How often do you check your weight?

SanniHope
SanniHope Posts: 23
in Motivation and Support
Hi beautiful people!

I was just curious about how often do you check your weight.
I live in an apartment with two other girls and there is a scale in the bathroom, but I don't think it works... Anyway I never tried it, so I don't know.

I think I'm going to check my weight the first time I get back to my parents house (end of next week).

Anyway I live here since two years now and I never felt the urge to buy a working scale, so I don't think I'm gonna freak out now because I can't check my weight.

Quite the opposite I think having a scale at home right now I would check my weight every 5 minutes and get frustrate because of no weight loss, so I think I'm fine with my situation :)

How about you??

Love, Silvia
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  • mindidily
    mindidily Posts: 196 Member
    Personally, I step on the scale every other day or so, but my official weigh day is Wednesday. I don't have a problem with what I am doing, only because I fully understand the joys of water retention and weight fluctations that differences don't get me down.
    If you think it will frustrate you then yeah, I wouldn't invest in a scale at home!
  • lovebunchy333
    lovebunchy333 Posts: 7
    Hey,

    I am additcted to the scale. I have been weighing myself daily, so I had to make a change because I feel that it hinders my weight loss. So after my first week on MFP and my first offical weigh - in I asked my husband to hide the scale, which of couse he did. I think that you need weigh yourself in regulary to monitor you weight loss or wether or not you have hit a plateau. It helps me montior my food intake and my exercise, as I might have to change something to get better results. I continue to think of the scale each morning, but know not weighing myself daily is helping me stay on track and I am excited for my need offical weekly weigh-in (Monday). Good luck with your weight loss journey!
  • titianwasp
    titianwasp Posts: 139 Member
    Some recommend weekly, I myself prefer daily, after you pee in the morning, but before breakfast (a vente coffee weighs around a pound!). Weighing yourself over the day just measures what you take in and put out...won't give you an accurate idea of what your body is doing.
  • kikilieb
    kikilieb Posts: 118 Member
    Once a month. I like to weigh myself at the same time of my monthly cycle.
  • noteve
    noteve Posts: 57
    Every morning, after I go to the bathroom, before I eat/drink anything.
  • seekingstrengthX2
    seekingstrengthX2 Posts: 771
    Every morning, after I go to the bathroom, before I eat/drink anything.



    Ditto!!
  • jcjsjones
    jcjsjones Posts: 571 Member
    I weigh myself every other day, but I record my weight on Friday. I used to be addicted to the scale and weigh 4-5 times a day. You just have to learn that your weight will fluctuate during the day, so don't let it upset or frustrate you. I have found the best time for me to weigh is in the morning before breakfast.
  • 916lude
    916lude Posts: 305
    I weight myself every morning before eating. My Wednesday morning weight is what I take seriously though.
  • gaiareeves
    gaiareeves Posts: 292 Member
    Sunday mornings, before consuming anything. I'm gonna try and not weigh for a couple weeks, though.
  • Golda90
    Golda90 Posts: 18
    I weigh in once a week on Tuesday morning. I think Tuesday or Wednesday are the best times to way because it's enough time to recover from the and it doesn't seem to be as long as startng from a Monday or Friday.
  • dougii
    dougii Posts: 679 Member
    Every day after my morning workout but before I eat breakfast. I record on Thursdays and that is the number I compare week over week. I am well aware of the daily fluctuations and water issues so daily weight changes do not bother me. I love to weigh the day after I have eaten Chinese for dinner to see how many "pounds" I have gained (LOL).
  • SanniHope
    SanniHope Posts: 23
    That's somehow masochistic, isn't it?? xD
  • PeaceCorpsKat
    PeaceCorpsKat Posts: 335 Member
    Every morning... as soon as I wake up.
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    For a couple months I was doing it like once a month...I actually feel like I did worse in my diet during this couple of months as well.

    Since I've gotten back on track I've been doing it almost daily...I only record 1 official weigh in per week though (on Sundays). But doing it everyday keeps me in the right frame of mind.

    I think it's different for everyone though.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Maybe once every 3 weeks. Thanks for the love, Sylvia.
  • Curvimami
    Curvimami Posts: 1,851 Member
    I get on the scale once a week and sometimes every other week. I do not want the scale to control me. I just eat right , workout and hope that my body is changing. Good luck on your journey :-)
  • BadgerSensei
    BadgerSensei Posts: 45 Member
    They tell you not to do it too often, because you'll freak yourself out with natural, unavoidable variances in weight. I decided to take the opposite tack after going -up- after a week of hard exercise and healthy eating. I weighed myself several times a day, every day, until I had thoroughly convinced myself that the fluctuations were normal. Typically, now, though, I weigh myself when I wake up and after the gym. (I'll admit to a little bit of cherry picking on what weight I record here, though. It's typically the after-gym weight, which means I'm lacking a lot of water in my body at that point.)
  • mholmquist
    mholmquist Posts: 22 Member
    I weigh myself on the 1st and the 15th in the mornings after I go to the bathroom and before I eat. And if either of those fall on the TOM I weight a couple of days due to water retention! :happy:
  • AllyBooMommyof2
    AllyBooMommyof2 Posts: 171
    Every morning, after I go to the bathroom, before I eat/drink anything.

    Same here.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Every morning, after I go to the bathroom, before I eat/drink anything.

    Me too. I record it every Friday.
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    They tell you not to do it too often, because you'll freak yourself out with natural, unavoidable variances in weight.

    The strange thing for me is that I never see fluctuations really. If I'm staying on track and weighing myself every morning before I eat/drink anything I always see a loss...even if its only .1 or .2 lbs...the only time I see any sort of fluctuation is if I weigh in after a cheat day.
  • bunnylvr
    bunnylvr Posts: 78
    IF I weigh myself it's in the morning, on my day off, before I've eaten, after I've gone to the bathroom and only if I pooped a lot.
  • SanniHope
    SanniHope Posts: 23
    They tell you not to do it too often, because you'll freak yourself out with natural, unavoidable variances in weight.

    The strange thing for me is that I never see fluctuations really. If I'm staying on track and weighing myself every morning before I eat/drink anything I always see a loss...even if its only .1 or .2 lbs...the only time I see any sort of fluctuation is if I weigh in after a cheat day.

    That's cool!
    Means you really work hard on it :)
    Keep up the good work ;)
  • shellsrenee01
    shellsrenee01 Posts: 357 Member
    Guilty of over-weighing myself. I TRY to only do it once a week or so but lately I've been jumping on it almost every morning. I'm 3 pounds away from another milestone for myself and I think I'm super anxious to see a number appear that I haven't seen in years. I'd like to try and only weigh myself once a month, so that the change would be more immense, but I think that would discourage me more if there wasn't a big loss than doing it daily and watching the weight come off .5 lbs at a time. Just me though. :tongue:
  • VWilson_Momoftwinsplus1
    VWilson_Momoftwinsplus1 Posts: 35 Member
    I weigh myself on the 1st and the 15th in the mornings after I go to the bathroom and before I eat.
  • lukeout007
    lukeout007 Posts: 1,237 Member
    They tell you not to do it too often, because you'll freak yourself out with natural, unavoidable variances in weight.

    The strange thing for me is that I never see fluctuations really. If I'm staying on track and weighing myself every morning before I eat/drink anything I always see a loss...even if its only .1 or .2 lbs...the only time I see any sort of fluctuation is if I weigh in after a cheat day.

    That's cool!
    Means you really work hard on it :)
    Keep up the good work ;)

    Eh...I try lol. But I've had my fair share of off days, weeks, and months. The main thing I've learned is that half the battle is just figuring out what works for you...For me its weighing myself daily, making all of my healthy food as convenient as possible (pre-cutting/portioning), and allowing myself a treat once in awhile...but it's taken so long to figure these things out that its caused a lot of frustration.
  • tjones0927
    tjones0927 Posts: 102 Member
    Every morning, after I go to the bathroom, before I eat/drink anything.



    Ditto!!
    Same for me as well....but I only update MFP on Thursdays. I personally think it helps me start my day with my goal in mind and keeps me on the right track.
  • stephanie1133
    stephanie1133 Posts: 211
    I weigh twice a day, morning before eating or drinking and without clothes, and at night right before bed. I don't allow the natural fluctuation to bother me; but I like knowing every day. The night weights allows me to anticipate what my morning weight will be, and my daily morning weigh in keeps me on track. Over the years my weight has gone up and down, it ONLY goes up when I stop weighing myself. If I hold myself accountable by weighing every day, I don't get derailed. Some people can't handle it and find it more demotivational and discouraging than anything. It's not for everyone.
  • cavewoman15
    cavewoman15 Posts: 278 Member
    Every morning, after I go to the bathroom, before I eat/drink anything.



    Ditto!!


    Same here! I think it gives me an appreciation for how much weight fluctuates, but you can generally see an average over the course of a week or so.
  • thrld
    thrld Posts: 610 Member
    Friday morning is weigh & record day.

    But I do weight myself on Tuesday (without entering it into MFP) -- I kinda view Tuesday as a 'preview' as to what to expect in the coming week.

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