Curios: Do you weigh yourself naked or with clothes?

brocantrs

Since I weigh at work (hospital) I thought maybe I should wear clothes!

KayteeBear

I'm usually semi naked? I usually wear tshirt and underwear to bed and then weigh first thing in the morning before I get dress. But now that it's getting much colder out I put my super warm pants on the second I get out of bed so I've been wearing those to weigh in. I probably should try to continue without the pants......

I also don't have a digital scale so I just kind of guesstimate on where it looks like it's pointing so I don't worry too much when I'm wearing clothes. I use my scale as a guideline not a live or die thing anywy.

gashinshotan

Morning after bathroom - underwear

mcadams1

Since I weigh at work (hospital) I thought maybe I should wear clothes!

:laugh: Good Call!

I weigh every day right after I work out, in my gym clothes

handy05

Ditto! In the am, after bathroom visit, least amount of clothing!

avtronic

I was doing a good job of losing weight this last year (15 pounds since the beginning of the year). I was never a scale fanatic but found it interesting how your weight can fluxate in a day from water loss in sweat, going to the bathroom and of course the reverse from eating and drinking not to mention naked versus not. It could be up to 8 pounds and so Instarted weighing naked just to be more exact so I could keep track with the other factors. I then started telling people that I was 208/209 (from 230) and it was more dramatic. Then I realized the majority of the time you are hydrated, have ingested so,e food and probably still "processing" other from 4 hours ago and you have clothes on. This is your real weight and if you are losing pounds then its's still a number to be proud of. The only reason one would weigh naked is to complete with others (friendly compitioj or serious) where every ounce counts but it's not really a fair number to go by.
Your weight loss should not be a downer if you are 209 one day and then 212 the next or something to get excite if it is the reverse. I have woken up before and only peed and fluctuated almost 3 pounds. I believe you can perspire unnoticeably during sleep and lose a tiny bit more weight as well. I believe this since I did the calculations and the morning bathroom stop could not have been close to 3 pounds alone.
Either way it was fun weighing at different time under different circumstances but I think you should go by a more realistic figure and weigh with close on (even shoes Gasp). My work boots, pants, shirt and the rest of the odds and ends are an easy 6 to 7 pounds so I will find it even more impressive when my 6 foot build gets under 200 with cloths on, knowing that I'm actually closer to 190.

Just my thought on the topic.
-Marc

ccruz985

Totes naked and first thing in the morning. I feel like that's the most accurate weight I'll get.

WanderingRivers

Bra and panties since I'm up before anyone else except maybe the dog.

canadianlbs

depends who else is in the locker room. i weigh most of the times i find myself near a scale, so 'discrepancies' don't really bother me much. clothes/no clothes is just one of the variables.

Mariachicat

Naked

VeronicaA76

Underwear and a tank top. It's what I wear to bed and I weigh myself first thing in the morning. That way the minimal weight of my clothing won't factor into weight lost or gain as it's always the same type of clothes.

Whichever way you prefer, just be consistent to be able to better track your progress.

MyFreakingNameIsScott

I workout naked and weigh myself fully clothed. I get the feeling I'm doing this wrong?

lorrpb

Yes, jeans and a turtleneck are heavy! Jeans are one of the heaviest garments out there! It doesn't really matter what you do or don't wear on the scale, but you should be consistent and wear the same every time so you don't get unnecessary fluctuations like this that can mask your real results.

jennybearlv

I do naked, but that's in my own house. When I did Weight Watchers I wore the same clothes every week, so even though the weight wasn't accurate it was at least consistent.

pondee629

I wear a pair of boxer shorts in which I sleep. BUT, as long as you're consistent in what you wear, it really doesn't make a difference since you're comparing weight changes.

piperdown44

Depending on what I wear my clothes can weigh between 4-6lbs, so 4lbs extra sounds about right. My normal weigh in time is during the lunch hour right before I hit the weight room. I've checked the scale with clothes and just in my skivvies. Biggest difference is whether I'm wearing my boots or tennis shoes.

gcibsthom

Clothes may vary in weight so I weigh naked

RichJBenham

Buff is the way forward, though my place of work didn't agree for our post Christmas weight loss competition.

joeybrid

It doesn't really matter weight is a bad way to judge progress anyway. Go based on how you look in the mirror

Gisel2015

KayteeBear wrote: »

I'm usually semi naked? I usually wear tshirt and underwear to bed and then weigh first thing in the morning before I get dress. But now that it's getting much colder out I put my super warm pants on the second I get out of bed so I've been wearing those to weigh in. I probably should try to continue without the pants......

I also don't have a digital scale so I just kind of guesstimate on where it looks like it's pointing so I don't worry too much when I'm wearing clothes. I use my scale as a guideline not a live or die thing anywy.

Apologize for the off-topic question but where do you live that is getting cold in August? With temperatures still at 110F in my neck of the woods, is hard to imaging needing warm pants in the morning (our temps are in the low 80s early in the day).

Getting back to "Do you weigh yourself naked or with clothes?" I also weigh myself with light sleepwear, early in the morning or sometimes in my birthday suit before the shower. When I am scheduled for a doctor's appointment, I check my weight in the morning and before I go to the doctor's without the shoes. This way I can see the difference between both scales. I am lucky that the medical assistant enters in my chart all the numbers and fluctuations, and sometimes even talk and joke about it.

But the way I feel, look, and how my clothes fit is the best measure of my success in maintenance.

jacmarsh

I go to weight watchers, so I weigh in there with sweats and a t-shirt every time. Really, the main thing is to be consistent. Jeans are the heaviest thing you could weigh yourself in. It's okay to weigh in jeans, so long as you are wearing the same pair every time. When I get close to my goal weight, I will switch to wearing the same pair of jeans every time, because my goal is to be at a certain weight with my jeans and t-shirt, but I'll just know that the first time I do this I will see a jump on the scale.

jacmarsh

TheGlen wrote: »

Naked. First thing in the morning on the way into the shower. I've always read it's best to weigh yourself at the same time of day and wearing (or not wearing) the same thing. I know some people say they see a difference even depending on where they set the scale on the floor (I guess how flat it sits, etc). Mine sits in the exact same place, right beside the shower. I weigh myself on Sunday mornings usually (or sometimes other mornings if I'm anxious to see my progress because I'm having a really good week).

Lol. I think my scale shows a higher number if I am standing closer to the top of the scale than towards the back.

gdsmit1

I get out of the shower, put on underwear and step on the scale every morning. I just try to keep an eye on it all week, but I only log my weight each Monday.

As for your weight being up, I would chalk that up to the clothes and not log it, unless the next day went the same way.

WilmaValley

Light underclothes. Every day, same time.

cerise_noir

I always wear my birthday suit when I weigh. I even take off jewelry as I wear quite a bit and it adds up. Clothes are not a part of me.

Being consistent with how you weigh is the key.

kimmykim92

Naked, first thing in the morning after you go to the washroom and before you eat or drink anything.

rcreynol3090

Naked, in the morning after using the bathroom.

estherdragonbat

Nightgown and undies. I figure I trusted my weight in clothes back when I went to WW. I don't strip down when I go for a checkup (it's at a clinic and the lone scale is in the hallway where the examination rooms are, in full view of the receptionist station and part of the waiting room). Granted, I never wore my nightgown for either of those, but I was wearing lightweight clothes, so I figure it's close.

Shull_rachael

Naked so I get the most accurate results.

DWBalboa

At home naked as a Jaybird, but at work they've asked me to start wearing clothes. Joy kills!!!