Does Anyone Else Weigh in the Morning AND at Night?

abetterjune

Just curious if anyone else does this and what sort of fluctuations do you see throughout the day?

When I reach my goal weight, I want to weigh that much at the end of the day (after having pizza, even!!) with my clothes on. So I often weigh at night and log that number instead of the morning one nudey pants which I often do "just for fun" because who doesn't love stepping on the scale?! haha.

SMiller074

I only weigh when I have high self-esteem :bigsmile:

Ready2Rock206

But your weight naturally fluctuates through the day. At the end of the day you'd naturally weigh more unless you didn't eat anything all day. I'd go insane if I tried to keep the numbers equal at all times.

honu178

I weigh myself in the morning and at night, I see about a 3-4lbs fluctuation in weight depending on how much water I intake, if I've used the restroom and if I have eaten any heavy carbs. I say the best time to weigh is anytime as long as you weigh the same time everyday! And why am I always 5lbs heavier at the doctor's office?!

deevatude

weighing at night isnt very usefull

shrez

I weigh morning and night and generally weigh 1kg more at night

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

that is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard--so what if you drank a gallon of water that day? what if you ate particularly heavy pizza? or what if your clothes are heavier?

JNick77

I weight myself all day long. I bought a scale to keep under my desk and I just keep my feet on it all day long so I can see it change as the day goes along. I've considered getting one for me car too so I can keep an eye on it while I drive.

skrakalaka

Sometimes just for fun, I like thinking that I can magically lose 2 lbs just sleeping

cheekyleonie

There's no point weighing in at night as well because your definitely going to be heavier in the evening.

lyndyb88

I weigh morning and night...i'm usually around 3 to 5 pounds higher at night

laserturkey

I weight myself all day long. I bought a scale to keep under my desk and I just keep my feet on it all day long so I can see it change as the day goes along. I've considered getting one for me car too so I can keep an eye on it while I drive.

ROFLMAO!

amoffatt

Yes!!! Ugh :grumble: I can't seem to limit myself to once a day because I know weight is up and down all day... I think I do just to get an idea of what I ate that day that might have set me back, but it is not psycologically healthy for me personally to do this for I beat myself up all the time!

kellyo15

I weight morning and night and then take an average over the span of a week to get a real idea of my true "weight"

FelicityEliza36

I do. Im not embaressed to say that I am kind of obsessed. May be a bad thing. I keep trying to break myself out of the habit - but I like to know what is going on, I guess. So I weight first thing in the morning after I use the bathroom and before I jump into bed. Just out of curiosity. I dont necessarily beat myself up about it - but it gives me something to work on if I am doing poorly....

Nicolee_2014

I weigh in the morning, I don't think I could handle doing it morning & night seeing as night you usually weigh more. I'd send myself into a mental asylum. It would make me depressed. I try not to weigh myself everyday but sometimes I can't help it.

LorinaLynn

Sometimes just for fun, I like thinking that I can magically lose 2 lbs just sleeping

Same here, but it's usually 3 pounds overnight. Even more if I poop before I weigh myself in the morning.

If one can keep themselves from wigging out over fluctuations, weighing daily can be a good thing... it helps you understand those fluctuations. If I only weighed once a week, and happened to have had pizza the night before, causing me to retain an extra 2-3 pounds, I'd have been bummed on weigh day. Knowing how my body reacts do different foods and exercise and hormone changes, I don't get bummed.

blues4miles

Sometimes I weigh 3 times a day. I have a chart where I write it all down. I prefer to track general trends. Yes I usually weigh 2 lbs more at the end of the day, but not always. I know if I'm a "surprise" 2 lbs lower at the end of the day, it probably means I'm dehydrated. Or if I weigh the same the next morning as I did the night before then I might need to keep my sodium in check. Sometimes I weigh before and after my runs too to make sure I'm hydrating properly.

I think a lot of times when I see posts on here that say "I gained 2 lbs!" or whatever, it is probably because someone just happened to have an unnaturally low weight during their weigh-in. I know if I see something just once it's not a genuine trend. I have to see weights repeat before I know I have actually lost real non-water weight.

WeekndOVOXO

Weighing yourself in the morning is the most accurate IMO(if someone knows otherwise please feel free to let me know.) That's when you don't have anything in your system(i.e. liquids and solids,) weighing you down. I'll be about 3-5 lbs heavier at night.

cherbapp

I weigh every time I go in my bathroom. LOL I actually tap the scale in the middle of the night so I can see without turning on the light and then am tempted to weigh myself even then.

I can weigh as much as 5 pounds more after dinner...and always weigh 2-5 pounds less in the morning.

I have been an obsessive compulsive weigher since last year and I see patterns, so I am never horrified by the number. I know what to expect. And it does keep me on track. Though the scale goes through batteries fairly quickly...LOL

I only record my morning-before-breakfast-after-bathroom weight.

okiesarah

Oh the scale is the enemy. If I weighed in every day and night I would probably shoot myself. I weigh in at no particular time but I only do it every 2-3 weeks so I can change my weight for calorie counting in case it needs to be adjusted. I go by inches and how I feel.

meggonkgonk

I do. Wednesday is my "official" day, but I weigh AM when I first get up, and right when I get home from work. I see little fluctuation unless I eat out for lunch. If I weigh in after a meal the fluctuation is usually about 3-4 lbs.

Important note though, I compare my weights WEEKLY. I keep a spreadsheet where I log every AM and PM weight and compare the monday am to monday am, monday pm to monday pm, etc. It helps me get a better picture of how my body reacts to food, activity and hydration.

msfitmom_3

I weigh in the morning, naked - after I've peed. And then I will at night when I take my clothes off. Everyone will have fluctuations in their weight... honestly, I don't think its even possible to weigh the same in the morning and night after eating pizza & with clothes on. Water weight alone will have you increase & decrease throughout the day. As long as there is a huge change, what you are in the morning is your true weight.

I have fluctuations of 1-3lbs from morning to night & my doctor said that is absolutley normal.

CruellaClo

Yes every morning and every night. Usually a 1.5 -2 pound fluctuation between the two. I have also logged a solid 3lbd gain before my period.... might be obsessive but who cares.

AnnMombourquette

I`m in a weight loss group/contest for 13 weeks. Because we weigh in the evening, I also take my weight at home because I tend to retain fluid through the day and I don`t want to be discouraged. The morning weight is a true weight and so I keep track of both.

sharleengc

I jump on the scale pretty much every morning every night. It just helps me see where I am and what types of things affect my weight. On average, my PM weight is 2lbs higher than my AM weight. My AM weight is usually .5-3lbs less than the night before. I think the reason that has such a wide range depends on the time I eat dinner and what I have for dinner.

I don't mark my weight as changed unless I am the exactly the same weight for 3 AM weigh in's in a row. Like, I need to weigh 148 for 3 days in a row before I will change it. Not 148.2 not 148.1...but 148.

meggonkgonk

Oh the scale is the enemy. If I weighed in every day and night I would probably shoot myself. I weigh in at no particular time but I only do it every 2-3 weeks so I can change my weight for calorie counting in case it needs to be adjusted. I go by inches and how I feel.

To get consistent weigh in results you should try to weigh in after you first wake up and go to the bathroom. This is just to minimize water based fluctuations (you are least hydrated after sleep).

AverageAngel

only to detect water weight. I know how well I have hydrated, and how much sodium I have had by my start/ finish weight. Scales are iffy. get a body fat pincher. 14$ amazon.

a1schwei

i do weigh myself both at night and in the morning also not daily, but i do like to be aware of the fluctuations that happen just by the course of living however, i log my pre-shower weight rather than my night weight depending on how hard i exercise and how much/what i eat my weight can fluctuate up to 5lbs per day! i've found it is harder to balance my evening weight than my morning weight

HMToomey

I weigh in every Thursday morning before my coffee. I stay as far away from the scale as possible the rest of the week!!

meggonkgonk

that is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard--so what if you drank a gallon of water that day? what if you ate particularly heavy pizza? or what if your clothes are heavier?

It can be crazy, if you let it dictate your mood or reaction. But it can be really informative. I know what kind of weight fluctuation I can expect from different kinds of take out, for one thing. As well as how long it takes me process food and release false gain water weight.

Used as a tool, this can actually be very helpful. But it very easily becomes quite obsessive, so I definitely don't recommend it to most.