How do you prepare for a weigh-in?

BernadetteChurch

I agree that there's no point doing anything differently than normal, as if you try and manipulate anything you're only kidding yourself.

The important thing is to do it at the same time of day, on the same scales and wearing the same clothes.

For me it's a Tuesday morning, after toilet and shower and always stark naked.

But I confess I'm always slightly disappointed if I haven't needed a poo on weigh-in day!

lewcompton

Accurate? It may be accurate for that moment but you're weight fluxuates as you take in and get rid of food/liquid.

Personally, on Saturdays, I get up, use the bathroom and weigh.

Ditto...

WillPillageYourVillageForFood

I just get on the scale and weigh myself.....clothes and all since my doctors office frowns on people stripping down naked to get weighed. :laugh:

BernadetteChurch

lolwut???

1. wake up
2. drop kids off at the pool
3. wipe
4. wash hands
5. step on scale

Thank you Lord for #4.

Ha ha. I just got it!

Lana1253

I eat as normal as any other day the day before my weigh in.I weigh in on Monday mornings after I use the loo and shower.

JenniferLynx

The day before I make sure I stick to my calories and I drink a TON of water...That way, the morning of, I've flushed out my system and can feel confident that the number on the scale isn't water weight.

skinnybitchbarbie27

I weigh monday mornings. Since I have started losing weight I have had some irregularity here and there. I am still (16 months later) adjusting the way I eat to make my body happy all the time. On sunday I have my usual shake for breakfast, a light lunch (I do not workout so I can restrict a little more) and then a liquid dinner. I do this before 4pm. In my shake for dinner I always add apples or other natural ingrediants that helps keep natural processes. Normally I am able to have a movement that night then weigh in the morning. I still drink water and I stop eating after 4pm because I am normally in bed by 8. I feel cleaner when I have allowed my body a chance to clean out the waste. Might be TMI but I always feel less bloated monday morning and have a good weigh in.

nxd10

drop my pajamas
step on scale
viola!

KyleneSusan

Does anybody find that drinking alcohol the night before a weigh-in seems to make the scale unhappy? I don't drink much (a glass of wine or two or a hard cider) but I try to not drink any the night before a weigh-in because I think it's going to have an effect.

I know that alcohol in general is not a great plan while trying to lose weight, but it helps me calm down. And that's important sometimes.

My weigh-in routine is to walk across the street and the parking lot from my building at work to the building with the nurse's office, go in, stand on the scale, and walk out. I've really got to buy a scale for at home some day soon.

[edited for spelling]

Lisah8969

I agree that there's no point doing anything differently than normal, as if you try and manipulate anything you're only kidding yourself.

The important thing is to do it at the same time of day, on the same scales and wearing the same clothes.

For me it's a Tuesday morning, after toilet and shower and always stark naked.

But I confess I'm always slightly disappointed if I haven't needed a poo on weigh-in day!

LOL! This!! Word for word except change Tuesday to Thursday (or Wednesday depending on what challenge i am weighing in for).

belle_noelle

I try not to get too anxious about weighing in ( i still eat, drink tons of water as usual). I get a good nights rest, and I weigh myself naked every saturday morning after I use the bathroom.
THat day, I start over eating healthy and counting my calories

-- Question though. Do you all decrease your caloric intake weekly?

lmerner

Hillarius - I love the helium idea!

Yanicka1

-Get up
-Pee
-Poo
-Pee again just in case
-Get naked
-Get ride of nipples rings
-Pee.....everydrop count
-Move my scale to the perfect place where it give me 0.1 pounds less everytime
-Consider removing IUD
-Step on the scale
-Stand as tall as possible
-Put my arms in the air
-Exale air in lungs
-Weigh-in












Not really I just don't step on the evil thing

barbosa_art

Thanks for all the tips. SO this is what I gathered:

Day Before:
Normal routine

Weigh In Day:
1. Poop/ Pee 2. Strip 3. Get on Scale

barbosa_art

-Get up
-Pee
-Poo
-Pee again just in case
-Get naked
-Get ride of nipples rings
-Pee.....everydrop count
-Move my scale to the perfect place where it give me 0.1 pounds less everytime
-Consider removing IUD
-Step on the scale
-Stand as tall as possible
-Put my arms in the air
-Exale air in lungs
-Weigh-in












Not really I just don't step on the evil thing

LOL.. The scale can be evil

Crookey21

strip to my undies, step on the scale, and stand straight, look forward for about 10 sec. then look down to see if it measured my weight.

Dunkelheit666

I would like to know what others do the day before and the day of a weigh in. Do you stop eating at a certain time the day before? DO you still drink water? Whats the best way to get an accurate reading?

do not weigh after a work out. its not accurate cuz you lose water weight.
weigh yourself first thing in the morning after you pee.
bowel movements do not shed weight suprisingly. just pee first.

AllonsYtotheTardis

I try not to have a high-sodium meal the night before, but other than that... same as the rest here.

The avoiding high-sodium the night before just means not having something like sushi (soy sauce). I don't like the spike from water weight - it's discouraging.

rinnismom

Use the restroom, get naked, stand on scale.

Manipulating your meal timing outside of your normal behavior patterns seems silly. You'd only be fooling yourself and providing less than accurate data.

this is exactly how i do it and how i feel about it. as long as you're consistent with your weigh-ins, including when/how, you should be okay.

cdsherer

Get up Monday morning, use the bathroom and get naked and get on the scale.

trinityrecgirl

I close my eyes and jump on.

mfpseven

get naked

Fat2Fit145

You should weigh the morning... as soon as you gget up, pee, get naked and weigh....same way everytime...

kenazfehu

Once a month on a day that I'm reasonably sure I'm not constipated or retaining water, I get out of bed, pee, and weigh myself in my birthday suit.

cdsherer

I dont do anything different than I would any other day. But maybe that's because I weigh myself every day but only report my losses on Monday.

Monday is my day!!!

LisaKunz

Pee, other if possible, shower, shave, cut finger and toe nails, tweeze eyebrows, blow nose, dry hair, pee again, then weigh.

rcornetta

Every Friday night after work and a workout I eat a light meal and weigh in. Then I post to myfitnesspal.

But I still weigh in each day.

randomgirlusa

This is kind of gross.... but I like to weigh myself on mornings before I've had a shower and after I've had a really big .... erm... bowel movement .... ok awkward....

and then I get naked and hop on the scale. Even if it goes down 0.2 pounds, I'm thrilled. Because it's 0.2 less than the last time I ... erm... you know... i don't really want to say it again.

jferris91

I dont do much the day before but the day of the weigh in I make sure im naked lol...dont need any extra weight

VeganZombie13

I weigh on Friday's, After my shower in the morning. I weigh in the nude to get "Good" reading.. But I don't prepare I just weigh..