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Weighing in Morning or Night?

Vladaar
Vladaar Posts: 147 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do most of you weigh yourself at night or the morning? I am such a nerd I do both as I generally am 2 pounds heavier at night so it gives me a good idea what Ill be in the morning. I always use my morning weights though for recording my weight.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Morning, because there's less in my system to account for
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    I weigh in the afternoon. That's when I am the lightest.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    I will never weight at night after a full day of eating and drinking.
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    I will never weight at night after a full day of eating and drinking.

    Mu issue is, I eat late in the evening. And I rarely have B.M, maybe 1-2 times a week...tops. ( i know...tmi...sorry) So I am not the lightest in the morning:( Many times I'm the heaviest right as I wake up.
  • Vladaar
    Vladaar Posts: 147 Member
    karintalley wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    I will never weight at night after a full day of eating and drinking.

    Mu issue is, I eat late in the evening. And I rarely have B.M, maybe 1-2 times a week...tops. ( i know...tmi...sorry) So I am not the lightest in the morning:( Many times I'm the heaviest right as I wake up.

    Thats interesting when you said lightest in afternoon I figured it was due to working night shifts or some version of fasting. I would think even if you dont have B.M. that after sleeping you would be lightest. Guess not always.
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    Vladaar wrote: »
    karintalley wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    I will never weight at night after a full day of eating and drinking.

    Mu issue is, I eat late in the evening. And I rarely have B.M, maybe 1-2 times a week...tops. ( i know...tmi...sorry) So I am not the lightest in the morning:( Many times I'm the heaviest right as I wake up.

    Thats interesting when you said lightest in afternoon I figured it was due to working night shifts or some version of fasting. I would think even if you dont have B.M. that after sleeping you would be lightest. Guess not always.

    Yeah...I don't know. But I go to bed late and my husband and I watch tv, and snack late at night so I am full of food, drinks, by the time I go to bed and I don't go up and pee either. Then I don't eat much during the day, some coffee, maybe a very light breakfast, if any. I tend to eat most of my food beginning at 5 pm until midnight.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    karintalley wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    I will never weight at night after a full day of eating and drinking.

    Mu issue is, I eat late in the evening. And I rarely have B.M, maybe 1-2 times a week...tops. ( i know...tmi...sorry) So I am not the lightest in the morning:( Many times I'm the heaviest right as I wake up.

    1-2 times a week sounds awful. I could not tolerate that very well.

    I might mess around with food timing and perhaps look into my diet as well unless this is medical related.
    Just weigh when it suits you better.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,402 Member
    Most people do seem to prefer the morning.

    But I personally do weigh in the evening - once a week on Sunday evening. Just convenient for me that way

    i am not interested in when I am lightest, as I realise my weight fluctuates slightly throughout the day.

    The thing is to do it consistentlty - ie aprox same time of day, same scales, similar clothing or not clothing
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