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Scale before poop or after?

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  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    I can only wish to be that predictable. As it is, I weigh first thing in the morning, after peeing and in naught but my undies.

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  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    C_Stretton wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    As others have said, it doesn't really matter. Your post did remind me of this though:

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    Yeah, this has certainly happened to me! It's baffling, but not enough to truly care about

    Every. Single. Damn. Time.

    To the point that now, if I go in the morning, I *don't* weigh after.
  • flagrantavidity
    flagrantavidity Posts: 218 Member
    I do it after, did a before and after “experiment. ” After evacuation I was a pound lighter than before! It doesn’t really matter though.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Don't overthink it. The goal is fat loss, ultimately.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,647 Member
    If you want a solid (hehe) baseline, then weigh after. I eat late anyway so it works for me. Otherwise, just use a weight trending app and weigh at the same time every day and it'll give you an average.

    Do a before and after once in a while, just for fun.
  • FL_Hiker
    FL_Hiker Posts: 919 Member
    You might enjoy these.....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4krZIYK0WNM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDiuSwrRQ4M

    Do your BM in the PM! :D

  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Johnd2000 wrote: »
    Before and after. ;-)

    Yep, because I am curious about everything. :smiley:
  • counting_kilojoules
    counting_kilojoules Posts: 170 Member
    I weigh after I've been to the toilet but I'm not particularly regular and it doesn't seem to make a difference. (I'm one of those who's weighed before and after out of curiosity and it's made no difference to the scale.) In any case, weight loss is a long term project so a couple of grams here and there because of waste, like water weight or any other reason for fluctuating weight is going to even out over time.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Calildur wrote: »
    I weight myself every week after I wake up and before I eat or drink anything. I usually try to poop before it too, so the scale can show the most accurate numbr, but I can't poop first thing in the morning most of the time. How do you scale yourself?

    I can't plan around something that's so unpredictable. I simply get out of bed, strip completely naked, and get on the scale.
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    I guess the right answer for me is....sometime between. Other than the one poster who said "during", all of us are technically sometime in between.

  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    How is this a question? Obviously BOTH for science

    Also it's good training for making portion estimates... :smiley:
  • MHarper522
    MHarper522 Posts: 108 Member
    I usually wake up needing to poop lol, so usually after. My digestive track is just ready to go in the morning I guess.
  • ChristianMomWifeFriend
    ChristianMomWifeFriend Posts: 26 Member
    I always weigh myself after , if you can't make sure you weigh yourself naked because I have found out that my pants and shirt weight almost 3 pounds. Also do it before you shower because your skin and hair soaks up water .
  • naturalle9
    naturalle9 Posts: 11 Member
    Weigh after poop!
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    I wish I could poop first thing in the morning.
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    ChristianMomWifeFriend wrote: »
    I always weigh myself after , if you can't make sure you weigh yourself naked because I have found out that my pants and shirt weight almost 3 pounds.

    Your doctor's official weight for you includes your clothes, shoes and whatever is in your pockets. Consistency is what you are looking for. Do it the same way every time. I wear my slippers, a t-shirt, underpants and a pair of shorts. I don't subtract anything. That is how I started doing it, that is how I do it. I change the t-shirt everyday and I am sure that weight changes but in the long run two or three pounds it isn't important. Consistency is.

  • competeagain
    competeagain Posts: 770 Member
    Both
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I don't bother weighing myself if i haven't gone #1 and 2. This just means i don't weigh every single day, as i'm not perfectly regular.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    after the morning vape and coffee.....lol
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