Weighing yourself

[needgains]

At which point of day do your weigh yourself? I feel like there’s no real accurate way of obtaining daily weight, only over a time period of 2+ weeks.

If I were to weigh myself first thing in the morning, after poop, I still fluctuate 3-7 pounds every morning due to water loss.

Mid day and end of day doesn’t work either due to having food in stomach.

Do you guys just look at the overall trend mostly?

I’m asking because I’m trying to figure out my new TDEE after a cut.

 

[EpicFlash]

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At which point of day do your weigh yourself? I feel like there’s no real accurate way of obtaining daily weight, only over a time period of 2+ weeks.

If I were to weigh myself first thing in the morning, after poop, I still fluctuate 3-7 pounds every morning due to water loss.

Mid day and end of day doesn’t work either due to having food in stomach.

Do you guys just look at the overall trend mostly?

I’m asking because I’m trying to figure out my new TDEE after a cut.

Not sure where your current BF is, but I use the mirror and experience . If you ran a cut, then your TDEE should be the same as it was minus whatever deficit you ran. Water,salt,etc. can move the scale around quite a lot on a day to day basis. Rather than chasing the scale every day and trying to adjust that way, just be consistent for a week and then average out your day to day scale weight. Set your TDEE off of that.

 

[unclecurley]

weigh yourself everyday at the same time. Use this website weightgrapher.com (free) to enter the data. It creates an algorithm that really shows how much you way and how much your gaining/losing. It’s very helpful if you enjoy mining for data.

 

[NoodleMan]

I’m currently cutting and for sure weigh yourself consistently. Make it a habit , same time , use the bathroom or not (your choice ) but make sure you always do it the same. plot it on Google sheets and check weekly if you’re making progress. Sometimes you hold onto water weight so have a day at maintenance or a little above for that “woosh” effect

 

[system]

My opinion is:

Same time, every day, upon waking. Whether it’s before or after using the restroom is your decision, however, remain consistent. Don’t use the restroom one day before weighing yourself and then not on another day, every single day should be identical habitually prior to weighing yourself. Assuming you want the most accurate comparisons, which most say they do, but are unwilling to actually uphold the same mundane procedure every single day.

 

[thaatkiid6813]

I weigh myself daily in the morning when I wake up usually after the bathroom. And I average it out at the end of the week

 

[SRx]

I tend to stay away from scales as they do not tell you whats going on in your body, is the weight change water? muscle? fat?

Use the mirror to see the changes and take pics under the same conditions ( lights, angle etc) Since you see yourself daily its hard to notice little changes. I also go by how my clothes are fitting to notice little changes.

When gyms open back up use a body composition scale, its what i use once a week. Give you a report of your current build amounts of muscle, fat and water. This gives you a way better idea of whats going on in your body. Make sure the weight changes are going in the right direction to meet your goals.

 

[dudebro73]

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At which point of day do your weigh yourself? I feel like there’s no real accurate way of obtaining daily weight, only over a time period of 2+ weeks.

If I were to weigh myself first thing in the morning, after poop, I still fluctuate 3-7 pounds every morning due to water loss.

Mid day and end of day doesn’t work either due to having food in stomach.

Do you guys just look at the overall trend mostly?

I’m asking because I’m trying to figure out my new TDEE after a cut.

I weigh myself every Saturday morning after waking and using the bathroom. I don’t worry what it says unless it hasn’t moved down for two weeks. As long as the trend is down I’m good.

 

[dudebro73]

needgains" pid='89344' dateline='1588971512:

At which point of day do your weigh yourself? I feel like there’s no real accurate way of obtaining daily weight, only over a time period of 2+ weeks.

If I were to weigh myself first thing in the morning, after poop, I still fluctuate 3-7 pounds every morning due to water loss.

Mid day and end of day doesn’t work either due to having food in stomach.

Do you guys just look at the overall trend mostly?

I’m asking because I’m trying to figure out my new TDEE after a cut.

I weigh myself every Saturday morning after waking and using the bathroom. I don’t worry what it says unless it hasn’t moved for two weeks. As long as the trend is gradually in the direction of what I’m trying to accomplish, I’m good.

 

[GEBP]

I weigh myself after the same amount of time after my last meal(usually 12hrs) which is normally when I wake up, after peeing and pooping. I recommend time after last meal because if you weigh the same time every day, what you did before bed could affect that.

 

[Giantnerd11]

First thing in the morning, keeping all variables as controlled as possible is the best way IMO, funny thing is if a gym off day falls on a day when I don’t have to work and I sleep an extra couple hours I will weigh 3 pounds less on average just from the additional dehydration, so small changes in variables can make a significant difference, treating each weigh in as a data point and tracking moving averages and trends is best.

 

[SuperSwoldier1]

Every Monday morning right after I take a dump. The rest of the week I just look at myself in the mirror, flash the double guns pose, and give a quick helicopter if my wife is nearby.

 

[Spaz]

Weigh yourself in the morning every day & take an average of the week. This will account for small fluctuations up & down & average them out. Track your weekly average over time. If you weigh yourself only once a week, you could get it on a. Really high day one week, or a really low point another week, it’s not a good representation of your true average weight.