(TMI) Weighing yourself...

Jessamine
Jessamine Posts: 226 Member
edited November 10 in Health and Weight Loss
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
    My brother does. He's a bit odd like that.
  • CynthiaElise
    CynthiaElise Posts: 262 Member
    Hahahaha! My boyfriend does this once in a while... He takes great pride in dropping deuces!
  • izzydino
    izzydino Posts: 254 Member
    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: 171 Member
    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
    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
    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
    So either your poop is weightless or your scale is not as accurate as you think.
  • ifucsam
    ifucsam Posts: 40
    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
    My husband does that too must be a man thing lol!
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Hell ya always take a healthy one before weigh in!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I do this every morning. I think it's hilarious.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    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
    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
    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
    what i have done is weighed pre and post shower. my body must have so much filth, i swear it works every time.
  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    Helllll yeah I poop before I weigh myself! Save an ounce or two. ;D
  • Jessamine
    Jessamine Posts: 226 Member
    what i have done is weighed pre and post shower. my body must have so much filth, i swear it works every time.

    Oh dear... don't tell me you pee in the shower.
  • PoleBoy
    PoleBoy Posts: 255 Member
    Some digital scales remember their last weight and show it again if the new one is close - it makes them "appear" to be more accurate. The ones we had at work did this, which caused issues when two people were of similar weights. There are 2 "easy" ways around this - get someone else to stand on the scales in between, stand on them while holding a heavy object (handbag, pile of laundry...) and one harder one is to stand on the scales with one foot on the floor taking half your weight (it's tricky, you've got to have good balance or your weight wont stabilise)
  • 2012x
    2012x Posts: 149 Member
    yeah funny to try lol
    ive gained haha!
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    The reason you guys are not seeing what you expect on the scale is because its tricking you and is not as accurate as you think.
    It will fake readings to make them more consistent

    I use this scale and its very accurate, check the reviews
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032TNPOE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=premifirea-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0032TNPOE
  • GabyG69
    GabyG69 Posts: 213
    OMG!!! I totally do that and I'm glad to hear I am not the only one...
  • KarateGoddess
    KarateGoddess Posts: 93 Member
    Goes to show you - guys are full o' crap!! LMAO

    just kidding guys! I just couldn't resist!
  • Jessamine
    Jessamine Posts: 226 Member
    The reason you guys are not seeing what you expect on the scale is because its tricking you and is not as accurate as you think.
    It will fake readings to make them more consistent

    I use this scale and its very accurate, check the reviews
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032TNPOE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=premifirea-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0032TNPOE

    I use that scale, too. It's very accurate.
  • seattlerain
    seattlerain Posts: 189 Member
    i actually gained after pooping once. i figured it was muscle that i devloped. it was a tough poop.

    Awesome.

    Dropping kids off at the pool can be strenuous.
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    I converted my toilet seat into a scale, I save time that weigh.
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