When do you weigh yourself?

SexiBecki
SexiBecki Posts: 32 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
When does everyone weight themselves? Is one time more accurate than another?
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  • KarenBoehlke
    KarenBoehlke Posts: 47
    My husband likes to weigh himself butt-naked right after his morning (shall we say) dump and before he eats anything. He feels this makes him weigh the lightest and for some reason he thinks this is accurate.

    Me, I weigh myself at night before bed. I don't eat past 7PM so (average bedtime being 10pm) my last meal has pretty much funneled its way down the pipline. I figure this is a more a accurate reading, and, yes, I'm in my birthday suit when I weigh myself.

    Actually, it doesn't matter what time of day you weigh yourself as long as its at the same time every time since our weight flucuates so much during the day. If you weigh yourself at the same time each time its more likely going to be a more accurate representation of how much weight you are dropping. Being naked makes it all you and there's no temptation to think well 3 or 4 pounds of this weight must be clothing.
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    The first time I weighed in (a year and a half ago) I weighed on my mother's scale. I still do... I weigh Friday mornings, underwear only, before breakfast. I think no matter WHEN you do it, consistancy is the key for sure. You are going to weigh differently at different times during the day and depending on what you wear.
  • megz2485
    megz2485 Posts: 1 Member
    I weigh myself first thing in the morning before I get in the shower every Wednesday.
  • Joannie30
    Joannie30 Posts: 415 Member
    I weight every Monday, first thing in the morning after going to the bathroom and before eating/drinking anything. I find this gives me a truer representation of my "real" weight. If you weigh later in the day or in the evening you will generally weigh up to a couple of lbs heavier than you are due to water etc...

    Also, weigh using the same scales every time and weigh in the same place. Hard floors are better than carpet as its more stable and your scales will be more accurate.

    I try to avoid weighing more than once a week now. I find i don't obsess so much about the numbers that way.

    Jx
  • HSingMomto7Kids
    HSingMomto7Kids Posts: 345 Member
    I weigh myself the 1st time in the morning, but if you weigh yourself at night just be sure you always weigh yourself at the same time so one day your not 2 lbs heavier than another time and you don't think oh no I gained weight!!!
  • jc501
    jc501 Posts: 129 Member
    In the morning before I eat breakfast.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Friday mornings after my morning pee, before my shower, nekkid. :)
  • LiveLaffLoseLove
    LiveLaffLoseLove Posts: 104
    First thing in the morning before my shower after I go potty... Usually twice a week, just for the heck of it. I know your weight flucuates, but I like to see if what I ate the day before added on pounds... weird I know...
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    All the time...JK! First thing in the morning and some times I will at other times to see how different thing have affected my weight. I keep it objective though and not obsessive.
  • ValRAAAAY
    ValRAAAAY Posts: 270 Member
    I weigh myself first thing in the morning before I get in the shower every Wednesday.

    You only get in the shower on Wednesdays?
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    It doesn't matter when you choose to weigh yourself, as long as you do it around the same time every weighing period. You weigh more at night after you've eaten your day's worth of food.
  • gaiareeves
    gaiareeves Posts: 292 Member
    Sunday mornings, before I've had anything to eat or drink.
  • cwmw
    cwmw Posts: 30
    every night, after dinner, pre shower :)
  • branson101
    branson101 Posts: 173 Member
    I weigh myself on Sunday mornings before I eat or drink anything.
  • Jack3r
    Jack3r Posts: 96
    Right after I wake up, after I use the washroom with no clothes on.
  • cassburk
    cassburk Posts: 3
    I weigh myself every morning when I wake up and go to the bathroom. That way I'm consistent and I use the same scale.
  • MsChrissyAnn
    MsChrissyAnn Posts: 95 Member
    When I first started on the path to a healthier me I was addicted to the scale. I'd get on that damn thing three and four times a day! It's a terrible habit and wrecked any self-confidence I had. Now I weigh every other Monday night just before bed. And so far so good :)
  • pabisc
    pabisc Posts: 17
    I weigh in once a week on Thursday mornings. I would like to before I eat, but having to get up early and get my kids off to school makes it way beyond the 2-hour mark from waking up. I've read up on metabolism and how you slow it down if you don't eat within two hours from waking up every day, so I try to eat something before I drive the kids into school. I would weigh in every day, but that just gives you more opportunities for your ups and downs to discourage you, so I limit myself to once a week to avoid the rollercoaster angst.
  • meggonkgonk
    meggonkgonk Posts: 2,066 Member
    You should be weighing yourself first thing in the AM right after you go to the bathroom, either naked or in the same clothes. Take 1x a week as your official weight 1x a week.

    I weigh in everyday in the morning as described, and at night when i get home from work (helps me with dinner), and Wed AM is my 'official weight' for the week. I also compare these daily weigh-ins to each other every WEEK, not from day to day or AM to PM. Monday AM to Monday AM, Friday PM to Friday PM and so on. Just how I like to do it.
  • tidesong
    tidesong Posts: 451 Member
    Once a week, on Thursdays (because for some reason that seems to be the day with the lowest weight for me). I do it first thing in the morning after I wake up. I use the bathroom (hopefully both functions :P), strip, and weigh-in. I always do the same thing, same conditions, so I have an accurate comparison. (ETA: And yes, this is before any food or water is consumed.)
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    First day of the season, first thing in the morning, after I pee and take off all my clothes, underwear, jewelry, ponytail holder, pee again and burp.
  • PJ_73
    PJ_73 Posts: 331 Member
    Friday mornings after my morning pee, before my shower, nekkid. :)

    This! But on a Monday!

    There have been occasions where I sneak a peak before Monday, but I try my best not to!
  • goonas
    goonas Posts: 205
    In morning after a pee.
    I am doing it every day (weighing myself), but it would probably be best and more motivational to leave longer gaps (i.e. weekly) which I think is the way I am going to go in future.
  • georgie181
    georgie181 Posts: 68
    barely ever, it depresses me when I fluctuate, I look in the mirror a hell of alot though LOL.
  • wildflower0872
    wildflower0872 Posts: 37
    I weight on a Wednesday... in the morning before the day gets underway as chaos ensues shortly after!

    And from now on... I'm doing it IN THE BUFF! ha ha

    You lot are a bad influence!

    Wild :flowerforyou:
  • wifealiciousness
    wifealiciousness Posts: 179 Member
    I weigh myself weekly on a saturday morning. I work hard during the week on the diet and exercise and don't want it to go to the dogs at the weekend....
  • MizzIcy
    MizzIcy Posts: 32 Member
    I weigh myself in the morning after my shower, before I have breakfast.
  • rbrauher
    rbrauher Posts: 4
    I do first thing in the morning. I have checked in the afternoon and it's always about 3-4 pounds heavier and that is just from the fluids and food you intake throughout the day.
    IMO, if you do it at night, you are going to see more weight variation as one day you may not drink or eat much, then the next time you did drink alot and eat a lot before weigh in. I just think that doing it in the morning gives you a good 8-12 hours after your last meal for everything to get absorbed and "purged" if necessary.
    It has been the most consistent for me and i have done it for 65 lbs (32 before i found this great tool).

    good luck
  • jmeyer925
    jmeyer925 Posts: 326 Member
    Every single cotton pickin' morning (usually only in my undies)! I found if I only did it once a week I would give myself a lot of cheat meals, and be thinking I still had a lot of time before my next weight in, so it was okay. However, I would then lose little to no weight.

    I record the weight on MFP every week though. But I need that constant reminder everday not to let me slip. I'm also on a goal to lose 10 pounds by Halloween, so I put up a printed out calendar above my light switch, and record my weight everyday (taking into account there WILL be weight flucuations).
  • PNCTink
    PNCTink Posts: 232 Member
    Wednesday mornings, after I pee, before I get in the shower.

    I don't think it matters when, as long as you are consistent with the day/time.

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