(TMI) Weighing yourself...

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Jessamine
Jessamine Posts: 226 Member
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Have you ever weighed yourself before and after a bowel movement?

I have a couple times. :blushing: There has never been a drop in weight. Weird. (My scale is digital & measures every 2/10ths of a pound)

My husband does this fairly often. He gets such a kick out if it and has his "record loss."
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  • mallory3411
    mallory3411 Posts: 839 Member
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    My brother does. He's a bit odd like that.
  • CynthiaElise
    CynthiaElise Posts: 262 Member
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    Hahahaha! My boyfriend does this once in a while... He takes great pride in dropping deuces!
  • izzydino
    izzydino Posts: 254 Member
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    I do it too. I actually find I can gain weight after a bowel movement. however if I reweigh after 30 min... it goes away.
  • bonnt
    bonnt Posts: 172 Member
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    Ha! I have just because I"m curious! Most of the time I don't lose. So I just quit caring if I did or not before weighing.
  • sarahness
    sarahness Posts: 80 Member
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    lol!!! i actually only weigh myself the day after i poop. for some reason i poop every couple days ( i know its supposed to be like twice a day) and I wait to weigh myself until AFTER i do it just incase haha. I know I am not going to have a 5 pound poop but every ounce counts! lol
  • christibam
    christibam Posts: 478 Member
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    Hahaha I do that at least once a week. I don't know why. I know the weight I'm losing isn't fat or anything... but it's sort of funny and interesting.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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    So either your poop is weightless or your scale is not as accurate as you think.
  • ifucsam
    ifucsam Posts: 40
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    Yup! I don't weigh myself until after I potty and if I need to poop I just wait to have breakfast until I can (within reason of course). It does in fact, make a difference! Why wouldn't you?
  • Sarahmeridith
    Sarahmeridith Posts: 298 Member
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    My husband does that too must be a man thing lol!
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
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    So either your poop is weightless or your scale is not as accurate as you think.

    Ghost poo?


    I have not done this but only b/c I don't have a digital scale at home anymore so I weigh at work and that scale is the old fashioned doctor kind where you move the little metal weights.

    But it's amusing!
  • SuzieZimm
    SuzieZimm Posts: 238 Member
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    Not to see a weight change before and after, but I do make sure to go before my weekly weigh-in...any little bit helps, right?? :P
  • newCourtney
    newCourtney Posts: 168 Member
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    I've done it. I find I usually weigh more if I weigh right after, so I stopped doing that. If you aren't showing a difference, you may want to wait. Potty, shower, dry your hair, then weigh maybe.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
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    This used to be a "hobby" of mine until I took the batteries out of the scale when I massively upped my calories and my weight training.

    I'd still do it but I don't want to know what I weigh. But if I could get a poop-only weight scale I'd totally buy one.

    I guess I could just buy one of those scales like in the produce department :bigsmile:
  • melissainez85
    melissainez85 Posts: 37
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    LOL funny u post this..i did this for the first time today hahaha but no difference! so it won't be something i do regularly LOL
  • erxkeel
    erxkeel Posts: 553 Member
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    Hell ya always take a healthy one before weigh in!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
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    I do this every morning. I think it's hilarious.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
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    This used to be a "hobby" of mine until I took the batteries out of the scale when I massively upped my calories and my weight training.

    I'd still do it but I don't want to know what I weigh. But if I could get a poop-only weight scale I'd totally buy one.

    I guess I could just buy one of those scales like in the produce department :bigsmile:

    Um, ew. I love you, lots. :flowerforyou:

    But seriously, EW. :laugh:
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
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    i actually gained after pooping once. i figured it was muscle that i devloped. it was a tough poop.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
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    I do this every morning. I think it's hilarious.

    I was like George Costanza... I'd have to poop naked so I could get totally accurate before/after weights :laugh:
  • grapenutSF
    grapenutSF Posts: 648 Member
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    what i have done is weighed pre and post shower. my body must have so much filth, i swear it works every time.

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