How Often Should You Step On the Bathroom Scale?

Jul 21
20:50

2015

Sol Ami Patria

Sol Ami Patria

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Stepping on the scale several times a day is not going to get you anywhere.

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The question that occupies the minds of many dieters who like to keep track of their own weights is this: How often should a person step on the scale? The short answer to this is no more than once a day. Below,How Often Should You Step On the Bathroom Scale? Articles I try to explain why you had better not become a scale addict.

Stepping on it every few minutes and even hours is not exactly the best way to benefit from a bathroom scale. The changes in weight that occur in such short periods of time are mainly due to eating, perspiration or using the bathroom. These changes are far from being permanent and it would really be better to call them fluctuations. They are also misleading. That is why jubilating over a small weight loss or grieving a small weight gain are both little more than deceiving yourself. The real changes in body weight and body composition can only happen over days and weeks with the removal of fat tissue and its replacement with muscle and you will have a better idea about those real changes if you weigh yourself no more than once a day.

What is worse than being addicted to a bathroom scale is to do the same with a body fat scale. When used properly, body fat or body composition scales are awesome machines that will remove all the doubt from your mind concerning the results of your muscle building or fat burning plans. However, they are even more prone to errors and inconsistency than basic weight scales. Drinking a cup of water and coming back to step on the scale can cause a dramatic change in your body fat percentage measurement. The change will be much more dramatic than any fluctuation you will experience with a bathroom scale because even what could be considered the best body fat scale depends on electrical impedance analysis, a technology highly sensitive to hydration levels.

If you have a daily routine, the chances are your body is in a similar state at the same hours of different days. For instance, if you go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time everyday, there is a good chance that your body will have the same hydration level every morning. This is a good time to step on the scale and get some accurate information about your weight. Remember that a scale is your best companion in the journey to having the body you want but you have to know how to treat it.