How Often Do You Step on the Scale?

Every morning...naked...after potty and before shower.

BUT...I also step on the scale throughout the day when I'm home and right before bed. Don't ask...I don't know why! Fluctuations don't bother me in the least, so I'm good.

Well I told myself I would only weigh in on Mondays but if I had a good week then I might weigh in more! If I had a bad week then I behave really well and might get on once more to make sure I'm going in the right direction.

Part of me thinks I should weigh myself every day and the other says to only do it on my weigh-in days. What is the reasoning behind your weigh-ins?

Once a day, first thing in the morning @ Basic Empty Weight. I weigh daily because I want to see the trend and even the ups and downs. This gives me some idea of how my body responds to the food I eat, calories, etc. Yes it can get frustrating, but I tend to not worry too much. I focus on the trend line.

I spoke with a personal trainer about this b/c I was seeing different numbers on the scale when I weighed my self in the AM verses at work for the biggest loser competition. She said during the day our weight will flexuate 3-4 lbs and that we are at our heaviest at 7pm.

I only record my weight once a week for the most part but I probably step on the scale atleast 5 times per day. I'm a lunatic.

Lol I try to resist the urge of weighing myself daily. Knowing how water weight may fluctuate my weight, I've limited down to once a week AFTER the end of a great workout week and BEFORE dinner and partying on the weekend (#s are smaller). Way more motivating for me that way!

Sundays if possible around the same time in the morning.
If I know I'm going to be traveling then either Saturday morning or I skip a week.

Pretty much every day...unless I really blew it in the last day or two and I know isn't going to be good. But I only record on Sunday morning.

I am doing once a week. The scale is not a friend of mine. I am scared to weigh myself so I am not eager to jump on it all the time.

Daily first thing in the AM, after peeing of course.

For me, my daily weight isn't detrimental to my loss, its key. I have an app that tracks my moving average, and smooths ont that daily fluctuations. So I can REALLY see whether I'm going up, down, or staying the same. And I know how what ive done the day before effects my weight (amount of water drank, large dinner, lots of carbs, etc.) It keeps me on track.

Shutting my eyes and crossing my fingers that what ive done in the last week was right just doesn't cut it for me.

It's interesting hearing about different strategies others have for weighing. Personally I have relied too much on the scales, and like many others, feel totally depressed knowing i've done all the right things and then don't see a shift in the right direction on the numbers. I've even gone so far as to test that my scales were accurate cause i was sure that maybe they were broken or something. But they seem to be pretty accurate :explode: . So I've decided to stop weighing myself for a bit, and relying purely on measurements. It's too depressing otherwise :grumble:

Every morning. And after a good workout. After a big meal. After I drink a Brita 20 oz. bottle of water. After I use the bathroom. Before, during, and after time of the month. I am curious to know how my body works. I do not get discouraged by what the scale says. I get motivated, loss or gain! It works for me, seeing as I've lost 80 lbs. in a year. It may not be the best thing for everyone, but it works for this girl.

You guys it's NOT BAD to weigh yourself daily if that's what works for you! Weighing weekly would kill my motivation because I figured "Hey, it's been a week so I should definitely show a loss" and that wasn't always the case. I weigh daily, but I don't get discouraged if it goes up a pound or two! It's all how much water your body is retaining that day. I don't LIKE to see it go up, but I only LOG losses and I pay attention to the general trendline on my chart more than the loss. That way when I look at my chart I see two things: a flat line and a downward tick. THAT makes me smile If my flat line goes on for too long I'll reevaluate what I'm doing. Now if I gained steadily I would definitely record that, and obviously something would be wrong, but I'm consistent with my diet and excercise and don't usually cheat or anything. I've read numerous articles that say weighing daily helps keep people accountable and those people generally have lower weight over their lifetime than those who don't, but everyone seems to think it's such a bad thing.
Bottom line... do what works for you, and seriously don't stress about small fluctuations. No, we don't want to see it go up, but you have to realize it's not going to stay up if you're doing what you should be doing

New to it, but once a week, friday morning(couldn;t face it on a monday) and that is it

Every day in the morning after my "daily."

I need the daily routine. It has helped me to understand how my weight works, how my cycle affects it, how certain choices affect it. SOmetimes it gets me down, but I think it would be worse if I did it weekly only and then happened upon one of my wild shift days---in either direction.

This... It really shows me things I would have not thought could affect me so much. For example, on Easter I had all the prime rib I wanted, plus a slice of NY cheesecake. Two days later I had gained lIke two pounds. If I only weighed once a week, I would have assumed it was the cheesecake since the weight was still there's he next Sunday. However, since I knew the next day I hadn't gained, I knew the culprit was something I ate on Monday. That really helped me not feel bad about something when I would have. Now I know to skip the French dips the next day, however.

I'm also fairly new to weighing consistently, and as a female, my weight is going to change in a rhythmic way in terms of water retention. I want to know the trends.