# How often do you weigh yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211 "2001-12-06T12:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/1 "2001-12-06T12:39:56Z")
Do you see fluctuation? How much? An established weight range? I weigh myself pretty much everyday. Always when I wake up. It’s never the same 2 days in a row. I have a range(now) of 198-204. It goes up and down the scale, usually a 2 pound fluctuation. This morning, I felt like I had gained weight. But when I weighed myself, I was at the bottom of my range. Is this normal, or am I a freak of nature? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/2 "2001-12-06T12:46:06Z")
Once a year, when my gyno’s militant assistant forces me on it at gunpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/3 "2001-12-06T12:58:27Z")
I don’t weigh myself often after I got over my fight with Anorexia. I don’t need to get concerned about my weight and wig out again and starve myself. In the last 3 months I’ve weighed myself twice and both times it was 197. So I guess no fluctuation. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/4 "2001-12-06T14:02:18Z")
I generally fluxuate(sp?) between 2-5 pounds when I’m not on a diet of some sort. I diet to gain muscle and lose weight, depending on the time of year. If I’m doing neither my weight is all over the place. I think the most it’s ever changed is about 10 pounds, which occured during a heavy eating challenge at Jerry’s pizza (I lost). ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/5 "2001-12-06T14:42:45Z")
Much like **PunditLisa** , I only do it once a year at my gyno’s office. For a while a few years ago I was getting way too obsessed with it, weighing myself before going out, for instance, to determine if I could have a nice lunch! Seemed like it was getting unhealthy. I don’t even own a scale now. ---
**Author:** ![Ikujinashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ikujinashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ikujinashi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/6 "2001-12-06T16:53:17Z")
After starting a much more strenuous than usual exercise routine I bought a scale to make sure I wasn’t wasting away. Anyway, I weigh myself pretty often, several times a week and often on the same day. It’s interesting to see the weight fluctuations, especially due to water loss after a long run. My range is around 159-165, the same spread as spooje’s, but a higher deviation percentage wise. Perhaps we’re both freaks of nature. Anyway, I’ll change throughout that range over the course of a day (wakeup around 160, be 165 in the evening, 162 or so if I just ran). ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/7 "2001-12-06T17:04:54Z")
I _hate_ weighing myself. My weight has always been a sore spot for me. Not my size, but my weight. I’m a heavy gal. I ran track in high school and my thighs are muscular. I _know_ that muscle weighs more than fat but I still want a nice pretty number for my weight. I’ll never divulge my weight, but I’ll tell you what size I wear anytime. So, to answer your question, I rarely, if ever, weigh myself. When I go to the doctor’s office, I get weighed. I always ask the nurse to not say it aloud. She almost always does, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/8 "2001-12-06T17:07:12Z")
I almost never weigh myself - I would just get really obsessed with the number. Last time I checked, I was about 128. My clothes still fit pretty much the same, so I assume that the number is the same. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/9 "2001-12-06T17:10:31Z")
I lost about 60 lbs in 1999, and when I was losing I got in the habit of weighing myself every day, and I’ve stuck to that. In a given month, I fluctuate as much as 6 lbs or so due to water retention, hormones, and the like. I mostly care about how my clothes fit, not my actual weight. Also, since I started lifting weights, I’ve gained a few pounds of muscle, but lost a few inches since muscle is more dense than fat. I’ve concluded that stretchy clothes are evil and should only be used for working out or lounging around the house. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/10 "2001-12-06T17:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\* > I’ll never divulge my weight, but I’ll tell you what size I wear anytime. > > So, to answer your question, I rarely, if ever, weigh myself. When I go to the doctor’s office, I get weighed. \*\* This is me on both counts, with a minor change in that I don’t ever weigh myself at home. I don’t own a scale. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/11 "2001-12-06T17:40:52Z")
I think I weigh myself maybe twice a year? Only if I need to know my current weight for something. I think I had put on about 3 kilos last time I weighed myself, but I’ve quit smoking, so that’s no big deal. Normally my weight is fairly steady, it only changed dramatically Christmas three years ago after I got a virus and threw up for a couple of weeks (getting nice and slender), and then stacked the weight back on when I was better with a couple of extra kilos for good luck. Sigh. Before that, I was the same size in clothing from the time I was 14, and only ever really fluctuated a few kilos. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/12 "2001-12-06T21:47:19Z")
Never used to weigh myself very often, but then I gained a few dozen pounds without even noticing. For the last six months I’ve weighed myself every day, and written it down on a chart. I’m actively trying to lose weight, rather than to maintain. But I had a period of almost three straight months when my weight would not budge. Every single morning the exact same weight! Weird. I’m thinking that perhaps I’ll have to weigh myself every day forever, to keep my weight down. It’s too easy to fool yourself by putting on your loose-fitting clothes and blaming water retention. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/13 "2001-12-06T22:41:57Z")
I haven’t weighed myself in over a year, but I can tell you what it would say: 156lbs. Over the preceding 4 years I weighed myself probably half a dozen times, on different scales, at different times of the day/year/etc. Always came up 156. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/14 "2001-12-06T22:54:48Z")
I weigh myself every day. I’m nearing the end of a long weight loss, so it’s very important to monitor progress. I also forsee weighing myself every day for the rest of my life in order to maintain my goal weight. I think most daily fluctuation is due to water. I’ve read that the average person processes something like ten pounds of water in a single day, so depending on the water state of your body, your weight could vary quite a bit over that time period. It virtually impossible to gain or lose more than a pound of fat a day. ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/15 "2001-12-06T23:13:54Z")
Once a year, maybe. I did today but that’s only because I found a cool scale in the science room and wanted to play with it. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/16 "2001-12-06T23:20:43Z")
Every day. I lost 60 lbs. starting over the summer and I’ve become rather obsessed with keeping it off. Now I’m down to 235, and you can see my picture at [http://www.actofwar.com/pics/rainlawzar.bmp](http://www.actofwar.com/pics/rainlawzar.bmp). It’s a big file, but if you can believe it I was a BLIMP way back in June. A 295-lb. blimp. (I’m “Law”, it’s my handle for that particular game I play) ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/17 "2001-12-06T23:36:35Z")
Haven’t weighed myself in 5 or 6 years. Don’t really care about my weight; it’s just a number. My sizes haven’t changed in that time, so I assume that I’m stll about 190. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/18 "2001-12-06T23:42:32Z")
I weigh myself about once a week. I just do this to make sure I’m not getting heavy again. My weight fluctuates between 185 and 195, but it’s more often 189-191. ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/19 "2001-12-07T00:12:05Z")
Every morning and every night. I’m always heavier at night, up to a five pound difference. It all depends on how much I drink during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211/20 "2001-12-07T01:57:52Z")
I only do it at the doctor’s office or when there’s a poll about weight. 🙂 Otherwise I just forget. So I probably weigh myself every six months or so and I’ve been hovering around 47kg since grade 6. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-weigh-yourself/97211.md?page=2)