How long should you weigh yourself?

Many people like to weigh themselves when they are losing weight. They weigh themselves once after eating, again after going to the bathroom, in the morning and in the evening, and are happy or sad about the weight gain or loss at any time.

In fact, it is meaningless to weigh yourself so frequently, because a person's weight fluctuates greatly throughout the day. Most people are the lightest when they wake up in the morning. Many people will be 2-4 pounds lighter than before going to bed the night before, and some people will even be 5 or 6 pounds. Don't be too happy at this time. It doesn't mean that you will lose 5 or 6 pounds after sleeping all night. This can only be called temporary weight loss, not thinness. Lightness and thinness cannot be directly equated. Although it is only seven or eight hours of sleep, without eating or drinking water, the body is constantly carrying out various physiological activities, and at the same time, it is also consuming, and the skin will evaporate a lot of water. Most of the weight lost in the morning is this water and consumption plus excrement, not so much weight loss. After getting up and eating and drinking for a day, the weight in the evening will gradually become the same as the night before. If you sweat a lot in hot weather and don't replenish water in time, you can lose several pounds in a few hours. So frequent weighing cannot accurately reflect a person's changes in weight.

How long is the appropriate amount of time to weigh yourself?

1. Weigh yourself once a month

It is recommended to weigh yourself at a fixed time every month. Why should we use a month as a unit? Because the increase and decrease of fat is a gradual process, it does not grow or decrease in one day, so it is not very meaningful to weigh yourself every day. It is best to set a fixed time every month to leave a period of time for the increase and decrease of fat. Don't pay too much attention to the increase or decrease of weight in one or two days. Women should avoid weighing themselves during menstruation, because many people have some edema before menstruation. At this time, the body automatically stores more water, and the weight will also increase. At this time, the weight is not very accurate. The best time is the morning of the second day after the end of menstruation. After urinating and defecating, wear the least clothes to weigh yourself. The weight at this time is the most objective and normal weight. Then weigh yourself again in the morning of the second day after each menstruation, so that you can see the real weight change in this month. Men find a fixed day every month, such as weighing yourself once on the 1st of each month, also in the early morning.

2. How much weight loss is most reasonable

Losing weight is a long-term process. It should be done gradually and persistently, so don't be greedy and try to lose weight quickly. If you are not extremely obese, the most reasonable and healthy weight loss should be controlled at 3-5 jin per month, which is about 0.5 kg per week. If you are particularly heavy, you can lose 1 kg per week. This speed may not be satisfactory to many people, but you must not underestimate the weight loss every month. If you persist, it will bring considerable changes in a few months. Keep a slow pace, do not need to diet too much, do not hurt your body, do not feel pain, do not affect the quality of life, and can also maintain skin elasticity and healthy and energetic complexion. The most important thing is that if you lose weight slowly but continuously, there will be almost no rebound. So don't try to lose weight quickly. For weight loss, weight is not the most important thing, because size should be paid more attention.

3. Size matters more

The purpose of losing weight is to have a slim and fit body. Whether you look slim or not is much more important than how much you weigh. If you have a good body, your weight will naturally be within a reasonable range. Weight loss is not the purpose of losing weight. Beautiful body lines are the ultimate goal. Therefore, you don’t have to pay too much attention to temporary weight changes, but you should strengthen the management and control of your body lines. This requires strengthening exercise on the basis of a reasonable diet. Whether it is losing weight, maintaining a good figure or ensuring health, exercise is essential. If you only rely on adjusting your diet to lose weight without the necessary exercise, the weight loss effect may not be good, and it is easy to cause muscle relaxation, poor skin elasticity, and unsightly lines, and people will look lifeless.

Although controlling your diet alone can help you lose weight, you lose not only fat but also muscle. Moreover, a regular low-calorie diet will lower your body's basal metabolic rate and reduce energy consumption. Therefore, after simply restricting your diet to reduce your weight to a certain level, it will stagnate, which is what people generally call a weight loss plateau. If you want to continue to lose weight in this situation, you can only continue to reduce your energy intake. A diet that is too low in energy obviously cannot meet the normal needs of the human body and is very harmful to your health. Therefore, it is not recommended to use a single diet control method to lose weight. You must ensure adequate and regular exercise while eating a reasonable diet.

Proper exercise not only consumes calories, but also greatly promotes weight loss. Regular exercise can also keep a person's basal metabolism at a higher level, so that it is not easy to gain weight even if you eat more. It can also make a person's body shape more beautiful and full of energy.

4. Look at weight changes objectively

If you exercise a lot when losing weight, your weight may go up instead of down when you weigh yourself, especially in the first one or two months. This is because exercise consumes energy, breaks down fat, and builds muscle. But fat consumption is slow, not as fast as muscle gain. In terms of weight, there won't be much change. If you exercise more and gain muscle faster, your weight may still increase, but your body curves will change significantly, and your physical fitness will be greatly enhanced. Muscles contain more water than fat and weigh more. At the same weight, two people with different muscle and fat ratios will look very different in body shape.

Losing weight is not about being skinny and frail, but about having the right amount of muscle and not too much fat, which not only looks good, but is also necessary for staying healthy. So don't get hung up on the numbers on the scale, as weight is just a reference and you don't need to pay too much attention to it.