weighing more at night?

Yep. I always weigh more at night too.

2-5% of BW swing isn't unusual.

For Me(235-240 lb male) that can be as much as 10 pounds in a 48 hour period. If I eat more carbs/sodium poof balloon. If I go back to lower carb/sodium/higher protein/fat... whoosh....

The woosh is usually slower than the poof.... for me.

stanmann571 wrote: »

The woosh is usually slower than the poof.... for me.

Me too.

tkc616 wrote: »

Every time I weigh myself at night it's at least 3-5 pounds more than in the morning? Is this normal lol?

Yes.

sullus wrote: »

Your exact weight and weight fluctuations at any given time have more to do with hydration than anything else. If you drink 8 cups of water every day, that's 4 lbs of water moving through you. I've seen the statistic that you sweat off a pint of water over night - that's a pound of water. Then you empty your bladder, and we're looking at almost 2 lbs of water weight gone just from sleeping for the night. First thing in the morning you are generally your most dehydrated, and therefore the lightest.

Definitely a lot of water weight by the end of the day.

Of course. Why wouldn't it be? At a minimum, you have the weight of the food you consumed over the course of the day. Additionally you have water weight from myriad reasons.

I consistently weight 2 lbs more if I weigh myself before bed, than I do the following morning after using the bathroom, etc. Understanding the normal weight fluctuations of our body is very important for long term success.

That_Country_Girl82 wrote: »

You are suppose to weigh in mornings to be more accurate . If you go to a Dr in afternoon they normally take off a couple of pounds for it being later in afternoon. I weigh in morning with very little clothing on.

That's news to me - as stated in previous thread I work in medical clinic and we frequently weigh people and I write down what the scale says ( rounding down to nearest kg) regardless of what time of day I do it.

However, yes of course our weight fluctuates throughout the day - unlike many people, I do weigh at night, every Sunday evening in my case. That is accurately what I weigh at that time.
There is no time we are 'supposed to weigh' - as long as one does a consistent routine that is all that matters.

Actually wouldn't even matter if routine was not consistent as long as you accepted natural fluctuations.

I've read that on average, most people usually weigh about 2 pounds more at night than they do in the morning. This is pretty accurate for me (and it seems accurate for most people here). I weigh myself first thing in the morning after using the toilet.

paperpudding wrote: »

That_Country_Girl82 wrote: »

You are suppose to weigh in mornings to be more accurate . If you go to a Dr in afternoon they normally take off a couple of pounds for it being later in afternoon. I weigh in morning with very little clothing on.

That's news to me - as stated in previous thread I work in medical clinic and we frequently weigh people and I write down what the scale says ( rounding down to nearest kg) regardless of what time of day I do it.

However, yes of course our weight fluctuates throughout the day - unlike many people, I do weigh at night, every Sunday evening in my case. That is accurately what I weigh at that time.
There is no time we are 'supposed to weigh' - as long as one does a consistent routine that is all that matters.

Actually wouldn't even matter if routine was not consistent as long as you accepted natural fluctuations.

Anytime I go to the doctors they write down the weight I am. I may however ask them to put a few lbs less from now on

RAD_Fitness wrote: »

I bet if you didn't eat or drink anything for 8-10 hours during the day before you weighed at night you'd likely weigh pretty close to what you weigh in the morning

yup yup.