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It depends who you listen to. Although many respected experts on weight loss such as Weight Watchers do
not recommend daily weighing, researchers at the University of Minnesota studied 1,800 people who were
dieting and found the people who weighed themselves daily lost more weight over a two year period than the
people who only weighed themselves once a week.
But, on the other hand, the biggest reason for not weighing daily is that it can lead to an unhealthy obsession
with the scale and ultimately lead to eating disorders. So although for some people it may be beneficial to
weigh themselves daily while trying to lose weight, anyone who has had an eating disorder shouldn't weigh
themselves daily.
To help you decide if weighing yourself daily while dieting here's some pros and cons of daily weigh-in:
Pros
Can help a person stay motivated.
Can be a daily reminder to stay on the diet and stay focused with losing weight.
Can quickly show you when you are getting off your diet (several days in a row of weight gain are a tip-off and
a sign to be more vigilant in with your eating and exercise plan).
Makes you more accountable to yourself
Cons:
Could lead to scale obsession and ultimately an eating disorder in some people.
Daily weighing can lead to discouragement because of fluctuations in weight that can occur on a daily basis
from water retention, especially for women when their menstrual period nears.
Weight can also fluctuate during the time of day so if a person gets on the scale in the morning one day and
then in the afternoon the next day, he or she may see a "false" weight gain. It's one of the reasons many
experts recommend weighing yourself weekly, and also tracking your progress by noting how your clothes are
starting to feel looser and by using a tape measure to take your measurements.
It's hard to see progress on a daily basis. A weight loss of about two pounds a week is considered healthy but
unless you have a scale that shows your weight in tenths of a pound, you won't see that progress showing up
on a daily basis.
Only you can decide how often to weigh yourself will work best for you. If you need a regular reminder of the
goals you are striving for, you may want to weigh yourself daily.
If you think you will get frustrated and give up if you see a day where your weight does not go down or where it
temporarily rises, you should probably weigh yourself once a week, twice at the most.
source
not recommend daily weighing, researchers at the University of Minnesota studied 1,800 people who were
dieting and found the people who weighed themselves daily lost more weight over a two year period than the
people who only weighed themselves once a week.
But, on the other hand, the biggest reason for not weighing daily is that it can lead to an unhealthy obsession
with the scale and ultimately lead to eating disorders. So although for some people it may be beneficial to
weigh themselves daily while trying to lose weight, anyone who has had an eating disorder shouldn't weigh
themselves daily.
To help you decide if weighing yourself daily while dieting here's some pros and cons of daily weigh-in:
Pros
Can help a person stay motivated.
Can be a daily reminder to stay on the diet and stay focused with losing weight.
Can quickly show you when you are getting off your diet (several days in a row of weight gain are a tip-off and
a sign to be more vigilant in with your eating and exercise plan).
Makes you more accountable to yourself
Cons:
Could lead to scale obsession and ultimately an eating disorder in some people.
Daily weighing can lead to discouragement because of fluctuations in weight that can occur on a daily basis
from water retention, especially for women when their menstrual period nears.
Weight can also fluctuate during the time of day so if a person gets on the scale in the morning one day and
then in the afternoon the next day, he or she may see a "false" weight gain. It's one of the reasons many
experts recommend weighing yourself weekly, and also tracking your progress by noting how your clothes are
starting to feel looser and by using a tape measure to take your measurements.
It's hard to see progress on a daily basis. A weight loss of about two pounds a week is considered healthy but
unless you have a scale that shows your weight in tenths of a pound, you won't see that progress showing up
on a daily basis.
Only you can decide how often to weigh yourself will work best for you. If you need a regular reminder of the
goals you are striving for, you may want to weigh yourself daily.
If you think you will get frustrated and give up if you see a day where your weight does not go down or where it
temporarily rises, you should probably weigh yourself once a week, twice at the most.
source
Throughout the day as you eat, drink, breathe, sweat, and use the restroom your weight varies.
In fact, from one day to the next your weight can vary by as much as 13 1/2 pounds.
That is why most people recommend that you don't weigh yourself every day. It is emotionally
draining to look at the scale one day and see that you've lost 3 pounds, only to look at it the next
day to see that you've gained 5 pounds. Most people, including me, can't take that kind of
emotional abuse.
That was the genius of John Walker's The Hacker's Diet. He knew that those random variations
are just noise. To really understand how you are doing on a diet you need to filter out that noise.
And there are plenty of tools in the mathematical toolbox to filter out such noise. After a bit of trial
and error John Walker settled on using an exponentially smoothed moving average. And that is
what the PhysicsDiet.com uses too.
But there is one more way that we can add additional random noise to the system. Since we
never eat the same thing at the same time of day. And we never do exactly the same activities at
the same time every day. Our weight varies during the day in unpredictable ways. This is why I
recommend that you weigh yourself every morning after using the restroom, but before eating or
drinking anything. In my experience, this is the one time of day that all of the factors that affect
your weight are most consistent.
Of course you aren't required to weigh yourself at the same time every day. The moving average
that the PhysicsDiet.com uses will smooth out the hour to hour variations the same way it
smoothes out the day to day variations. But if you do keep your time of weightings consistent that
is that much less random noise to worry about.
source.
In fact, from one day to the next your weight can vary by as much as 13 1/2 pounds.
That is why most people recommend that you don't weigh yourself every day. It is emotionally
draining to look at the scale one day and see that you've lost 3 pounds, only to look at it the next
day to see that you've gained 5 pounds. Most people, including me, can't take that kind of
emotional abuse.
That was the genius of John Walker's The Hacker's Diet. He knew that those random variations
are just noise. To really understand how you are doing on a diet you need to filter out that noise.
And there are plenty of tools in the mathematical toolbox to filter out such noise. After a bit of trial
and error John Walker settled on using an exponentially smoothed moving average. And that is
what the PhysicsDiet.com uses too.
But there is one more way that we can add additional random noise to the system. Since we
never eat the same thing at the same time of day. And we never do exactly the same activities at
the same time every day. Our weight varies during the day in unpredictable ways. This is why I
recommend that you weigh yourself every morning after using the restroom, but before eating or
drinking anything. In my experience, this is the one time of day that all of the factors that affect
your weight are most consistent.
Of course you aren't required to weigh yourself at the same time every day. The moving average
that the PhysicsDiet.com uses will smooth out the hour to hour variations the same way it
smoothes out the day to day variations. But if you do keep your time of weightings consistent that
is that much less random noise to worry about.
source.
How Often Should I Weigh Myself?
For women, weight loss may fluctuate on a daily basis and certainly on a weekly basis, as a
result of hormones and fluid retention.
The ideal weigh-in routine, if you are female, is to weigh yourself once a month, after your
period has ended.
If a monthly weighing routine is too extended for your taste, weigh yourself once a week, at the
same time and on the same weighing scales.
If you are male, simply weigh yourself once a week at the same time using the same weighing
scales.
source pat collins.
For women, weight loss may fluctuate on a daily basis and certainly on a weekly basis, as a
result of hormones and fluid retention.
The ideal weigh-in routine, if you are female, is to weigh yourself once a month, after your
period has ended.
If a monthly weighing routine is too extended for your taste, weigh yourself once a week, at the
same time and on the same weighing scales.
If you are male, simply weigh yourself once a week at the same time using the same weighing
scales.
source pat collins.
Q. When dieting, when is the best time to weigh myself?
The best time to weigh yourself on the weighing scales is when you get up in the morning.
As the day progresses, your weight can rise several pounds.
But don't weigh yourself more than once a week.
This is asking for trouble!
The best time to weigh yourself on the weighing scales is when you get up in the morning.
As the day progresses, your weight can rise several pounds.
But don't weigh yourself more than once a week.
This is asking for trouble!
Should I Weigh Myself Every Day While Dieting?
It depends who you listen to. Although many respected experts on weight loss such as Weight
Watchers do not recommend daily weighing, researchers at the University of Minnesota studied
1,800 people who were dieting and found the people who weighed themselves daily lost more
weight over a two year period than the people who only weighed themselves once a week.
But, on the other hand, the biggest reason for not weighing daily is that it can lead to an
unhealthy obsession with the scale and ultimately lead to eating disorders. So although for some
people it may be beneficial to weigh themselves daily while trying to lose weight, anyone who has
had an eating disorder shouldn't weigh themselves daily.
To help you decide if weighing yourself daily while dieting here's some pros and cons of daily
weigh-in:
Pros
Can help a person stay motivated.
Can be a daily reminder to stay on the diet and stay focused with losing weight.
Can quickly show you when you are getting off your diet (several days in a row of weight gain are
a tip-off and a sign to be more vigilant in with your eating and exercise plan).
Makes you more accountable to yourself
Cons:
Could lead to scale obsession and ultimately an eating disorder in some people.
Daily weighing can lead to discouragement because of fluctuations in weight that can occur on a
daily basis from water retention, especially for women when their menstrual period nears.
Weight can also fluctuate during the time of day so if a person gets on the scale in the morning
one day and then in the afternoon the next day, he or she may see a "false" weight gain. It's one
of the reasons many experts recommend weighing yourself weekly, and also tracking your
progress by noting how your clothes are starting to feel looser and by using a tape measure to
take your measurements.
It's hard to see progress on a daily basis. A weight loss of about two pounds a week is considered
healthy but unless you have a scale that shows your weight in tenths of a pound, you won't see
that progress showing up on a daily basis.
Only you can decide how often to weigh yourself will work best for you. If you need a regular
reminder of the goals you are striving for, you may want to weigh yourself daily.
If you think you will get frustrated and give up if you see a day where your weight does not go
down or where it temporarily rises, you should probably weigh yourself once a week, twice at the
most. source
It depends who you listen to. Although many respected experts on weight loss such as Weight
Watchers do not recommend daily weighing, researchers at the University of Minnesota studied
1,800 people who were dieting and found the people who weighed themselves daily lost more
weight over a two year period than the people who only weighed themselves once a week.
But, on the other hand, the biggest reason for not weighing daily is that it can lead to an
unhealthy obsession with the scale and ultimately lead to eating disorders. So although for some
people it may be beneficial to weigh themselves daily while trying to lose weight, anyone who has
had an eating disorder shouldn't weigh themselves daily.
To help you decide if weighing yourself daily while dieting here's some pros and cons of daily
weigh-in:
Pros
Can help a person stay motivated.
Can be a daily reminder to stay on the diet and stay focused with losing weight.
Can quickly show you when you are getting off your diet (several days in a row of weight gain are
a tip-off and a sign to be more vigilant in with your eating and exercise plan).
Makes you more accountable to yourself
Cons:
Could lead to scale obsession and ultimately an eating disorder in some people.
Daily weighing can lead to discouragement because of fluctuations in weight that can occur on a
daily basis from water retention, especially for women when their menstrual period nears.
Weight can also fluctuate during the time of day so if a person gets on the scale in the morning
one day and then in the afternoon the next day, he or she may see a "false" weight gain. It's one
of the reasons many experts recommend weighing yourself weekly, and also tracking your
progress by noting how your clothes are starting to feel looser and by using a tape measure to
take your measurements.
It's hard to see progress on a daily basis. A weight loss of about two pounds a week is considered
healthy but unless you have a scale that shows your weight in tenths of a pound, you won't see
that progress showing up on a daily basis.
Only you can decide how often to weigh yourself will work best for you. If you need a regular
reminder of the goals you are striving for, you may want to weigh yourself daily.
If you think you will get frustrated and give up if you see a day where your weight does not go
down or where it temporarily rises, you should probably weigh yourself once a week, twice at the
most. source
