When I did weight watchers a while back, I remember that you were only supposed to weigh yourself once a week. I am still in this habbit; however, I feel like in the space of a week I could really get off track and not even realize it. How often do you guys weigh yourselves?

I think it is just a matter of personal preference. I know some people weigh themselves every day, or even multiple times a day, but that would drive me crazy! I would be obessing over every fluctuation in the numbers!

I am currently maintaining a 40 pound loss, and I weigh myself twice a week, every Sunday and Thursday. I feel this is often enough to get a good look at what is happening to my body. If it goes up out of my safe zone, I can take measures to correct that. This seems to work for me, anyway!
Di

Loads of experts say that we should only weigh ourselves once a week - but that would drive me crazy. I am much happier to weigh myself every day and know where I stand.

I have got used to how my body fluctuates from day to day - and know some of the things that make me go up. I am actually much happier to hop onto the scales and see what they say.

It wouldnt suit everyone - but it is what is best for me...

I weigh every day for the same reasons that Omega does. I like knowing how my body responds day to day.

But I only do it once a day, first thing in the morning, before I get dressed.

I only weight myself once a week, at my TOPS meeting.
Sometimes it's difficult not knowing how I'm doing on a day-by-day basis... but I also think I'd obsess over it too much. Also, it motivates me not knowing if certain things (like those 2 slices of pizza) made me go up, so I just make sure to go for an extra walk or something.
I don't even own a scale, so I can't weigh myself at home haha

So yeah... seems like whatever works for you is best ^_^

I do it daily, enter it into a graph, and then keep track of my overall loss/gains.

Oh yes - I do mine under identical circumstances every day. I even wear exactly the same pair of shorts for the weighing and position the scales in the identical spot (lined with the tiles of my bathroom floor).

I record it in a spreadsheet that has my weighings for my entire project (2.5 years) and in it I also track things like exercise and meals so that I can spot foods that seem to help me lose or make me gain.

That's funny! I do the exact same thing ... the scale has to be square in the middle of one particular tile in the bathroom.

I always weigh right out of the shower, so I'm not wearing anything. I've become a creature of habit: get up, brush my teeth, shower, dry off, weigh, get dressed. If I don't do it in exactly that order, my whole morning is thrown out of whack!

I have noticed that my scale can vary depending on the area of the floor its on so if anyone moves it from its 'home', I scowl.

Does anyone else do this?...I have a digital scale, it can be kind of sensitive and prone to different reading, and when I weigh, I keep getting off and on it until I get the same readout 3 times! Then that reading is my "official" weight for the day! Gosh, is that OCD or what!!?

Ha I do the same thing! There can be a difference of a pound of two if I reposition the scale to a different part of the floor! Crazy!

Thanks for the feedback everyone . Its hard because I don't want to obsess about it too much, but at the same time its really discouraging when you think you've had a good week and then you get on the scale and realize you've gained a pound or two. I think I'll try doing it daily and if I find myself getting too obsessive I'll cut back.

Just out of curiosity, do you guys use excell to create your spreadsheets and graphs or do you do it another way?

I don't think so. You need a consistent reading, right?

I just recently purchased a scale (previously I was going ot the doctor's office once a week to use theirs), and I keep moving it around to different spots on the floor until I get three consistent readings.

I admit that, now that I have one in my house, I am weighing myself every day. I knew I would get obsessed, and I am. It's stupid.

And I use it at the same time every morning - after bathroom but before getting dressed.

I do mine in excel.

I track weight. calorie intake and exercise daily

I weigh myself multiple times a day. I don't really obsess about the reading because I know that the number can fulgurate a few pounds throughout the day. I consider my morning weigh in, just before getting dressed, to be my "official" weight. I have a digital scale and I get on and off a few times each time I weigh myself to try to get a consistent reading.

I had an Excel spreadsheet that I used to graph my progress when I was losing weight last year. Now I'm mostly trying to maintain the loss while maybe losing a few more pounds. The graph is pretty easy to set up. If anyone would like to use the Excel file that I used, let me know and I will attach it to this thread.

Attached is a screenshot of the Excel graph of my actual weight loss progress from 21 April to 22 June of 2008. Each dot is a daily weigh in.

Attached Thumbnails