I'm betting there's been other threads about this, but I couldn't find any, so here it is.... what silly things do you do before your official weigh-in? I've got such a long list at this point that my meeting leader laughs at me for it, and I'm sure she's seen everything.
So of course I wear my lightest pants, socks, and shirts for meetings, and I empty my pockets and take off my shoes. It's like going to the airport!
I don't eat or drink anything the morning of (and of course I only go to morning meetings!), and make sure I use the bathroom right before I head to the scale. Can't have any extra ounces!
In the last few weeks I've started going for a 1-2 mile hard run in the morning before meetings, inspired by the Biggest Loser "last chance workout". I can easily sweat out 2 pounds of water on a run, according to my home scale. Now of course I *have* to do this every week, or else I'll see the scale mysteriously jump up 2 pounds. D'oh!
Aaaaand.... when I'm on the scale itself, I breathe out and hold my breath. Hey, all that air in your lungs has to weigh something, right? Or maybe it's just that I'm nervous.
How about y'all? Anyone have any other superstitious routines I can get into?
That describes my routine pretty well, too. Not a stitch on, after a bathroom trip & before I've even had a glass of water. With coffee brewing in the next room. Oh, and I step on the scale three times. (I have a new scale & the reading doesn't vary, as long as I'm correctly balanced.) I need to see it three times to convince myself it's accurate. (Kind of the way a dog turns around three times before laying down for a nap.)
MAJOR TMI ALERT .... ALERT ... ALERT ...
If my bowels aren't empty & I just have to weigh in before they decide to do their thing -- because one must get ready for work & cannot tell one's supervisor, "I'm late because I couldn't s --- on time this morning" -- then I consider the weight that I record in my journal deeply suspect. I have to be "empty." My body is a creature of habit that tends to follow to its regular schedule but sometimes, when it doesn't happen, then it really messes me up mentally. I have to put an asterisk next to the day's weight, like some kind of footnote in a sports record book saying the athlete did this on steroids or it was later disregarded by the Olympic Committee or something.
So of course I wear my lightest pants, socks, and shirts for meetings, and I empty my pockets and take off my shoes. It's like going to the airport!
I don't eat or drink anything the morning of (and of course I only go to morning meetings!), and make sure I use the bathroom right before I head to the scale. Can't have any extra ounces!
Aaaaand.... when I'm on the scale itself, I breathe out and hold my breath. Hey, all that air in your lungs has to weigh something, right? Or maybe it's just that I'm nervous.
I do all of the above! I wear the same outfit for every weigh in, only go to morning meetings, and go to the washroom first. Sometimes I wonder if the ladies at WW think I only have one outfit! And I breathe out and hold my breath while on the scale! I wondered if anyone else did that...
I'm with the at-homer's.. After the first potty, before anything goes in and of course.. everything off! And I do the 3x's thing.. sometimes more if it's really gone down LOL...
You all will probably think this is silly, but I have my regular meals and drinks and weigh in after supper wearing whatever I wore to work that day. I am not a number on the scale. The lifestyle changes are what matters in the long run.
Quilter-that's a good way to look at it and probably a more accurate number too but I do it naked, after peeing, before eating, after a shower (I seem to wash away a few ounces in the shower LOL), and usually about 45 minutes after I get up.
yep! same thing every saturday..get up, take shower, get dressed for WW meeting. i eat or drink NOTHING before meeting and I wear the same clothes every week!
Just wanted to say Hey to Quilter. I've seen you on these boards a long time and just checked your stats. WOW! Great job! 8lbs to go. Quite an inspriation to the rest of us!
Ditto weigh in routine. I wore my lightest clothes today and realized I'll have to do the same every week from now on. Also take off all jewelry, watch and rings and even took glasses off today
Hilarious that so many of us do the same thing! I weigh in on Saturday mornings. I don't have a Friday night ritual, but on Saturday mornings I use the bathroom (potential TMI, so I'll leave it as that), wear the same khaki pants with a t-shirt, and go to weigh in. I bring my breakfast with me (usually an apple and clif kidz bar) and water, and wait to eat until I've weighed in.
You all will probably think this is silly, but I have my regular meals and drinks and weigh in after supper wearing whatever I wore to work that day. I am not a number on the scale.
You all will probably think this is silly, but I have my regular meals and drinks and weigh in after supper wearing whatever I wore to work that day. I am not a number on the scale. The lifestyle changes are what matters in the long run.
I love seeing this! I'm the same way - although I did get upset last week when I was 4/10 of a pound away from the 40-pound mark. I've even been told by the person weighing me to take off my sweater because it just doesn't occur to me. I also refuse to step on the scale barefoot because I've just watched everyone in front of me do so (no offense meant to anyone).
Weigh-in Routines?
