How much weight does...

Fatvaporizer

They say you're supposed to weigh yourself following a set of rules to get an accurate number on the scale. So how much weight do these things add to the scale?

Food, sweat, excess pee/____, sodium, and the others.

For example, would a 200 pound person who didn't get rid of any of the above before they weighed themselves show up as like 204 on the scale? Or is it as insignificant as 1 pound? Thanks.

kommodevaran

You're not weighing yourself to get an accurate reading. You want reliable readings. Reliable readings have to be comparable. So you weigh yourself according to this set of rules (same scales, fresh batteries, hard and even surface, same time of day, same or no clothes, after bathroom, before food/drink; and I always step on it twice, just to make sure), for consistent conditions. Modern electronic scales are actually too accurate for the purpose of weighing a human body, and single weigh-ins are bordering pointless. My normal weight range is ~121.3 - 127.9 pounds. (And I don't even have any variations due to TOM, unlike many women.) It can vary by ~2.2 from one day to the next, and go up/down ~4.4 pounds in the course of three days, without me doing anything in particular, and following all those steps mentioned.

ktekc

I weigh first thing in the morning , in my undies after i pee. Just be consistent. It dosent add up to much difference i don't think. Though i have "peed off" a pound before for curiosities sake.

AnvilHead

The correct answer is "it depends".

There's no way to pin it down to any reasonably accurate figure. I've gained as much as 7 lbs. on the scale from one day to the next. Sometimes it only fluctuates by tenths of a pound.