I weigh myself every day. I’m not even embarrassed. I find the whole process quite depressing most days, but if by some fluke miracle I’ve lost a tiny bit of weight (we’re talking grams here, people..) I’m over the moon and ready to kiss that torturous hunk of glass and batteries.

But when I do weigh myself – I like to play a little game. Hear me out on this, because I bet you do it too.

The ‘How Much Does My Wee Weigh?’ Game.

Every time I read a fitness magazine, or the health and lifestyle pages in Cosmo, they always say for the truest reflection of your weight, step on the scales in the morning after going to the toilet. But I like to do it twice, because its more fun when you turn something boring into a game. I also find it weirdly fascinating to try and predict how much weight I’ll “lose” by going to the bathroom each morning. I mean, seriously, how can that wee have weighed three pounds?! It’s astonishing.

Our kidneys work super hard over night (and during the day, of course) to filter out all the goodness and badness from our food and drink, sending the good stuff back into our systems to keep us healthy, and getting rid of the bad stuff through bathroom breaks. You’ll notice your wee being darker on ‘cheat-days’ and lighter and cleaner on days you love what you put in your body. Its because of this, and what our kidneys are having to deal with, that sometime we have ‘heavier’ wees than other days.

Hopefully, those who are with me on the HMDMWW? game are also fans of it’s How Much Did My Shower Weigh? sequel. That’s right, weigh-in number three of the day occurs after my morning shower, just to see how much water our bodies really do soak up in one 15 minute burst to keep us hydrated and keep our skin shining.

(If you don’t play either of these games, they come highly recommended.)

So, what’s the point of all this? I hear you cry. The answer: Nothing. There is literally no point in any of these ridiculous things. But if it makes stepping on the scales more fun, and wakes up my brain in the morning by trying to predict weight losses and gains, I’m all for it. So give it a go – you just might like it.