real body weight

saynow111
saynow111 Posts: 131 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
when is the best time to weight body weight
i notice that after doing doing sport body weight decrease markly even in the next day morning
after eating body weight increase
even in the next day morning
i really wish to know when is the real body weight ??
should i wait for 12 hr or 24 hr after big meal or doing sports to know the real weight ?
or the matter is really simple weight in the next morning and that is it !!!!!!

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,940 Member
    Great that you figured this out! I'm afraid though that there's no real bodyweight, unless you decide to drop dead and dehydrate. Your weight constantly fluctuates. After exercise you're dehydrated, after food and drink, which of course have a weight add to your weight, and it takes days to poop out the remains. Hormonal fluctuations, especially with a menstrual cycle lead to waterweight variations, as do two dozen other things. The best thing to do would be to weight every morning, naked (clothes weigh something, and might vary), after having been to the loo. There will still be a lot of variation, but it at least excludes immediate exercise and food. Have a look at a free weight trending app, like happy scale (iOS) and libra (android). There you get a trend weight that tries to eliminate these fluctuations, and you'll be able to see what your weight is doing among all the clutter.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,220 Member
    First thing in the morning after peeing. Always weigh at this time for accurate consistency
  • SweatLikeDog
    SweatLikeDog Posts: 318 Member
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    First thing in the morning after peeing. Always weigh at this time for accurate consistency

    What he said + after emptying your bowels if you're backed up and not on the morning after eating a late dinner.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,220 Member
    I also just weigh once a week on Friday morning as I’m usually going to let the diet slide a bit on the weekend and Monday will have a few lbs of water retention. Anecdotally once a week works for me however many people weigh daily which is fine too.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,940 Member
    I weigh every day, but I do know that weight constantly fluctuates. Thus no panic here. It's more like: oh, weight is going up! Oh yeah, no bowel movement for 2 days, or new strength routine, or whatever.
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,237 Member
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    First thing in the morning after peeing. Always weigh at this time for accurate consistency

    this!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,223 Member
    The body is an ever moving and working machine, so there's no set weight, only trends! To best track your trends, maintain consistency where you can - usually the best way is after sleep, after using the toilet, in the same (or no) clothing, on the same scale.

    Even then, you will still face ups and downs, hormones, muscle repair, slower digestion, faster digestion, the weather, cortisol etc etc all affect the number on the scale and you need to keep that in mind.

    For me, after many years, I can almost predict what the scale will say based on my bathroom usage the day before, how tight my rings are that morning etc etc...
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,435 Member
    The main thing is, do it consistently, same time every day.

    I always weigh first thing in the morning. That’s my baseline. Because I’m eternally curious, I’ll often weigh myself after a morning workout, too. There is often as much as 1-2 lb difference within just a couple of hours.

    This is my weight when I got up, and then about four hours later, after a large protein-rich breakfast, about 60 ounces of water, a long walk, stationary bike, and a Muscle Madness Class.
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    Your weight is always in flux. You can drive yourself absolutely nuts if you chew on it. Me, I find it fun and interesting to see how various things affect me.

    Start looking for trends. You’ll notice consistency. I know my weight is normally highest around Tuesday and typically lowest on Saturday. That’s probably because Saturday is a “slow” day and Sunday is a “rest day”, hence weight is slightly higher by Tuesday, but after a week of humping it, it’s down again by Saturday.

    Learning trends like this will also take some of the sting out of unexpected weight “gain”.

    Also knowing that flights or long car trips can affect your weight, salty food, eating out, lots of carbs, illness, wounds, surgery and recovery- all will affect your “weight” temporarily. I typically gain five pounds following a long flight, due to cabin pressure. I had a transcontinental flight Sunday evening, bounced up several pounds and am slowly leveling back out again.


  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,223 Member
    I thought of this thread this morning. I rarely to never exercise in the morning, I am not a morning person and usually get up at alarm time because I have to, but this morning I woke up early and also woke up with energy.

    I weighed when I got up, as is my habit, then I went for a walk for an hour. When I got back, out of curiosity, I weighed again pre-shower. I hadn't drunk any water on my walk. I was down 1.1kg in that hour.

    Woohoo!! I've found the secret to rapid weight loss LOL. But I know it's water, I hadn't drunk anything all night, I sweated a little on the walk, and I was thirsty when I got home. I'm on my second big glass of water and I have a cup of tea, and that 1.1kg will be right back where it was when I got up.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,198 Member
    I figure I don't have a "real weight" that's just a single number.

    What do I have instead?

    I have a current range, the few pounds within which I fluctuate up and down over a day or few. Right now, that's around 133 to 137 pounds.

    I also have a long term trend. The few pounds through which my current weight fluctuates can be higher, lower or about the same compared to a week or few ago. That tells me whether I'm gaining, losing, or maintaining weight, approximately. Last month in the same relative week, my range was about the same, so I'm maintaining over that time period.

    That way of thinking about it works OK for me. YMMV.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,435 Member
    edited November 14
    I also look at it that clothing size doesn’t change. Yeah, maybe they stretch a little (or shrink a little!) with age, but generally, they are going to stay within a couple percent of original size.

    When my weight fluctuates, instead of worrying over a “real” weight, I make sure my clothes fit.

    I got ridiculously low, because I didn’t know when to stop losing weight. It was a real head trip. Progress! Progress!

    I made the difficult decision to put some weight back on.

    I went from 129 to my “happy place” in the low 140’s and everything I bought at my lowest still fit, with the exception of a few shirts that couldn’t contain my (feminine and attractive, imho!) upper arm muscles.

    Why did they still fit? Because I started focusing on building muscle. Muscle is denser and heavier than fat. So even though I gained “weight”, I comfortably remained in the same clothes.

    Following weeks of international travel and a *kitten* bug that knocked me down for several weeks, I’m up to 154.

    You know what? That’s almost 30 pounds higher than my lowest, but those clothes still fit. . I’m working on losing back down to low 140’s, though. I have a muffin top that qualifies for a reality show of its own, and it needs to go.

    Don’t worry about a “real” weight. Worry about what you feel happiest and healthiest at.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    Look at your weight TREND over TIME. Body weight goes up and down every day. But one measurement of your weight per day extended over three, four, five, six, twelve months.... clearly shows you your weight TREND over time.

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