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02-25-2010, 12:06 AM
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How often do you weigh yourself?
I am curious how often I should weigh myself. Lately, I have been weighing myself once a week, but as I read posts on here, it seems many people weigh themsevles everyday. All in all, I am simply curious as to how often you weigh yourself, and why?
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02-25-2010, 12:37 AM
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I weigh myself everyday - sometimes several times. The reason is because I want to see how clothes, food, sleep, water, etc. change my weight. Also, because there is such a difference in scales! My regular scale is different than my doctors scale and the scale at MRC (where I weigh in twice a week) - so mainly it's curiosity. I suppose there is a little obsessive compulsive disorder going on tool
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02-25-2010, 12:40 AM
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I weigh myself once a week, sometimes I admit that I take a peek in between
I can see how weighing yourself often could benefit many women but I'm one that would drive myself insane... I almost do weighing in weekly! lol
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02-25-2010, 01:01 AM
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I've recently made a pledge to myself to not weigh until the 1 month mark of my journey (now if only I can actually do it.) I want to do this so I know I will at least see a loss. I easily become unmotivated and I believe that by seeing a loss FOR SURE, it will only motivate me to keep going!
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02-25-2010, 02:27 AM
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mickeymick
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i used to weigh once a week but now i weigh everyday. when you get down to losing less than 20 lbs. you need to make sure you are on track. it sucks if i haven't lost anything at the end of the week, when maybe if i had weighed mid-week i could have made a correction earlier. i DO NOT however weigh myself multiple times a day, because my weight fluctuates wildly (up to 5 lbs in a day!). that would be way to discouraging. i weigh first thing in the am with no clothes, so i see the lowest weight i will be all day.
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02-25-2010, 08:42 AM
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Probably about 3 times a week. Although I am doing Weight Watchers I don't go to meetings at present, so I count Wednesday, the day I started the diet, as my weigh-in day and keep a record of that weight each week. Often I also take a look on Sunday as I usually eat out on Saturday, to see where I am, and I find it hard to resist a sneaky-peek on Tuesday. It doesn't usually stress me out, though it was frustrating when the Tuesday weight was better than Wednesday despite sticking to my points.
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02-25-2010, 08:58 AM
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i weight myself every morning before my shower.
i have been doing this ever since i bought a pair of scales (when i started my diet, before i didn't even have one!).
it helps to see those little changes, and how they affect your body- especially for a woman and TOM, and has been teaching me how the body behaves-especially in relation to my previous night's dinner choices.
if you do that, it's very important to accept the normal flunctuations and don't become upset if you do not see a loss every day!--a gain for me is scary thou!
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02-25-2010, 09:22 AM
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one choice at a time
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I posted to a very similar thread a couple of days ago (it's a popular question ) so I'll quote myself:
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Originally Posted by me
I have to weigh every morning, so that I know my patterns. Like many people I have very significant fluid swings - up to 3 or 4 pounds - so if I only weighed once a week, I could get unlucky and have a real loss for the week obscured by a water swing. That would drive me crazier than the daily fluctuations do - the daily fluctuations no longer drive me crazy because I expect and understand them. By weighing every day, I get to see and be proud of all the lows, even though I know I'm likely to bounce back from them a little the next day or two.
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Here's the thread, in case you want to browse more answers:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weig...-yourself.html
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02-25-2010, 10:38 AM
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MindBodySpirit Health
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While I'm in weight loss mode, I try to weigh only once a week. When I hit goal and enter maintenance, I want to start weighing everyday to keep a closer eye on things.
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02-25-2010, 10:45 AM
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I weigh every single day. I don't like surprises (unless they are the good kind). I need to know what I'm doing on a daily basis. I need to know how different foods impact me on the scale.
I sometimes weigh at night just to see where I am. I only do this when I feel particularly skinny at night and it's usually the night before a weight-tracking day. I also know that I weigh about 2.5/3 pounds heavier at night than I will the next morning. So, I do the math when I have the occasional night-weigh.
Last edited by Cali Doll; 02-25-2010 at 10:45 AM.
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02-25-2010, 10:47 AM
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... fabulous!
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 76
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Each morning.
...I figure I can't do that much "damage" in one day so if I check in each morning, nothing will get too out of hand.
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02-25-2010, 10:48 AM
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Senior Member
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I was weighing daily for months. Now I am weighing once or twice a week. I have not had any sustainable loss in probably 6 months.
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02-25-2010, 05:14 PM
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I weigh myself every morning first thing, just to see where I'm at, but to me any losses or anything don't count until my weekly weigh in day.
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02-25-2010, 05:59 PM
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Age 53
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Yes this is a popular question, yet I find myself answering every time because I feel my strategy has been a major factor in my success so far. Initially I did not weigh in for 72 days. I knew I needed to stick with a long term change, and for me, the scale can derail me. If I'm doing better than expected, I can let things slide a bit and if worse than expected, I tend to think "what's the point". I now weigh in once each month.
However, that said, I do track my average calorie deficit to make sure I am staying in a range that will keep me in weight loss mode.
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02-25-2010, 06:13 PM
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Cheesecake? Yes plz!
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This is a popular topic! I was like, wait a second, I thought I posted in this thread?!? ...It was the other one.
So I'll also quote myself:
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Originally Posted by LuckyJules
Usually every morning. I get up before my shower, use the bathroom if needed, then just before I jump into the shower, I step onto the scale. I use the same time and same routine to try and stay consistent. I also try to stand in the same place on the scale... not sure if that makes a difference, but I do it anyway.
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