Experiment for Everyone

Here is an interesting experiment I've been doing for the past year and I want everyone to try it. If you have a good set of bathroom scales or can get a good set of bathroom scales, weigh every morning just before you get into the shower. As soon as you get out of the shower and dry off good, weigh again. Your total weight doesn't matter, the difference up or down in weight after getting out of the shower is the number I'm looking for. Do this 3 days in a row and note the difference each day.

Over time, I have gotten where I can accurately predict my weight change up or down depending on what I've been eating and what I've been doing. Some people may not have any weight change, some will. I'll explain more later.

Since the scales are a variable, make sure you stand in the same spot on the scales with your weight distributed the same each time. Make sure your hands and arms are in the same position each time you weigh. Don't let any weight change occur due to how you stand on the scale.

Typical results for me and the type of results from you that I'm looking for would be something like an increase of 0.5 lbs or a decrease of 0.2 lbs. I'm interested to see how you all fare.

Fecal content is irrelevant. This is a gauge of adrenal function. You should not gain or lose much weight at all from taking a shower, but what if you do? I've studied this as a biomarker for quite some time and would like to get some data from others. I certainly don't want anyone to waste 20 seconds of their life for no reason.

I want to see if anyone other than myself is gaining or losing a few ounces by taking a shower. How can that be against any rules?

You also stated that you want everyone to do it and gave instructions on how to do it, so it sounds like a survey.

I'd do it, but I take baths, not showers....

I apologize if I offended anyone, it was not my intention. I have found posts on this forum uninteresting but I didn't post on them saying I wasn't interested like Deejavu did. I guess I took what she said the wrong way.

As for washing hair, it may or may not matter. Do it both ways and see what change you have if any. Taking a bath instead of a shower would be fine. It's just another example of how self awareness may be beneficial.

Trav, I trained under one of the best nutritional and strength coaches in North America. I spent a lot of money to learn about weight gain and weight loss. This was years before I got sick but it has helped me understand what problems our body faces from a metabolic standpoint. This has nothing to do with the normal weight gain that happens during the day. I'd rather not explain what I've been doing and what I think is going on before everyone says if they are gaining or losing weight by just taking a shower/bath. Potentially, this may be a poor man's way of checking adrenal function. It could tell you if you are having adrenal difficulty and you need to see your physician about it It's taken me months to figure this out and I still may not have it.

I think showers and baths taken in the morning may show more weight fluctuation but I'd love to hear any info you may have. Again, it's not how much you weigh, it's how much your weight changes from when you enter a shower/bath and when you get out.

Most people are here to get support and ask questions so they can fight their battle, not to write interesting posts for others entertainment. So you just told many on here you aren't interested in what they have to say.

Deejavu said...
Georgia Hunter,

I didn't have a clue to what you were talking about so instead of being rude I chose to "try" to be funny (without success!)... Honest? Most of the time I don't understand your posts. I admire that you are intelligent but I'm a common sense, simple type of person.

If I were in your shoes I would have said this:

"I'm testing myself to find out more about my adrenals and wonder if anyone else has tried this since this topic interests me." This way it doesn't come off as a survey, etc.

Simple, right?
Denise

Denise, you are correct and I wish I could do a better job of conveying my intentions. I come to this board to learn how to heal and it has been very helpful in my quest back to good health. So many people on here are knowledgeable about things I have no clue about and I research everything I'm unfamiliar with and learn about it. There are many people on this forum that are a lot smarter than I am but I don't think there are many that see things the way I do. My self awareness is off the charts. Since this thread is about obtaining data, I didn't want to taint the potential data by explaining what exactly I've seen with my weight. I will certainly explain what I've seen in full detail because it may help someone on this board. Despite what some may think, I come here to help myself and maybe even help others but I'm limited in how much I can help because of forum rules. I don't post anything for others entertainment but only to help someone who may be seeking advise. I probably say a lot of stuff that people don't understand but my hope is that the person that doesn't understand researches what I said and makes up their own mind. My opinion is only my opinion, but it does have a lot of experience behind it. I was excited to post this thread because I thought I may have found a breakthrough in an inexpensive diagnostic tool that may help others as it has helped me. The responses I have gotten have disheartened me to say the least.