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    Weighing after going to the bathroom- what does this mean to you?

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    • Posts: 228 Member
      Whatever business I can get done before I need to get on with my day is what gets done!
    • Posts: 8,159 Member
      I weight first thing then 98% of the time it is just peeing then I weight again to compute output which runs one quart/liter on average. As a guy I know all is well as long it it around 2 pounds to 1 kilogram after 6-8 hours without waking during the night.
    • Posts: 8,488 Member
      edited November 2017
      karintalley wrote: »
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      Maybe your poos only weigh .2 pounds..... But if you only go 1 maybe twice a week ....

      Oh most definitely. More kids waiting to jump in the pool after a couple of days. ;)
      (That's why I explained my routine.)

      Cheers, h.
    • Posts: 4,838 Member
      I just weigh after the first bathroom visit of the morning. Since moving into maintenance, I started using Happy Scale, which is an app that gives you a trend line of all your previous weights, as well as an average. If daily weight fluctuations bother you, then I'd highly recommend it.
    • Posts: 334 Member
      edited November 2017
      gcibsthom wrote: »
      Try weighing yourself both pre- and post-poopal. Not sure that it would make much of a difference, I guess. Depending on how much you poop....

      Post-poopal is now my new favorite word!
    • Posts: 16,049 Member
      I use Libra and Trendweight. But this toileting business and erractic weighing in has thrown off my graph, which is all higgelty piggelty now.

      But the pressure to evacuate on command and on time has now been lifted, so back to daily weighing for me :lol:
    • Posts: 2,081 Member
      I do whatever is in the queue. Then I weigh. Every day.
    • Posts: 212 Member
      Raven_Hawk wrote: »
      I must admit I'd never considered the consequences of potty visits :) For me I stagger out of bed in the morning, do a wee (that is all that happens for me at that time of the day) and then weigh. You've all got me interested now. I've have to weigh after nature's call and learn how much a poo weighs.

      In my experience, I can nearly always count on it to be a difference of 4oz.
      Now, I might wonder what other people's averages are..
    • Posts: 11,750 Member
      Christine_72 wrote: »
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      You have no idea how those missing days are bugging the cr*p out of me :weary:

      As of tomorrow morning I'm weighing first thing no matter what (or does not) happens :lol:

      I find stress makes it worse. Or rushing around. On the rare days I can wake up and lie in bed for a while, I find #2 just happens.... Other days it's not until later.

      But, I've wondered the same thing as you - my my habits are inconsistent, but I've decided to weigh and use the numbers regardless of what happens.
    • Posts: 252 Member
      I go regular 1's and 2's on awakening, then weigh. It would bug the HELL out of me if I stopped doing 2's before my morning shower!
      And if I skip the 2 for some reason, I feel a bit ripped off on the scales. Even though I have weighed a few times pre and post 2 and sometimes I have GAINED! Now I just weigh post.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      I never poop first thing so it's always been after peeing only.
    • Posts: 25,990 Member
      Christine_72 wrote: »
      I know this may be a tad pedantic and possibly TMI, but i need to know what others do...

      For years, i have gone to the loo, both #1 and #2 while the kettle is boiling for my first cup of coffee of the day, after which i weigh myself. On the odd occasion that i didn't "go" that morning i wouldn't bother weighing that day.

      The last few months my bathroom habits have changed. Now i don't poop for hours after I've woken up, after which i have eaten and drunk, so my whole routine is messed up.

      To those of you who weigh after "going to the bathroom", do you mean just peeing, or both? Is weighing with the previous days food still sitting inside you a valid weight number? Won't you weigh a couple pounds heavier before "getting rid of it" ?

      As mentioned i have had the same routine for years, and the sudden change is bugging me! I guess i just prefer to be as empty as possible before stepping on the scale.

      I weigh after my first bathroom visit, whatever that may be.

      I have, out of curiosity weighed before a #2 visit and again after on a few occasions (like maybe half a dozen in the past 2 years) ... and although we'd love to think that it would make a couple pounds of difference, the most I've seen was about 300 grams (approx. 0.6 of a lb). Really doesn't make much difference at all.

    • Posts: 747 Member
      I get out of bed, go #1, weigh, EVERY MORNING. Regardless of #2 - because who knows when that might happen...LOL
    • Posts: 5,727 Member
      Normally I get up and dehydrate immediately.

      By the time I've processed through my various moving about tasks(clothes, breakfast, etc) I'm ready to Defecate.

      After that I hop on the scale. If it's a slow morning and unproductive, I'll weight before I eat/take my vitamins.
    • Posts: 2,086 Member
      I find that I am somewhat regular (due to the amount fo fiber that I make sure to get every day) and weigh myself after I #2. I find - and I am a 50yo male that is is 6'0' @ 205lbs - that I am 0.6lbs less after after a #2. Pretty dang consistent with that weight, too!
    • Posts: 548 Member
      I actually find this quite amusing, as many people don't go every day! It's normal for some folks. I weigh myself immediately after waking up every day, and I track the average.
    • Posts: 4,925 Member
      Christine_72 wrote: »
      I know this may be a tad pedantic and possibly TMI, but i need to know what others do...

      For years, i have gone to the loo, both #1 and #2 while the kettle is boiling for my first cup of coffee of the day, after which i weigh myself. On the odd occasion that i didn't "go" that morning i wouldn't bother weighing that day.

      The last few months my bathroom habits have changed. Now i don't poop for hours after I've woken up, after which i have eaten and drunk, so my whole routine is messed up.

      To those of you who weigh after "going to the bathroom", do you mean just peeing, or both? Is weighing with the previous days food still sitting inside you a valid weight number? Won't you weigh a couple pounds heavier before "getting rid of it" ?

      As mentioned i have had the same routine for years, and the sudden change is bugging me! I guess i just prefer to be as empty as possible before stepping on the scale.

      You are never going to be "as empty as possible" without fasting for a couple of days.
    • Posts: 31 Member
      After I lay cable, I see no difference in weight. I guess if you dropped a mega-deuce you might see a difference.
    • Posts: 13,575 Member
      I generally weigh myself every morning, usually after #2 but not always. Sometimes I weigh myself at other times of day, either instead of or in addition to the morning weight. And sometimes I'll go several days and not weigh at all. I basically just step on the scale whenever it suits me.
    • Posts: 84 Member
      I weigh myself within 5 minutes of getting up. Sometimes it's after a bathroom visit and other times before. I generally don't worry about waste weight unless I need an accurate weigh-in for the doc, since I'm focusing on long-term trends and tbh taking the waste weight into account has really eased my anxiety over normal fluctuations.
    • Posts: 1,049 Member
      I also do this! I weigh myself the first Saturday of the month after I go both 1 and 2. Saturday bc I sleep in and go to the bathroom as soon as I get up- no breakfast first!
    • Posts: 2,383 Member
      I wish I was that regular...

      I just weigh in after a morning pee. I use Libra to trend my weight loss so the little fluctuations don't bother me too much.
    • Posts: 9 Member
      My general routine is pooping followed by weighing in.

      I usually have a pretty good idea of whether or not I've got some "extra weight" hanging around in my intestines, or if I maybe am dehydrated compared to other days and how it may affect my weigh in that morning.... so I don't get too worked up about it either way. The important part is seeing the downward trend over time. There's no use getting excited or upset over a 2 lb loss/gain from one day to the next.
    • Posts: 4,792 Member
      I weigh after my first bathroom visit whatever that may be.

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