Is it better to weigh yourself with clothes?

Your clothing can add as much as 2.5 pounds to your weight. Wearing the same clothes each time you step on the scale can help improve the accuracy of your reading. Even better, you can weigh yourself in the morning without clothes before you get dressed for the day.



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