When is the best time of day to accurately weigh yourself?
When I weight myself often, I realize that I fluctuate a couple pounds here and there. I can never seem to get an accurate reading that I can compare to another.
Is there a time of day which you are at your "most real" weight? Would you suggest I simply weight myself around the same time each day (morning or right before bed?).
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Consistency, consistency, consistency. It probably doesn't matter what time of day you weigh yourself as long as you weigh yourself the same time every day to track progress. You may find that you weigh the least first thing in the morning after relieving yourself. But, to get an accurate trend, over time, make sure to weigh yourself the same time every day.
I agree my weight differs greatly when I weigh myself. a few hours after dinner and drinking while exercising I weigh most. I tend to drink a lot when dieting so that has to be taken in consideration. I weigh myself at the time everyday when I believe I get the most accurate reading. If I change up activities before weighing myself my weight is affected. After jogging I weigh less, working out I weigh more.
Well when it comes to the perfect time my personal opinion says, MORNING is the best time to weigh. After you wake up and go to the toilet, ur bowel,bladder and stomach all becomes empty. And to be added at that time of the morning you wear light clothes so all possible chances of wrong measurement can be excluded. And always try to weigh yourself in same interval of time.Say for once a month.
I weigh myself once a week, first thing Sunday morning after I wake up and urinate. I don't drink anything until after I have weighed myself. Then I enter the weight.
For me, weighing myself helps me to avoid eating too little, which I've tended to do to "make sure" I was losing weight when I avoided the scale in the past. So avoiding the scale is counterproductive for me. Weighing once a week immediately after I get up and go to the bathroom keeps me sane and helps me to monitor the effect of my eating habits.
If you weigh yourself after relieving your bowels, your weight will be slightly more accurate as far as what YOU weigh, without as much of what you ate. Weighing yourself at the same time every day is probably best. During a typical day, most people follow a pretty well set routine. We eat at about the same time every day, drink about the same amount of liquids at about the same times. So, as long as you're weighing in at about the same time every day, fluctuations in your weight will be more accurately depicted.
My personal preference is to weigh myself at night before going to bed, but many people prefer to weight themselves in the morning. In my personal experience (having weighed myself at night and then the following morning) the difference in weight between night and 8 hours of sleep and a bathroom break later is rarely more than a pound.
Additionally, your weight fluctuates up to around 5 pounds a day anyway, due to all kinds of reasons. A person should only consider their weight over a longer period of time, such as a week or even a month to make a truthful analysis of whether they are losing or gaining weight.
Early in the morning after you get done using the restroom. I've noticed every morning I always have to go pee so I don't get a not accurate number. You burn calories while you're sleeping so some fat is burned as well. When you wake up in the morning and after you use the bathroom you still have yet to have food in your stomach so it's the most accurate weight. I've also noticed that weight fluctuates all the time and it bothers me a lot considering that I'm very hard on myself if I gained at least one pound but I also know in the back of my head that my body is supposed to do that it's just me not accepting it LOL. For example yesterday I weighed myself in the morning and the highest I was said I gained 3 lb in one day I hardly even ate anything I guess it's the water intake. Just know that if you see a number you don't like it's probably just a couple pounds heavier than what it should be
In the morning and before eating gives a pretty consistent weight. Keep in mind that water retention from salt (as in some Mexican dinners), or dehydration from sweating can last through the night and affect your weight.
The morning, but hydration levels tend to vary. One trick is to drink a fixed amount of water when you wake up, and then wait a fixed amount of time.
Should be set so that bowel movements and urinating are done for a while when you weight yourself.
Using an app like myfitnesspal (or just a post it note) helped me a lot, and you see the fluctuations as it gives you a graph of the week. I did it twice a day and realised sometimes the morning would differ by 2-3 g depending on whether I'd eaten and the other smellier factor mentioned. Personally I find morning the best time to do it, after any bathroom visit and before getting dressed.
I find weighing myself first thing in the morning works better for myself after I've relieved myself from water retention and before I've eaten breakfast.
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