weigh nude or clothed?

joepage612
joepage612 Posts: 179 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm pretty close to my goal weight if I weigh myself nude but im 5 pounds heavier with clothes on
should I go by nude weight or clothed weight?
what do you do?
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  • PersistUntilSomethingHappens
    PersistUntilSomethingHappens Posts: 5
    Both are fine - if you always wear the same clothes and you know how much they weigh it's easy to calculate the weight of your body. ;)
  • sho3girl
    sho3girl Posts: 10,799 Member
    as I was weighed at birth naked
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    That depends. If you're weighing yourself in public; clothed is usually the socially accepted standard.
  • healthyNEWday4me
    healthyNEWday4me Posts: 21
    Thanks for the giggles you guys!
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    What have you been doing all the way along? Then do it that way for the most accurate reading.

    Personally, I weigh myself at the gym… so clothing it is for me! I may arrested if I tried it naked! Plus, I may put anyone who saw me into therapy for years for the recurring nightmares!
  • rodduz
    rodduz Posts: 251 Member
    As long as you're consistent, doesn't make much difference.
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Thanks for the giggles you guys!
    This
  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 661 Member
    As long as you're consistent, doesn't make much difference.

    This. Unless you wear the same clothes every time then its difficult to be consistent, so I always weigh myself naked (at home...)
  • NurseJ1524
    NurseJ1524 Posts: 1 Member
    I usually weigh with clothes because that's how people see you everyday
  • Goodfellagrl
    Goodfellagrl Posts: 73 Member
    Naked at home and of course clothed in public but I think naked would be the most accurate reading. Like when I go to the doctors of course I can't take my clothes off but I always take my shoes off cuz shoes are extra weight, not much but its extra weight so its not going to be an accurate reading if you keep your shoes on.
  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 661 Member
    Interesting, but clothes change as you lose so will inevitably weigh less - false reading no?
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    I think the difference in weight of the clothing as you wear smaller sizes will be quite negligible.

    I usually weight at home in my undies. If I know I'm going to be weighed in public, like when I went to weight watchers, I wore the same, lightweight clothing: lightweight t-shirt and lightweight exercise / yoga pants.
  • RHachicho
    RHachicho Posts: 1,115 Member
    Naked I want to weigh my body not my clothes :) Though im obv clothed for the 1/month weigh ins at the gym im always clothed in the same clothes for that. Again consistency between weigh ins is the key. But it has shown me that clothes do account for a couple of lbs.
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    jocks on or nude, jocks weigh almost nothing, fitbit wrist strap weighs 16g. so it's all bugger all.
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    Only weigh with clothes if you wear similar clothes everytime. Denim can be heavy, I'd suggest if you want to wear clothes for a weigh in, wear whatever you might wear to bed. I started weighing in naked so now have to do that everytime.

    Truth is it doesn't matter since the overall trend is whats important, just be consistent, always naked, or always with clothes (so long as it is similar weighted clothes).
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    bra and panties only.
  • howardheilweil
    howardheilweil Posts: 604 Member
    Consistency is all that matters... Same scale, same time of day, same level of clothing or lack thereof...
  • joepage612
    joepage612 Posts: 179 Member
    so when your BMI scale says healthy
    unhealthy. its based on clothed or not?
  • bepeejaye
    bepeejaye Posts: 775 Member
    Er.....disrobed....at the same time every month, before I head out for a Body Composition Analysis at a fitness/health and wellness club.
  • emalethmoon
    emalethmoon Posts: 178 Member
    I weight every morning after my pee but before breakfast. I generally only have underpants on when I weigh.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    so when your BMI scale says healthy
    unhealthy. its based on clothed or not?

    Unless your naked weight puts you at a BMI right under the overweight number, clothes are unlikely to make it shift from healthy to overweight.

    Example:
    naked weight this morning: 188.2 - BMI 32.3
    clothed weight (t-shirt and fuzzy pj pants): 190.2 - BMI 32.6
    The 2lb difference barely moved my BMI.
  • rubierosiiie
    rubierosiiie Posts: 9
    I think most people will say nude and in the morning.. But I beg to differ because what does it lead to? Disappointment, when you've eaten and your wearing clothes and you're 2kg heavier :/ I try not to set myself up for that by always weighing end of the day and clothed normally, simply because if I saw that on the scale it'd be terribly demotivating.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    I think most people will say nude and in the morning.. But I beg to differ because what does it lead to? Disappointment, when you've eaten and your wearing clothes and you're 2kg heavier :/

    Once I've stepped on the scale in the morning, I don't step back on for the rest of the day. Thus I don't see the weight of my clothes, food, bloating, etc on the scale. So, if weight fluctuations bothered me, there would be no disappointment. I don't see the need to step on a scale more than once a day since too many things play into what weight shows up on the scale.
  • LadyArchangel
    LadyArchangel Posts: 124 Member
    I always weigh myself in the morning nakey :blushing: that's what I've been doing this past year.

    Plus before I go to the doctor I like to weigh myself right before I walk out the door, of course I'm usually 3-6lbs heavier from clothes and shoes, but still. It's expected.
  • MisterZ33
    MisterZ33 Posts: 567 Member
    I usually wear a tux when i step on the scale.

    i like to feel as though i am attending at an important function and am the key note speaker.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    Naked. I workout mornings before the sun rises. So, after my workout, and before showering, I'm just conveniently disrobed at that moment. And, it's a consistent habit for me.
  • kwantlen2051
    kwantlen2051 Posts: 455 Member
    That depends. If you're weighing yourself in public; clothed is usually the socially accepted standard.

    Hahaha! That's right, depends on where you are.. LOL
  • JoeCWV
    JoeCWV Posts: 213 Member
    Naked, no matter where I am. Walmart asked me to buy my next scale elsewhere.
  • summer92008
    summer92008 Posts: 202
    I would weigh naked. That is how much YOU weigh, not YOU AND YOUR CLOTHES. This way, every time you weigh, you will know exactly how much you have gained or loss, and not have to worry if your shoes are adding weight, etc.
  • sheedy17
    sheedy17 Posts: 128
    naked, if i dont like the number, I then go and try to pee and weigh again

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