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Is there a best time to weigh yourself?

CheyenneTLE10
CheyenneTLE10 Posts: 56
edited January 27 in Motivation and Support
I've always just weighed myself whenever I felt like it. But, now that I'm onto a routine and want to keep track I weigh myself once a week. I usually weigh myself in the morning (after I eat) or just before I go to bed. So, (as my subject asks) - is there a "best" time of day to weigh yourself?

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  • pkbryant28
    pkbryant28 Posts: 146 Member
    I always weigh first thing in the morning before I eat or drink anything. As long as you are weighing yourself at the same time and in similar clothing I guess it really would not matter.
  • oX_Vanessa_Xo
    oX_Vanessa_Xo Posts: 478
    I don't know why, but I weigh less after breakfast than I do first thing when I wake up, so I usually weight around 11 am.
  • c50blvdbabe
    c50blvdbabe Posts: 213 Member
    On Friday morning after the bathroom with no clothes on. Every little bit helps:wink:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You should always weigh yourself at roughly the same time and under the same circumstances...other than that, it doesn't matter.
  • newjourney2015
    newjourney2015 Posts: 216 Member
    I usually weigh in the morning, after I've used the restroom, before I consume anything, naked AND the morning after a rest (no exercise) day.

    The morning after a rest day so that my muscles aren't retaining water from heavy lifting. The other reasons are pretty self explanatory.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    On Friday morning after the bathroom with no clothes on. Every little bit helps:wink:

    Not to mention, clothes have nothing to do with your body weight...
  • lswain1970
    lswain1970 Posts: 58 Member
    I have no idea why but I always weigh least at 8 a.m. regardless of when I wake up. I am guessing everyone is different.
  • CheyenneTLE10
    CheyenneTLE10 Posts: 56
    Thanks for everyone's input! I think I'll start weighing myself every Wednesday in the morning before work.
  • Smoni2008
    Smoni2008 Posts: 30 Member
    I weight first thing in the morning, nude, post voiding once my bowel and bladder are empty. ????
  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    First thing in the morning after I go to the bathroom.
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