dehydration and weight readings

Went dancing w/ friends last night, at the kind of lame "Tequila Rain"
bar/dancefloor downstairs of Jillian's on Landsdown St, in what would be
the shadow of Fenway Park were it not like 11pm. Very uneven mix of music,
and a DJ who bothered with smooth transitions about 1 in every 3 or 4
songs, but overall a decent time. (But we all miss Man Ray in
Cambridge...)

Anyway, probably didn't hydrate enough during/aftr, and was thirsty this
morning. Which makes me wonder... is a weightreading likely to be higher
or lower than it would be if I had been drinking water properly? Like, is
it lower than it should be, simply because there's less water rattling
around inside me, or higher, because my body recognized the situation and
is holding on to all the water it can along with "asking" for more?

Kirk, 227/208/180


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Kirk Is writes:

Anyway, probably didn't hydrate enough during/aftr, and was thirsty this
morning. Which makes me wonder... is a weightreading likely to be higher
or lower than it would be if I had been drinking water properly?

Your weight can easily change by several pounds as you become
dehydrated and rehydrated. Two thirds of your body is water; water is
heavy, and even a small change in water balance represents a big
change in weight.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Kirk Is writes:
Anyway, probably didn't hydrate enough during/aftr, and was thirsty this
morning. Which makes me wonder... is a weightreading likely to be higher
or lower than it would be if I had been drinking water properly?

Your weight can easily change by several pounds as you become
dehydrated and rehydrated. Two thirds of your body is water; water is
heavy, and even a small change in water balance represents a big
change in weight.

Right, but that doesn't quite answer my question, though I guess you'd say
that if I'm thirsty, I'm probably a bit lighter because my water weight is
down, as opposed to some less intuitive idea like my body is trying to
hold onto all the water weight it can rather than let urination drain me
further, that kind of thing...


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Mxsmanic wrote:
Kirk Is writes:
Anyway, probably didn't hydrate enough during/aftr, and was thirsty
this
morning. Which makes me wonder... is a weightreading likely to be
higher
or lower than it would be if I had been drinking water properly?

Your weight can easily change by several pounds as you become
dehydrated and rehydrated. Two thirds of your body is water; water is
heavy, and even a small change in water balance represents a big
change in weight.

Right, but that doesn't quite answer my question, though I guess you'd say
that if I'm thirsty, I'm probably a bit lighter because my water weight is
down, as opposed to some less intuitive idea like my body is trying to
hold onto all the water weight it can rather than let urination drain me
further, that kind of thing...

Dehydration will make you lighter than you really are when properly
hydrated. Give it a day of drinking plenty, and you'll be back up to
"normal".