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No, you really do need to weigh in daily.

episteme 4y ago
This argues for less frequent weighing, not more.
silisili 4y ago
Makes no sense. A lb of pure fat is what, 3500 calories? You could eat nothing for 3 days and barely see the scale move. And if you get the runs and your body starts collecting water, it can swing the other way. Daily weighing proves absolutely nothing, and at best, follows the same trends as weekly weigh ins.
- andrewmcwatters 4y ago
  Makes plenty of sense, if you’re tracking your weight of course you’ll see variation through the day, but over multiple days? No. You’re losing tenths of a pound at a time. That’s the indicator. If you’re on the wrong track you don’t want to find out 21,000 calories later.
  - silisili 4y ago
    If a person burns 2000k at rest, and eats a 1500k a day, we could expect this person to lose 1lb every 1 week, give or take. It's completely possible this person would see swings as much as 2lb up and down over that week. This tells them absolutely nothing about whether they are eating enough to lose weight or not. I'm not saying every day weighing is useless, as it still covers the necessary bases. Just that it doesn't tell you a ton in the short term, or not appreciably more than weekly weighing. I've swung 4lbs in a single day. How can that possibly jive with daily weighing in a way that makes any sense? If you're someone locked on your diet and just tracking, it's probably fine. If you're someone tuning your diet, you're gonna make a lot of really bad decisions based on daily data.
    - andrewmcwatters 4y ago
      Everybody poops. Weight in at the same time in the morning every day.
- WalterBright 4y ago
  I read an article years ago about people who managed to keep the weight loss for more than 5 years, and what they had in common. Weighing themselves every day was one of the commonalities.
  - andrewmcwatters 4y ago
    Yeah, I’m not sure where people get this idea that you can’t weight in daily or shouldn’t. Weight loss happens daily, when the week begins your body doesn’t suddenly decide to lose weight then and check back in with you next week. Hell, it happens hourly. You can figure out what your hourly caloric burn rate is and know that if you eat something, your body will have to burn though it for the next n hours.
- skrause 4y ago
  Most scales are rather inaccurate (it maybe 1 kg accuracy at best) and your weight fluctuates throughout the day. Daily weighing at least allows you to calculate an average with trends and to see the fluctuations. It's a good information to have.
  - etrautmann 4y ago
    Yes - having daily measurements allows you to reduce the affect of the variability in water weight and waste via averaging.
kerrsclyde 4y ago
Weighing myself daily makes me feel accountable for my food choices over the past 24 hours.

This argues for less frequent weighing, not more.

Makes no sense. A lb of pure fat is what, 3500 calories? You could eat nothing for 3 days and barely see the scale move. And if you get the runs and your body starts collecting water, it can swing the other way. Daily weighing proves absolutely nothing, and at best, follows the same trends as weekly weigh ins.

andrewmcwatters 4y ago
Makes plenty of sense, if you’re tracking your weight of course you’ll see variation through the day, but over multiple days? No. You’re losing tenths of a pound at a time. That’s the indicator. If you’re on the wrong track you don’t want to find out 21,000 calories later.
- silisili 4y ago
  If a person burns 2000k at rest, and eats a 1500k a day, we could expect this person to lose 1lb every 1 week, give or take. It's completely possible this person would see swings as much as 2lb up and down over that week. This tells them absolutely nothing about whether they are eating enough to lose weight or not. I'm not saying every day weighing is useless, as it still covers the necessary bases. Just that it doesn't tell you a ton in the short term, or not appreciably more than weekly weighing. I've swung 4lbs in a single day. How can that possibly jive with daily weighing in a way that makes any sense? If you're someone locked on your diet and just tracking, it's probably fine. If you're someone tuning your diet, you're gonna make a lot of really bad decisions based on daily data.
  - andrewmcwatters 4y ago
    Everybody poops. Weight in at the same time in the morning every day.
WalterBright 4y ago
I read an article years ago about people who managed to keep the weight loss for more than 5 years, and what they had in common. Weighing themselves every day was one of the commonalities.
- andrewmcwatters 4y ago
  Yeah, I’m not sure where people get this idea that you can’t weight in daily or shouldn’t. Weight loss happens daily, when the week begins your body doesn’t suddenly decide to lose weight then and check back in with you next week. Hell, it happens hourly. You can figure out what your hourly caloric burn rate is and know that if you eat something, your body will have to burn though it for the next n hours.
skrause 4y ago
Most scales are rather inaccurate (it maybe 1 kg accuracy at best) and your weight fluctuates throughout the day. Daily weighing at least allows you to calculate an average with trends and to see the fluctuations. It's a good information to have.
- etrautmann 4y ago
  Yes - having daily measurements allows you to reduce the affect of the variability in water weight and waste via averaging.

kerrsclyde 4y ago

Weighing myself daily makes me feel accountable for my food choices over the past 24 hours.