Weight Problem

[Mr. Grim]

I sometimes weigh myself before I go to bed and again when I first wake up in the morning. And sometimes I lose 2 pounds overnight. How can this be? Assuming no extracurricular activities or heavy sweating.

[Gretchen]

I sometimes weigh myself before I go to bed and again when I first wake up in the morning. And sometimes I lose 2 pounds overnight. How can this be? Assuming no extracurricular activities or heavy sweating.

Dehydration, and your body just processing/absorbing food/drink from the day. I am generally anywhere from 0.5 to 2 pounds lighter in the morning than when I go to bed.

[ACCtuary]

I sometimes weigh myself before I go to bed and again when I first wake up in the morning. And sometimes I lose 2 pounds overnight. How can this be? Assuming no extracurricular activities or heavy sweating.

You do sweat, and you lose skin, too. Maybe even hair :-D. Your body is burning calories all night as well, but not enough to lose 2 lbs! I've observed this and I'm curious about this phenomenon as well. I guess you can test your scale with some test weights to make sure the spring is not temperature sensitive in the morning when your home may be cooler.

[ACCtuary]

Dehydration, and your body just processing/absorbing food/drink from the day. I am generally anywhere from 0.5 to 2 pounds lighter in the morning than when I go to bed.

that makes sense, because it corresponds to how much water you should drink in AM.

[Frenchie]

My thoughts are also, at night, you have your most recent meal and beverage still in your system, probably somewhat recent. By morning, your food from the day before has digested and such....so you will be a bit lighter. The key is to always weigh yourself at the same time of day, in the same setting, so you can measure relative change. Whether or not your scale is accurate will not affect your overall change.

[ACCtuary]

My thoughts are also, at night, you have your most recent meal and beverage still in your system, probably somewhat recent. By morning, your food from the day before has digested and such....so you will be a bit lighter. The key is to always weigh yourself at the same time of day, in the same setting, so you can measure relative change. Whether or not your scale is accurate will not affect your overall change.

But by conservation of mass, it's still in there. Your conclusion is correct about weighing yourself at the same time every day. I'm just amused by the magnitude of the weight change and how to explain it.

[Maine-iac]

Well, I drop about 2 lbs between night and morning. Besides sweat and actually metabolizing food as I sleep, the bulk of the difference is, I assume, because I get out of bed, do the necessary thing, and then weigh myself. The necessary thing sheds some weight. ("A pint's a pound, the world around.") Then I proceed with my day and re-hydrate.

[Lex Luthor]

I sometimes weigh myself before I go to bed and again when I first wake up in the morning. And sometimes I lose 2 pounds overnight. How can this be? Assuming no extracurricular activities or heavy sweating.
Hmmm... That is a difficult question. Those results do seem very strange. I'd say go back and double-check your assumptions.

[Frenchie]

Well, I drop about 2 lbs between night and morning. Besides sweat and actually metabolizing food as I sleep, the bulk of the difference is, I assume, because I get out of bed, do the necessary thing, and then weigh myself. The necessary thing sheds some weight. ("A pint's a pound, the world around.") Then I proceed with my day and re-hydrate.
:lol:

So tactful....but I know what ya mean.....same here....

I also drink a bazillion cans of club soda once I get home....so if I weigh myself before bedtime, it's significantly higher than in the morning cause I'm up and down all night long...

[Maine-iac]

[quote=Frenchie]

I also drink a bazillion cans of club soda once I get home..../quote]

Hmmm. Could that be a source of the water weight fluctuations, Frenchie? There is salt in club soda. Not a huge amount, but material, and if you drink enough of it, you can pick up quite a bit of salt. (How many cans in a bazillion? :D) Maybe you could try a carbonated water w/o salt for a week or two and see if it makes any difference.

Just a thought . . .

[Frenchie]

Hmmm. Could that be a source of the water weight fluctuations, Frenchie? There is salt in club soda. Not a huge amount, but material, and if you drink enough of it, you can pick up quite a bit of salt. (How many cans in a bazillion? :D) Maybe you could try a carbonated water w/o salt for a week or two and see if it makes any difference.

Just a thought . . .

I make sure to buy the no sodium brand, so I don't think it's there..

Oh, and there's a whole helluva lot in a bazillion... :lol: