Question on weight gain during day

[highway61]

OK, this may sound a daft question but I was chatting to a friend earlier about the difference in personal weight between early morning weigh-in and evening weigh-in. Obviously it can be quite a difference based on fluid intake etc, and as such I tend to weigh myself at breakfast time, if I don't do it till later, like today I will almost certainly show an increase from what it would have been at 8/9am. Now, hypothetically if one was to actually stand on scales and lets say, weighed 100kg, and did not move off them until they had consumed fluid and food weighing say 2kg, would the scales, as soon as the amount is consumed say 102 kg. Logic tells me yes, but given the mysteries of the body I am not going to assume anything. Nor am I going to try it By the way I am stuck on a bit of a plateau regarding weight loss, has been like it for a month now, hardly shifted.

 

[Uncle C]

If you take in 2 KG of food/drink you would immediately weigh 2KG more. Its the first law of thermodynamics.

If you weigh yourself some hours later with sweat and other bodily losses you would almost certainly weigh less. Also in addition you would have burned off the required calories/weight just to move around

Its very tempting to keep jumping on the scales to see how you're doing but its best to do it at a set time in a routine way.

BTW its very normal for weight loss to go in plateaus.

 

[highway61]

If you take in 2 KG of food/drink you would immediately weigh 2KG more. Its the first law of thermodynamics.

If you weigh yourself some hours later with sweat and other bodily losses you would almost certainly weigh less. Also in addition you would have burned off the required calories/weight just to move around

Its very tempting to keep jumping on the scales to see how you're doing but its best to do it at a set time in a routine way.

BTW its very normal for weight loss to go in plateaus.

Cheers US that was pretty much how i described it all to my friend. I try hard to only weigh once a week, and this week had been very focused on what I ate so was just a tad pissed off with the result. Still, i have resisted my usual choc-fest comfort eating! I maybe need to increase water intake as well cos I know i am short on that. Thanks for the input mate

 

[GYM]

What kind of exercise plan have you got yourself on/if at all.

As the body adapts to different stresses on it becomes harder to lose the weight, build muscle, get fitter etc as body becomes used to the current regime.

My advice if you are doing reqular exercise is to shock the body with something different by changing the work out and intensifying work.

 

[Uncle C]

What kind of exercise plan have you got yourself on/if at all.

As the body adapts to different stresses on it becomes harder to lose the weight, build muscle, get fitter etc as body becomes used to the current regime.

My advice if you are doing reqular exercise is to shock the body with something different by changing the work out and intensifying work.

Thats a good point and I have read that the body gets used to foods it gets regularly and stores them away more as fat.

Simple things like changing from Special K to Weetabix for a few days might help.
I often find having Oats in the morning helps burn off calories.

 

[Badger]

Of course if you really want to weigh less then go and stand on the equator, although strictly speaking your weight should be measured in Newtons because it is dependent on gravity whereas your mass will be in Kg.

: pedant:

 

[highway61]

What kind of exercise plan have you got yourself on/if at all.

As the body adapts to different stresses on it becomes harder to lose the weight, build muscle, get fitter etc as body becomes used to the current regime.

My advice if you are doing reqular exercise is to shock the body with something different by changing the work out and intensifying work.

up until about a week ago I was doing around 5 miles of biking and similar walking almost all days, on odd occasions I did 8-9 mile ride. Then a week back I strained a muscle in back and across to shoulder which made it more difficult. Then to add to the pain of it all the frigging back tyre on my bike blew as I was 200 yards into a 12 mile ride..My GP is about to do a Gym referral for me, once I can afford to do it, which will be a 10 week course

 

[highway61]

Thats a good point and I have read that the body gets used to foods it gets regularly and stores them away more as fat.

Simple things like changing from Special K to Weetabix for a few days might help.
I often find having Oats in the morning helps burn off calories.

My Health Trainer said much the same thing mate, we juggled around with the menu a fair bit to give more variety. Its been a problem buying healthy because of cost and being on benefits so some of her suggestions have been a tad unrealistic. Overall its going ok, but what you are all saying makes sense

 

[Soul Finger]

A man walks into a petrol station and says, "Can I please have a KitKat Chunky?"

The lady behind the till gets him a KitKat Chunky and brings it back to him.

"No," says the man, "I wanted a normal KitKat, you fat ****."

 

[highway61]

A man walks into a petrol station and says, "Can I please have a KitKat Chunky?"

The lady behind the till gets him a KitKat Chunky and brings it back to him.

"No," says the man, "I wanted a normal KitKat, you fat ****."

Thanks for that, I just larfed off another gram

 

[GYM]

up until about a week ago I was doing around 5 miles of biking and similar walking almost all days, on odd occasions I did 8-9 mile ride. Then a week back I strained a muscle in back and across to shoulder which made it more difficult. Then to add to the pain of it all the frigging back tyre on my bike blew as I was 200 yards into a 12 mile ride..My GP is about to do a Gym referral for me, once I can afford to do it, which will be a 10 week course

Thats seems a fair amount of work. Until the injury.

If you can (I'm assuming you ride outside from what you said) throw in different routes, if you try and go at a constant speed your only working in one energy system so if you throw in sprints and going up hills in a higher gear(again assuming you have gears) etc to increase the work. You can work in more than one system (Aerobic and anearobic) which will give you a better chance of burning that unwanted weight.

Appologies if you already do any of this.

 

[highway61]

Thats seems a fair amount of work. Until the injury.

If you can (I'm assuming you ride outside from what you said) throw in different routes, if you try and go at a constant speed your only working in one energy system so if you throw in sprints and going up hills in a higher gear(again assuming you have gears) etc to increase the work you can work in more than one system (Aerobic and anearobic) which will give you a better chance of burning that unwanted weight.

Appologies if you already do any of this.

cheers mate, this is all helpful stuff

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Always, always weigh in during the morning, you're much lighter...but don't do it every day because you just won't notice the difference. Weekly, max.

Three or four years ago I signed up for one of those FAT FIGHTERS style programmes, which to be fair, worked well for me, as it made me stop eating like a chozzer and I lost a couple of stone or so. The trick is, punters, to go to a daytime meeting rather than an evening one, as the daytime ones will be full of inactive obese pensioners who enjoy lard and dripping sandwiches, and middle aged pie-munching mothers-of-three who stacked it on while pregnant and now can't be arsed to get out and exercise off the Mars Bars because the kids need looking after.

The reason this is better is because these people are usually quite crap at losing weight, and consequently even if you've only lost a pound that week, their pathetic efforts always bring a smile to your face and make you feel considerably better about your own, proper weight loss. Hearing the entire group give a hearty round of applause to Jean because she managed to shed three ounces in a fortnight is GUARANTEED to make you feel like Slimmer Of The Year in a heartbeat.



Yes, I am a heartless MONSTER

 

[highway61]

Always, always weigh in during the morning, you're much lighter...but don't do it every day because you just won't notice the difference. Weekly, max.

Three or four years ago I signed up for one of those FAT FIGHTERS style programmes, which to be fair, worked well for me, as it made me stop eating like a chozzer and I lost a couple of stone or so. The trick is, punters, to go to a daytime meeting rather than an evening one, as the daytime ones will be full of inactive obese pensioners who enjoy lard and dripping sandwiches, and middle aged pie-munching mothers-of-three who stacked it on while pregnant and now can't be arsed to get out and exercise off the Mars Bars because the kids need looking after.

The reason this is better is because these people are usually quite crap at losing weight, and consequently even if you've only lost a pound that week, their pathetic efforts always bring a smile to your face and make you feel considerably better about your own, proper weight loss. Hearing the entire group give a hearty round of applause to Jean because she managed to shed three ounces in a fortnight is GUARANTEED to make you feel like Slimmer Of The Year in a heartbeat.



Yes, I am a heartless MONSTER

I know what you mean, I did Slimming World afew years back, did well at it too, far more so than with WW

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Highway - if it's fat burn you're aiming for do you do much in the way of interval training? Ie run for x amount of minutes, jog, rest, then repeat the process. Best way of shedding calories. A treadmill's ideal for this.

 

[jordanseagull]

As your question has been answered, all I have left to say is KEEP GOING

 

[GYM]

Highway - if it's fat burn you're aiming for do you do much in the way of interval training? Ie run for x amount of minutes, jog, rest, then repeat the process. Best way of shedding calories. A treadmill's ideal for this.

Good advice Danny.

Although any type of Cardio is good for it. Treadmill, cross trainer, bike and rower.

As long as you really push yourself in the "work part" to about 8/9 out of 10 in your effort. This is extreamly benificial.

Also systems like PHA and circuits are excellent to keep the Heart rate up as there is very little rest involed.

I'm going into to o much info now.

Oh I do get carried away when I talk about my subject.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Eating and drinking 2kg might make you weigh an extra 3kg when you take the trapped wind into account.

 

[timbha]

Good advice Danny.

Although any type of Cardio is good for it. Treadmill, cross trainer, bike and rower.

As long as you really push yourself in the "work part" to about 8/9 out of 10 in your effort. This is extreamly benificial.

Also systems like PHA and circuits are excellent to keep the Heart rate up as there is very little rest involed.

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always good to throw in some press ups and sit ups into the mix to shock the body, ie blood has to rush to different parts of the body....and the higher the heart beat, the harder the heart is working, and the more calories you burn!!

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Yeah the indoor rowers are brilliant, spesh for the beer bellies!!