Right or Wrong time to weigh yourself?

skinnyclare
skinnyclare Posts: 27 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I’m confused about what time I should weigh myself? I know you should try to do it at the same time of day to get an accurate reading but should this be first thing in the morning or at night? My weight can be nearly 3 lbs different from first thing to when I go to bed, which is your true weight?? :-S :explode:

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  • emotionalharlequin
    emotionalharlequin Posts: 83
    Morning. Soon as you get out of your bed but after you pee. Don'ts do it on days after you binge or mornings when you pfeel bloated, that includes menstrual bloat.

    Don't do it at night. Your weight at night is completely different to your weight in the morning because the food you eat is obviously included in your measurements during that time.

    Also, if you really want accuracy then I'd suggest measuring yourself with a measuring tape or measuring your body fat percentage. Scales include your water weight, your bone density, muscle mass, fat, hair (which does make a difference if you have a lot of it), etc. You won't really know what you're losing when you drop a few lbs.
  • dconnolly818
    dconnolly818 Posts: 43 Member
    I always weigh myself in the morning before I eat anything, partly because to me it seems less likely that the numbers would be skewed by whatever you still have in your stomach from the day. Mostly though, I do it then because that is almost always not only the lowest number of the day, but also the consistent when I track.

    But I don't think it REALLY matters as long as you use the same one to track, weather it be AM or PM.
  • jj151201
    jj151201 Posts: 6
    Monday morning nice an early and as mother nature intended me to be lol :laugh:
  • matt2442
    matt2442 Posts: 1,259 Member
    in the morning RIGHT when you wake up!
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    Naked, in the morning, right after a trip to the john.
  • arlenem1974
    arlenem1974 Posts: 437 Member
    I weigh myself in the morning. I go to the bathroom wait 10-15 min then weigh without my pj's on. Once a week at the same time.
  • skinnyclare
    skinnyclare Posts: 27 Member
    Thanks everyone, I'll stick to weighing only in the morning and measuring once week. Im trying not to get to obsessed with weighing myself everytime I walk past the scales LOL

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