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How often do you weigh yourself?

jennifer0309
jennifer0309 Posts: 9
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I would like to know how often it is good to weigh yourself?


If anybody wants to add me please go ahead. I could do with more people to lose weight with :)
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  • jjennyb4
    jjennyb4 Posts: 1,581 Member
    Lot's of people tell me not to but I weigh everyday.
  • jennifer0309
    jennifer0309 Posts: 9
    I've been doing it once a week, but when i know i've been good all week by the 4th day i want to get on the scales and see haha. I'm inpatient to wait.
  • heatgal976
    heatgal976 Posts: 53 Member
    Currently, I do once a week at the same time.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    Daily, in the morning after I've gone wee.
  • laughingirl71
    laughingirl71 Posts: 51 Member
    daily. I also view it as just a number, not a reason to celbrate or panic.
  • Jennchel
    Jennchel Posts: 16
    Every morning. I'd be too scared to wait a whole week and not see any results... better to know ahead of time.
  • mangobadango
    mangobadango Posts: 294 Member
    Daily, in the morning when I first wake up. I track it using the Weight Bot app on my Iphone. I love seeing the progress from day to day and week to week.

    I know it is suggested to do it only once a week, but daily works for me.
  • doubglass
    doubglass Posts: 314 Member
    daily
  • harrietlg
    harrietlg Posts: 239
    daily but i got discouraged this morning so I'm getting my boyfriend to hide my scales till friday! I have a goal to hit by friday and the way the scales are looking i'm not going to get there so i'm hiding the scales so i don't get discouraged from it!
  • EmmaRoberts82
    EmmaRoberts82 Posts: 5
    Hi I always weigh myself daily, the thing is though it can become a habit and not necessarily a good one!
  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
    Daily. But I have to remind it's normal for weight to fluctuate. I can drop 3 pounds one day and put 1-2 pounds on the very next day, doing absolutely nothing different. As long as the graph shows a downward trend over a couple of weeks or months, I'm happy. I have tried to not weight myself or only weight once a week, but then I just sit there and wonder how I'm doing. Slightly obsessive I guess.
  • cr9576
    cr9576 Posts: 79 Member
    Tsk Tsk Tsk i see alot of people do it daily it kinda is a bad habit but i always recomend to my friends and family not to do it daily because when i would do it daily i would lose 1-2 pounds and gain 2-3 pounds the next and i would get discouraged, so I weight myself on thurs and then again on monday so i even if i lost one pound i would be satisfied because i weigh less that last time, also if you do it daily it starts to become an obsession


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  • JoolieW68
    JoolieW68 Posts: 1,879 Member
    Daily. Every morning as soon as I wake up. I know the scale will fluctuate from day to day, and weighing daily keeps me on track so I don't get tempted to gorge myself on anything.
  • mochomito
    mochomito Posts: 81 Member
    whenever i feel like i'm doing some progress - about every 10 days or so - i don't want to look at the scale and see it go up- would prefer to see it go down or stay the same is fine as long as i don't gain.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    Once a week on a Friday morning when I wake up, on an empty stomach.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Before and after taking a dump - just as a source of pride. Eating A LOT of food makes for impressive bowls full :glasses:

    Otherwise I am on a 3 month hiatus from looking at my weight. I am enjoying lots of food and lots of energy to work out hard. If I paid attention to my weight and not my strength gains/measurements it would derail my plan.
  • iLinduh
    iLinduh Posts: 50 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. I can't help it, I jump outta bed and hop on the scale. =P

    I take measurements and photos weekly.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    Before and after taking a dump - just as a source of pride. Eating A LOT of food makes for impressive bowls full :glasses:

    Otherwise I am on a 3 month hiatus from looking at my weight. I am enjoying lots of food and lots of energy to work out hard. If I paid attention to my weight and not my strength gains/measurements it would derail my plan.

    I love it when a woman isn't afraid to speak her mind!
  • sameervasta
    sameervasta Posts: 25
    For the first 70lbs, I weighed myself every morning. For the next 20lbs, weekly. Now, because I'm building muscle and actually gaining weight (but losing body fat percentage!) only once a month.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    NEVER NEVER Go by my clothes and they are fitter better every day. (size 8)
  • watboy
    watboy Posts: 380 Member
    Every day.
  • beechmom1
    beechmom1 Posts: 5
    My personal opinion is because weight varies from day to day you want to see an overall pattern. I think once a week first thing in the morning after you go to the bathroom. If you weigh yourself daily it ends up being this..."am I gonna be in a good mood or a bad mood today?" also I really think it's important to measure yourself so that when the scale isn't showing your hard work your inches are. Good luck to you.
  • jahudson72
    jahudson72 Posts: 1
    Whenever I think I have lost some weight! Too scared otherwise :)
  • Green_Eyed_Girl88
    Green_Eyed_Girl88 Posts: 73 Member
    Daily. Every morning as soon as I wake up. I know the scale will fluctuate from day to day, and weighing daily keeps me on track so I don't get tempted to gorge myself on anything.

    SAME HERE!!!! I need to keep myself in check! :)
  • mrsfurby14
    mrsfurby14 Posts: 181 Member
    I weigh myself every other week, I keep for getting that I finally bought a working scale.
  • FammaMel
    FammaMel Posts: 293 Member
    I was just thinking this. I've been accustomed to weigh myself one a week in the past but since have neglected getting on the scale but maybe once a month. I find it too frustrating to be working out 5-7 days a week and not losing. I go by how my clothes fit but with this new site, I will start to weigh once a week and keep measurements.
  • Jezebel_Barbie
    Jezebel_Barbie Posts: 198 Member
    Weekly. It helps that we don't actually own a scale so I walk to the local pharmacy and use theirs. I'd be interested to see how my weight fluctuates daily, and even over the space of a day actually, but I could never be a slave to my scales.

    I also measure myself and take pictures to give me a way to track progress for those times when the scale doesn't move!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Monday morning first thing after ..ya know..the first thing...thats my official weigh in.

    I do weigh myself in between though to see how I'm doing
  • Chrystibel
    Chrystibel Posts: 116 Member
    every morning, if it goes down i'm happy, if it doesn't go down it motivates me to work harder :smile:
  • MissYatta
    MissYatta Posts: 57 Member
    Every other day or three too see how I'm doing, but I don't weigh-in officially until Friday. That is when I weight in with my doctor and when I log it on here.
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