Silly things you have done before a weigh in?

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  • JAT74
    JAT74 Posts: 1,081 Member
    Yes I always go to the loo before a weigh in..........and take off all my clothes and all jewellery!
  • LadyPakal
    LadyPakal Posts: 256 Member
    Once, some time ago, I gave blood then went home and weighed myself.
  • fougamou
    fougamou Posts: 200 Member
    I almost always weigh less after a shower and with wet hair than I do before a shower - today it was a pound difference. Never quite understood why.....
  • susannahsutton1
    susannahsutton1 Posts: 372
    Were you covered in mud or something before the shower?!
  • narak_lol
    narak_lol Posts: 855 Member
    I cut my nails! And I kept stepping on and off the scale a dozen times hoping to get a lighter figure...
  • transparentenigma
    transparentenigma Posts: 565 Member
    I weigh myself after a shower, first thing in the morning after brushing my teeth and paying my dues to the porcelain god.

    I figure since everything has weight, the dirt on my skin, the plague from my teeth, whatever is in my body, by getting rid of them I will weigh less.

    My justification is, people pay hundreds of dollars for colonics, so there must be some truth to the madness, and being completely clean cant hurt you either, since every gram/ounce counts.
  • KristenRidl
    KristenRidl Posts: 82 Member
    Think to myself, "Light as a feather, stiff as a board. Light as a feather, stiff as a board." HAH.
  • DorkothyParker
    DorkothyParker Posts: 618 Member
    I used to weigh myself at the sauna after being in and out of the hot sauna and cold tub for a couple hours. Stark naked and after peeing as well.

    I need a scale now so I can weigh daily and start looking at trends instead of freaking out whenever I weigh myself at a different time and at different levels of dress at my mum's house.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I don't have a scale and weigh weekly at Boots (drug store). Since it's in public, I have to try to take off as much clothing as I can without getting kicked out of the store :blushing: Sometimes it's a bit risque.
    This sounds like the foundation of a great Mr Bean sketch.
  • PoisonDartFrog
    PoisonDartFrog Posts: 220 Member
    Stripped naked, gone pee, removed my wedding band, and exhaled. Done daily.
  • mambagirl
    mambagirl Posts: 137 Member
    OH WOW!!! At some of these things.....
  • mllst18
    mllst18 Posts: 188 Member
    The night before I got my measurements taken for my body fat percentage for the Army, I rubbed hemrhoid ointment all over my stomach, hips, and thighs and wrapped myself with saran wrap and an ice bandage as tightly as I could stand it. Before doing that, I took about 4 laxatives. I don't recommend that many laxatives, but I absolutely had to pass my body fat or I would have been kicked out. Luckily, it worked.
  • Bianca42
    Bianca42 Posts: 310 Member
    Not me, but when I was doing WW a fellow member was really close to getting her 50 pound rewards....so she admitted to bringing her kitchen scale into her closet and weighing all outfit choices to get the absolute lightest outfit.
  • DaughterOfTheMostHighKing
    DaughterOfTheMostHighKing Posts: 1,436 Member
    make sure i pee and poop! lol!!!
  • cyndilynn13
    cyndilynn13 Posts: 20 Member
    Love reading all these posts! I have to say I only weigh in once per week, same clothes as my initial weigh in, first thing in the am, and the scale must sit on the exact same square tile as it did the first time.
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    Taken my bracelet, watch, necklace and earrings off

    i would do this before weighing in at Weight Watchers.. :blushing:
  • poesch77
    poesch77 Posts: 1,005 Member
    make sure i pee and poop! lol!!!

    Definately this ^^^^
  • 214julie
    214julie Posts: 28 Member
    Lollolol!!! You get my vote for best topic that I've seen since I've been on here. :)
  • tlkrallman
    tlkrallman Posts: 82
    I have previously considered amputating part of my body..... :smile: :wink:

    Does Trimming your nails count as amputation before weighing in??? I've totally done that.
  • aldanley
    aldanley Posts: 1
    Gone to the Restroom!
  • Maidofmer
    Maidofmer Posts: 908 Member
    I suck it in lol. I know it doesn't make a difference but old habits and all
  • lablisa
    lablisa Posts: 2 Member
    Go to the bathroom. Every ounce counts. Food in, Food out!
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    Dried my hair after a shower... don't want the water in my hair weighing me down ;)

    ^ahem...
  • 2shoes123
    2shoes123 Posts: 204 Member
    I was competing at my workplace in a weight loss competition and needed to lose ounces to break even with my #1 competitor so I went to the ladies room, peed and removed my undergarments (slip and underwear). It worked, we tied for first place and bought doughnuts for everyone.
  • stonel94
    stonel94 Posts: 550 Member
    Dried my hair after a shower... don't want the water in my hair weighing me down ;)

    this actually makes a signficant difference for me, so I don't see why it's silly. I've taken a pill (not a laxative, but like an herbal supplement that has a lot of fiber) to go to the bathroom before weighing in, and peed multiple times, and since I weigh myself in the morning, done a late night workout with lots of clothes on to sweat extra.
  • lemanuelthelazy
    lemanuelthelazy Posts: 28 Member
    I don't think this actually helps, but I always weight naked and lift up my boobs while I'm doing it.
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    LOL these are great

    I always go to the bathroom first, then strip down to weigh myself; always before I eat or drink anything first thing in the morning.
  • Reesecup312
    Reesecup312 Posts: 236 Member
    This sounds like the foundation of a great Mr Bean sketch.

    Yes!! I can so totally see him doing this!! :laugh:
  • kestrel359
    kestrel359 Posts: 342 Member
    when I was on the wrestling team, one bizzar thing everyone would do before a weigh in, myself included, was to stand on your head for long periods of time. I don't know what the logic was behind it but we all did it anyways
  • lucasriggs
    lucasriggs Posts: 131
    Always weigh naked. Always take a no.1 and 2 before a weigh in. Always have an empty stomach.

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