do you weigh yourself EVERY DAY?

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  • tlblood
    tlblood Posts: 473 Member
    I weigh every day, but understand that my weight will fluctuate throughout the week. I only record my weight when I hit a new low.

    I really like having a scale that tells partial pounds. Mine goes in .2 increments.
  • Jazziemay
    Jazziemay Posts: 12 Member
    I weigh once a day, in the morning when I get up, but when I eat certain things I find I gain a few pounds then goes back down, Think I'm gonna start weighing once a week so I don't get frustrated
  • MegdKel
    MegdKel Posts: 96 Member
    nope, I'd drive myself nuts! I've always been really curious to see how much my weight fluctuates from day to day, but at this stage of my weight loss (very beginning!) I've got to do only once a week or I'll overanalyze *everything*.
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    Once a month. Why do it every day? That just seems like you are setting yourself up to stress yourself out.
  • cal_73
    cal_73 Posts: 77
    Once a day in the morning (actually I forget 2 or 3 times a week).

    I find the daily fluctuations interesting not worrisome. For example after a leg workout I'm always a few pounds more the next morning. I'm usually lightest after a day of not working out!
  • brimarie95
    brimarie95 Posts: 81 Member
    I weigh myself no more than once a month. I do really well this way. i sometimes get a slight urge to weigh in between but then I worry that I will be dissappointed if it isn't enough loss. A month is plenty enough time to see actual progress on the scale instead of seeing the fluctuation daily or weekly where sometimes I would see a gain and be very upset about it.
  • ShaunaLaNee
    ShaunaLaNee Posts: 188 Member
    I think it's different for everyone:) I do weigh everyday, because I like to see how my body handles different foods. I have in the past when I've got discouraged only weighed once a week. It depends on how it effects you. If you can handle seeing the differences from a scientific perspective, and leave out the emotional aspect it's okay...However I'm sure many MFP-made nutrition specialists with no degree, will give you all kinds of answers as to why their methods are the way to go:)
  • happythermia
    happythermia Posts: 374
    Once a month is good enough for me.... Once a week if you're anal.... One a day is sick...

    LOL or it's just really interesting. Have you ever weighed yourself before and after you poop? It's hilarious, IMO.
  • kbbradley
    kbbradley Posts: 19 Member
    Once a week, so I can see some progress, I weigh the same time each Sunday after reading the paper (in the reading room) off with the clothes and on the scale. If I weighed more often I am afraid I will get to worried if I gained a little one day etc. The biggest test to me is how my clothes fit. I agree with most on here, too often can get obessive and for myslef like a lot of people here who are really trying, obsessiveness may have been what caused some of the problem.
  • jickalina
    jickalina Posts: 43 Member
    II used to weigh myself every morning like you, but after I hit my first plateau it became counterproductive. I knew all the explanations: plateaus were natural, muscle gain, water retention, blah blah blah. Even though I knew all that, it was still so discouraging to see my weight stay the same or worse yet gain an few ounces. I'd start having the 'why am i even doing all this' thoughts. No bueno.

    So I only weigh in once a week, on Mondays (helps me be good on the weekends), and that way I can focus on the lifestyle change part during the week, making good decisions etc instead of obsessing on the number.
  • SarahElizabeth416
    SarahElizabeth416 Posts: 52 Member
    I weigh myself every saturday morning, and sometimes wednesday as well
  • gehanjawdat
    gehanjawdat Posts: 15
    Daily :happy:
  • annie55596
    annie55596 Posts: 4 Member
    Yes, sometimes more than once a day. it's crazy but i cant help it!
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    Yep. Multiple times.
    I have a wifi scale that charts my weight - I like to see the fluctuations. It's like I'm my own science project :)
    Are you my long-lost twin? I like watching how my weight will climb or stay steady for two weeks, and then, almost overnight, new low weight!
  • shirleyisblessed
    shirleyisblessed Posts: 21 Member
    I weigh myself everyday because, if I don't weight has a tendency to sneak up on me. I know there are going to be ups and downs, so it doesn't bother me to see small gains and loss. But, if I don't weigh myself, I don't know what I did that may have contributed to any weight gain vs loss.
  • redredy9
    redredy9 Posts: 706 Member
    I just got a digital scale last week and have been weighing everyday. I fluctutate a lot day to day and between morning and night. I just mentally discard any weight over my starting weight and keep the lowest. I would have missed my lowest this week if I had waited a full 7 days to weigh-in. On my official weigh-in morning I was up .6!

    I am sure as the novelty of the scale, food and exercise plan wears off - I will weigh myself less often.
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    Every single day! I'm not OCD about anything but the scale. I'm not gonna lie....I even weighed myself at 2:00 a.m. this morning when I got up to use the restroom. I know I know....CRAZY!:noway:
  • stephdg89
    stephdg89 Posts: 37
    I have done it every day for years. I'm not obsessed, I just like to know. And I don't worry about fluctuations. I have been doing it for so long (like since highschool) so I know my body very well and what I did to cause a fluctuation. If there are no reasons why it should be up I adjust my diet and workouts to get it going back down.
  • jwow_
    jwow_ Posts: 5
    I used to weigh myself multiple times a day, and would get discouraged every time I looked at the scale. I realized that it's not about the number, it's about how you feel and look.
    I try to weigh myself once a week, at the same time. It just makes me feel better I guess.
  • paulvt65
    paulvt65 Posts: 73 Member
    I'm not OCD about anything but the scale.

    It's CDO. You must put the letters in their correct order. :wink:
  • LouiseRose92
    LouiseRose92 Posts: 112
    I weigh myself several times a day, as long as you expect to get heavier during the day it's fine. It keeps me motivated!
  • jordanreddick
    jordanreddick Posts: 197 Member
    Yes, my scale has ounces in .2 increments, I love it, it keeps me motivated to weigh every day.

    I weigh every morning after using the bathroom and naked and I also weigh at night before bed naked. It keeps me accountable and I can judge how I did for the day. I don't obsess over it, I am the kind of person who will gain weight if I don't keep watch on the numbers.
  • jordanreddick
    jordanreddick Posts: 197 Member
    I weigh every day, but understand that my weight will fluctuate throughout the week. I only record my weight when I hit a new low.

    I really like having a scale that tells partial pounds. Mine goes in .2 increments.


    THIS^^^^^^
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    I'm not OCD about anything but the scale.

    It's CDO. You must put the letters in their correct order. :wink:

    ^^Huh?
  • ChaoticMiNd
    ChaoticMiNd Posts: 247 Member
    I do it once every morning after I poop (if I can go grrrr). If I did it more I would go NUTS my weight can fluctuate up to 4lbs in a day swear....that's always been my diet killer so I don't do it anymore.
  • Marmitegeoff
    Marmitegeoff Posts: 373 Member
    Weighing is part of my daily routine, but I do not fret if it goes up sometimes
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    I do it once every morning after I poop (if I can go grrrr).

    This made me LOL!!!!!! Love it!
  • chlorisaann
    chlorisaann Posts: 366 Member
    Yes, every morning, and a lot of times at night too. I don't freak out over fluctuations though...I actually find them interesting...

    ^^ This is me too! I know there will be fluctuations and don't worry about them.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I'm not OCD about anything but the scale.

    It's CDO. You must put the letters in their correct order. :wink:

    But then the letters don't line up with the words- and that really bug someone with OCD, I bet...LOL
  • shelk76
    shelk76 Posts: 58
    i weigh myself every morning, i gain weight when i don't..not sure why this is but i guess i am conscious of what i eat and aware of the weigh in the next morning. Mine is an addiction, i have to do this!

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