When Is The Best Time To Check Your Weight?

Bijoux_Bug
Bijoux_Bug Posts: 36
in Health and Weight Loss
I would like to know if there even is a "best" time to hop on the scale.

I know some people do it daily, but is there an optimal time to do it?

(i.e. in the morning, at night, on sundays, after a poo...)

I'm just curious :smokin:

When do YOU weigh in??
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  • Carolyn1012
    Carolyn1012 Posts: 41 Member
    I tend to weigh at night and know I would weigh roughly 3lbs less the next morning. I am an emotional weigher! My eating during the day is better if I don't know the weight. Either I say 'yay I lost a pound and can cheat' or I say 'ugh I gained weight and might as well give up' therefore for me, night weighing works best.
  • Agator82
    Agator82 Posts: 249 Member
    My opinion, in morning after my shower.
  • whitterbugCo
    whitterbugCo Posts: 32
    I've read it's best to do it in the morning, right after you wake up, wearing nothing.
  • lbaileyjohannsen
    lbaileyjohannsen Posts: 133 Member
    I wake up, pee, and weigh.
  • nuttyfamily
    nuttyfamily Posts: 3,394 Member
    There is no best or worse time...as long as you weigh yourself at the same time of day.

    I also wake up, pee then weigh.

    I am a daily weigher but only record it once a week.

    For other folks, once a week works best for them.
  • fairc3jam
    fairc3jam Posts: 136 Member
    Morning. After you pee. :laugh:

    I would aim for weekly. But I have to confess that I've been weighing in daily to make sure I didn't gain back my measly 2lb loss thus far. :embarassed:
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
    In my view, it's best to do as soon as you wake up. You've been fasting for at least 8 hours, so you're not holding as much water weight, glycogen, etc. and, therefore, the readings are more likely to be consistent and show a trend. During the day, scale weight can be affected by activity, eating, drinking etc.

    By way of example, I'm 209.4 right now, but I'll be around 206 in the morning.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    I weigh in the morning, immediately upon waking up and after going to the bathroom, naked, before eating or drinking anything. This eliminates the variables about as much as possible and makes for about the best consistency from day to day, IMO.
  • AliandTrev
    AliandTrev Posts: 194 Member
    I do it in the mornings after I use the restroom.
  • girlsonly04
    girlsonly04 Posts: 11 Member
    I always weigh in the morning before I eat and I make sure it is the same time every day.
  • alex88carolina
    alex88carolina Posts: 108
    First thing in the morning after I wake up, everyday.
  • gramacanada
    gramacanada Posts: 557 Member
    In the morning naked :smile: after a pee. You'll weigh less then, than at any other time. That way it only weighs you. No food no clothes no nothing. As for how often. I weigh once a week, because on MFP you only record once a week. All personal.
  • Pimpmonkey
    Pimpmonkey Posts: 566
    I weigh after I pee when I first wake up. Today I weighed after I peed, then got a wild hair and weighed again after a poo and was up two pounds, lol!
  • CassiusKnox
    CassiusKnox Posts: 305 Member
    My opinion... In the morning... after you wee... after you exercise (if you exercise in the morning) and before you've had breakfast. Your stomach will be mostly empty and you will have metabolized a lot of calaries over night.

    You can weigh yourself every day if you wish but it will be up and down a lot. I recommend you only record your weight once a week... that way you are likely to see good progress.

    If you are doing exercise (like weights) what you see in the mirror might be more important than what you see on the scale. If you are toning up your body can be improving a lot (in shape) without loosing bucket loads of weight.

    Good luck.
  • katrinkap
    katrinkap Posts: 443 Member
    in the morning before my work out :) buck naked and everything... i'm thinking of weighing myself once a month now though...
  • MissShancey
    MissShancey Posts: 464
    IN THE MORNING ... wake up ... go pee .. and weigh your self .. (if you can poo also thats a total bonus lol)
    i do it every monday in the morning right after my pee :) lol
  • Dragonldy69
    Dragonldy69 Posts: 368 Member
    :flowerforyou: I usually weigh in the morning when I get out of bed with no clothes and before I drink my coffee or eat..:drinker: Usually on Fri. also before the weekend..LOL
  • jrutledge01
    jrutledge01 Posts: 213 Member
    wake up, use the bathroom, weigh
  • snelson0511
    snelson0511 Posts: 24
    I weigh myself on Wednesday in the morning after going to the bathroom. I do it during the week cause I tend to have "splurge" days during the weekend and retain more water. Then on Monday I'm still holding onto the water weight from salty foods or possibly needing a good BM (I know, TMI)

    Hope this helps!!
  • mshoolia
    mshoolia Posts: 5 Member
    I do the same thing so don't feel embarrassed :)
  • KristieWade
    KristieWade Posts: 23
    I weigh in the morning to elimate the variables of what I eat, drink, etc. I generally workout right before bed as well so I'm burning calories all night long. So my routine is wake up, use the bathroom, weigh and then get dressed.
  • kacinace
    kacinace Posts: 70 Member
    I weigh in the AM, about 30 mins after I wake up. I also weigh daily, record weekly. I'm kind of a control freak, and weighing daily keeps me happy, so it works. I don't stress over the number, but if I notice I'm up 2 pounds from the day before it gets me to drink more water :)
  • mshoolia
    mshoolia Posts: 5 Member
    Morning. After you pee. :laugh:

    I would aim for weekly. But I have to confess that I've been weighing in daily to make sure I didn't gain back my measly 2lb loss thus far. :embarassed:

    I do the same thing, so don't feel embarrassed :laugh:
  • mmeddleton
    mmeddleton Posts: 100 Member
    I get up early in the morning and do a 5 mile fast walk most mornings. I weigh myself without clothes when I get back from the walk and after a bathroom stop, before I eat anything or drink a lot of water. I do it the same way each time for consistency.
  • pandoraparadox
    pandoraparadox Posts: 4 Member
    I do it once a week, first thing in the morning after I pee and before I do anything else (though if I'm desperate I allow myself a sip of water or two). I don't weigh naked but wear roughly the same amount of clothing (t-shirt and panties usually). The most important part is to be consistent, so pick whatever works best for you and stick with it. I like the morning because it's a lot easier to ensure a consistent amount of food/energy and water (or lack thereof) in my system, but for someone with very regular mealtimes that could be true of any time of day.
  • fit4lyfeLisa
    fit4lyfeLisa Posts: 529 Member
    I wake up, pee, and weigh every morning at 6:45. I only record my weight once a week, which is on Friday's.
  • stupidloser
    stupidloser Posts: 300 Member
    After coming back from Roscoes chicken and waffles or Gold Medal Restaurant. Get the Gold Medal Chow Mein.
  • gregpack
    gregpack Posts: 426 Member
    You can weigh daily, as long as you recognize daily fluctuations are going to happen and it doesn't demoralize you. I know some geeky people that actually enter their weight into a spreadsheet and average it over the past ten days.

    I agree first thing after a bathroom break is a good time. It minimizes the variables.
  • maryloo2011
    maryloo2011 Posts: 446
    Wake up > bathroom > strip down > weigh ---- every other week or so. Have learned that measurements are way more important than the # number.

    As much as I'd want to, I never step on the scale the day (or two) after I've gone out to eat, drank a lot of beer, been more generous with food...
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
    I weight every day in the morning after bathroom trip and naked. I also weight myself at night before I go to bed because I like to see the fluctuations between morning and evening. I don't document the night time weight though, it is just for my own personal information.

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