Anyone else lose 2-3 pounds while sleeping at night?

Simomofmich
Simomofmich Posts: 126 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Seems like its been that way for as long as I remember. Anyone else?

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  • ansonrinesmith
    ansonrinesmith Posts: 741 Member
    Yup! I find it fascinating. I weigh before bed and when I wake up, just to see how much it was.
  • bjclaywell
    bjclaywell Posts: 165 Member
    Yup. I don't know where it goes, but I'm not complaining. LOL
  • RajwaJ
    RajwaJ Posts: 191 Member
    Me too! I only ever record my morning weight. I put it down to the 8hrs sleep I have with no water and no food. My body uses it all so I weigh less. Anyone know if this is right??
  • ItsTerriC
    ItsTerriC Posts: 436 Member
    It's always been that way for me. I like your approach, though. I always say I gain 2 - 3 pounds through the day. Losing is much better, lol. That is why I weigh first thing when I get up. It's my lowest weight of the day.
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    More like a pound for me, but yes that always happens, it's down to digestion and respiration / perspiration, if you're very lucky there's also a bit of fat burning going on..
  • MummaSue
    MummaSue Posts: 242 Member
    Must try that! Never usually weigh at night but if it's true then what a boost!
  • StellaBby10
    StellaBby10 Posts: 108
    I think it's probably because all your food gets fully digested and your stomache is completely empty so when u weigh yourself in the morning when you havent ate, you're lighter on the scale.
  • Maggie_Pie1
    Maggie_Pie1 Posts: 322 Member
    Yup.

    Think about it - while you sleep you don't eat or drink, so you aren't taking mass in. When you wake up - you got to the bathroom, so that's mass out.

    Also - every time you breathe in O2, you exhale CO2. CO2 has more mass than O2, so every time you breathe, you are losing mass, and you do that all night long. Now, I don't know how much 'weight' that really amounts too in the end, You'd have to do some volume/moles/blah blah blah chemistry stuff to figure that out - it might not amount to more than a few grams, or it might amount to half a pound. Any chemistry geeks here want to tackle that and estimate it for us???
  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
    Yep, your body has been fasting for a long period. All the salt you ate also has a chance to leave your body AND when you pee in the morning, you don't have extra fluid in your body from drinking all day (you don't drink while you sleep)!
  • PhilipByrne
    PhilipByrne Posts: 276 Member
    That would be the work of the fat fairies. They're kinda like leprechauns only not so evil.
  • Just1forMe
    Just1forMe Posts: 624 Member
    If you weigh yourself before you go to bed, you will be at your heaviest weight of the day. When you weigh yourself first thing in the morning, you are at your lightest weight of the day. Makes perfect sense that you would "lose" 2-3 lbs! Just weigh yourself first thing in the morning once a week and track that weight. Don't let the scale drive you crazy :laugh:
  • uclown2002
    uclown2002 Posts: 79 Member
    I once 'lost' 7 lbs overnight!!
  • sumjoy
    sumjoy Posts: 84 Member
    I tend to swell at night and weigh more first thing in the morning than I do an hour or two later.
  • NotGoddess
    NotGoddess Posts: 1,198 Member
    That would be the work of the fat fairies. They're kinda like leprechauns only not so evil.
    Or like the tooth fairy, but instead of taking a tooth they take a little fat. Oh I like that idea.

    I do believe in fairies! I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!
  • Simomofmich
    Simomofmich Posts: 126 Member
    That would be the work of the fat fairies. They're kinda like leprechauns only not so evil.
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  • aim2lose
    aim2lose Posts: 101 Member
    I only record my weight after I weigh first thing in the morning. I get encouragment at that time as it is only up from there. I've seen it fluctuate up to 5 pounds throughout the day. I do not do that any longer. I find it amazing that it can go up a pound or two even within an hour. So as not to be so discouraged, I only get on the scales first thing in the morning.
  • Simomofmich
    Simomofmich Posts: 126 Member
    I once 'lost' 7 lbs overnight!!

    Holy smokes!

    Did you give it a name?
  • lisabstrong
    lisabstrong Posts: 165 Member
    That would be the work of the fat fairies. They're kinda like leprechauns only not so evil.

    Lovely little breed of small people eh??? LOLOLOLOLOLOL
  • TourThePast
    TourThePast Posts: 1,753 Member
    I find it amazing that it can go up a pound or two even within an hour.
    Your body weight won't increase during the day unless you put something into it. Mass cannot be manufactured from sunlight, unless you're unfortunate enough to photosynthesise - how awful that would be! :bigsmile:

    Intestinal bacteria does form part of your faeces but they don't reproduce at anywhere near the rate of 1lb an hour. A large glass of water weighs a pound though, not so it's not all that amazing really.

    EDITED TO ADD: I love the idea of fat faries!
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    More like a pound for me, but yes that always happens, it's down to digestion and respiration / perspiration, if you're very lucky there's also a bit of fat burning going on..

    well, after cycling and swimming they do say that making lurve is one of the best cardio workouts you can get :wink: :smokin:
  • MummaSue
    MummaSue Posts: 242 Member
    More like a pound for me, but yes that always happens, it's down to digestion and respiration / perspiration, if you're very lucky there's also a bit of fat burning going on..

    well, after cycling and swimming they do say that making lurve is one of the best cardio workouts you can get :wink: :smokin:

    So where's the listing for that? :blushing: lol!
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