Do you weigh in with your shoes on or off? Opinions needed!

ahavoc

Ok, so today I jumped on the scale at the gym, and I was really pleased with what I saw, but then I realized I was wearing my shoes, and have been since I started here on MFP.

Now I've had two bouts of Weight Watchers over the years, and weigh-ins consisted of stripping off everything you possibly could to make that scale go down, (lol!), especially shoes!

And that got me thinking. Perhaps I should be weighing myself with my shoes off. Maybe they are only a pound or so, but that could change the way my calories get allotted and how my calorie burn rate is calculated. And as we all like to say here in MFP-land, a pound is not something to ignore!

So, 1) do you weigh in with shoes on or off? and 2) should I put what I weighed in today as my weight, or should I wait until tomorrow, and weigh myself with my shoes off and use that number, and weigh in that way from here on in?

SadieLuvzWolvez

1: i weigh with shoes off 2: i think mayb u should wait until tommorrow and see wat happens with shoes off bc sometimes i weigh my self after a shower and i might lose a pound or so bc i weigh myself sometimes b4 and after a shower to see how that affects the scale, alot of things do so mayb u should wait bc i know sometimes when i strip down i gain i dont know y but mayb shoes r more effective so u should wait and c wat happens

niks66

It doesn't matter how you weigh as long as you do it the same everytime. So I would wait a day and weigh like you usually do.

BuffTexan

Do you have a scale at home? Why not just weigh yourself every morning? You will get a more consistent, accurate reading that way IMHO. My daily weigh-in is always the same, visit the restroom 1st, then step on scale, start my day.

msmandyjo

I weigh at home in my bathroom, either in bra and panties or butt naked... I have even taken off my clothes to weigh and then put them back on.

so that would be shoes OFF for me

rfcollins33

yep what the other poster said about it doesn't matter as long as that's how you weigh in every time! Be consistent. And, you have to think about it, the shoes do weigh something. So if you want your weight with no added ounces/lbs, it would make sense to weigh with them off.

bexp2

Totally naked!

HappyathomeMN

:laugh: :laugh: My first thought was weigh naked, but then I read the post (not just the topic). Probably not ideal location for naked weight.

I say weigh tomorrow without shoes and use that, or do both and use it as a reference rather like a before and after moment.

divadoll41

shoes off!

ahavoc

I weigh at home in my bathroom, either in bra and panties or butt naked... I have even taken off my clothes to weigh and then put them back on.

so that would be shoes OFF for me

lol! definitely shoes off. I believe that's going to be a new phrase around our house!

Diary_Queen

I weigh at home.... naked.... in the dark & I exhale, just in case. What?!?!? I might have big lungs LOL I agree with other posters that it's best to be consistent. If you're going shoes on, then it's always shoes on. I prefer shoes off though

Barbj56

As long as it is the same pair of shoes, it should not matter as long as you are consistent. I weigh at home with no shoes.

tuneses

nekked lol

suzycreamcheese

off. i try and weigh naked, or nearly naked, otherwise youre not getting your actual weight

DreamLittleDarling

I weigh once a week, Friday mornings... I get out of bed, go pee, then weigh in just my t-shirt and panties.

not that how I weigh has ANY relevance here... but everyone else shared and I jumped on board...


the answer is... no matter how you weigh, always weigh the same way, same time of day, same day of the week... you get the idea.

ahavoc

I don't have a scale at home on purpose. I'd obsess and be on it constantly, checking, "oh, I'm up a 1/2 lb, I'm down 1/2 lb!" and "is it water? Have I gained" yadda d yadda d yadda d. So, weigh in at gym, and try to only do it once a week.

JennsLosing

i weight first thing in the morning at home with basically just my sports bra and sleep shorts on, i have a dial scale, which must be pretty accurate, because after waking up eating breakfast and being clothed for the gym, i weighed there to see the difference and it was up 4 pounds.

nikkit321

I weigh w/ shoes off but it's more important to be consistent with which scale, time of day, and shoes off/on.

Jill_newimprovedversion

Since I own more than one pair of shoes, I always take them off. Besides the obvious added weight, I don't think your feet are always placed firmly on the scales- which can affect the reading.
I've even noticed that I need to place my scale in the same spot, since our floor is uneven- and that affects it too.

So, if you're looking for the most accurate reading, I will echo what seems to be the general consensus:

Weigh yourself in the AM, after your AM bathroom visit, w/ little or no clothing to give you the best picture. Weighing after you've eaten ( unless you eat the same exact things every day) is weighing the food inside too....

wjkfloyd

Off...I need all the help I can get being on the scale.

ahavoc

First of all I have to say that there's a lot of naked people in this thread! But, thanks for your comments. I wake up, take some medication I have to take in the morning, and I'm not allowed to eat for an hour. So I go to the gym and work out, weigh myself once a week, come home and shower and do the rest of my day.

So tomorrow, I'm weighing in with shoes on and off, and I'll continue to do it with them off from here on in.