When is the best time to measure yrself?

[saab]

i dont know if its happened with others. but when i measure myself early morning right after getting up, my inches are less than if i weigh myself in the middle of the day.

is there any particular time we should measure ourselves?

morning is best time for me .but afternoon the inches go up by half an inch. maybe its the water that bloats you up a bit. just my guess !!!

[staziaw]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

I do everthing in the morning, once a week!

Stacy

[Jace]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

I was curious about this too...so a couple months ago I did a little test and for 5 days I weighed and measured myself once at 4am before I got ready for work, once at 3pm when I got home from the office and once at 10pm before bed....

The results were pretty much as expected...afternoon and evenings I weighed around 5lbs heavier and around 1/4 of an inch difference in my waist than I did in the mornings as I was carrying around the weight of the food I had eaten that day and all of the water I had consumed...so definitely stick to the mornings...and for heavens sake only do it once a week...those +5 pound weigh-ins during other times of the day were depressing


~Far la bella figura!

[Rae-Marie]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

It really doesn't matter as long as you do it at the same time, everytime. Same with weighing yourself. Mentally, it's probably best to do it in the A.M.

[cranberry]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

I do it in the AM always.. but I agree, it doesn't matter so much when you do it providing that it is consistent

[Kent]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

I usually did my measuring at night. My best suggestion is to be as consistent as possible. It's normal to flucuate throughout the day, and seeing " raise because you measured at the wrong time would be a shame.

[saab]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

yeah earlier i used to forget to measure in the mornings, so i used to measure in the afternoons . then one day i remembered and i took my measurement in the morning and it was half an inch less. then just to test i measured in the afternoon it was half an inch . now i only measure in the mornings!!!

[Heidi3]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

I am all about doing it when you are the smallest so I would say AM!!!!

[Bren]

Re: When is the best time to measure yrself?

Everyone is different! I measure less in the evening, but weigh more?????? Wierd. Never measure after a work out as your muscles etc. are expanded. All depends on how your body handles water too. Best thing is (as everyone has stated) pick a time and stick to that time.