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    Posts: 74 Member
    edited January 23 in Health and Weight Loss
    I was retaining water last night and so my weight was up a little, no surprise...after I worked out I thought I'd weigh again and I was down 1.3 lbs! So. Do I record the "first thing in the morning after going to the bathroom" or "right after working out"?

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    • Posts: 3,509 Member
      morning aftyer u pee
      u record your weight once a week in the morning
    • Posts: 1,687 Member
      I record whatever is lowest
    • Posts: 132
      After you go to the restroom, do your thing, BEFORE YOU EAT BREAKFAST and after waking up, weigh yourself. Your weight can inflate up to 5 pounds or more throughout the day otherwise. Hope this helps.
    • Posts: 387 Member
      Edit: Agree with everyone above.
    • Posts: 92
      Personally, I record once a week at the very end of the day. This way I figure I am at my heaviest so any loss is permanent. Unless, I binge or over eat. :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 330 Member
      my weight also goes down after working out, but since weight fluctuates throughout the day, i also would go with the first thing in the morning after the pee.
    • Posts: 1,249 Member
      Good or bad, ALWAYS first thing in the morning after a pee here. It's the only consistent weight you are going to get all day IMO.
    • Posts: 1,325 Member
      I don't record post-workout weight, because I know I'm dehydrated from sweating. Plus, not every workout is the same, and not every day is equally hot, so the amount of sweat I lose is going to differ significantly. I prefer to weigh first thing in the morning--there are still going to be variables, but I don't think they'll be as extreme as the ones based on how much I exercised and how hot it was.

      But if you do roughly the same workout all the time, and, say, always do it indoors or live where the weather doesn't change much, I'd say go for it if it works for you. As long as each weigh-in happens under similar conditions, you should be able to track losses pretty well.
    • Posts: 209 Member
      hah sometimes i weigh MORE after a workout because i drink SO MUCH WATER.

      i definitely agree with everyone else about first thing in the morning after taking care of..erm..bodily need and before feeding.
    • Posts: 74 Member
      Okay, I see your points. I'll stick with the bloated, first thing in the morning because my weight loss will be more dramatic when I next weigh. Thanks!
    • Posts: 329
      Get a schedule going. I weigh myself every other day in the am after i wake up so i can compare my weight to the same variables. If i weigh myself at night i weigh more. Get in a schedule so you can compare you weight with a little more accuracy.
    • Posts: 21 Member
      Wake
      Wee
      Weight

      Works for me!
    • Posts: 2,131 Member
      Personally, I don't worry about which number to record. As long as the overall trend is down, I don't care. I weigh on a few different scales (at the doctor, at the gym for the personal trainer, at home sometimes), and I hit a new loss on the gym scale today, but I didn't record it because I only go by what the doctor scale says.
    • Posts: 246 Member
      As long as you're consistent, same time, same scale. I don't have a working scale at home (cat's static electricity kept turning it on when she rolled at my feet in the bathroom, and killed the battery! Haven't bothered to replace it) so I weigh after breakfast at the gym before I do my exercise. With my shoes on too, because as long as I always do that, it will be taken into account. I know I probably weigh a pound or two less than the scale says, but I am not that picky - I have bad arches and I'd rather keep the shoes on! I do always have the same thing for breakfast, and use the facilities at the gym before weighing, so it's all consistent.
    • Posts: 29
      1. Record your morning weight after you empty your baldder and your belly.Follow that weight daily or weekly to track your weight loss.


      2. Do you drink water when you workout? Because the difference between your morning weight and your weight, after exercise, is how much water you lost sweating.....
    • Posts: 29
      As long as you're consistent, same time, same scale. I don't have a working scale at home (cat's static electricity kept turning it on when she rolled at my feet in the bathroom, and killed the battery! Haven't bothered to replace it) so I weigh after breakfast at the gym before I do my exercise. With my shoes on too, because as long as I always do that, it will be taken into account. I know I probably weigh a pound or two less than the scale says, but I am not that picky - I have bad arches and I'd rather keep the shoes on! I do always have the same thing for breakfast, and use the facilities at the gym before weighing, so it's all consistent.

      Exactly. Well said.
    • Posts: 32
      Don't weigh yourself every day or you'll just drive yourself nuts. Once or twice a week is fine, but make sure it's about the same time every day. Weight loss is not linear and does fluctuate due to water retention, sodium, urination, etc.

      One other suggestion is to measure percent body fat, as opposed to weight alone, since you'll probably put on some muscle mass through resistance training. The simplest way is to take measurements and use the US Navy method:
      http://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Body-Fat-Using-the-US-Navy-Method
    • Posts: 216 Member
      Okay, I see your points. I'll stick with the bloated, first thing in the morning because my weight loss will be more dramatic when I next weigh. Thanks!

      maybe it's just different bodies, but i'm never bloated in the morning. i lose a couple pounds at night, and after the morning pee i'm generally at my 'good' weight for the day. my post workout weight is usually about the same, despite being post-breakfast and drinking 64-75 ounces of water (sweated out). my late night before i go to bed is generally the heaviest.

      but my wife yells at me for weighing myself so much, and wishes i only weighed in once a week in the morning. she's right, but yea, not gonna happen.
    • Posts: 74 Member
      Don't weigh yourself every day or you'll just drive yourself nuts. Once or twice a week is fine, but make sure it's about the same time every day. Weight loss is not linear and does fluctuate due to water retention, sodium, urination, etc.

      One other suggestion is to measure percent body fat, as opposed to weight alone, since you'll probably put on some muscle mass through resistance training. The simplest way is to take measurements and use the US Navy method:
      http://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Body-Fat-Using-the-US-Navy-Method

      OOO Thanks for the website! I do weigh every day because I like the self torture ;) But I have one of those devilish digital scales that SUPPOSEDLY shows body fat %, which I totally ignore. This website will help get me a truer figure I hope.
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