When to step on the scale?

When is the best time to step on that dreaded scale? In the mornings or evenings? I would prefer not to have to get on it at all, but...I just wasnt sure if there was a specific time of day to weigh in .
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  • mommywally
    mommywally Posts: 4 Member
    In the mornings is the best time
  • AE0626
    AE0626 Posts: 5 Member
    I prefer 1st thing in the morning before I've eaten and drunk anything, but IMO as long as you're consistent it doesn't really matter.
  • Thank you!
  • MagJam2004
    MagJam2004 Posts: 651 Member
    I weigh myself at least 3 times a day. I do it naked first thing in the morning, when I get home from work, and before I go to bed. I see the fluctuation, but most importantly to me, I see the downward trend and can see those days where my body is hording water since I know that I didn't gain 2 lbs overnight. If it is a dreaded thing to you, I would go so far as to say, weigh yourself once a week or maybe even once every 2 weeks. But on a certain day at a certain time is best. You'll feel better if the timing is consistent. Best of luck!
  • sarafischbach9
    sarafischbach9 Posts: 466 Member
    The mornings when you get up. It should be before eating and exercising. Also make sure you go to the bathroom too beforehand.
  • I weigh every morning before eating and after going to the bathroom.....I also weigh minus the clothes......I know I should maybe keep it to once a week but that darn scale has a magnetic pull.....can't resist it....but it also plays mind games too....especially when it hikes the numbers up instead of dropping them.....sighhhh....:(
  • monkeywizard
    monkeywizard Posts: 222 Member
    Yeah, I do it everyday when I first wake up (after I go to the bathroom).
  • arenad
    arenad Posts: 142 Member
    I actually weigh about an hour after I get up. There is something about fluid when I first get up because my wedding ring won't come off. About 30 minutes to an hour is best for me.
  • In the morning. I weigh myself every morning. However, I think I need to stop getting on the scale each day and weigh myself once a week. The scale keeps calling my name and I can't resist because some days, the scale is not my friend, its my enemy.... Nevertheless, even if the scale doesn't move, I will celebrate the small victories each day...
  • In the morning. I weigh myself every morning. However, I think I need to stop getting on the scale each day and weigh myself once a week. The scale keeps calling my name and I can't resist because some days, the scale is not my friend, its my enemy.... Nevertheless, even if the scale doesn't move, I will celebrate the small victories each day...
  • loubidy
    loubidy Posts: 440 Member
    I do it in the mornings before I've eaten or drunk and once I've been to the toilet.

    If you aren't in the habit of weighing yourself then try and do it as little as possible. It's addictive.
  • Roaringgael
    Roaringgael Posts: 339 Member
    I weigh myself once a week.
    I work night shift so tend to weigh on my day off after an overnight sleep (go to the toilet etc first, before eating).
    If the scales haven't moved much I may re-weigh myself in a couple of days if I feel disappointed.
    Weight loss is never linear, I can tell by the way I feel that I'm lighter or not.
    Since commencing serious exercising (I had to recover from an injured knee) I have found my weight is dropping quicker at the moment.
  • I weigh myself first thing in the morning, but I always feel like I'm kidding myself when I'm 3 pounds lighter than the night before.
    Feel like there's something wrong with the scales and I'm still just as fat.
  • corgarian
    corgarian Posts: 366 Member
    I weight myself once a week in the mornings.

    Honestly the scale is a dirty liar. I put more faith in my weekly measurements.
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    as others said first thing in morning after washroom.
    Now since weightloss is not linear-under my reports- I prefer the 30 day one. The 7 day report shows too many ups and down and the 30 day report lets me see the downward trend.
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
    Just shoot for consistency... If you want to weigh at night, keep weighing at night. If you weigh with clothes on, keep weighing with the same types of clothes on.
  • hopper602
    hopper602 Posts: 204 Member
    I weigh in once a week right after I wake up and use the bathroom.
  • carolsteele45
    carolsteele45 Posts: 43 Member
    I weigh every morning before eating and after going to the bathroom.....I also weigh minus the clothes......I know I should maybe keep it to once a week but that darn scale has a magnetic pull.....can't resist it....but it also plays mind games too....especially when it hikes the numbers up instead of dropping them.....sighhhh....:(

    Haha - I'm exactly the same, it's a very powerful love/hate relationship I have with my bathroom scales - and I breathe out when I stand on them. I know it doesn't make a shred of difference, but psychologically I have to do it lol
  • GlitterrMagpie
    GlitterrMagpie Posts: 302 Member
    Just shoot for consistency... If you want to weigh at night, keep weighing at night. If you weigh with clothes on, keep weighing with the same types of clothes on.

    Yep, it's a comparison over time you're looking at so whichever time of day you choose just always weigh at that time.
  • cuinboston2014
    cuinboston2014 Posts: 848 Member
    I weigh every morning before eating and after going to the bathroom.....I also weigh minus the clothes......I know I should maybe keep it to once a week but that darn scale has a magnetic pull.....can't resist it....but it also plays mind games too....especially when it hikes the numbers up instead of dropping them.....sighhhh....:(

    Haha - I'm exactly the same, it's a very powerful love/hate relationship I have with my bathroom scales - and I breathe out when I stand on them. I know it doesn't make a shred of difference, but psychologically I have to do it lol

    Lol I seomtimes weigh myself a second time if I feel like I was clenching my fists or leaning to one side like it's going to matter...it's always the same lol

    in any case - I always weigh right in the morning before eating/drinking and after going to the bathroom. i do, sometimes, weigh myself before and after workouts or at the end of a day out of curiosity. I only, however, count the number in the morning
  • On the same day each week step on the scale after you wake up and take your morning pee!
  • dukeoden
    dukeoden Posts: 10
    I quit weighing my self and now I just measure my waist and chest and arms.Im not going to be a slave to the scale and let the scale run my life its no fun.
  • alexis831
    alexis831 Posts: 469 Member
    I was a scale Nazi but it drove me mad. I actually don't care about the number anymore. I weigh myself 1x a week on Sunday and only use that number to plug my data into my electric body fat tester to see where my body fat is. Your body fat % should be your true focus. If you can… get away from the darn scale. Its evil!
  • Thank you ALL VERY MUCH!!!! I usually weigh in the morning! I stepped on the scale this morning and about tossed my cookies. I don't like tooking at the thing. I measure by the way my clothes fit...and right now...I am two sizes bigger than I was a year ago. This is going to be a challenge for me because I am on two seperate medicines that cause weight gain. Let's see who is gonna win...not the pills for sure :)
  • ATGsquats
    ATGsquats Posts: 227 Member
    In the morning after take my dump and piss.
  • Whaylen
    Whaylen Posts: 2
    What you really want is consistency, and that is usually best had in the mornings before food and after restroom if you can manage that.

    For me it's best to not watch the numbers every day, but be aware of the trend. As others have noted, you can get away with weighing in once a week or so if you do this, unless you feel you need to adapt quickly because you don't have a good regimen. Monday mornings are good this way for me, because I get a little off track on the weekends, and that helps me adjust expectations for the next weekend. Having an Aria scale has helped me a lot, I don't even have to look at the numbers during the actual weigh-ins, and having a BMI measurement is very helpful.
  • spicegeek
    spicegeek Posts: 325 Member
    I haven`t got on the scale yet - I am going by measurements - I really do not want to know just how bad it is !
  • joan23_us
    joan23_us Posts: 263 Member
    When is the best time to step on that dreaded scale? In the mornings or evenings? I would prefer not to have to get on it at all, but...I just wasnt sure if there was a specific time of day to weigh in .

    in the morning after you finish number 1 and number 2, no liquids yet... i try and log my weight everyday and then get an average weight every fortnight to see if im losing my desired fat percentage for that particular fortnight...
  • klalsaleh
    klalsaleh Posts: 13
    i do it in the morning before i eat.
  • SpencersHeart
    SpencersHeart Posts: 170 Member
    I do my weigh in every Sunday morning with a prayer. :)