How much do [i]you[/i] lose overnight?

samwiserabbit
samwiserabbit Posts: 153 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I knew that the time of day I weighed myself made a difference, along with water consumption, etc. but I only recently realized that my weight actually drops an average of 5-8 pounds every night, and then I gain it back during the day, every day.

I assume I'm not a freak of nature, and this happens to other people, too. I wish I'd known it earlier. ("And that's why I'm bothering telling you so.")

How much does your weight fluctuate during the day?
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I have literally never wanted to or tried to weigh myself at the end of the day. I don't want to know. I bet I'm about 7lbs heavier though.
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    Got me. I make it a point to only weigh once a day, first thing in the morning. All other numbers are not relevant.
  • jakkrk
    jakkrk Posts: 54 Member
    I only weigh in weekly and make adjustments as needed. :(
  • HealthierRayne
    HealthierRayne Posts: 268 Member
    I don't weigh myself enough to know... I would assume that after every meal/bm my weight would change a fair bit.
    There have been some eating challenges on youtube where I have seen weight fluctuate as much as 16lbs before and after the challenge.
  • DaisyHamilton
    DaisyHamilton Posts: 575 Member
    Anywhere between 4-7lb typically. Depends what I've eaten/drank, how often and how much.
  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
    edited April 2016
    2-4 lbs from am weigh in and evening weigh in.
  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
    5-12 pounds, depending of time of day and food/drinks intake.
    Now, I only weigh myself once a day, always at the same time, same body scale located in the same place
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    1-2 pounds for me. I rarely weigh myself at night but when I have, that's what I've found.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    Not sure I want to see that, lol. I'll stick to my AM weigh ins!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I don't consistently lose weight every night. My weight bounces all over the place. Sometimes it's less in the evening.
  • King_Spicy
    King_Spicy Posts: 821 Member
    I eat light. I go to sleep. I wake up lighter.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I only weigh in once per day...in the morning. If you're weighing yourself in the evening, you are weighing everything you've ingested during the day...so it would be logical that everything is digested and then you released to ensuing waste in the morning that you could be substantially lighter.
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    It never occurred to me to weigh twice a day but I wont do it. I have a graphing or logging scale so its once a day for me. Pick any day in the last two 1/2 years and I can tell you my weight on that day. It is also plotted on a graph too. Funny how you can pick out the vacations.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I don't know because I only weigh myself once a week in the morning.
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    usually 2 to 4 pounds.
  • cate320
    cate320 Posts: 130 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I don't consistently lose weight every night. My weight bounces all over the place. Sometimes it's less in the evening.

    Me too! I hit my lowest point this week during the evening actually, and I wasn't dehydrated, because I drink a ton of water throughout the day.

    I'm starting to think my scale is just horrible.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Inconsequential! I weigh once a week, or weighing starts to control your thinking.
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    edited April 2016
    arditarose wrote: »
    I have literally never wanted to or tried to weigh myself at the end of the day. I don't want to know. I bet I'm about 7lbs heavier though.

    Same here.

    If I have a doctor's appt. late in the afternoon I will literally not drink or eat anything.

    If I weigh in before I hop in the show... I ain't gettin' weighed in.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jeffd247 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I have literally never wanted to or tried to weigh myself at the end of the day. I don't want to know. I bet I'm about 7lbs heavier though.

    Same here.

    If I have a doctor's appt. late in the afternoon I will literally not drink or eat anything.

    If I weigh in before I hop in the show... I ain't gettin' weighed in.

    You don't have to look at the doctors office ha.
  • coreyreichle
    coreyreichle Posts: 1,031 Member
    ~2-3 lbs... Usually dinner.
  • laur357
    laur357 Posts: 896 Member
    Almost always two pounds. I don't check every day or anything, but I find it interesting to see what I weigh after various activities. Exercise, large meals vs. salad, what have you.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    cate320 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    I don't consistently lose weight every night. My weight bounces all over the place. Sometimes it's less in the evening.

    Me too! I hit my lowest point this week during the evening actually, and I wasn't dehydrated, because I drink a ton of water throughout the day.

    I'm starting to think my scale is just horrible.

    I think it's natural. I've been like that my whole life and I've weighed on many scales throughout that time. If I was guessing, I'd blame hormones but honestly I don't care. It's they way I am.
  • samwiserabbit
    samwiserabbit Posts: 153 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I only weigh in once per day...in the morning. If you're weighing yourself in the evening, you are weighing everything you've ingested during the day...so it would be logical that everything is digested and then you released to ensuing waste in the morning that you could be substantially lighter.

    That's the weird thing, though. Not to put too fine a point on it, but let's just say that stepping on the scale is the very first thing I do in the morning. It's not the "ensuing waste" that's missing from my morning weigh-ins. Anyway.

    And also, I certainly don't usually weigh myself twice a day. I just got in the habit of weighing myself in the mornings and was curious what the difference was.
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
    2-3 lbs every night. I have been weighing before bed (but not logging it anywhere) this week, just for interest. I'm a data geek!
  • cmjohnson53
    cmjohnson53 Posts: 61 Member
    I weigh twice every day, morning and bedtime. I can usually anticipate 1.5-2 lbs less each morning than the night before, unless I went over on sodium the previous day, then it can be 2.5-3 lbs over.
  • xKoalaBearx
    xKoalaBearx Posts: 181 Member
    Usually 1-4 lbs for me overnight. I'm a data geek too.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    I almost never weigh myself other times than morning after toilet but when I have I'm 1-2 lbs up in the evening after dinner etc.
  • one1fast68
    one1fast68 Posts: 51 Member
    1.5-2 lbs for me - I weigh twice a day. The scale doesn't define my diet short term.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    samwiserabbit wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I only weigh in once per day...in the morning. If you're weighing yourself in the evening, you are weighing everything you've ingested during the day...so it would be logical that everything is digested and then you released to ensuing waste in the morning that you could be substantially lighter.

    That's the weird thing, though. Not to put too fine a point on it, but let's just say that stepping on the scale is the very first thing I do in the morning. It's not the "ensuing waste" that's missing from my morning weigh-ins. Anyway.

    And also, I certainly don't usually weigh myself twice a day. I just got in the habit of weighing myself in the mornings and was curious what the difference was.

    Well if you are sleeping through the night then you've been fasting for many hours and your body has been burning calories during that time.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    My weight fluctuates wildly, usually around 4 pounds from morning to night, but sometimes around 6-7 pounds through the day. It depends on how much I've eaten. It makes sense, because we're eating and drinking stuff during the day, and that stuff all weighs something. I weighed several times a day when I started, to get a baseline of what my fluctuations are and what I can expect from day to day. I now only weigh about once a week. I was weighing every morning but I stopped that this year.

    Water, food and waste weights are meaningless, so I look at the overall trend rather than daily or hourly fluctuations.

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