Originally Posted by
Wogster
Three times a week is too many, the ideal is, once a week, you get up, go to the bathroom, do your morning eliminations, then take off your clothes and weigh yourself naked, before you consume anything. What your
trying to do is eliminate variables that can account for a lot.
Originally Posted by
Tandem427
I agree except that I weigh myself every morning using a Wii balance board. The Wii stores my weight and displays it on a graph so I can observe my trends from the past week or up to a year. I can fluctuate two or even three pounds high or low from day to day without becoming concerned. I need to look at the last 4 or 5 data points to determine my official weight.
Originally Posted by
John_V
While fluid retention is a very valid argument, I've only seen one post that addresses another valid point. If you are going to weigh yourself in the morning, do so after you have had a decent bowel movement. The intestinal tract can hold up to 5 pounds of poop and undigested food. This, along with any fluid retention can account for the increase in weight the next day, especially after having a heavy meal the night before.
Absolutely nothing wrong with waking up, going to scale and weighing yourself before anything else every morning. Your base should be upon rising before emptying or consuming since those are variables every day. Taking care of bodily functions, consuming liquids and solids for breakfast then weighing yourself before heading out will provide the most accurate pre-exercise base for a post exercise weighing.