How often do you weigh yourself?

[spunkyheather 10]

I have heard people weigh themselves daily and then weekly. I think I would get discouraged weighing myself daily. I am just wondering what the norm is?

[suzzzzz 1,005]

It is an individual choice. I weigh everyday. It keeps me accountable. Even if I am on a stall and the scale hasn't moved, it makes me more determined. I know it will move again. If I only weighed once a week and was in a stall and didn't know it, it would be quite shocking to discover the scale hadn't moved in a week.

[kharenzhee 39]

I am glad you asked this! I have been thinking about this issue lately. I am only two weeks post-op, but I have been weighing myself daily--a habit that I got into from many years (a lifetime, really) of dieting and judging how well I was doing based on the number on the scale each morning.

While it's been exciting to see numbers coming down, I know that it will discourage me if I keep up this daily weighing as fluctuations and stalls are inevitable. So, I am physically putting the scale away for a week and decided that I will weigh myself each Friday.

This journey is so much more than what I'm seeing on the scale. That is only one measure. For me, I think this is the best way to proceed right now.

Curious to see what others report!

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[laney 172]

I am guilty of weighing myself everyday, but that is because my nutritionist taught me that way. I write down my daily weights then average them for 7 days and that is the actual weight I am for a week. I am trying to get out of that routine and just way weekly also.

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[dede_mont 105]

I weighed myself the first 2 weeks and stopped. I don't care about the weight, i leave that to my doctors and only care because of med changes.

I can tell I'm smaller with my clothes and how they fit. I also have my husband take photos of me in the same positions and look at them side by side to see where I'm slimming down.

Right now I'm on steroids for an allergic reaction to me meds and so swollen I know if i stood on a scale I would loose it.

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[cindyw41 761]

Several times a day.. I'm kinda addicted lol I record the weight I am first thing Monday morning though.

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[ProudGrammy 8,322]

How often do you weigh yourself?

@@spunkyheather

many newbies get extra frustrated if they don't see scale move daily

if you weigh daily you will SEE the scale not move (if that's the case)

upsetting!!!

if you weigh once a week - hopefully the # will change after one week

in other words you won't see that you haven't lost weight one day

the first year i didn't do scheduled weigh ins

every 2-3 day i would weigh in

4++ years later GOAL

now i weigh myself daily

for ME, that works

i have heard from OP that weigh before and after going to the toilet !!! )

not kidding!!! LOL

whenever you get on the scale, it's your decision

don't listen to anyone else (except me of course LOL)

good luck

kathy

[jessjames 234]

Initially I weighed myself daily and then I hit a stall, I found it was demotivating and depressing me.. So after 3 weeks out I stopped and started weighing myself weekly.. Love my weekly weigh-ins! It's what works best for you and how mentally strong you are to see the scale only drop 0.5 every day or what have you.. The choice is yours!

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[OzRoo 1,492]

Weekly weigh-ins for me.

I think daily would mess with my head too much and could be possibly de-motivating for me.

[Mzdiggs 169]

Daily for me it's again accountability and habit

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[aug33k 16]

Daily, after my morning walk and shower.

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[doppelganger 54]

Daily, though the bariatric RN said weekly so I wouldn't get frustrated. I've hit a couple of stalls that have lasted 1-2wks and while it was frustrating not seeing the numbers change, it motivated me to exercise a little longer and harder so it's a win-win for me.

[Candygyrl 637]

I weigh daily but record every Sunday.

[chycky 671]

Weigh almost daily measure monthly now.

[CLN.BK 165]

It is an individual choice. I weigh everyday. It keeps me accountable. Even if I am on a stall and the scale hasn't moved, it makes me more determined. I know it will move again. If I only weighed once a week and was in a stall and didn't know it, it would be quite shocking to discover the scale hadn't moved in a week.

Exactly this.