TMI ?

sjmgde
sjmgde Posts: 381 Member
edited 7:24PM in Chit-Chat
So I know people have joked about it but i am seriously wondering if you lose anything when you poo?!!?!? Is it like water weight or do you think you could actually lose a pound. Thoughts anyone?!?!?!?!
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    So I know people have joked about it but i am seriously wondering if you lose anything when you poo?!!?!? Is it like water weight or do you think you could actually lose a pound. Thoughts anyone?!?!?!?!

    Sccop it out and weigh it. That's how much you lost.
  • 2143661
    2143661 Posts: 566 Member
    I've actually weighed myself before and after once, I lost two pounds.
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    That's like saying you took off your shoes and now you weigh less.
    Your body fat and muscle mass percentage is the same.
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    So I know people have joked about it but i am seriously wondering if you lose anything when you poo?!!?!? Is it like water weight or do you think you could actually lose a pound. Thoughts anyone?!?!?!?!

    Sccop it out and weigh it. That's how much you lost.

    It's more accurate if you just squat right over the scale, so you don't pick up extra toilet water throwing off the measurement. :laugh:
  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    Yep. 'bout two pounds here.
  • jgunn81
    jgunn81 Posts: 243 Member
    Sccop it out and weigh it. That's how much you lost.

    Sooooooo much win in this statement right here

    +1000
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    I weighed myself before and after peeing once in the gym...and lost 1.8 lbs.....
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
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  • teeley
    teeley Posts: 477 Member
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    haha I was just waiting for you to post this!!
  • xLexa
    xLexa Posts: 482 Member
    lol I think this is why NSVs are important Just don't be getting the tape measure out to measure your poo!! :P
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    negativepoop.jpeg

    Clearly this person added at least 2lbs of lean body mass in their abs from all the work pushing the poop out. While on a calorie deficit.
  • stacygayle
    stacygayle Posts: 349 Member
    Seriously? Unless you're in some kind of weight loss competition....does it matter? You're just going to gain that weight right back until you poo again
  • sjmgde
    sjmgde Posts: 381 Member
    I am loving the responses. and @stacygayle i am bored @ work and i was wondering because my mind wonders sometimes and no it really doenst buti thouhgt why not post and ask. Thanks for the laughs today with the res tof your responses. You all rock
  • NNAhuja
    NNAhuja Posts: 669 Member
    It would defy the laws of thermodynamics (conservation of mass) if you didn't lose anything.
  • Bobby_Clerici
    Bobby_Clerici Posts: 1,828 Member
    I always weight myself weekly before consuming anything and AFTER a good morning pooh:flowerforyou:

    It makes a difference for me of about 1.5 pounds.
    How do I know?
    I weighed before and after on several occasions.
  • Koshkaxo
    Koshkaxo Posts: 332 Member
    negativepoop.jpeg

    I dont know why i find this so ridiculously funny but i do! :laugh:
  • Bobby_Clerici
    Bobby_Clerici Posts: 1,828 Member
    Yep. 'bout two pounds here.
    You have me beat.....jealous....:angry:
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    I try to always weigh myself....I am around 1.5 lbs average but my personal best is 5 lbs.
  • Hattieross
    Hattieross Posts: 17
    The regularity probably indicates little more than regular food intake.

    Losing weight is generally not accomplished in healthy people by excretion.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    The weight you lose is the weight of the poop itself...that's it.
  • 2143661
    2143661 Posts: 566 Member
    I try to always weigh myself....I am around 1.5 lbs average but my personal best is 5 lbs.

    holy ****...i bet your bum hurt after.
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Of course you lose "weight", ie mass, but not fat.
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    That's like saying you took off your shoes and now you weigh less.
    Your body fat and muscle mass percentage is the same.

    You have weightless shoes? Please tell me where I can get some. I'd like to try running in those.
  • andreamelo1
    andreamelo1 Posts: 161 Member
    It would defy the laws of thermodynamics (conservation of mass) if you didn't lose anything.
    ditto
  • The only time I've ever checked the difference was only about .2 of a pound. I used to always freak out if I couldn't go the night before I had my weigh in in the morning (I weigh before I eat anything and I cannot go if I haven't eaten). I stopped worrying about it and I still lost weight, poo or no poo.
  • sjmgde
    sjmgde Posts: 381 Member
    I try to always weigh myself....I am around 1.5 lbs average but my personal best is 5 lbs.

    holy ****...i bet your bum hurt after.

    LMBO I am seriously LOL at work right now. Thanks for that
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    You lose the weight of your poop - not 'weight'.......
  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    The weight you lose is the weight of the poop itself...that's it.
    What about grunting effort? Surely I've burned a few calories there. Maybe it's muscle gain?
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    The weight you lose is the weight of the poop itself...that's it.
    What about grunting effort? Surely I've burned a few calories there. Maybe it's muscle gain?

    I lost 5 lbs of poop and gained 5 lbs of muscle in the process.

    Fact.
  • Deedsie
    Deedsie Posts: 348 Member
    I think if you are really working at it like sweating and breathing heavy you could lose some weight from that. When I was a teen with a really fast metabolism, I used to poop within 20 minutes of eating (the food went right through me.) My parents actually compared me to a puppy. LOL
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