why do i weigh less in the day than in the evening

Hannahjane123456
Hannahjane123456 Posts: 116 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
ive been doing the 5.2 diet and recently in the mornings i have started to weigh more than i do in the evenings, like this morning i weighed myself and i was 9.12 stone and yesterday evening i was 9.10 stone. whats going on? could it be that im awake quite a few times with a baby? or is the food ive eaten the day before?

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  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    edited April 2015
    Could be anything. You've gone to the toilet during the day and lost food there, you've sweated and lost water weight, things like that. And does your scale always give the same result? Mine will give me slightly different readings if I step on and off consecutively, so would almost definitely give a different reading later on in the day anyway.
  • Hannahjane123456
    Hannahjane123456 Posts: 116 Member
    no it changes between 9.10 stone and 9 stone 13
  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
    Stop weighing yourself so often you'll just drive yourself crazy. Your body can vary 4-5 pounds a day.
  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
    Stop weighing yourself so often you'll just drive yourself crazy. Your body can vary 4-5 pounds a day
  • elliej
    elliej Posts: 466 Member
    You weigh more in the morning than the evening... You mean after you've eaten all day and filled up on food?
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    hannahjanerhoden24 wrote: »
    no it changes between 9.10 stone and 9 stone 13

    So if your scale changes every time you stand on it, why are you surprised when it gives a different reading at the end of the day?
  • sfkn123
    sfkn123 Posts: 17 Member
    Your body digests and removes the food in your stomach to use as energy while you are asleep. Also, your breathing slows down, and has a higher rate of removing co2 (which weighs more than oxygen). Another reason is that the water weight is probably removed as you weigh yourself after you pee in the morning.
  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    Weight varies throughout the day - water, glycogen, food... I suggest you don't weigh yourself multiple times a day, even if you are a daily weigh-er.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Wow you're the opposite to most people. I always weigh at least 3kgs more in the evening than I do in the morning..
  • snowflakesav
    snowflakesav Posts: 649 Member
    Glycogen stores... Glycogen is stored in your muscles with water. You use it as you are active throughout the day. I always weigh the least in the afternoon after my am and pm workouts. I use my morning weight to track.

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