Heavier AFTER shower??!!
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What is the deal with the necro threads lately?
Although I do enjoy tripping down memory lane on occasion...2 -
Zombie thread or not, wow, how do you not know that wet hair and a wet towel will add weight???? Just wow... good for a laugh with my morning coffee. And the responses....5
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i weigh less after shower. Explain that!2
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Yes, your body absorbs water. MFP and most people who try to stay sane recommend only weighing yourself once a week. The scale is only a reference. It's the choices you make when you aren't on the scale that matter. Trust me, you'll save yourself disappointment and you will always know where you are (did you lose 2 or more pounds since last weigh in or are you plateauing?) It only took me two weigh ins 1 week apart to know I was on a plateau. It has not affected my motivation because the gains, while only .4 or .2 in 1 week are still gains. If I would have weighed myself everyday during those weeks I would have been going insane.5
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Omnimous69 wrote: »Yes, your body absorbs water. MFP and most people who try to stay sane recommend only weighing yourself once a week. The scale is only a reference. It's the choices you make when you aren't on the scale that matter. Trust me, you'll save yourself disappointment and you will always know where you are (did you lose 2 or more pounds since last weigh in or are you plateauing?) It only took me two weigh ins 1 week apart to know I was on a plateau. It has not affected my motivation because the gains, while only .4 or .2 in 1 week are still gains. If I would have weighed myself everyday during those weeks I would have been going insane.
Are you seriously giving the OP advice after ~7 years??????
I love this place sometimes.7 -
karintalley wrote: »i weigh less after shower. Explain that!
You go to the toilet whilst you are showering4 -
Weigh first thing after toilet, before shower or breakfast.
Of course you weighed heavier afterwards, wet hair plus our skin absorbs alot of water too which will show as a gain temporarily.1 -
karintalley wrote: »i weigh less after shower. Explain that!
Well since you asked for it..........the dirt washes off, now let me go duck for cover4 -
Haha I did notice something similar as well. A 1-2 pound fluctuation weighing myself before/after taking a shower. It's mysterious1
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I seriously do weigh less after shower. Every time. I am really not human.1
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Omnimous69 wrote: »Yes, your body absorbs water. MFP and most people who try to stay sane recommend only weighing yourself once a week. The scale is only a reference. It's the choices you make when you aren't on the scale that matter. Trust me, you'll save yourself disappointment and you will always know where you are (did you lose 2 or more pounds since last weigh in or are you plateauing?) It only took me two weigh ins 1 week apart to know I was on a plateau. It has not affected my motivation because the gains, while only .4 or .2 in 1 week are still gains. If I would have weighed myself everyday during those weeks I would have been going insane.
Are you seriously giving the OP advice after ~7 years??????
I love this place sometimes.
Plus the fact that two weeks ain't a plateau...
Sometimes the zombie threads bring out some interesting replies, huh?
(Still happily weighing every damn day and not freaking out.)0 -
who resurrects these zombie threads... and the thing is I didn't even notice doh!!2
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