Best time to weigh in?

buibear88
buibear88 Posts: 23 Member
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Whats the best time of day to weigh yourself? I've been doing it in the morning before I eat anything but should I be doing it right before bedtime instead?

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  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I do it the same time as you do. I want to know what my body weighs, not what my body plus food weighs.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Same here. I weigh in the morning before breakfast.
  • srindal
    srindal Posts: 33
    I weigh first thing in the morning before breakfast :)
  • SafariLara
    SafariLara Posts: 172
    I'm a little scale obsessed but I usually weigh myself before bed, as well as when I wake up. NEVER right after a big meal though ;)
  • dmmsquared
    dmmsquared Posts: 69
    I also weigh in first thing in the morning. But I guess as long as you do it at the same time each weigh in, you will still know how much you lose.
  • lruff1987
    lruff1987 Posts: 263 Member
    In the morning in my birthday suit! :-)
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    Wake up. Use the bathroom. Get naked. Step on the scale. :)
  • Steph_Anie
    Steph_Anie Posts: 82 Member
    as long as you weigh at the same time of day each time, it should be accurate as far as showing weight loss/gain--- I used to weigh in the a.m. but now I count my afternoon weigh in's b/c that's when I weigh in with my trainer... it's just a personal choice.
  • melzteach
    melzteach Posts: 550 Member
    sarah44254 I totally agree!
    Early morning + empty tummy + empty bladder + naked = best time/way to weigh yourself!
  • rsonthelake
    rsonthelake Posts: 113 Member
    I think it just depends. What works best for me is....get up, and weight about 30 minutes, then weigh. I don't like weighing at night at all!:noway: :noway:
  • diet45
    diet45 Posts: 392 Member
    Always weight first thing in the morning on the same day...every Friday morning.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    diet45, I'm wondering why Friday?
  • elvb
    elvb Posts: 423 Member
    I weight in with a Wellness counselor every Wednesday at 11:45am. It works since it's so long after breakfast and right before lunch! I weigh in at home almost daily too (I know lol). I do it in the morning when I get up, before breakfast, butt naked.
  • mirenner
    mirenner Posts: 205
    first thing in the morning, naked... and take photos ;)
  • Pinomami89
    Pinomami89 Posts: 73 Member
    When u first wake up and dnt eat or drink nothing and then u be good :P
  • vickthedick
    vickthedick Posts: 136 Member
    first thing in the morning, naked... and take photos ;)

    lol. This is how I weigh in too, but i put the photos in a drawer
  • buibear88
    buibear88 Posts: 23 Member
    first thing in the morning, naked... and take photos ;)

    Lol i dont think Im brave enough to take photos quite yet.
  • dgooch47
    dgooch47 Posts: 1
    First thing in the morning.
  • alyssa83202
    alyssa83202 Posts: 334
    Good question! I was wondering the same. I weigh myself in the morning, but I also do it out of curiosity throughout the day and it's usually around 2 lbs higher. I always go with my weight in the morning though!
  • kluinstra
    kluinstra Posts: 11
    First thing in the AM, empty stomach and bladder, and naked. I've always been told that this is the only time to get a truly accurate weight.
  • Kkmama
    Kkmama Posts: 544 Member
    I weigh in Thursdays after I wake up; be that in the morning after sleeping all night (like a normal person) or after I wake after going to bed after a night shift (usually around 3pm or so. Of course before even a sip of coffee!

    Not taking pictures at this stage of the game... maybe one day! :blushing:
  • BlueSkye
    BlueSkye Posts: 9
    I weigh myself in the morning after using the toilet, in my pyjamas.
    I think that is the best time to weigh, but if you were to do it at the same time every day regardless of what that time is, you would be likely to get a pretty accurate reading as its consistent.
  • jo_marnes
    jo_marnes Posts: 1,601 Member
    I'm always at my lightest at the end of the afternoon, before dinner
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