Best Time to Take Measurements?

i weigh and then measure 1st thing in the morning after i use the restroom before I do anything else.

Oh, no. You don't want to measure after any kind of exercise. This is why. When you exercise, muscle fibers tear a little. Your body sends to that tear some fluids (water included) to help the repair process. This influx of fluids tends to 'puff' up the muscle area.

If you do intense workouts you are not used to doing, this same reaction can cause you to 'gain' weight. It is just water retention and goes away as the fibers heal and repair themselves.

If you are going to measure yourself, I'm not certain what time of day is best. Try to measure with no clothes, or the thinnest possible clothes. Don't pull the measure to your desired number, let it rest on whatever it shows. Careful not to flex while you measure some places, like calves or biceps, lean yourself comfortably against something and release the muscle tension, then measure.

But please try not to measure after exercise, this will give you a number that means practically nothing!

In the morning, after you use the bathroom to do whatever you have to do. Then relax (don't flex or suck in) and measure. That will be the most accurate measurement--after you get rid of 'extra' stuff, before you eat, and natural, not in a forced pose. That way you really know where you are, not where sucking in or food or drink or exercise or other variable things have put you that day.

Okay, measure first thing in the morning, so is bra on or off when you measure?

Hi Nifty50fitandlean! I can totally relate. I'm 56, 57 on June 13th, and after losing 89 lbs, the girls are starting to look like two empty wine bags! LOL Thank goodness for my underwire pushup bra!