Why You Shouldn t Be Stepping on the Scale at Night, According to a Doctor 23 Shares
Because your weight can fluctuate throughout the day, it s best to always weigh yourself at the same time, in order to get the most accurate reading and a better sense of how you re tracking with your goals. And ideally, this would be in the morning before you eat or drink anything, Akua Ampadu, MD, a board-certified internal medicine physician in New York, told POPSUGAR.
Weighing yourself at night could sound a false alarm that you ve gained weight, because most food hasn t been adequately digested by the end of the day. For this reason, the best time is first thing in the morning after you ve used the bathroom, Dr. Ampadu explained. [By] the morning, most of the food you ve consumed the day before has been digested or removed as waste. She also recommends stripping off your clothes before stepping on the scale, because they too could affect the reading.