When do you weigh yourself?

Pooks1n1Schmoops
Pooks1n1Schmoops Posts: 199 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I weigh myself every morning after I get up and use the restroom. Today, I did that and then weighed myself after I had dinner. It was like a 4 pound difference! It freaked me out.
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  • joslin2005
    joslin2005 Posts: 138
    morning after I go to the bathroom
  • historygirldd
    historygirldd Posts: 209 Member
    On Wednesday morning just after I get up and go to the bathroom. Why not Monday - I eat Sunday lunch at my mother in laws and she cooks with lots of salt. Monday's weight is always up.
  • tlo23
    tlo23 Posts: 68
    Exact same as you :-)
    Once I weigh, I try not to do it again - although it is tempting - because the scale fluctuates. It's best to only weigh once a week at the same time for that reason as well. Good luck to you!
  • Jani2416
    Jani2416 Posts: 275 Member
    Morning, I wait about 1/2 hour after I get up and in the buff.
  • XjuliaXannX
    XjuliaXannX Posts: 67 Member
    only about every time i walk through my bathroom; but i don't count it until a specific day of the week in the morning
  • wowLisawow
    wowLisawow Posts: 8
    Once a week on Tuesdays so that's tomorrow. More often than that and I would drive myself crazy.
  • SashaJaneJ
    SashaJaneJ Posts: 92 Member
    I weigh every Friday morning at the same time.
  • hhayes06
    hhayes06 Posts: 189 Member
    I jump on the scale Thursday mornings before breakfast and showering. I do weigh myself other times throughout the week but I only log the number from Thursday mornings. I have weighed myself before and after going number 2, it's kind of funny to see that 2 pound weight loss from time to time. :laugh:
  • Pooks1n1Schmoops
    Pooks1n1Schmoops Posts: 199 Member
    Lol me too. Clothes weigh a lot!
    Morning, I wait about 1/2 hour after I get up and in the buff.
  • katjon12
    katjon12 Posts: 1
    I"m a nurse at a local hospital and we tell our patients to weight themselves first thing in the morning once you get out of bed, after you urinate, naked!
  • Pooks1n1Schmoops
    Pooks1n1Schmoops Posts: 199 Member
    I do drive myself crazy :/
    Once a week on Tuesdays so that's tomorrow. More often than that and I would drive myself crazy.
  • shayshay496
    shayshay496 Posts: 8 Member
    nothing to do with topic but love your pic Joslin2005
  • mrsRhughes
    mrsRhughes Posts: 122
    I weigh first thing in the a.m. and TRY to do it only on Friday mornings (which is when I "count" my weight!) Otherwise I'm guilty of doing it randomly ALL the time during the day, just because I think the fluctuations are crazy!!
  • morrisca
    morrisca Posts: 12
    only about every time i walk through my bathroom; but i don't count it until a specific day of the week in the morning

    I'm the same way. I know they say that you should only weigh once a week but I can't help myself!
  • beingmotivated
    beingmotivated Posts: 29
    I'm going to be weighing myself on Sunday mornings after I've gone to the bathroom and haven't had breakfast. People I know say that not wearing clothes is better.
  • nest9
    nest9 Posts: 28 Member
    only about every time i walk through my bathroom; but i don't count it until a specific day of the week in the morning



    Thought I was the only one that did that? Lol. I have been very bad in the past by weighing every morning, after I eat breakfast, after a workout, and on and on. I have learned that if you follow your workout plan and log your food, the pounds will come off. Most people recommend you weigh 1x a week just to track your progress. Weighing too often can discourage you. I weigh each day only to make sure I am staying on track. If i pick up a pound or 2, it does not freak me out because I know it will come off soon. I am more scared to not weigh for a week and realize I have picked up 5lbs.
  • CMB1979
    CMB1979 Posts: 588 Member
    Every morning after I use the bathroom and when I'm still naked. I weigh every day but only record when there is a loss.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I guess I better buy a scale if I ever want my ticker to move.

    when I had a scale it'd be the same as posted here: in the morning- after bathroom necesities and before breakfast..
    though if I am going to tel peple I weigh X amount, I should really wigh myself in the middle of the day- when people see me.
  • vytamindi
    vytamindi Posts: 845 Member
    A billion times a day. I don't obsess over it or get depressed when I gain a few ounces after a lot of water/a meal. I just like to see how I fluctuate throughout the day. I only record when there's a loss.

    ETA: Recording a loss ONLY if it's in the beginning of the day after I go to the bathroom. I also like to wait a few days between check ins, just in case the lower number is just a fluke.
  • freew67
    freew67 Posts: 348 Member
    Monday morning, norm right when I get up, then about 20-30 mins later. The scale reads the same both times then it is what it is.
  • jcmartin0313
    jcmartin0313 Posts: 574 Member
    STOP weighing yourself every day. If you cannot throw your scale out the window. Weigh once per week maximum in the mornings.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I"m a nurse at a local hospital and we tell our patients to weight themselves first thing in the morning once you get out of bed, after you urinate, naked!

    That's what I do. :flowerforyou:
  • Pspetal
    Pspetal Posts: 426 Member
    I weigh myself whenever I look in the mirror and feel like I look smaller than I did the last time I weighed myself. I haven't weighed myself in over a month now.:ohwell:
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    In the am on thurs mornings officially......but I'm at a point where I can weigh myself anytime of day everyday and not care what it reads since I stay the same size consistantly (according to my clothing) regardless of the number I see.

    It is fun to weigh yourself though before and after a pee or poop though......lol
  • chrisc16
    chrisc16 Posts: 94
    You should weigh yourself 6 or 7 times a day, and do a weighted average (no pun intended) based on the lunar cycle (when the moon is full, its gravitational pull is more pronounced, so you weigh slightly more). Then record this every week and average it out - that's what you should put down.

    Sound crazy? It is. Just weigh yourself once a week, in the morning (empty bladder) and call it done.
  • anticheer101
    anticheer101 Posts: 34
    I weight myself in the morning at roughly the same time. I record all of my daily weights and divide it by 7 to get an average weekly weight and that's what I track and base my goals upon. I think that going by a once a week weigh in is not accurate enough with how much you change your weight in seven days.
  • Pooks1n1Schmoops
    Pooks1n1Schmoops Posts: 199 Member
    I was like.....lunar cycle REALLY?
    You should weigh yourself 6 or 7 times a day, and do a weighted average (no pun intended) based on the lunar cycle (when the moon is full, its gravitational pull is more pronounced, so you weigh slightly more). Then record this every week and average it out - that's what you should put down.

    Sound crazy? It is. Just weigh yourself once a week, in the morning (empty bladder) and call it done.
  • vytamindi
    vytamindi Posts: 845 Member
    You should weigh yourself 6 or 7 times a day, and do a weighted average (no pun intended) based on the lunar cycle (when the moon is full, its gravitational pull is more pronounced, so you weigh slightly more). Then record this every week and average it out - that's what you should put down.

    Sound crazy? It is. Just weigh yourself once a week, in the morning (empty bladder) and call it done.

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  • erinxo13
    erinxo13 Posts: 892 Member
    Wednesday after I wake up in the morning and use the bathroom and yes, no clothes lol... it makes a difference!
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I weigh myself every other Saturday and I weigh myself in the morning before I start my day.

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