Weighing in the morning? Most accurate?

vpblanda1126

I've been trying to weigh myself in the morning every day and I do notice a difference but there are times that I do in the late afternoon and I gain 1-2lbs. Would it be more accurate to track my weight in the morning or in the afternoon? (Currently I've been tracking my weight in the morning and i haven't had any fluctuations in a last a week).

malibu927

Morning, as there is generally less food/waste in your system

SCoil123

I eat my largest meal in the evening so I tend to weigh more first thing in the morning. If I weigh around noon its usually a few lbs less so I use that number.

TimothyFish

Accuracy isn't effected by when you weigh. You will have more consistency if you weigh after fluids have left your system.

LisaMoxon155

I always do a sunday morning. Before breakfast.

earlnabby

vpblanda1126 wrote: »

I've been trying to weigh myself in the morning every day and I do notice a difference but there are times that I do in the late afternoon and I gain 1-2lbs. Would it be more accurate to track my weight in the morning or in the afternoon? (Currently I've been tracking my weight in the morning and i haven't had any fluctuations in a last a week).

Morning is the most consistent. Naked first thing after the toilet and before the coffee.

edwill3456

When you first wake up in the morning.

AnneBK

Doing it in the morning, after waking and emptying your bladder, preferably naked or in your underwear makes the most sense to me. But I am of the the opinion that it doesn't matter when you weigh as long as you're consistent and do it at the same time, in the same way every time.

domeofstars

I've read the best time to weigh yourself is first thing in the morning, after you've been to the toilet and before you've eaten or drunk anything.

estherdragonbat

It is, and with MFP (i.e. Not WW with weekly weigh-ins at meetings), it's easy. However, if you're going to WW or some other group/physician/etc where you're going elsewhere to monitor your weight every week, I'd say consistency is probably king and you should weigh in the same time every week. Preferably in similar clothing or lack thereof.

pinuplove

It's just a way to limit variables. Food volume in your system, hydration levels, clothing weight (unless you're into stripping down in the middle of the day to weigh). There's no hard and fast rule.

seximama2017

I weigh in the morning, once a week, naked, after voiding and before eating or drinking. My day is Monday morning bc that is when I started my diet.

Silentpadna

No. No such thing as "most accurate time". You can't time your fluctuations...much less know when in those fluctuations you happen to be. The factors that affect your fluctuations do not vary at convenient intervals. You will weigh yourself at the high end, low end, and somewhere in between and not know where in the process you are. Your weight is not a number....it's a range. Accuracy is however accurate your scale is....at that moment.

My opinion on this is not the most popular, but there are simply too many variables that change at different rates to claim that there is any sort of most accurate time....

Chadxx

Weighing in the morning is generally the most consistent.

DietPrada

The "most accurate" is doing it the same time/same conditions every time. Realistically, you could weigh at 3pm fully clothed if you wanted, if you did this every time. Some think that weighing first thing in the morning after you pee and naked you will be at your lightest, but it's not necessarily the case. The other morning I tried it, first thing in the morning, then grabbed a coffee and went back to bed to watch Netflix, then weighed again before I showered and I was 400g less than I was 2 hours before. It doesn't matter anyway. It's so easy to focus on a lb or two when you're busting your *kitten* to lose weight, but it only really matters when you look at the trend over time.