How often do you weigh yourself?
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Maybe more habit at this point than providing real useful data, but its just another way to self check, kinda like Resting HR done in the morning which was posted somewhere recently. Done consistently each day its just part of a self checkup.
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2nd thing every day.
As for me, several times a day, but I'm not obsessive. I just have nothing else to do.
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^ I think the first thing is something that would affect the number on the scale.
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Morning and night. Morning because that's your daily low, after taking your pre-breakfast dump/piss. It's also closest to what you'd be after a long ride and losing fluids.
The night number gives you an idea for how much fluid you've lost during a ride and how much you need to catch up.
So I figure if I get back from a long ride and I'm 157 at night but 154 after the ride, I could stand to take in 40oz of fluids at some point in the next hour to hour and a half.
But if I get back from the ride and am 156, I might not do anything other than a small glass of water....or a beer.
The night number gives you an idea for how much fluid you've lost during a ride and how much you need to catch up.
So I figure if I get back from a long ride and I'm 157 at night but 154 after the ride, I could stand to take in 40oz of fluids at some point in the next hour to hour and a half.
But if I get back from the ride and am 156, I might not do anything other than a small glass of water....or a beer.
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2-3 times a week is enough for me. Blood pressure and blood zugar is more important.
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Usually once a week but sometimes more. Usually at the same time of day (right after my morning bowel movement and before breakfast).
I'm trying to increase my weight but I don't know if I trust my scale or if my weight really does fluctuate a pound either way on a daily basis.
I'm trying to increase my weight but I don't know if I trust my scale or if my weight really does fluctuate a pound either way on a daily basis.
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I usually do it before I go to bed. I do agree the number is more relevant if you have a consistent time, but even then, the number fluctuates wildly sometimes for me.
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Unless you eat a very regimented diet on a very regimented schedule, your weight will be much more consistent day to day if you weigh first thing in the morning.
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Practically speaking that's difficult to do...but I'm not so much concerned with my weight. In the long term it still gives a pretty accurate picture of where your weight is headed.
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Why is it more difficult to weigh yourself first thing in the morning than last thing at night?
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Night time is easy. I'm already in the bathroom before going to bed.
Yeah, I could do it if it was important to me, like move the scale elsewhere. But it's not important.
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Last time I got on a scale it was one of those in front of a store that gives you a little "fortune cookie" type of saying. Mine said... "Only 1 person on the scale at a time".
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I did it every day until I noticed a pattern of fluctuation that did not seem to be connected to my eating and exercise habits. Now I do it every Sunday morning.
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I used to weighted myself everyday for 2 years, way too often than you guys think, I weight after wake, workouts, meals, dumps and before bed. Call me crazy all you want, I knew.
But after studying myself day after day, night after night, I find that its my natural to be at this weight.
Nowadays, I weight less, only wake time and before bed then I am done. Still daily weighted myself but way far less than before. Now I only care for looks.
But after studying myself day after day, night after night, I find that its my natural to be at this weight.
Nowadays, I weight less, only wake time and before bed then I am done. Still daily weighted myself but way far less than before. Now I only care for looks.
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As often as I get a check-up so semi annually. Weighing yourself too often is one of the worst mistakes most people make.
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Don't have the reference off hand. You can search them yourself if you want.
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This makes as much sense as telling drivers only to look at the speedometer once every 20 miles. You know, because speed fluctuates so much, it will mess with your mind.
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