Pooping - this is a serious question...

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  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    1) Dont weigh in everday
    2) your second weigh in will always be higher because you have eaten.
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    poop on the scale, and subtract from your 1st weigh in..............

    Hey - this would help convince the better half we need a new scale, too!
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    1) Dont weigh in everday
    2) your second weigh in will always be higher because you have eaten.
    It wasn't the second weigh-in after she EATS - it is weighing herself, pooping, and then weighing herself again. Logic dictates that what was left in the toilet should be subtracted from her total weight, but she's experiencing the opposite.
  • billgiersberg
    billgiersberg Posts: 163
    If the only thing between the weight measurements is the potty break and you GAIN weight, then I will speculate that you are losing an abundance of methane gas which might have been holding you up like a hot-air balloon on the first weigh in. When you lost the gas, gravity pulled you down regardless of how much ballast you threw overboard.

    lol....
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
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  • mrpurdy
    mrpurdy Posts: 262 Member
    Are you eating anti-matter?

    Chuckled out loud. :laugh: Strange looks in the library. :noway:
  • DreamLittleDarling
    DreamLittleDarling Posts: 800 Member
    Same scale? Zeroed both times before weigh in?

    Yep - and yep!

    Maybe it needs new batteries.

    And there's really not a whole lot going on in between. No eating or drinking - there'd be no mystery if that was the case. It's become a minor obsession now, I'm trying to keep the variables as controlled as I can.

    No different clothes. Not holding the cat. It's weird. It's sometimes been only a half pound (which is the lowest increment the scale goes to) but this morning it was two.

    Really? I ALWAYS hold my cat when I weigh. I like her.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    If the only thing between the weight measurements is the potty break and you GAIN weight, then I will speculate that you are losing an abundance of methane gas which might have been holding you up like a hot-air balloon on the first weigh in. When you lost the gas, gravity pulled you down regardless of how much ballast you threw overboard.

    lol....
    Best. Answer. Ever.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    For whatever reason, the scale and our bodies are effing weird... sometimes I'll weight before my bathroom trip, and my weight is the same after ... but if I wait half an hour and weigh again, it has gone down.


    I am a freak and enjoy seeing the fluctuations through the day. Like, "I just had a beer - I wonder if I weigh more!" "I'm going to weigh myself in my PJs, and then again without them to see how much my PJs weigh."

    Because science is cool.

    But I have no answer for you other than 'bodies are weird'. Just weigh once if it makes you too crazy.
  • dlyeates
    dlyeates Posts: 875 Member
    It happens to me too the same way. I just chalk it up to my body yelling at me for what I just put it through!!!! My body has a weird sense of humor!!
  • kristimartiny
    kristimartiny Posts: 62
    LOL... I have been curious about that myself and weighed myself before and after and always weigh more after, HUH? Too funny and very perplexing ....
  • onedayillbamilf
    onedayillbamilf Posts: 662 Member
    Have you considered not weighing in after you poop "just for kicks"?
  • Jferg69
    Jferg69 Posts: 241 Member
    Increased blood flow and water retention in muscles that wouldn't show up right after workout until muscles begin to relax and go into recovery mode?

    This.... I always weigh heavier an hour or so after a workout.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    For whatever reason, the scale and our bodies are effing weird... sometimes I'll weight before my bathroom trip, and my weight is the same after ... but if I wait half an hour and weigh again, it has gone down.


    I am a freak and enjoy seeing the fluctuations through the day. Like, "I just had a beer - I wonder if I weigh more!" "I'm going to weigh myself in my PJs, and then again without them to see how much my PJs weigh."

    Because science is cool.

    But I have no answer for you other than 'bodies are weird'. Just weigh once if it makes you too crazy.
    This. I only record my weight once a week, but I look at it several times a day for the same reasons - the "hey, I wonder what this does to it" factor.
  • WandaMM1
    WandaMM1 Posts: 132 Member
    Hilarious. Seriously, this made my day. I bet it is something to do with your scale, though. I would be interested in knowing if the following experiment produced the same result:


    1. Workout
    2. Weigh in
    3. *cough*Daily Constitutional*cough*
    4. Wait 10 minutes - don't eat, drink, or let anything touch the scale
    5. Weigh again just for kicks

    I totally agree, on all counts. Laughing out load at my desk.
  • christinajohnson
    christinajohnson Posts: 102 Member
    I never actually go down and I kept a similar schedule to you for quite some time. I have a feeling that someone else posted correctly, after you workout your blood flow increases and such to repair muscles. I was always told the worst time to weigh yourself is after you workout. The would seem to explain that.
  • divamsm
    divamsm Posts: 79 Member
    Increased blood flow and water retention in muscles that wouldn't show up right after workout until muscles begin to relax and go into recovery mode?

    Ditto. This happens to me. I read on one of the forums that you shouldn't work out hard the day before weigh in because your muscles retain water and blood because they're healing themselves and recovering from the workout, therefore you will weigh more. And don't forget muscle weighs more than fat.
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    1) Dont weigh in everday
    2) your second weigh in will always be higher because you have eaten.
    It wasn't the second weigh-in after she EATS - it is weighing herself, pooping, and then weighing herself again. Logic dictates that what was left in the toilet should be subtracted from her total weight, but she's experiencing the opposite.

    Two points -

    1. Yes, no eating involved.
    2. You misspelled "he" and "himself" :drinker:
  • teresaj0315
    teresaj0315 Posts: 26 Member
    skip the workout ~ test that theory. Weigh in ~ do your poo ~ weigh in again ~ then go work out
  • divamsm
    divamsm Posts: 79 Member
    Increased blood flow and water retention in muscles that wouldn't show up right after workout until muscles begin to relax and go into recovery mode?

    Ditto. This happens to me. I read on one of the forums that you shouldn't work out hard the day before weigh in because your muscles retain water and blood because they're healing themselves and recovering from the workout, therefore you will weigh more. And don't forget muscle weighs more than fat.

    I'm thinking that's what's happening when you weigh again after working out. Simply, DON'T. The scale is really not your friend. Mine has caused me to go off diets, get depressed, etc. when it doesn't budge, but this time, I know I am losing something so I'm just not going to get on the scale unless I absolutely have to for a bi-weekly weigh-in or something.
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Increased blood flow and water retention in muscles that wouldn't show up right after workout until muscles begin to relax and go into recovery mode?

    Ditto. This happens to me. I read on one of the forums that you shouldn't work out hard the day before weigh in because your muscles retain water and blood because they're healing themselves and recovering from the workout, therefore you will weigh more. And don't forget muscle weighs more than fat.

    But, but...

    My point is that if the only activity that happens between weight #1 and weight #2 is a bowel movement, there is no WAY for weight to go up.

    If I'm retaining water, it's still water that was *in my body* before the bathroom trip and whether or not it's moved into my muscles would make no difference on its weight.

    At this point it's pretty obvious it's the scale - although I do like the buoyant gases theory. (Which is borne out by other unfortunate biological events throughout most days.)
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Have you considered not weighing in after you poop "just for kicks"?

    What fun would THAT be?
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    Seriously - a second weigh in just for kicks??

    That would drive me insane. Weighing in once a day is one thing, more than once a day is a bit crazy- IMO. No offence!

    You misspelled "offense"

    No one cares but you. Go back to your pile of beans.
  • MrsLVF
    MrsLVF Posts: 787 Member
    If the only thing between the weight measurements is the potty break and you GAIN weight, then I will speculate that you are losing an abundance of methane gas which might have been holding you up like a hot-air balloon on the first weigh in. When you lost the gas, gravity pulled you down regardless of how much ballast you threw overboard.

    lol....

    This is the best answer ever:laugh:
    And makes perfect sense. And is the reason why I will never weigh myself again when I'm bloated:drinker:
  • texastumbleweed1
    texastumbleweed1 Posts: 30
    If your scale is on carpet that will make it go up and down.
  • lisaidem
    lisaidem Posts: 194 Member
    This is a real thing! My co-worker and I did a VERY scientific study of this, with a sample size of 2, and came to the same conclusion. I ALWAYS weigh more after a poop. Like the other poster said, I think it has something to do with dark matter. :noway:
  • divamsm
    divamsm Posts: 79 Member
    The real question is do you normally have floaters or sinkers. If floaters maybe you will weigh more. But if sinkers.... You will enjoy the scale afterward like myself!

    LMAO....sorry...
  • Scootsk
    Scootsk Posts: 9 Member
    I would guess it is the scale. Have your weighed yourself twice or three times right in a row to see if you get the same weight every time? When I bought a scale last year lots of online reviews said they would get different weights immediately on some scales. Or maybe it's just a low battery?

    My electronic scale seems to remember my weight if I stand on within a few minutes of getting off it. It seem like a built in flaw so that it appears the scale is accurate every time. Today I experimented and got on the scale with a verified 1 1/2 lb. item, I then got off the scale let it reset and got back on without the extra weight and low and behold the same weight. I will just weigh myself once a day because it is fruitless with this electronic scale.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    1) Dont weigh in everday
    2) your second weigh in will always be higher because you have eaten.
    It wasn't the second weigh-in after she EATS - it is weighing herself, pooping, and then weighing herself again. Logic dictates that what was left in the toilet should be subtracted from her total weight, but she's experiencing the opposite.

    Two points -

    1. Yes, no eating involved.
    2. You misspelled "he" and "himself" :drinker:

    Oops - sorry about that. I didn't recognize the penguin's male anatomy. I should have checked your page.
  • Audddua
    Audddua Posts: 176 Member
    Are you eating anti-matter?

    :laugh: good one!
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