Anyone else gain weight after using the bathroom LOL

JaydedMiss
JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I don't know I just find it funny when i weigh self and then go to the bathroom and then weigh again and iv gained like 2 pounds. Hah the logic

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Weight normally fluctuates. Weigh yourself the same time each day under the same conditions, preferably after you've went to the restroom each morning.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited May 2016
    Yeah i know, MY weight bounced around between 4 pounds daily. Just find it really funny i can gain 2 pounds in 2 seconds just peeing XD It defies logic. Especially after a #2
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Weight fluctuations are normal
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    edited May 2016
    Guys, she weighted herself, then took a poop and then she weighted again and was 2lbs more than before the poop. This is not what "normal weight fluctuation" means :) This is just your scales playing up.
    My previous scales used to do that.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    gebeziseva wrote: »
    Guys, she weighted herself, then took a poop and then she weighted again and was 2lbs more than before he poop.


    Yeah this, Thought that was obvious XD I dont think their playing up because it happens everytime. Drastic gain right after. Still not concerned just find it funny

  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    how old are the batteries in your scale? mine will do weird things like that when they start getting low or too old.

    What I have found with my scale is that holding something the second time you weigh yourself to clear the memory. My scale will spit out the old number if it is too close to the original if you weigh yourself twice without the scale resetting. So I hold something over a couple of pounds, get the higher reading, then reweigh myself.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    Every scale I've ever had has done that. I don't understand it and so many people report it! I've learned to just.... not weigh a second time after pooping lol.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    ruggedshutter wrote: »
    how old are the batteries in your scale? mine will do weird things like that when they start getting low or too old.

    What I have found with my scale is that holding something the second time you weigh yourself to clear the memory. My scale will spit out the old number if it is too close to the original if you weigh yourself twice without the scale resetting. So I hold something over a couple of pounds, get the higher reading, then reweigh myself.

    That is exactly what my old scales used to do. Word for word. Sometimes a little beating did the job too lol!
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    My scales a heavy duty really old scale. Perfectly trustworthy its been perfect everytime i go to doctors it matches :p Glad im not alone in this weird phenomena lol
  • Jams009
    Jams009 Posts: 345 Member
    Lol... Are they on a flat surface? I realised the other day that where I put my scales isn't perfecty flat. Moved them a bit and lost 2lb.

    I've also recently learned that storing them on their side can throw them off, which I've always done...

    I also sometimes absent-mindedly down a load of water just before I weigh myself, or weigh myself, then need the loo 10 minutes later when I'm all dressed :/
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    Yeah my scales are fine, Same thing happens at other peoples house. Seems to happen to alot of people, The logic just makes me giggle because it makes absolutely no sense haha
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    Inaccuracy is the issue. Think about it, you're losing mass from your body when you go to the bathroom (unless you're eating or drinking while doing it). Where is the logic? If you're holding a phone book on the scale, then put it down and reweigh, you WILL weigh less.
    I've stepped on a scale and weighed 4lbs over the day before, stepped off and re step back on and automatically the scale goes back down 4lbs. Then I weigh a 3rd time and take the number in between. In most cases, the 2nd weigh in will match the third.
    Next time use this;

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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    hahahahaha thats awesome @ninerbuff
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Don't drink the water.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Bathroom scales are hilariously inaccurate. That's why some manufacturers put in tweaks to minimize variations between weighings.

    If you think about it though, 2 lbs is going to be about 1% of most people's weight. 1% accuracy/repeatability isn't too bad for most applications, especially for a cheap uncalibrated household implement.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited May 2016
    Um. Dare I say 'yes'?
    There was a thread around here months ago where someone weighed before and after and weighed more after.
    It happened to me, as well.
    Waiting for the Men in Black to show.
    Or, you know, my scale just sucks.
  • Dove0804
    Dove0804 Posts: 213 Member
    edited May 2016
    Definitely the scale and their inherent inaccuracies. There's no possible way you'd actually weigh 2 lbs more from one minute to the next without consuming anything or wearing something heavier.

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