The sleep weight loss plan

ryanbullock
ryanbullock Posts: 13
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone.

I weighed myself first thing this morning and then went back to bed (I have the day off). Four hours later I weighted myself again and I had lost 2 lbs... How the hell does that happen and which weight should I enter for my daily Weigh-In?
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  • wolfehound22
    wolfehound22 Posts: 859 Member
    I try and weigh myself the same time every week, sometimes waiting just an hour can have a drastic effect on my weight loss. I'm guessing it just happens because you've gone four more hours without eating, so even more has burned off, or more water weight has been shed, not sure though. I would probably enter the one that is closes to your normal weigh in time.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    I lost 50 lbs by hibernating for a month
  • kbeller88
    kbeller88 Posts: 139
    why don't you just weigh yourself again just to make sure and take the measurement from this time...Sometimes our scales are buttheads...I know mine hates me. It sounds like your scale is in love with you...I'll trade you if you'd like =p
  • cynthiaj777
    cynthiaj777 Posts: 787 Member
    Precisely why I wait until I wake up late on the weekends to weigh....that's my skinniest time. I know, it is cheating. Oh well.
  • lpblah
    lpblah Posts: 28
    That happens to me! I'm not sure why. If the scale ever tells me something lower than it has before, I use that number for my weight tracking. I earned those 2 lbs whether it happened at the gym or sleeping :)
  • TeutonicKnight
    TeutonicKnight Posts: 367 Member
    Precisely why I wait until I wake up late on the weekends to weigh....that's my skinniest time. I know, it is cheating. Oh well.

    QFT! I do the same thing.
  • sherry9300
    sherry9300 Posts: 149 Member
    The same thing happens to me when I sleep in...typically noticed on Saturday because that's my only opportunity. Just so you don't get frustrated, you should probably use your normal weigh in time OR change your weekly weigh in to the later time. Just so your consistent.
  • ryanbullock
    ryanbullock Posts: 13
    I think I will keep the original weight this time. The extra 2 lbs would mark my first achievement of a loss of 10 lbs and I would like to know I did it right.


    Or, maybe I'll go back to bed for the rest of the day...
  • kbeller88
    kbeller88 Posts: 139
    I know I've already replied but could it be when were sleeping our blood doesn't pump as hard so it is more dense in our bodies? I know when we start moving and are awake our bodies produce more oxygen so the blood is always pumping harder..just a thought
  • cynthiaj777
    cynthiaj777 Posts: 787 Member
    Precisely why I wait until I wake up late on the weekends to weigh....that's my skinniest time. I know, it is cheating. Oh well.

    QFT! I do the same thing.

    I had to google QFT. haha
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    I know I've already replied but could it be when were sleeping our blood doesn't pump as hard so it is more dense in our bodies? I know when we start moving and are awake our bodies produce more oxygen so the blood is always pumping harder..just a thought

    The mass of our blood doesn't change its weight. Oxygen doesn't weigh anything and blood pressure won't change weight either.
  • My1985Freckles
    My1985Freckles Posts: 1,039 Member
    I lost 50 lbs by hibernating for a month

    Love!... So by sleeping 4 hours, I can lose 2 pounds... Dude! sleeping burns 1750 calories an hour! LOL
  • Radcliffe83
    Radcliffe83 Posts: 82
    because you breathe out moisture... water weighs something. As you are not drinking then you are not replacing this moisture like you do during waking hours. Check out the condensation on the windows... comes from you.
  • jetabear10
    jetabear10 Posts: 375 Member
    I find when I get a full nights rest I lose more weight than when I don't. A proper amount of sleep is one of the keys to weight loss.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    because you breathe out moisture... water weighs something. As you are not drinking then you are not replacing this moisture like you do during waking hours. Check out the condensation on the windows... comes from you.

    I have never lived in a place where condensation formed while I slept. And I lived Oregon, which is about the wettest place there is.
  • tiamaria3
    tiamaria3 Posts: 92 Member
    I lost 50 lbs by hibernating for a month

    :laugh:
  • reztib
    reztib Posts: 151 Member
    I am no scientist but I think that the time of day you weight yourself has many factors. The moons gravitational pull, earth's rotation might give slight (like a few 10th of a pound) difference. Also you body operation certain functions when you are asleep and while you are awake. We just have to look at the big picture. If you weight daily, you have to roll with it. If not, cut back to weighing yourself weekly or twice a week at the most.
  • Sl1ghtly
    Sl1ghtly Posts: 855 Member
    It's possible 'They' visited you... 'They' like to take things, you know.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    did you "release any waste products" between the first and second weighing?
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    i think thats why people say not to weight several times in a day..i weight myself once a day, usually around 830 in the morning..the body can fluctuate several pounds per day, so dont weigh more than once..pick a regular time, and stick with it:smile:
  • Radcliffe83
    Radcliffe83 Posts: 82
    because you breathe out moisture... water weighs something. As you are not drinking then you are not replacing this moisture like you do during waking hours. Check out the condensation on the windows... comes from you.

    I have never lived in a place where condensation formed while I slept. And I lived Oregon, which is about the wettest place there is.

    fair enough
  • ryanbullock
    ryanbullock Posts: 13
    did you "release any waste products" between the first and second weighing?

    I didn't see anything in bed but It is possible
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Alien. Anal. Probe.


    Fact. I'm sorry to hear that.
  • maleva720
    maleva720 Posts: 165 Member
    Nobody believes me when I say this happens. I always enter the first weight even though I prefer the two hour two lbs lighter weight. :happy:
  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
    Hi everyone.

    I weighed myself first thing this morning and then went back to bed (I have the day off). Four hours later I weighted myself again and I had lost 2 lbs... How the hell does that happen and which weight should I enter for my daily Weigh-In?
    That is accurate. The average person sweats around 2 pints worth of water during the night. 2 pints = 2 lbs. Almost everyone will see a similar drop in body weight overnight. Drinking and rehydrating in the morning will bring it back up to pre-sleep levels.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Yeah, this is why I weigh myself at the exact same time for every weigh in. I fluctuate about 2 pounds throughout the day every day, who knows why. I would count the one that seems closer to your "normal" weight.
  • dms1974
    dms1974 Posts: 37 Member
    I would say to just pick a consistent day and time to weigh yourself and stick with that. It also helps to weigh in the same thing each time. I weigh myself every Friday morning right before I get into the shower. That way I am getting the most accurate weight.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    It's possible 'They' visited you... 'They' like to take things, you know.

    Lulz.
  • ampa916
    ampa916 Posts: 189 Member
    I find that when I get a good amount of sleep 7-8 hours I weigh less than when I get 5-6 hours.
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