What to eat the day before weigh-in

tina2222
tina2222 Posts: 94
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
HI, tomorrrow is my weigh-in and im wondering what kinds of foods i shoulf be eating. I know thateating pasta the day before weigh-in is not good as your weight result the next day wouldn't be accurate. But what have you all been eating the day before?

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  • UrbanRunner81
    UrbanRunner81 Posts: 1,207 Member
    High fiber foods. Foods that are low-sodium.
  • aclark6818
    aclark6818 Posts: 209 Member
    I eat like I normally do and drink all of my water. I guess I didn't think about it. I do, however, sometimes splurge on my weigh in day--after I've weighed in. LOL
    :flowerforyou:
  • muitobem
    muitobem Posts: 436 Member
    I just eat normally...maybe cut back a llittle more on the sodium...drink LOTS more water....Otherwise, I don't change up much..
  • runningmom1977
    runningmom1977 Posts: 56
    I eat normal. That way the scale represents my actual loss or gain and there's no surprises the following week!
  • irisheyes42us
    irisheyes42us Posts: 144
    I try to eat fruit, ie watermelon, and low carb stuff. Also low salt. Try to make sure your body is moving stuff out too.Lol
  • shmo1969
    shmo1969 Posts: 85 Member
    I am with everyone else...I eat as I normally would. Good luck!!! :)
  • gsager
    gsager Posts: 977 Member
    Eat the same as usual, if you lost you lost, if you didn't you didn't....
  • tina2222
    tina2222 Posts: 94
    Thanks guys! you have been a great help! The fruit thing sounds good lol
  • moxleymama6
    moxleymama6 Posts: 532 Member
    Lots of water, lower the sodium & Eat Clean!!
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Watermelon! Helps with water retention and bloating. Pregnant women swear by it.
  • tina2222
    tina2222 Posts: 94
    Watermelon! Helps with water retention and bloating. Pregnant women swear by it.

    i know! lol when i was pregnant i craved it constantly - the best food ever as its mostly water. great advice :)
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,082 Member
    No starch, low cardium and drink of lots of water and
    stay in the sauna (hehehehe)
  • candb
    candb Posts: 238
    Eat the same as usual, if you lost you lost, if you didn't you didn't....

    This
  • MumMumOfMany
    MumMumOfMany Posts: 79 Member
    im bad, i eat less than i normally would lol. and drink lots water to flush me through lol x
  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
    Eat the same as usual, if you lost you lost, if you didn't you didn't..

    This^^
    The only person you cheat is yourself by changing what you eat for a weigh in.
  • Olisellana
    Olisellana Posts: 22
    I agree, I find it that when I don't cheat the day before the weigh in and I see the scale don't move I am the type of person that gets motivated to finding the solution and trying harder next time. Some people find it disappointing and give up. The fact is that if your going to eat one way the day before you weigh-in just to tip the scale to a loss your just going to gain it back when you start eating the way again. I personally belive that if you lost the weight then you lost it. Just make sure when you weigh in you do it first thing when you wake up, after you use the restroom. Prefuably with no clothing on. This way it is the same everytime and you have a better know if you are losing or gaining without the excess "water weight" since your body fast for the 8 hours you were sleeping or however long you were catching the z's
  • CraftyPayne
    CraftyPayne Posts: 41
    I eat what I would normally , loss or no loss !!!
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I would just eat as normal. Gaming the scale isn't going to make me slimmer.
  • sacredg
    sacredg Posts: 3 Member
    If your following a healthy diet and excercising then the scales should represent this over time. However there some tricks to get rid of 'waste' and 'water' to get a truer picture on the scales on your weigh day. I got this from a boxers forum. I am not an expert and do not recommend the following! wink wink

    The day before:-
    Reduce water intake (increase your water intake for 6 days before)
    reduce salt intake
    increase bowel movements
    Get a massage
    Hot bath and/ Sauna
    any workout that makes you sweat sweat sweat

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    Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Eat normal. Why ARTIFICIALLY enhance your weight loss by not eating what you regularly do?

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    When I first started, I made a point to eat lower sodium in the days before a weigh in, then I realized... this isn't a race or contest.

    I'm not on the Biggest Loser. I'm not going to get voted off if I don't lose "enough."

    I'm not a boxer or wrestler who's going to get bumped into the next weight class if I'm a couple pounds heavier.

    This is just life. It doesn't matter if I lose 1 pound this week, or .1 pound. The world won't even end if my weight stays the same or even goes up a little. It's not going to be linear. As long as the general trend is moving in the right direction, I'm happy.

    If the general trend moves in the wrong direction, or doesn't move at all, I have to reassess things.
  • egrusy
    egrusy Posts: 196 Member
    I've never considered eating differently just before weigh-in day. To me that would be like starting a weigh-in cycle wearing steel-toed boots because you know that the next week you will be guaranteed to have lost weight because you'll be barefoot! Eat normally and make it a good honest weigh-in :flowerforyou:
  • MissSaturday
    MissSaturday Posts: 784 Member
    eat just less and got to toilet in the morning before weighting. ha ha ha
  • ILuvMoo
    ILuvMoo Posts: 41
    I just log my weight every morning so I can watch all the little daily fluctuations in the graph and see the trends, rather than only looking at a weekly "snapshot" of the situation. Yes, some days it goes up or down by a whole pound, just because I had more sodium one day or because my girly hormones are getting their thing on, but I get to see the pattern and watch what that zig-zaggy line is doing OVERALL. :glasses:
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