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    Worst time to weigh yourself

    Posts: 112
    edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    What is the worst time of the day and month to weigh yourself?

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    • Posts: 154
      Worst time of the day is probably anytime after breakfast. Worst time of the month would depend on whether or not u tend to retain water that time of the month.
    • Posts: 112
      Yeah anytime after breakfast isn't good, especially JUST after eating
    • Posts: 680 Member
      I think Mondays are hazardous if you eat out on weekends. Sodium kills you!
    • Posts: 607 Member
      I would think the worst time would be right before bed, after you have already eaten and drank everything you are going to for the day, but I could be wrong...

      ...I never touch the scale after first thing in the morning, before I eat or drink anything.
    • Posts: 325
      I think it's at night or anytime after you eat for that matter.

      I find my weight is lower (more accurate) about a hour after I wake up, before I eat breakfast and with a empty bladder.
    • Posts: 1,319 Member
      It's different for everyone. I think the best time to weigh is first thing in the morning though.
    • Posts: 5,310 Member
      The evening before I come on would be mine. I vary by about 8 lbs throughout the month, and 4 lbs throughout the day.
    • Posts: 38
      Best time to weigh is first thing in the morning, before eating or doing anything else. Pick one day a week and weight at the same time and on the same day once a week. Also Mondays I think are good because they let you know what you did over the weekend that you have to make up for during the week. But thats just me, some people might find the uptick in weight on Monday a discouraging thing.
    • Posts: 1,421 Member
      I always weigh myself first thing in the morning, when I wake up, because if I weigh myself later, the food and water adds a few extra pounds, and I've found it can fluctuate up to three pounds in a day as a result.

      I don't gain any extra weight during or before my period, so I don't know about the worst time of the month.. I suppose it depends on your body.
    • Posts: 1,501 Member
      Bad after you eat or drink anything So wake go potty,and be nakey and then weigh yourself
    • Posts: 409 Member
      I was told that in the morning, after your bladder is empty and naked would be my most accurate. I mean makes sense to me! LOL
    • Posts: 280 Member
      For women...don't weigh yourself when you PMS or are having that time of the month!!!
    • Posts: 208 Member
      after your childs birthday party................... UGH LOL


      no seriously, worst time to weigh in..... before bed! My so weighs himself BEFORE bed, after all day of eating/drinking whatever...and whines "ugh I'm up 4lbs"..well duh dufus.... I tell you to weigh first thing in the morning after you use the bathroom,and before you INTAKE anything into your system... he just wont listen. :yawn: (yawning)
    • Posts: 88 Member
      I would say the worst time is in the evening. I always weight Monday mornings.
    • Posts: 50 Member
      I always weigh myself right when I get out of bed. I never weigh myself before going to bed.. Hope this helps
    • Posts: 103
      I made the mistake of weighing myself RIGHT after a HUGE dinner, (that i drank 4 HUGE glasses of water at) While I was on TOM, and horribly sunburnt. (you retain alot of water to help heal your skin) I was up more than 6lbs!

      :noway: Never again.
    • Posts: 71
      I weigh myself every day as soon as I wake up after my morning meating with the porcelain throne. I only record my weight once a week though. Hoever, I like knowing how much I fluxuate between days because some days I feel like drinking 64 oz of water is over-hydrating and some days I feel like it's under-hydrating... I've also noticed on days that I eat foods that make me more gassy that I seem to retain about a pound and a half more weight than on days I don't... I know it's no comparison, but it could be slightly similar to that Time of the Month for you gals...
    • Posts: 60
      AT BEDTIME AFTER YOU have eaten all day.
    • Posts: 6,063 Member
      Haha I usually weigh myself in the morning after I've worked out...
    • Posts: 601 Member
      The first and second days of a visit from Flo, are bad weigh in days for me. I usually weigh myself every morning first thing. I know this is a personal choice, but if I am up even an ounce, I am more inclined to be more careful throughout the day. With that being said, I am always up a bit on the first and second day of that time of the month.

      Hope this helps.

      Michelle
    • Posts: 41 Member
      I weigh most mornings and record monday morning's weight. I find that monday weigh-ins help keep me in check over the weekend!
    • Posts: 10
      For me it's mid-day. I can sometimes be 3 pounds up during the middle of the day. funny thing is, if I weigh right before bed, I'm usually only a pound up, IF that.
    • Posts: 112
      Thanks for the input everybody.. Last week I was down 6 pounds from the previous week, 4 days later (today) I was another pound down.. But it's TOM (as someone abbreviated it) so I'm probably down more than that.. But yes, I'm seeing that morning is the best time to weigh myself.
    • Posts: 4
      At night is worst. Best is morning after you clean all your pipes and are on an empty stomach.
    • Posts: 5,310 Member
      10pm the night before I come on.
    • Posts: 37 Member
      it just depend but since your a girl don't measure yourself when your on your period cause you might be bloating i don't know if bloating makes you whieght more.
    • Posts: 506 Member
      The worst time to weigh yourself is at nighttime and when it's close to your TOM.

      The best time to weigh yourself is in the morning after you use the restroom.
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