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Did I burn calories fast or is it just water weight?

tabbycat27
tabbycat27 Posts: 9
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Okay, so I'm kinda obsessed with weighing myself and I (of course) weighed myself before one of the most intense jogs in my life tonight. I ran for 30 minutes and sweated like a pig. When I got back, I weighed myself after a cold shower and found that I had lost about a pound. Is this most likely water weight from the sweat, or did I literally burn off like 8 ounces?
It seems like kind of a stupid question but I want to know this so that I know when I should be inputting my weight each day, before or after my workouts. I don't want to be doing a victory dance at the end of the day when it was just water weight haha

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  • fitby38
    fitby38 Posts: 307 Member
    well stop the dance then ... it was water.
    and theres no sense in weighing yourself multiple times a day ... stick to once a week, first thing in the morning ... unless you just like driving yourself crazy
  • tabbycat27
    tabbycat27 Posts: 9
    Thanks for knocking some sense into me! I held on to the little glimmer that I could be majorly burning fat off but I knew it was most likely the opposite. Oh well :p
  • fitby38
    fitby38 Posts: 307 Member
    keep up the exercise routine and eventually when you get on that scale and the number is lower it will be actual pounds lost .. good luck!
  • nyspotlight
    nyspotlight Posts: 124
    When I was training for a marathon, they told us to weigh ourselves before and after a run. If we weighed less afterward, that meant we hadn't drunk enough water. So if you're looking for a healthy way to channel your obsession (if there is such a thing), then if you weigh less after, drink more water!

    And don't be surprised if you gain a little weight after a tough workout (the next few days). Your body can retain water as it repairs muscles.
  • AshCakes88
    AshCakes88 Posts: 123 Member
    Enter you weight first thing in the morning, after you empty your bladder.
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