Should I weigh myself on my rest days?

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7/21/12 5:57 P

I weigh myself in the morning, after I've gone to the bathroom and without clothes on. o_o A bit extreme? I like getting my "dry" weight and regardless of what I do, it always changes, up and down. Just get an "average" weight and go with that.

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7/21/12 5:36 P

It might take some experimenting to see what works for you. Some people swear by weighing in monthly, or weekly.

The fluctuations are the exact reason that I weigh myself almost every morning (just forget some days) after I pee and before eating or drinking. This way, I've gotten used to ~2 pound fluctuations from day to day, and will catch any unusual upward trend in weight quickly. This eliminates the chance for weight to just be up due to factors the other posters have cited on the set weigh-in day leading me to think I've gone off track somehow. It takes time to burn fat, while increases in weight due to water retention can show up on the scale after a workout, especially heavy strength training. Last week I started incorporating some heavy lower-body ST, and my weight popped up by 3 pounds and stayed there for about 3 days before it dropped back to normal.

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7/21/12 5:19 P

I weigh myself everyday. I don't get hung up on the fluctuations, and I know the reasons for them eg. upped my weights for strength training = number on the scale going up. However, as a general rule I usually weigh less the day after a rest day. I can only guess that it is because my muscles have had time to let go of the water they were holding, since I haven't strained them the previous day. Not very scientific, no idea if it is true, but it works for me.

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7/21/12 10:43 A

I weigh myself daily whether I've worked out or not, so it depends on how often you're weighing yourself. If you only do it once a week on Mondays, weigh on Monday regardless of whether it's a rest day or not. There's some fluctuation day to day depending on what you've eaten or what your workout has been. If I've gone out to eat before, I tend to weigh more because of the sodium & retaining water.

Working out doesn't cause weight loss. Cutting calories does, regardless of whether you're cutting them from what you eat or burning them. If I don't workout at all this week, but cut 500 calories each day, I should still be losing a lb that week.

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7/21/12 9:49 A

Weight fluctuates daily as well as throughout the day. It can be counter-productive to weigh yoruself every day. How much water you've had, sodium, whether you've had a bowel movement recently, etc. can all affect your weight at any give point. The best thing to do is to pick one day a week, set a time and use that as your "official" weigh-in, and do it under the same circumstances every week.

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7/21/12 9:42 A

I took a day off from exercise and i was 226 and I started exercising and eating the same the next day and I shot back up to 228lbs much to my dismay.

So should I weigh myself after I take a day off and why does my weight drop when I skip a day?

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