide and eating more.
  • lrbohn
    lrbohn Posts: 11
    I weigh in every day and record every day. I like seeing the fluctuation. It took a while to realize that it's normal for the scale to go up even after a good day of eating. Now that I've done that I can predict when I am going to see those numbers go down.

    The argument against weigh-ins every day is a pretty strong one. 60% of your body is water so you are going to see fluctuations each day. I started off thinking I wanted to be on top of it if my weight was going up. I came to terms with the fact that if I am eating right and the scale goes up it has to be water because I didn't eat an extra 3,500 calories the day prior.

    Long story longer, there is no right answer. If your'e one who will freak when they see a higher number than the day before, then daily weigh-ins are not going to be beneficial, but if you can handle it, it might be right for you! Good luck with whatever you decide!
  • athenna1869
    athenna1869 Posts: 26 Member
    I weigh every morning after I wake up and post it. I like it because it shows me my daily trends...(discovered I gain during my work 'week' and lose on my days off). But, I track once a week to make sure I'm meeting my weekly goals of 1.5 lbs a week.
  • sjeagle30
    sjeagle30 Posts: 292 Member
    Thanks everyone! I need to buy a new digital scale. I also tend to get different readings every time I step on and off so its so hard to tell. I have always been someone that can easily gain 4 to 5 pounds in one day if i have cocktails the night before. Its like everything i eat sticks right to me. I normally lose it again in the next day or two....but still!
  • sjebert
    sjebert Posts: 212 Member
    I weigh in every morning on my bathroom scale and once a week on an official scale at work, I record the once a week, but the daily is to kind of give me an idea how my week is going.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I weigh and log it every morning. I know there are lots of ups and downs day to day, but I keep looking at the long trend. I think more data is better, and once a week is less information. I also worry that if it's once a week, and that's the odd day due to water or something odd, you have no way of knowing that the one day you weighed yourself is the goofy day that week.

    Ditto
  • triplejay1
    triplejay1 Posts: 84 Member
    I weigh and log it every morning. I know there are lots of ups and downs day to day, but I keep looking at the long trend. I think more data is better, and once a week is less information. I also worry that if it's once a week, and that's the odd day due to water or something odd, you have no way of knowing that the one day you weighed yourself is the goofy day that week.

    ^^This If you weigh every day you can usually tell when its water or ahm.....food still in the body. :)
  • beattie1
    beattie1 Posts: 1,012 Member
    I do it everyday, I like to see this little changes from each day! Though i would love to hold out untill once a week and see a big weight loss but I'm to impatient :-)

    I'm the same as Kellymarie111 - I can't let a day go by without weighing, I'm too impatient.

    I'll be away from home and the scales soon - how to survive three weeks without weighing?!
  • ncw89
    ncw89 Posts: 61 Member
    I log my weigh-in once a week, Sunday morning :)

    I went through a phase of using my Wii Fit to weigh, but that made me weigh every day and yelled at me if I'd put on even an ounce. I found that so demoralising, it doesn't take into account the random fluctuations. Instead it was like "WHAT DID YOU DO TO FAIL LIKE THIS??!!" haha. Stopped that pretty quickly!

    I do sometimes step on on other days just out of curiosity. But I'm getting pretty good at not caring too much if it shows slightly up. I know the only one that matters is the Sunday one and if that's not where I feel it should be *then* I know I need to think about what caused it.
  • CheleLynn44
    CheleLynn44 Posts: 339 Member
    I get on the scale pretty much everyday first thing in the morning. I record my weight every Thursday morning.
  • tenas
    tenas Posts: 121
    I used to weigh in weekly but found myself going overboard the first 2 or 3 days of the new week with a mindset that I could just make it up the rest of the week. Now I weigh in and record it daily and have had much better self control knowing that there were no make up days.
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