how often do you weigh yourself?

[Daisy_Girl]

I never weigh myself. I even close my eyes in the doctors office. Knowing my weight does not make me a better person. I haven't weighed myself in over a year. No clue what I weigh now, nor what I weighed before I got PG. And I could care less. Weight is so irrelevant anyway.

 

[Sassy69]

The combination of weight & bodyfat dictate my entire competition diet....

 

[momsgettinfit]

I never weigh myself. I even close my eyes in the doctors office. Knowing my weight does not make me a better person. I haven't weighed myself in over a year. No clue what I weigh now, nor what I weighed before I got PG. And I could care less. Weight is so irrelevant anyway.

My biggest thing with weighing myself often is that when I'm lifting a lot I tend to gain muscle and in turn lbs so it just frustrates me.

 

[gymmum]

I weigh myself about every 2 weeks but I never seem to be happy with what I see as it keeps going up.

 

[momsgettinfit]

All this talk about weighing ourselves.....I went into my bathroom and got on my scales and lost 2 lbs. The last time I weighed in was last Thursday the 7th and I was at 172 then now I'm 170!!!!! YEAH!!!!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Before my contest prep I was the same as Daisy never weighted myself now it is just to track progress.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

The combination of weight & bodyfat dictate my entire competition diet....

Of course.

But the concept of weight alone is irrelevant. Read the post by momsgettinfit - weighing herself frustrates her because she gains muscle, therefore the scale goes up. This is pointless, in my opinion. Especially since a muscle gain is DESIRABLE in most cases. Why weigh yourself daily/weekly/etc if it only serves to make you feel like shit?

You wouldn't take your bodyfat daily, so why weigh yourslf daily? And bodyfat means a whole helluva lot more than weight.

And a competition may be a different animal entirely ..... if you are competing beased off your weight (i.e., in a weight class) then it makes sense to watch your weight diligently. But if you are competing WITHOUT a weight class (i.e., figure), then why stress yourself out daily? Weight ALONE tells you NOTHING. Take weight out of context, and you have no answers.

That is just my opinion, of course,

 

[gymmum]

good point Daisygirl.

 

[Raina]

Usually once a week.

 

[momsgettinfit]

Of course.

But the concept of weight alone is irrelevant. Read the post by momsgettinfit - weighing herself frustrates her because she gains muscle, therefore the scale goes up. This is pointless, in my opinion. Especially since a muscle gain is DESIRABLE in most cases. Why weigh yourself daily/weekly/etc if it only serves to make you feel like shit?

You wouldn't take your bodyfat daily, so why weigh yourslf daily? And bodyfat means a whole helluva lot more than weight.

And a competition may be a different animal entirely ..... if you are competing beased off your weight (i.e., in a weight class) then it makes sense to watch your weight diligently. But if you are competing WITHOUT a weight class (i.e., figure), then why stress yourself out daily? Weight ALONE tells you NOTHING. Take weight out of context, and you have no answers.

That is just my opinion, of course,

Good point. I do go more my my inches lost than the lbs just for that fact. When I first started getting back into working out I would weigh in onces a week and I would get so irritated by the #'s but then I got a brain and thought about it and realized DUH, that I'm losing fat and not muscle,muscle weighs more than fat so therefore the #'s are the way they are. LOL