Thread: When is the best time to weigh yourself?

I read a blog from Mayo Clinic and according to Nancy Klobassa, R.N., and Peggy Moreland, R.N:

Morning is usually the best time to weigh yourself, because variations in food and liquid consumption affect weight through out the day. Shoes and clothes can add 3-5 pounds.

They also suggest that you only use one scale to base your weight loss. There digital and mechanical scales. The digital scale has larger numbers and is easier to read. Mechanical scales with needle dials may tend to be less accurate than digital scales. Professional scales in gyms and doctor's offices are more accurate than scales designed for home use.


How many times do you weigh yourself in a day? week? month? Do you use digital or mechanical scales?



Source: Mayo Clinic

I have to admit, I weight myself 2x a week.. I get anxious whether to see the results. It's a good thing the scale doesn't show any change though. I was able to maintain my weight this past 3 weeks. Yay!

Actually from what I've read it is the digital scales that are less accurate. I use a digital scale and tend not to pay attention to the exact number. (I usually round things down to make myself content.)

As far as setting up a schedule to weight myself I tend to do so about once a week. Sometime twice a week. But I only keep track of my weight on a monthly basis... Say first Monday of each month.

As you already mentioned I tend to do so in a t-shirt and joggers, barefoot. As for the time... Um, usually after I take a number 2 in the morning. Which is another important factor to weighing yourself.

Yeah that's a good point . Going #2 can do a lot when weighing yourself. I do enjoy weighing myself too but I don't do that too often now because sometimes it gives me a stress. Sometimes gaining water weight affects my mood and I don't want that to happen a lot. I tend to panic when that happens.