Update: 182.6 lbsSo I have been making it a habit to do my official weigh in's in the morning, as I quite astutely noticed that I happened to weigh less right when I got up. But then I started to wonder why? Immeadiately, I gathered that it must be because I had an empty stomach and bladder (weighed myself after my morning ritual of course), but could that really explain a five pound difference between my night weight and my morning weight? Well, as it turns out ladies and gentlemen, there is a much more horrifying reason for the disparity in weight. Viewer dicresction is now advised, as I reveal to you the secret behind the difference:
When you weigh yourself in the evening and then again the next morning, you may notice a disparity in the reading you get. Weight losses include any urine or other body wastes, plus the things that are less obvious. The normal daily urine loss at normal temperature is approximately 1400 ml/day or approximately 3.3 pounds. When your body converts food materials to energy, CO2 and water vapor are released to the blood stream that ultimately may leave through the lungs. Water lost through the lungs amounts to approximately 350 ml/day at normal temperatures or approximately 3/4 pound. The skin loses another 350 ml/day to insensible perspiration (that which you do not notice as liquid water but evaporates directly into the air). The sweat you do notice as liquid is lost at a rate in proportion to the surrounding temperature and the level of activity. Normal temeprature with little activity can produce approximately 100 ml/day this way while under prolonged heavy exercise this number may go up to 5000 ml/day or 11 pounds. The daily totals for water loss during a normal day add up to between 2400 and 6700 ml/day or from between about 6 to about 15 pounds per day. If 1/3 of this occurs at night, the body weight loss could be in the range of 2 to 3 pounds.
When you weigh yourself in the evening and then again the next morning, you may notice a disparity in the reading you get. Weight losses include any urine or other body wastes, plus the things that are less obvious. The normal daily urine loss at normal temperature is approximately 1400 ml/day or approximately 3.3 pounds. When your body converts food materials to energy, CO2 and water vapor are released to the blood stream that ultimately may leave through the lungs. Water lost through the lungs amounts to approximately 350 ml/day at normal temperatures or approximately 3/4 pound. The skin loses another 350 ml/day to insensible perspiration (that which you do not notice as liquid water but evaporates directly into the air). The sweat you do notice as liquid is lost at a rate in proportion to the surrounding temperature and the level of activity. Normal temeprature with little activity can produce approximately 100 ml/day this way while under prolonged heavy exercise this number may go up to 5000 ml/day or 11 pounds. The daily totals for water loss during a normal day add up to between 2400 and 6700 ml/day or from between about 6 to about 15 pounds per day. If 1/3 of this occurs at night, the body weight loss could be in the range of 2 to 3 pounds.
So, what does all this mean??? Where does all this weight loss go....you know the stuff that doesn't evaporate??? IT GOES IN YOUR BEDDING!!!!
YUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKYYYYYY!!!!
5 comments:
EWWWWWW! Okay, I do not wash my sheets nearly often enough!
I change my sheets every week because I like the smell of fresh linen, now I have a another reason to change it,maybe midweek? Interesting analogy but it really makes sense.
I think I just might start changing my sheets daily now!
Ok, so can I call my sheets "fat" instead? LOL! This is totally disgusting news. I have a bed topper too!! EWWWWWing!
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