Weigh yourself often?

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  • beautyofthedark
    beautyofthedark Posts: 8 Member
    I weigh once a month. I much prefer to go off what I look like/how my clothes fit and how my fitness levels are improving.

    I second this. I threw the scale out about a month ago. For me I would start eating right & exercising and the first week I would lose 5lbs just from cutting back on sodium & carbs. I knew it was just water weight but it still made the scale move. Then I would weigh myself the second week and I wouldn't lose any. I would immediately get discouraged and go back to my unhealthy ways. This happened more times than it should have and I finally got fed up & threw away my scale. Now I only weigh myself once a month at the local Y.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    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. :smile:

    If you gain two pounds from a glass of wine you need to see a doctor because your body is screwed ;)
  • bsix3
    bsix3 Posts: 291
    I TRY to weigh myself every Monday morning but sometimes i'll take a peek. It got frustrating for me because i wasn't seeing IMMEDIATE results and I knew I was working my butt off. For now I'm paying more attention to the inches I'm loosing compared to just the weight loss.
  • Jezebel_Barbie
    Jezebel_Barbie Posts: 198 Member
    Once a week. I don't own a set of scales so I go to the local pharmacy and use their scales, where I can also check body fat % as well.

    I would like to weight daily (and even several times a day) to track the numbers and see how my body fluctuates day to day, but then I'm a nerd. I most certainly wouldn't take those figures to heart or let them worry me.
  • BABetter1
    BABetter1 Posts: 618 Member
    I try to keep it to once a week, same day, same time of day each week. But, if I get up on any given day and just feel . . . thinner . . . I weigh myself. And usually, I'll be down a pound or two, which is motivating for me. If I ever feel bloated or heavier, I may not even weigh if it's my normal day to weigh. I'll increase my water intake for a couple of days and then weigh. Works for me.
  • jfan175
    jfan175 Posts: 812 Member
    I weigh myself everyday. There's nothing quite like anticipation after waking up, peeing, jumping on the scale and waiting for the numbers to appear! It's an emotional rollercoaster and my mood will fluctuate as the scale does, even though it's only a pound or two. But everytime I'm ready to cash in the chips, I'll get a loss I can post here. I'm hopelessly addicted.....but I'd rather be addicted to that than Krispy Kremes. Gladly, I'm only 13lbs away from my goal weight of 175....I want to be able to get on a scale at anytime of day and never weigh more than 180. My daily addiction to the scale will allow me to stay on top of things and adjust my diet as needed.
  • Angelsrose12
    Angelsrose12 Posts: 37 Member
    I find myself getting on the scale multiple times per day. It's quite an addiction, actually.

    Me too, unfortunately. I have found that if I weigh myself first thing in the morning, I weigh more than I do a couple hours in, regardless of if I have eaten breakfast, unless it is a big meal. I know I shouldn't and I only record it once a week. But I find I can't help it. Maybe my husband should hide the scale except on Fridays....;)
  • Tann19
    Tann19 Posts: 94 Member
    everyone is different, but for me weighing daily first thing in the morning works.
    Fluctuations don't bother me, I like to know whats going on. I measure inches monthly.
    Consistency keeps me accountable and aware. It's the same with working out, have to do it just about everyday or I won't keep it up.

    It's all about doing what works best for you!
  • dhiammarath
    dhiammarath Posts: 834 Member
    When I first started, when the weight was coming off quickly, I'd weigh myself all the time. I'd hop on the scale and cheer at it (because that works).

    However, I was driving myself crazy. As the weight loss slowed down (if only it were healthy to keep the "faster" trend when you first start!), I settled into a routine. I weigh myself once in the morning and that's it. I got the FitBit Aria scale and now when I look at my weight, I really am not looking at the overall pounds, but at the percentage of fat versus lean. This helps me to calculate a truly measurable and *reasonable* ultimate goal. And so what I look for now is that little line of "lean muscle" and whether it goes up or down.

    Sometimes... I totally cheat and hop on the scale at other times during the day. I'm always disappointed and left feeling vaguely unhappy. Kind of like the times when I overindulged in stuff I knew I shouldn't have.

    As my lifestyle has changed, so too has my scale dependence changed.

    Now, don't get me wrong. I still want that hooker to tell me I've lost weight!!!

    (I maybe still cheer at it when it's been good to me, too...)
  • nickyskins
    nickyskins Posts: 100 Member
    i weigh myself first thing in the morning. Never weigh yourself after a workout because ur body tends to retain water after a workout and the scale will be a few pounds higher then it really should.
  • Snail313
    Snail313 Posts: 214 Member
    Almost everyday that I work. Sometimes I get busy and forget though.
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Weigh every morning! I anticipate that as I am in the lower range of my "healthy weight range" that some slight fluctuations are normal… I think it's good to look at your activity and food diary from the day before when one has a fluctuation..

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