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How much weight do you gain during the day? (water/food/ect)

simplenothing
simplenothing Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been curious about this for a while. I start my day weighing myself in the morning (around 7am) underwear only. I weigh myself later in the day (around 4-5pm). When I weigh myself later in the day, I gain about 2-2.5 pounds, I'm assuming it's the water, food and pee. Today I weighed myself at 254.3 (started at 274), and later in the day I weighed in at 256.4.

What I'm wonder is if it's normal to gain that much weight through the day? It seems like that is too much weight to gain though the day. I should say I take medication that constipates me, but even still I'm just curious if this is a thing. I get paranoid that I'm not really losing actual weight, but water weight.

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  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    I weigh less as the day goes along. The exact opposite of most people. I weighed at 6am this morning before work and weighed again at 8:30pm when I got home from work. 4lbs less tonight. I'm always 3-5lbs less in the evening. I attribute it to eating approx 75% of my calories within 2-3 hours of bedtime.

    I'm a special snowflake, lol.
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    it's normal. i gain 2 to 3 pounds throughout the day, and in the morning when i weigh, it's gone.
  • tlflag1620
    tlflag1620 Posts: 1,358 Member
    Sounds pretty typical. If I bother checking my weight before bed it's usually up 2-3 lbs, then right back down in the morning.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    You mean how much weight do I eat and drink during a day? 2-3Lbs
  • des0123
    des0123 Posts: 19 Member
    I fluctuate a lot thru the day also. The best time to weigh yourself is the morning. And I try to do it once a week. Because I find the more you weigh your self the more frustrated you become. And stress can definitely help with weight gain.
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    I can gain a pound or more between first thing in the morning and after breakfast. I'd probably burst into tears if i weighed myself any further into the day!
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    I gain between 3-4# each day.
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    About 3 on average for me too. It's very normal!
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,246 Member
    Same, about 2lbs. Sounds normal to me considering what I ingest.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,451 Member
    I don't often weigh myself after the morning weigh-in, but when I have, I might be anything from down a pound, to up 2, 3 or occasionally even more. Drink two cups of water, add an instant pound! It's not a big deal.

    You can't really compare weights from different parts of your day. You can't even compare most mid-day weights from one day to the next day unless you have a very consistent exercise, eating & drinking schedule.

    I weigh daily, first thing, and call it good.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,909 Member
    simplenothing wrote: »
    I've been curious about this for a while. I start my day weighing myself in the morning (around 7am) underwear only. I weigh myself later in the day (around 4-5pm). When I weigh myself later in the day, I gain about 2-2.5 pounds, I'm assuming it's the water, food and pee. Today I weighed myself at 254.3 (started at 274), and later in the day I weighed in at 256.4.

    What I'm wonder is if it's normal to gain that much weight through the day? It seems like that is too much weight to gain though the day. I should say I take medication that constipates me, but even still I'm just curious if this is a thing. I get paranoid that I'm not really losing actual weight, but water weight.

    Food and water has weight to it.

    Tomorrow, when you weigh your food, keep a tally of how much it weighs.

  • MeiannaLee
    MeiannaLee Posts: 338 Member
    About 2-4 pounds.
    In the mornings Ill weigh 101 pounds and by the evening ill be 104.
    It also depends on what ive eaten too. For some reason dairy makes me heavier lol ALL THAT ICE CREAM
  • Alarae21
    Alarae21 Posts: 171 Member
    Lately I have been somehow weighing exactly the same at 6:30am as I am at 8pm. It's probably because I only eat around 500 calories between that time and I also go to the gym. Most of my calories are saved for dinner so I don't have to stick to salad + protein. Bring on the chips!
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