Weigh yourself often?

starting MFP weighing every day... then figured I would go NUTS... so now it's once a week!

I weigh myself every morning, but I have a heart condition that requires me knowing if I magically gain 4-5 lbs. overnight. IF so I up my water pill. I only record my weight one day per week.

After years of this, I have become somewhat better about taking the scale results with a grain of salt when it comes to weight loss progress. Like you said if I were up even slightly for any reason I'd be in a bad mood. If it's drastic 3-5 lbs overnight I know it's nothing to do with weight. I no longer use a scale to judge my success. It just never seems to tell the whole story. For example when I lift weights regularly I will weigh at least 5 lbs more. However my clothes fell more comfortable when I lift on a regular basis. That took a long time for me to get over. I know it sounds completely stupid. the scale is what we use for our measuring stick for success. I have found that if I can feel good in certain pants or jeans I am on program, if those are starting to feel snug, I'm headed in the wrong direction,

I worked for WW years ago and we were forbidden to weigh a member more than once in any week. I'm sure that is still their policy.

It is a bad habit being scale dependent, and like any bad habit can be overcome with time and effort. Whichever way you choose just remember sometimes the scale doesn't tell the whole story.

Usually every morning, no matter what weight I might be at. It is a lifelong habit. When I am gaining weight, it is not that I do not realize it is going on ..... I know it day to day. I make no excuses like, "wow, I did not realize what was happening". I DO realize it, cuz I weigh daily.

Weighing daily is way to face the reality of how I am doing with my weight: good, bad, or otherwise.

I weigh myself twice a day (once before a workout and then again after word, because any weight lost during a workout is water weight/dehydration, so I know how much water to drink when I am done) but I only record my weight loss once a week.

I weigh myself every day and have learned not to be bothered by the up days. If I was getting sad and upset every time it went up, I would have to stop weighing every day because there's no point in torturing yourself! I gain weight on the scale at least once a week, even if I'm eating and exercising right. Weight loss is not linear, but it's the overall trend that matters. As long as that's going down (or staying the same if you're maintaining) then it doesn't really matter what it says each day. If you can, try and emotionally detach yourself from the number on the scale. It's a useful tool to track your progress, but it's not the only tool, or even the best one. Keep an eye on measurements, how well your clothes fit and take regular photos, and you'll see the bigger picture.

Alcohol has the opposite effect on me. If I've drunk a lot then even if I've overeaten as well, the scale always shows a loss of a couple of pounds the next morning, presumably due to dehydration. It always goes back up again afterwards.

Back when I first started losing weight many many years ago I weighed myself 6+ times a day. This random weighing schedule gave me the opportunity to evaluate the best time, for me, to weight to offer the most consistent results. Ultimately I deemed the most reliable time to be straight out of the shower (interestingly not before the shower).

So I weigh everyday and take pride in the amount I have lost regardless of what the scale tells me that day. I watch for trends and it gives me a lot of data to evaluate what works for me.

I weigh myself once a week. It's better for me. I was getting annoyed with the daily weigh in; jut not for me. Once a week is much better. I understand that there might be some fluctuation with water, etc., but it's better for my psyche to step on the scale once a week.

I weigh myself daily because i want to know what sort of effect diet, exercise, and water have on the day to day. It does occasionally get discouraging, but i'm getting over it.

^^^ Same here. Same reason.

I weigh most days so that I can see right away if there is a problem. But, if I were to feel as you do, then I would cut back to once a week. No sense in getting yourself upset over a slight gain.

starting MFP weighing every day... then figured I would go NUTS... so now it's once a week!

Thats me too ^ ... :flowerforyou:

I used to weigh every day.. and drove myself mad..

I HONESTLY think it often made me 'Give up' (again and again!!) .. because each time I saw it hadn't moved.. or had gone UP (at all!).. It would make me think.. 'Well.. thats the point in all this effort then????' ... Off to KFC.. McDonalds.. (wherever).. sabotage.. *rollseyes* ...

and back the weight would start to go.

Now.. THIS TIME.. I am doing it differently.. I am weighing once and week, and thats IT!!! .. (at least that way... IFFF it went up.. I would only panic (and stuff my face) on that one day.. and not 4-5 times a week!)

But also because now.. I try instead of concentrating what COULD be happening on the scale .. I try instead to concentrate on HOW to burn more calories.. (even extra little walks, parking further away etc etc.. <as well as REAL exercise>) ...

and trying to concentrate on what HEALTHY (or more healthy) foods I can eat, what meals I can customised and create that are better for me, (in cals, carb, protein, sugar)

I WANT to weigh.. but nope.. no more. Once a week and thats it.

Oh.. also.. I didn't this month.. and won't ever again.. Weigh myself when 'Weighing' falls around TOM ..

I dont want to see it go up.. I know it does, and I don't want to see it.. NO DISHEARTENING HERE!! :smokin:


Those weeks, I will save myself the doubt and 'downy' .. and NOT weigh then.

When I started on MFP I didn't even own a set of bathroom scales and had no idea of how heavy I was apart for the obvious fact of my large, rotund shape.

For the first few months I weighed myself weekly and recorded that weight once a week in MFP.

Since the start of this year I've weighed myself daily and I record that weight and update MFP as and when changes occur, both gains and losses. I also measure my neck, chest and waist once a month and I usually take some progress photos at the same time.

I don't get upset (too much) by fluctuations in my weight and I can relate the gains and losses to particular behaviour, although I can also see that it sometimes takes a few days for a change to happen and sometimes I settle and don't see any movement at all.

But it's early days yet and I've not had a chance for a full analysis of my diet/exercise/weight.

I weigh myself daily every morning. As long as I stay under or at my daily calorie goal I do not worry or stress if I see the weight go up a half pound or pound as I understand there can be fluctuations daily. Sometimes, I even weigh myself just before going to bed. I know I am a couple pounds heavier at that time than I will be in the morning, so I use it as a guide as to how successful a day I had.

I weigh myself every morning and record the results. For me, weight loss is about breaking old habits and setting new ones and I need to keep my daily rhythm as constant as possible. With all the things I've changed - when I eat, what I eat, how I eat, etc., a morning weigh-in helps me focus at the start of each day. On the days when I'm up a bit, it helps me to think of my chart not as a bumpy slide but as a meandering path leading me towards a goal.

If you gain two pounds from a glass of wine, you need to pour a smaller glass.