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Do you workout the night before your weight in?

_GLENN_
_GLENN_ Posts: 14
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm wondering what works for you? I know that ever body is different, and will react to different scenarios differently, but in general what works for you?

Do you workout hard the night before you weigh in?
Eat right all day, drink lots of water and rest?
Have a light work out?

Do you think it makes a difference at all?

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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Do you think it makes a difference at all?

    I think consumption of food/water will make a difference more-so than exercise, unless you're intentionally trying to deplete all fluids before you weigh in.

    Either way though, it's silly in that you're not actually losing fat by trying to manipulate the number you see on the scale.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    I don't do anything special before my weigh in. Other wise it feels like im cheating myself lol
  • CallieDerenthal
    CallieDerenthal Posts: 170 Member
    i work out 7 days a week so yes, i work out the day before. :-) i eat the same the day before my weight in as i do every other day of the week, and i make sure to drink lots of fluids. i wake up, go to the bathroom, strip, and step on the scale every sunday morning! really though, other than weighing in, i don't treat saturday/sunday and different than any other day of the week.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I don't do anything special before my weigh in. Other wise it feels like im cheating myself lol

    Exactly. If I were to change my routine I would be creating a false number anyway.
  • kimbux
    kimbux Posts: 154 Member
    I don't do anything special before my weigh in. Other wise it feels like im cheating myself lol

    I agree - same routine each day.
  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
    I do nothing special
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    I weigh in on Fridays and my rest day is Monday, so naturally I DO workout the day before my weigh-in, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. I try to be sure I get plenty of water and watch my sodium intake, but I try to do that on a daily basis anyway. I really don't do anything special on Thursdays to prepare for my Friday weigh-in...one day of working your *kitten* off isn't going to pay off nearly as much as consistently working your *kitten* off.
  • jennipooh82
    jennipooh82 Posts: 331 Member
    i work out 7 days a week so yes, i work out the day before. :-) i eat the same the day before my weight in as i do every other day of the week, and i make sure to drink lots of fluids. i wake up, go to the bathroom, strip, and step on the scale every sunday morning! really though, other than weighing in, i don't treat saturday/sunday and different than any other day of the week.




    I too weigh in on Sunday Mornings, after using the bathroom and stripping. Although I don't work out 7 days a week I don't do anything special...
  • Buddhaboy
    Buddhaboy Posts: 60 Member
    I just do the same thing each day
    And weigh in at the same time each weigh in
    I weigh a bit more at night...after dinner...vs the morning
  • gazz777
    gazz777 Posts: 722
    Sounds like trying too hard ... I only (accurately) weigh once per month and am looking for a trend. Seems to be working for me !
  • Jo2926
    Jo2926 Posts: 489 Member

    Either way though, it's silly in that you're not actually losing fat by trying to manipulate the number you see on the scale.

    Agree 100%. I tried a "real world" diet club immediately before MFP, and packed it in when I realised I NEVER ate lunch on a monday, or had a drink after 3pm, as it would 'show on the scale'. Not saying it was the clubs fault - it was mine - I just realised that a public weekly ritual was unhealthy for me. Now I get weighed when I feel like it, and better understand how my weight naturally fluctuates. I feel much better for it.
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