Weigh-in, a.m. or p.m.??

MRudman
MRudman Posts: 63 Member
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I usually weigh in the evenings and then record my weight the next morning when I log in. When is the best time to weigh? Is it the morning or the evening before bed? Which one is more accurate??? Thanks!
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  • Katz85340
    Katz85340 Posts: 206 Member
    I usually weigh in the evenings and then record my weight the next morning when I log in. When is the best time to weigh? Is it the morning or the evening before bed? Which one is more accurate??? Thanks!

    You know, I was wondering that myself. I was also wondering if people weigh with their clothes on or off?
  • bettyboop573
    bettyboop573 Posts: 610 Member
    i have always heard AM is closest to your true weight...but just make sure whayever you choose for your weigh in you do the same time every time
  • Jacquelyn913
    Jacquelyn913 Posts: 300 Member
    As soon as you wake up in the morning, I usually weigh without clothes, as some clothes are heavier than others.
  • CWhitney14
    CWhitney14 Posts: 6
    I heard night is best since you're body retains so much water while you're sleeping. I weigh in in the same thing each time, usually just underwear and bra...so it's a consistent weight.
  • Jizes318
    Jizes318 Posts: 409 Member
    I was told that in the morning after you do your business etc, weigh yourself with no clothes. Morning I guess is the best time...
  • JustJessie
    JustJessie Posts: 162 Member
    The morning after you use the bathroom is the most accurate. Your weight will change throughout the day due to what you eat and drink.
  • cindaroses
    cindaroses Posts: 117
    I like to weigh myself in the morning, no clothes, after I use the bathroom. If you like to weigh yourself at night, do it the same time each night. Also, if you weigh in with clothes, make sure they are the same (so as not effect the weight)
  • PokenStick
    PokenStick Posts: 204
    It doesn't really matter. You're going to have variations either way. Most do it in the A.M. as they are usually lighter because they had been fasting all night.

    What really matters is that which ever you pick, you're consistent.
  • gecho
    gecho Posts: 426 Member
    A.M. right after you get up but before you eat or drink anything & after you go to the bathroom. Oh! and naked. Supposed to be the most accurate you can get.
  • Nicola1944
    Nicola1944 Posts: 290 Member
    First thing in the morning, naked!!! Clothes add pounds!! lol


    :)
  • p_cakes
    p_cakes Posts: 282
    I always do it in the AM before I eat or do anything. I don't know about weighing, I'm always in my PJs, but it's on a tshirt, so. yeah.
  • FaeFae
    FaeFae Posts: 243 Member
    i weight myself first thing in the morning after i use the bathroom. Its the very first thing I do other than go pee!! lol At night you have just eaten a days worth the food. You are more likely to weigh more at the end of the day.
  • canamoc
    canamoc Posts: 16 Member
    Personally I weight in the am, I pee as much as is humanely possible and then strip off and weigh........ you always weigh less in the am, sometimes a few lbs less. The am is the most accurate as you are empty.... or so I've been told!!!!
  • dhutt2011
    dhutt2011 Posts: 77 Member
    I usually weigh in the evenings and then record my weight the next morning when I log in. When is the best time to weigh? Is it the morning or the evening before bed? Which one is more accurate??? Thanks!

    You know, I was wondering that myself. I was also wondering if people weigh with their clothes on or off?

    It doesn't matter as long as you consistantly weighing in at that time.
  • NikkiJ17
    NikkiJ17 Posts: 295
    I think it's whatever you feel like. LOL The main constant is that it be the same time and the same way every time. So if you wanna weigh in your birthday suit on Saturday afternoon, then go for it, just do it naked every Saturday afternoon. :wink:
  • Herenya
    Herenya Posts: 7 Member
    My doctor told me the best time to weigh in is in the morning right after a BM. And not to wear anything, that way you don't have to account for the weight of any clothing. So take yourself a nice shower and feel refreshed and positive and then stop on the scale.
  • papastu
    papastu Posts: 737 Member
    agreed, cant make any difference as long as you do it at the same time of day on the same day each week :)
  • Texasgirl05
    Texasgirl05 Posts: 52
    I heard Morning rihgt after your first bathroom visit..
  • superhippiechik
    superhippiechik Posts: 1,044 Member
    I weigh after I do my morning business fresh out of the shower. The later you eat the more it affects what the scale says, in my experience. I always have an early meal the day before weigh in.
  • Katz85340
    Katz85340 Posts: 206 Member
    I also weigh in the mornings w/o clothes but I weigh in once per month at the VA, in the afternoon, with clothes (and I'm always heavier than what my scale says)! So I was thinking, for me, it might be better to weigh in with clothes and at the same time I do when I'm at the VA which is what my scale is calibrated for anyway. What do you think?
  • adrienne4791
    adrienne4791 Posts: 60
    :happy:
    I usually weigh in the evenings and then record my weight the next morning when I log in. When is the best time to weigh? Is it the morning or the evening before bed? Which one is more accurate??? Thanks!

    You know, I was wondering that myself. I was also wondering if people weigh with their clothes on or off?

    It doesn't matter as long as you consistantly weighing in at that time.


    Agreed
  • Aimee_PD
    Aimee_PD Posts: 177 Member
    first thing in the morning after bathroom and completely naked is how i do it!
  • Mizzgracie
    Mizzgracie Posts: 1
    AM w/ little or no clothes. That way I don't play the mind games of why my weight might be "more than it should be" because I drank too much water or I'm wearing heavier clothes. AM, after you've gone to the bathroom, will give the most accurate picture of weight gain/loss.

    Also, I have a digital scale and ONLY hit the save button when I lose weight. I record ups and down on this site, but I've learned to love hitting the save button on my scale!
  • bucky17h
    bucky17h Posts: 120
    A.M. right after you get up but before you eat or drink anything & after you go to the bathroom. Oh! and naked. Supposed to be the most accurate you can get.

    Ditto
  • upnorthtim
    upnorthtim Posts: 376 Member
    Naked in the morning after ahem.......
  • audreyyrose
    audreyyrose Posts: 85
    you should weigh yourself first thing in the morning, with no clothes, right after you've used the bathroom, before you've eaten anything. this allows you to see what YOU weigh, not you plus the food you've eaten and the water you've drank.
  • Badger1201
    Badger1201 Posts: 24
    Every source I have read says a.m. I suggest (for amusement purposes only), weight no clothes first note weight, then get dressed for the day and re-weigh. This will give you the weight of your clothes (subtraction and all, of course). For weight fluctuation throughout the day, to what is meant, weigh every hour to see how you weight can vary. I have read that tidal pulls can even affect the weight!!
  • ninafahamu
    ninafahamu Posts: 2
    For some reason when I weigh myself at night, it's almost always a pound lighter the next morning. I just go with the first thing Monday morning as my "official", that way it's at least consistent. Although I tend to weigh myself now and then when I pass the scale just to see how it might be fluctuating.
  • Katz85340
    Katz85340 Posts: 206 Member
    Every source I have read says a.m. I suggest (for amusement purposes only), weight no clothes first note weight, then get dressed for the day and re-weigh. This will give you the weight of your clothes (subtraction and all, of course). For weight fluctuation throughout the day, to what is meant, weigh every hour to see how you weight can vary. I have read that tidal pulls can even affect the weight!!

    That's a great idea! Thanks!
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    am for me butt naked lol
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