I was hoping to get some of you guys opinions. I've only just started trying to lose weight, only I can't decide which is better, do I weigh myself once a week or daily? For that matter, what time of day is more forgiving - I'm guessing first thing in the morning...
1st thing in the morning is when I weigh--naked and after bathroom..and yes, I do it every morning..
how often you weigh is a personal thing and depends on you...I didn't get discouraged when I didn't lose and I started charting so I knew when to expect gains during the month...I like the "control" daily weighing gives me..if I am unexpectedly UP, I know I need to be more diligent, think about my nutrition more carefully, work harder during my activity, etc.
I weigh myself every morning first thing after I go to the bathroom. It helps me stay on top of things. Also I saw something about a study where people dieted and weighed themselves daily, weekly, or not at all. The weekly people lost 6 pounds, the daily group lost 12, and the people who didn't weigh themselves gained 2. So I figure it is better to do daily, as long as you remember that you will fluctuate a little so no one day is a true result.
i usually weigh in every morning, after going to the bathroom..i also take my mesurments every monday. i use the same mesuaring tape, the kind that seamstress uses, and mark on it chest, waste(at the belly button), hips, thigh, and arm. muscle weighs more then fat...sometimes i dont lose on the scale but the inches go down.
I only weigh once a week... I have a clinic that I go to. They know to expect me every Friday morning when they open. Occasionally I take a peak at my scale at home but I don't think much about those weigh ins because I prefer to use the same scale every time.
I got way too frustrated even weighing every week. I was focused too much on the scale and less on my nutrition and fitness goals. Now I weigh once every 2 weeks, and for me, that is PERFECT. It gives me something to look forward to, yet is far enough apart that in between I can pretty much just focus on doing the best I can, knowing that even if I mess up a bit it'll all even out in the 2 weeks, and even if I mess up I feel okay and can keep it small and move forward. I tried daily weighings and it drove me mad, like I had to watch the consequences of every small mistake, when in the long run it would have balanced out anyway. For me, once every 2 weeks is PERFECT.
I weigh in once a week, every Tuesday, after breakfast, because (TMI coming) if I don't get breakfast, I don't get bathroom. (I'm just eating my banana now, weigh in in about half an hour.....)
I Did weigh daily and it was fine at the start but I found I couldn't cope with the daily fluctuations that are natural to any body. I began to notice (I log digitally) that, whatever the ups and downs, there wasn't a week when I didn't lose something - one week it was only 0.2lbs but so far there's never been a gain or even a break even, taken over the week - so I made the break and went to weekly weighing.
I find it keeps me Very focussed. I haven't gone off plan yet (day #126) and my weightloss has steadied down to about 1.5lbs a week, average.
I have weighed daily on the past and found it helpful to see when my weight fluctuated but in the end I became sale obsessed and weighed about 10 times a day. We don't have scales at the moment so I can only weigh twice a week at most - both of those in the evening so not the best time and I'm obviously going to be a couple of pounds lighter than what the scales are saying. So far I have lost about 2lb most weeks - may not this week after being away for the weekend but at the moment just being able to weigh twice a week is best for me. When I'm lighter I will get new scales that weigh fat as well. First thing in the morning either once a week or once a day is supposed to be best I think.
I too do the first thing in the morning, in the nuddy weigh in.
It sets me up for the day, gives me a reminder that most of the loss I see is water loss so I don't get complacent, and just makes me feel as though I can control any blips in a measured way.
I think I'd hate to weigh in just once a week - I'd never know where I was.
The only change I have made recently is that I don't look on Friday or Saturday - then my 6-week challenge weigh in on Sunday morning is a bit more fun!
A whole 72 hours suspense - that's my max, I'm afraid!
I have found that the daily weigh in, while as everyone has said -is good for keeping you on track - can also make you a bit obsessive.
I am trying really hard at the moment to keep to weekly - it kind of depends on your personality, but I think for long term mental health a weekly or even twice weekly weigh is far better.
But, that's just me.
I often go through phases of daily weighs though, and I am able to not let myself become too discouraged if the scales doen't move in my favour. but I do often find that it will stay the same every day for like 5 days, and then suddenly down 3 or 4 lbs, so, as I say it depends on whether you can cope with every day not losing or even going up a bit, or if you really need to see a visible loss to keep going - if the latter is the case don't hop on every day!!
How often do you weigh in?
