How often should you weigh yourself? How Many Days A Week Should You Workout?

 How often should you weigh yourself?

Should you weigh yourself?

How fast should i gain or lose weight and how often should i be weighing myself i have been talking about weight a lot mainly  and I had a lot of people saying you know how often should I be weighing myself well there's a lot of misconceptions about what you should and shouldn't be doing when you're trying to gain or lose Weight

Now first of all whether you're trying to gain or lose weight I really only recommend that you gain or lose at most a pound a week and that's an aggressive way to gain or lose weight i actually think maybe half a pound probably a little healthier but when I’m trying to gain or lose weight I’m really thinking do not lose more than a pound or do not gain more than a pound per week Now that week uh is important because that's also the rate at which i think you should weigh yourself i really don't believe in weighing yourself day to day I’ve tracked my weight day to day just out of curiosity and it's up and down i mean it changes so much from day to day that it's pretty much meaningless i recommend that you weigh yourself once per week at the same time and same Day

So maybe let's say Sunday mornings is when I’m gonna weigh myself or would pick your day but weigh yourself only once per week on the same day so every seven days is when you're gonna weigh yourself and it's important that you do it consistently so you're not moving around day to day and you're not changing the time this is really important Because your body weight is going to fluctuate significantly throughout the day you'll weigh more after you eat lunch or you'll weigh more after you eat dinner i like to weigh myself right when i wake up after i use the restroom before i eat anything that is probably the most consistent weight that you're gonna have so again after i wake up before i even brush my teeth I’ll just I’ll use the Restroom real quick

And then I’ll weigh myself i think that is really to me the most consistent time of day that you're going to find your actual body weight maybe a little dehydrated because you've been sleeping all night whatever it's consistent and that's the important thing now speaking of consistency i also think it's important To consistently track your weight so um and we'll get into the pros and cons of this here in a minute but i write down my weight when i weigh it because i want to see the trends if I’m trying to gain weight you know it's not going to be perfectly linear but I want to see it slowly start to work its way up similarly if I’m trying to lose weight I want to see it slowly start to work its way down so By writing it down it keeps you accountable throughout the week

And it can also show you those larger trends so even if you have a week where you fail to gain or fail to lose a weight based on your goals it's okay look at the larger trend now sometimes when we're excited about gaining weight or we're excited about losing weight these numbers can kind of mess with our minds And I know you know what I’m talking about because I’ve been there before when I’m trying to really aggressively cut weight before a big race and I step on that scale and it doesn't read what i want it to read it messes with my mind and I’m like I’m not I’m not eating healthy enough I’m not working out enough try to just let that go okay because it's just a number on a scale and I know We have our target race weight I know we have the weight that we want to weigh

But it's just a number on a scale and a number on a scale does not mean how healthy we are or how fast we can possibly run I’ve had some incredible races a couple pounds over race weight I’ve had some incredible races a couple pounds under race weight so we have this number in our mind let's not get fixated On that number remember we're trying to be the healthiest athletes we can be not necessarily the lightest not necessarily the heaviest the healthiest uh athletes that we can be so as you become an athlete that's knowledgeable about your body it's knowledgeable about the weight that you feel healthiest and fastest at remember that's just one piece of the Puzzle you also need to be fueled properly

You need to be rested properly you need to have all of your systems checked and ready to go and the race weight is just one small factor so do not fixate on it but as you're tracking yourself through these macroscopic trends one x per week same time be consistent track it don't fixate on it now whether you're Trying to gain or lose weight you're probably gonna need a good pair of shoes when you're working out now i absolutely love doing this i love giving shoes away because shoes represent more than just you know protecting your feet from the ground shoes represent an opportunity an opportunity to go out and tackle those goals whatever your physical goals are you're going to need a good pair of shoes so