When is the best time to measure/weigh yourself???

[Bonne]

I have heard a lot of different opinions on this...i.e. not first thing in the morning because you a dehydrated, not after a weights session (muscle swelling), and not during TTOTM. So when is the best time (of day or month) should you measure/weigh (though I don't weigh myself very often, just usually out of curiosity!)yourself? morning/evening, before/after workout, a certain time before/after eating???? What do you all think? Thanks in advance for any advice!

Bonne

 

[honeybunch]

Personally, I weight myself first thing in the morning before I drink coffee or eat anything, always in the buff. I want to know what I weigh, and not my clothes.

I'd read one time that your weight can change as much as 8 pounds during the day, depending on what you ate, whether you had a full bladder, or how you were dressed.

It may not help, but when I get weighed at a doc's office, I ALWAYS take off my shoes.

 

[susan-lynn]

I don't know if it's right, but I always weigh myself first thing in the morning too, in the buff! (Before drinking or eating anything).

I figure that's probably my true weight, because my weight fluctuates during the day, depending on what I eat.

(I weigh myself far too much - it's an obsession!)

 

[jillybean]

I don't own a scale (thank the Lord) but when I was in the hospital, they would weigh us every morning, before breakfast, and after we all peed. The doctors said that this is when you get your most accurate number.

 

[lorihart]

I have to agrre with the others.I weigh myself first thing in the morning as well.And usually,if I am watching my diet, about once a week.You want to know how much YOU weigh, not your clothes or how much coffee you drank.
Lori

 

[naughtoj]

Weigh in the AM, and measure anytime OTHER than after you have just exercised. The muscle "pump" will add false inches. If it were me, I would measure in the AM as well, for consistency...Janice

 

[Bonne]

Thanks to everyone who replied, your advice/info was very helpful...looks like I will be weighing-in and measuring myself first thing tomorrow a.m....aaaack!!!

Thanks again!

Bonne