If you track weight daily, when do you weigh in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Morning in the nude

this, right after using the bathroom, right before I jump in the shower.

It keeps me honest. I'm down four pounds since Jan 1.

Same. I wouldn’t weigh daily unless you are doing a lot of vigorous exercise and training for the reasons mentioned in this thread. Maybe weekly.

[Anonymous]

Wake up, use bathroom (just pee) and then weigh myself. I don't usually do #2 until after I have a few cups of coffee.

[Anonymous]

I weigh daily - it helps me not freak out about minor fluctuations because I can see how my weight bounces up and down based on what I ate, etc. I weigh first thing in the morning before getting in the shower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First thing in the morning. I wake up, use the bathroom, strip, weigh myself. I do this everyday or every other day. There are the least amount of variables this way. Consistency is key and following the trend. You shouldn’t weight yourself multiple times per day. Once at most- around the same time and variables as possible every time.

Same here. For me weighing daily is important to keep me on track. The normal fluctuations are helpful to see.

+1. I found it was really good to see the daily fluctuations. It gives me a better sense of my actual weight than if I weighed once a week or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

This. It’s meaningless at such a granular level, and the energy spent thinking about it is not healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

This. It’s meaningless at such a granular level, and the energy spent thinking about it is not healthy.

If you are going to weigh yourself daily and freak out about the differences between Monday and Tuesday, then ok, maybe. But what many of us are saying is that seeing the actual variations helps us understand that fluctuations are very normal. Also if you weigh once a week, you don't really get a sense of where you are in the normal fluctuations (e.g., is this weight high, low, average?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

This. It’s meaningless at such a granular level, and the energy spent thinking about it is not healthy.

If you are going to weigh yourself daily and freak out about the differences between Monday and Tuesday, then ok, maybe. But what many of us are saying is that seeing the actual variations helps us understand that fluctuations are very normal. Also if you weigh once a week, you don't really get a sense of where you are in the normal fluctuations (e.g., is this weight high, low, average?)

OP specifically says she will be disappointed if she logs a single high number. So no, this is not healthy behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

This. It’s meaningless at such a granular level, and the energy spent thinking about it is not healthy.

If I only weigh myself every Friday, what if that is the day my weight fluctuated higher and I'll never see that 2 days before I was lower? I'd have to wait until the following Friday to see a potential drop. I feel much better seeing incremental progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

This. It’s meaningless at such a granular level, and the energy spent thinking about it is not healthy.

If I only weigh myself every Friday, what if that is the day my weight fluctuated higher and I'll never see that 2 days before I was lower? I'd have to wait until the following Friday to see a potential drop. I feel much better seeing incremental progress.

+1, exactly. If you're weighing once a week you could be really disappointed because you happened to weigh in on a day where your weight bounced up temporarily.

[Anonymous]

Every morning after using the bathroom and between pajamas and clothes. Actually, I’ve been weighing myself at night, too. It’s kind of interesting to me to try and figure out which variables cause ups and downs. Also I am someone who just doesn’t lose weight (despite trying) but I’ve never had a restrictive eating disorder so twice daily weighings don’t trigger anything in me.

[Anonymous]

I do after using the bathroom in the morning. I have done this daily for years, like over a decade. The important part is the consistency to compare trends over time, not what one specific measurement says.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

Came here to say same thing. I did this, then one day I realized how stupid and pointless it was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't weigh yourself every day, it's not healthy - emotionally. I know that is not what you asked.

For a lot of people (not all) is is mentally easier because you learn to focus on the trend, not the exact number. You also realize how much weight fluctuates fr9m day to day so you do not get hung up on a few pounds up or down.

I do it in the morning, still in PJs. When I am getting my coffee,

[Anonymous]

I was a weight class athlete for 20 years so this comes from a different kind of meticulous tracking because my career depended on it. My morning routine:

Wake up
Make coffee, note the ounces (generally 12oz)
Wait until I poop
Weigh in, but subtract the coffee ounces (my scale is in kilos, so this is easy)
Note the weight in Happy Scale
If things are out of the norm, I check my period tracker and see if I’m ovulating or scheduled to menstruate

I never missed weight and this was my routine for approx 10 of those competition years.

[Anonymous]

I always do the morning, usually after a cup of coffee, but before I eat. Naked