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What's the most weight you've ever lost after defecating or urinating?

Asked by jcs007 (1776points) September 1st, 2008

After people have done their business in the bathroom, I sometimes hear them say “Man, I just lost a lot of weight in there.” Then I got to thinking, how much do you actually lose?

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sarapnsc's avatar

Well you could weigh yourself first, and then after you have done your business – you could weigh yourself again. I guess it just all depends on the person and how much you went.

Or You could buy a feces scale…
www.diet-blog.com/archives/2008/01/28/the_human_poop_scale.php You can go to this website and see a picture of it…it states…
From the bowels of the patents database comes patent number 1493222 – the feces scale.

It’s the ultimate scale for the most weight obsessed person.

Richard O’Neills patent – signed 29th March 1922 allows waste to be weighed. It is an attachment that fits into the toilet bowl and accurately weighs your outgoings.

After noting the weight, a simple depression allows the waste to be flushed away forever, and you can walk away 8.23 ounces lighter.

Meatwad's avatar

40lbs. of piss

Tantigirl's avatar

Just when I thought I’d seen and heard everything….

LKidKyle1985's avatar

ha, i actually wondered the same thing so for awhile i would weigh myself before and after. kind of tough on a scale. but 8.2 ounces sounds about average. the most i ever saw was a 1 pound variance, but again its a tough call on a scale.

gailcalled's avatar

Twice I lost 30-plus pounds, but I gained two little babies.

susanc's avatar

Gail! Read the question!! Don’t talk about your babies like that!!!!

gailcalled's avatar

Susan: you are probably much too young to remember the pre-delivery required enema, back in the day. (Plus the shaving; that shaved off an ounce, probably.)

MarshallO's avatar

257 pounds. I ate one heck of a big meal the day before!

scamp's avatar

@ gail, I had the aforementioned enema, but I only lost 12 pounds.

gailcalled's avatar

when did those obligatory and horrible enemas disappear, anyway?

Scamp. I had big babies..

scamp's avatar

Mine was 6 lbs 11 oz. She was born in 1984. The enema wasn’t mandatory. it was meant to ‘speed things up” because the midwife I wanted to deliver her was going off duty soon. It helped, but she missed the birth by 20 minutes.But at least she was there for most of my labor.

Nimis's avatar

I can’t tell you the most weight I’ve ever lost, but I can tell you the most weight that I’ve actually recorded. (Hey, boredom and curiosity is an amusing combination.) Urinating, about one and a half pounds. Defecating, two to two and a half. (And just if you’re curious…my average is half a pound for urinating and one pound for defecating.) Geez. Can’t believe 1) that I know that and 2) that I just told you. Hahahaahaha….

pammylamb's avatar

We had a biggest loser contest at work and I’d try to go to the bathroom before the weigh in. Never made a difference, I’d weigh the exact same pre- and post-dumpage. Maybe I don’t poop enough.

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