[queenjane]

So, I'm a self-confessed scale freak. I weigh when I get up and before I go to bed. I know it will fluctuate day to day (and at the TOM) and I'm OK with that. I just want to keep tabs on it because NOT keeping tabs is what got me here in the first place.

Anyway, my scale matches my doctor's, so I know it's reasonably accurate, but my evening weight is always 1.5 pounds heavier than my morning weight. There are things I could be doing to make myself appear 1.5 pounds lighter between the evening weigh-in and the morning one, but honestly, the only thing I do is brush my teeth, pee, and sleep. Where do those 1.5 pounds go? Could it really all be pee -- that would be about 24 ounces, right (if a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds)? I know my bladder can't hold that much.

[balloonlady]

There are other places for the water to go. Respiration and perspiration being the main ones. I know if I sleep under a fan I wake up fairly dehydrated. It's especially bad if I'm congested and sleeping with my mouth open. The moving air just helps wick the water way.

[LaurieDawn]

The scale used to really drive me nuts. I would swear it off for days or even weeks, then worry that I would gain weight if I didn't check in daily. Finally, I decided to familiarize myself with how it works so that I would be a little less freaked out about fluctuations, and for about ten days, I weighed every time I went into or by the bathroom. So, LOTS. For me, the first weigh-in after waking up for the day is always the lowest, after the first trip to the bathroom, of course. I fast once a month for religious reasons, abstaining from water as well, and my weight still went up throughout the day. I don't know why. So, this is less by way of explanation and more by way of letting you know that I think that your results are pretty typical. And, incidentally, if I only get two or three hours of sleep, I don't see the same drop-off from the night before to the next morning.