I'm sorry if this question has been asked (I'm sure it has at some point), but how often do you guys weigh yourself? Once a week? Every morning? Once a month? I think I'll try once a week and see how that goes. I'm just afraid of getting discouraged. What works best for you?
Oh honey, don't apologize. That's what we're here for, support and encouragement. No question is a wrong question, no matter how many times it is asked
If I may still respond: I do it once a week on Fridays. I used to do it three or four times a day, but that's too frustrating. Once a week seems to keep me motivated.
When I started at your weight, I weighed once a week, once my weight loss started to slow down, I switched to once a month. I vary the frequency to whatever works. At the moment the weight is whizzing off again, so I'll weigh weekly until it slows.
I weigh myself every morning at the same time (right when I get up, after potty and before breakfast). I only count a weight change in my tickers if it's more than 1 pound and lasts for more than 1 day, but I record everything in FitDay.
I was weighing myself every morning, but with my recent weight fluctuations, I'm getting frustrated, so I'm going to back off and weigh once a week, Saturday morning. Tomorrow starts a new weigh week!
My official weigh in is Monday mornings. That's the weekly one I record.
I do weigh daily but take any fluctuations on the chin - as they do even out, over a week. The reason I weigh daily at the moment is to put it into FitDay, then if I stall again, I will have a much more accurate picture of precisely what happened and why as I can compare any stall/gains with the record of what I've eaten, and hopefully nip any problems in the bud!
But I think generally, weighing is not a good diea at all and when I reach goal weight, I'll probably just weigh myself ocne a month or so to check I'm not too far off target. For many years I was skinny - and probably weighed myself only a couple of times in 15 years. I'm sure ignoring the scale is a good habit! But I'm watching it like a hawk with only 10lb to go now to goal!
I have read that the "Thin for Life" research indicates that most ppl who lose weight & keep it off weigh daily. They don't necessarily respond to any fluctuation, but they do keep track.
I weigh myself at home every morning right when I get up. My official weight is on the balance scale at the gym. There's usually 3-5 pounds difference between the two -- I'm clothed at the gym and have been doing my day. I keep track of "new lows" with either scale.
Weighing myself this often has helped me become less neurotic about any given weight -- I have seen my weight fluctuate depending on the time of the month, what I've eaten recently, and who knows what else. I'm an engineer by training (which means I love data ), so that may have something to do with my approach also .