Overnight weight loss...
jimennis
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Have you ever weighed before you go to bed and then weighed the next morning before breakfast. How much did you lose?
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Can be as much as 3 kg's - always amazes me.....0
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2.6 from yesterday morning to this morning.
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As many as 3 pounds...so awesome to go to sleep one weight and wake up lighter!2
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I've lost as much as 7lbs overnight (and kept the 7lbs off). I have a weird way of losing weight, I think. LOL I tend to lose it in chunks.1
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3-4lbs.0
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yeah, and then I measure for two consecutive days to make sure it's right!0
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Yes, it is all water (breathed, perspired and urinated out) and food gone in any bowel movement you might have first thing in the morning. The changes can be quite large, which is why the general suggestion is weigh yourself first thing in the AM following going to the bathroom but before eating or drinking anything. After that point, once your weight throughout the day will go up because of what you eat and drink.3
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Great I though I was wierd when I woke up 3 pounds lighter..LOL0
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OMG!..This just happened to me today...i thought something was wrong with my scale. I talked to my nutritionist 2day and she said it might have been water weight..so who knows but i was extremely freaked out. I lost 4lbs from yesterday0
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Ususally about 2 pounds.
Have you ever woke up and GAINED? I have -- I must be sleep-eating or something! I sure hope I am enjoying those nights! LOL1 -
I generally lose 3 pounds overnight. Of course, most of it is water weight and I have to pee alot!! lol0
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Yeah, I've lost & I've gained. I've found that if I eat ham or anything with a ton of sodium, I always gain in my sleep.. That makes for a bad morning..0
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About 2 for me, very consistently.0
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I would like to know how this is possible. Anyone want to share with me?0
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I did that exact things this morning and was down almost 7 pounds. I thought I was dreaming.1
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It's pretty normal, I lose up to 3 lbs but more commonly 1-2 lbs. It's not all from urination and bowel movement though. If you think about it, you sleep 8hr (or try to) and you are effectively fasting but your body still needs energy to be alive though not as much as while awake (that basic amount is your BMR). So some of that weight is also just your bodily function costs.0
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Yes, it is all water (breathed, perspired and urinated out) and food gone in any bowel movement you might have first thing in the morning. The changes can be quite large, which is why the general suggestion is weigh yourself first thing in the AM following going to the bathroom but before eating or drinking anything. After that point, once your weight throughout the day will go up because of what you eat and drink.
Mine wasn't just water weight - I kept those 7lbs off (and heck.. they are still off - along with a lot more "7lbs"). Like I said, I lose in large chunks. I lost 4lbs this week and for being VERY close to my ideal body weight for my build (and at my goal weight) - that is HUGE.0 -
I would like to know how this is possible. Anyone want to share with me?
I have no idea how it happens, but I can tell you that it does. I've had it happen to me many times in this journey. And I always keep it off. I'm really unsure what happens - but it DOES happen (and it isn't all water weight).0 -
If your exercising it will keep your metabolism revved up long after you are finished, which contributes to more of a calorie burn. If you are drinking your water and it is cold, the body has to increase in metabolism to warm the water, and that burns calories, that is why it is important to drink cold water.5
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I don't usually weigh at night, but when I have, I'm pretty consistently 2-3 lbs. more than my morning weight.1
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It's not just water weight or BMs; your body is constantly metabolizing to produce energy and regulate itself. You're not adding calories while you're asleep, so you tend to have a deficit overnight, irrespective of the water you drank. If you have lots of muscle, you need more energy and therefore burn more calories, even while you're resting. Your BM represents only a small proportion of what you actually ingested in meals--it's just waste that couldn't be converted into energy. Also keep in mind that a lot of energy is being lost as heat, 24-7.3
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What all of this thread needs to understand is how the body actually loses weight, and what it means to "burn" fat. Do you know where it goes?
Truth is, burning "energy" doesn't make the fat cells just disappear. The chemical composition of fat breaks down into CO2 and H2O, believe it or not, and you remove it through your body the same ways you know from grade school - you breathe it out, and you excrete it. It actually happens at a rate of, roughly, 84% CO2 and 16% H20, so this overnight weight loss can happen merely through breathing and sweating.
Of course, if you are excreting anything between measurements, that counts, too.
As for gaining weight during sleep, the law of consrrvation of mass means that you cannot simply create mass from nothing. To create fat cells, you'd need to form molecules something like C55-H144-O6 (IIRC), and that can't happen just by ingesting some oxygen all night - you'd need the carbon and hydrogen atoms from food - possibly what's in your belly before sleeping. So eating fattening foods before bed run the potential of more Oxygen being retained in your cells overnight. Large gains in weight in this manner would be unlikely overnight, so it may just be variance in your scale to blame more than anything else.1 -
Well, this is a weird 18 month old bump. Weird because the information provided is actually correct, while most bumps of old threads seem to provide much more random information.
So @fgonnello How did you come by this thread?5 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Well, this is a weird 18 month old bump. Weird because the information provided is actually correct, while most bumps of old threads seem to provide much more random information.
So @fgonnello How did you come by this thread?
The thread itself and most of the posts in it are actually almost 7 and a half years old.
In the spirit of the original topic, I usually lose about a pound. I like to hop on the scale after I've brushed my teeth at night and play 'guess tomorrow's weight.'
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When I do weigh myself before bed and then again in the am after peeing, it's usually down about 2 lbs, but I don't keep that 2 lbs off all day. It will go up from there for the days consumption and/or exercise until the next morning again.0
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Every day (and night).
I record my weight every morning at the same point in my morning routine but I also step on the scale last thing every night before I go to bed. The nighttime weigh in isn't recorded or anything, I'm fascinated by the different amounts I lose while sleeping.1 -
What all of this thread needs to understand is how the body actually loses weight, and what it means to "burn" fat. Do you know where it goes?
Truth is, burning "energy" doesn't make the fat cells just disappear. The chemical composition of fat breaks down into CO2 and H2O, believe it or not, and you remove it through your body the same ways you know from grade school - you breathe it out, and you excrete it. It actually happens at a rate of, roughly, 84% CO2 and 16% H20, so this overnight weight loss can happen merely through breathing and sweating.
Of course, if you are excreting anything between measurements, that counts, too.
As for gaining weight during sleep, the law of consrrvation of mass means that you cannot simply create mass from nothing. To create fat cells, you'd need to form molecules something like C55-H144-O6 (IIRC), and that can't happen just by ingesting some oxygen all night - you'd need the carbon and hydrogen atoms from food - possibly what's in your belly before sleeping. So eating fattening foods before bed run the potential of more Oxygen being retained in your cells overnight. Large gains in weight in this manner would be unlikely overnight, so it may just be variance in your scale to blame more than anything else.
I take inspiration with your fascination in nocturnal respiration, but I have vexation with this thread's reincarnation. My consternation demands an explanation of how you sought this thread's revelation.5 -
2.5 lbs ish over night But I also have a Ileostomy and 64 reduced to 1200 calories a day 60g carbs ish 2to3 ptrs a day. given up drinking wine and scotch for 30 day and lost 8lbs in 14 days so far .... 45lbs to go, I need to be around 200lbs. I fast in the mornings just Tea Homemade soup for lunch and a good dinner. As for drinking ...slimline tonic Tea or water ... walk 2 miles a day walking the dogs and busy life style0
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0.5-1lb for me. I’d seriously be so happy to see 2-3 lbs of a loss the following morning, lol! What time do you guys usually have dinner by and what is your dinner usually like? Would love any tips to lose more!0
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