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01-14-2010, 07:47 PM
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Weight Trend... curious if anyone else has noticed?
I don't know if I'm making something out of nothing, but I find this interesting...
I weigh myself in the morning after I tinkle and before I take a shower. That's the weight I go with for the day and on Sunday's it's my official weight.
Then I eat breakfast and hit the gym. When I come home, I tinkle, weigh, and shower again. (Weighing this second time is out of curiousity... I don't expect anything drastically lower.) I've noticed the past 2 mornings that the weight I had after my breakfast and workout is the EXACT weight - right down to the 1/10th of a pound - that I'll be the next morning.
Has anyone else tried this? It's really interesting! Surely it's some sort of fluke, but ithen I wonder if I'm on to something...?
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01-14-2010, 08:16 PM
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Losing weight since 2009
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Hmmm, that's interesting. My weight fluctuates a lot during the day, and I usually weigh a little more in the evenings after my workout/eating. I don't think it was ever the exact same as the following morning. Kinda cool though.
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01-15-2010, 08:49 AM
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Calorie counter
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First off, you shower...then hit the gym...then shower again? Really? Sorry if that's too personal. I'm a little bit teasing you.
Second, I did some weight training this morning and when I reweighed myself I was two pounds heavier. We'll see if that holds true for tomorrow. I'll be ok if it is. I know the muscles retain water to repair themselves.
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01-15-2010, 10:32 AM
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Positive Focus
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So one of my big mysteries in life is why when I weight at night just before going to bed, I weigh more than I do 8 hours later when I get up? No other differences - bathroom or clothes? It's usually at least a lb.
My only theory is that our bodies digest the food in our system but still, wouldn't it weigh the same?
Anyone know the answer to that?
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01-15-2010, 10:34 AM
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Caroline
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Beachbreeze, I am not an expert by any means, but I think dehydration also plays a role. You haven't had any water while you're sleeping, presumably (I wake up with a dry throat during the winter and sip water, but it's a minimal amount) so your body weighs less in the morning because you've lost some of that water weight.
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01-15-2010, 10:42 AM
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My weight varies... sometimes when I get home at night I am the same as I was in the morning... sometimes more... sometimes less.
And I find that I can weigh myself, even after going #1 or 2, and hop back on the scale and EVERY SINGLE TIME is it always the same. Never goes down even .1 of a lb. So who knows...
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01-15-2010, 10:46 AM
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Positive Focus
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thistoo - that sounds plausible. Thanks!
SNMomof1 - so, you weigh less right after you exercise again? I usually weigh more. Isn't it funny how we analyze this?
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01-15-2010, 10:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeachBreeze2010
SNMomof1 - so, you weigh less right after you exercise again? I usually weigh more. Isn't it funny how we analyze this?
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I'm always up by a few pounds after working out too...
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01-15-2010, 02:56 PM
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Ready for Change
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Eliana - Yep I shower twice. I don't want to be a stink bug. The first shower is get my hair clean and shave. The second shower, I pamper myself. I use some sort of good smelling soap, lotion up, brush my teeth again, etc. It's a great way to cool down, too.
Beach - I do it as a "hmm... I wonder". I didn't weigh myself today after my shower because I was bummed about gaining 1lb from yesterday... even though I KNOW it's water retention because I ate some salty food and didn't drink enough water. Obviously the scale gets punished if my weight is a little off. I'm always down from my AM weight, though.
Kae - I once weighed myself before and after going #2 as a joke, and I didn't loose any then either.
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01-15-2010, 02:58 PM
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Ready for Change
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Btw I've always been curious at WHEN you lose weight. Like is there a certain part of the day that your body just becomes lighter as your fat disappears? Or is it a gradual thing?
I'd google but I don't even know how to phrase that question for something to pop up!
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01-15-2010, 03:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeachBreeze2010
So one of my big mysteries in life is why when I weight at night just before going to bed, I weigh more than I do 8 hours later when I get up? No other differences - bathroom or clothes? It's usually at least a lb.
My only theory is that our bodies digest the food in our system but still, wouldn't it weigh the same?
Anyone know the answer to that?
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when you weigh with food you just ate, the scale is measuring the actual weight of that food. But 1 lb of food doesn't necessarily equal 3500/1 lb of weight gain (not that it's ever THAT direct anyway! lol!) But think if you ate a pound of brocoli vs. a pound of french fries. Once your body has finished digesting all that food and burning it off (and hopefully, since you are in a calorie deficit, burning off some of your body fat too), then the weight loss will show up on the scale.
Most people weigh 2+ lbs more at the end of a day than they do first thing in the morning. I know this because my Wii Fit told me so this morning! lol!
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01-15-2010, 03:11 PM
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Ready for Change
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeanutsMom704
Most people weigh 2+ lbs more at the end of a day than they do first thing in the morning. I know this because my Wii Fit told me so this morning! lol!
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ROFLMAO!!! That's a quote for the history books.
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