How are you weighed during physicals?

I remember that in my pediatrician they weighed me and measured me. I went up to the stadiometer in front of my pediatrician, the nurse and my mother and they weighed me with their backs to them and measured me face to face, in their panties and barefoot.

Always weighed fully clothed with jacket off, sometimes shoes.

In my country they weighed us always in our underweare no need to do this naked. But it may happen in army physical exams.

Always fully dressed, unfortunately. However, I was weighed nude during play exam. Such an amazing experience.

Being weighed at a doctor's office in the US drives me crazy. For the past several years, I have always been weighed fully dressed, including with my shoes on.

I've been working hard at reducing my weight, and made good progress. I weigh myself at home, naked, almost every morning. When they weigh me with my shoes and all my clothes on, I feel like they are cheating me out of the opportunity to show the progress I have made.

If you were fully dressed at your previous visit, any change in weight will show. I know we all want to show how much we’ve lost, but it’s relative to whether we’re dressed or not. I have purposely been weighed with my coat on and heavy clothes in the winter, only to be weighed again in the spring/summer in shorts sandals and a tee. Impressive weight difference, but really no change. They need your weight to prescribe meds, unless you have a real weight issue, too high or too low.

Surprisingly, I am rarely weighed at my doctor appointments. I'm just asked about how much do I weigh and that is put on my chart. I have my next scheduled appointment for my annual wellness physical in March and I will see what happens. Most of my doctor's appointments are with specialists so maybe they are not worried about being accurate.

In USA, when I was young, the pediatrician would tell us step on the scale and to drop our pants and underwear past our knees (they would always drop to around our ankles). Sometimes we stood that way, on the scale, for what seemed like an eternity, and the scale was near the door to the exam room. That door was always left open and kids with their parents would always walk by and look in...I know because I had seen it myself too.

Currently weighed fully clothed with shoes on, but as a child at my pediatrician, I was weighed fully clothed with shoes off. I’ve had InBody scans done in the past and I was fully clothed, but I had to take my shoes and socks off for those as the scale is extra sensitive and measures more than just your weight.

I have always been weighed with my cloths on. I always hope the doctor or nurse is going to ask me to undress completely before starting any part of the exam including being weighed.

It seems as if many doctor's offices now only have one scale in the hallway. Instead of the nurse taking you to the exam room and letting you take off a layer of clothing and/or your shoes, they weigh you as you walk by. Both my current gynecologist and PCP weigh me with whatever you walked in with... Shoes, wallet, keys, winter coat, etc. Seems a bit unfair to me. I do remember my last doctor would have me remove my shoes to get my weight, and it always felt like that made me feel more like a submissive patient. I wonder if it's because the removal of your shoes is the first stage of undressing.

@Newfgirl they probably tare the scale to include an average weight of those things

@gynojames you would think, however I know the weight that is on the scale goes directly into my chart, which I'm given a copy of, along with the paperwork that tells me all about my BMI and how I should lose some weight. Haha regardless, I still think it's unfair.

Over the years, I've been weighed a number of different ways. I remember for pediatric exams as a child and teenager I was typically weighed in the exam room after I had disrobed. I would be standing on the scale in just my briefs. And as a young adult, it was the same thing, being weighed in the exam room after you were already undressed. I never remember wearing a gown for those early exams, just underwear.

Then as I got a little older, I remember being asked to undress completely (including removal of any underwear) and put on a gown. For those exams I was also weighed in the exam room but wearing only the gown.

Fast forward to the last 10 to 15 years and for most of my exams I was weighed in the hallway on the way to the exam room. Sometimes I'd be instructed to remove my shoes, other times they would simply try to compensate for the shoes along with any clothing I was wearing at the time. Those were all done fully clothed.

My current doctor has exam tables that are capable of weighing you. Now when I arrive for a physical, the nurse has me sit (still fully clothed) on the exam table while she goes over my meds and takes my vitals. She presses a few buttons on the table, it raises up a bit to weigh me, then lowers back down automatically. It's all done with me fully clothed and is obviously just as inaccurate as being weighed in the hallway.

The same nurse comes in and does my EKG a few minutes later, and for that I'm always undressed except for my underwear (usually just a jockstrap). So I'm not sure why she doesn't wait until then and weigh me unclothed. Perhaps next time I'll tell her that I want to check the accuracy of my scale back home and ask that she weigh me unclothed for a more accurate comparison.

And finally, a few years ago I had a "sports physical" at an urgent care place that weighed me in the hallway. The exam form I was using said that my weight was to be recorded undressed or in a gown so that's exactly what they did. The nurse instructed me to undress and put on the gown, then to meet her in the hallway once I was ready. I stripped down to just my jockstrap and put on the paper gown. I remember that I couldn't get the gown to tie correctly, so I ended up just holding it together in the back. And while I was on the scale I moved my hands to my sides letting the back of the gown separate. I'm sure she had a nice view of my bare jockstrapped ass!

The one thing that's missing from my life experiences is being weighed completely nude without underwear or a gown. I can't remember ever having that experience, unless it occurred when I was a very small child. I'd love to experience that today as an adult, but I doubt I ever will.

As a child I had to take of my shoes and stand on the scale. However the scale was out in the hall way. Growing up I had a friend that told me he was down to undies but they had a scale in the exam room.

My doctor weighs as soon as they bring my back fully clothed and with shoes on

I don't have physical. When I go to GP the nurse outside first takes vitals and weight. Its just with shoes off.

My doctor would have me get on the scale after I have changed into a gown with just my panties and socks on.

Is how you are weighed important.? Checking for obesity or major changes from previous weights and knowing about med doses based on weight. That’s all docs care about, not your vanity.

I am usually weighed prior to the start of the exam, when the nurse does their preliminary assessment. Once I am called back from the waiting room that's normally the first thing that happens. They bring me to a scale outside of the exam room, ask me to remove my shoes and step up on the scale as they take their measurements. I am still fully dressed at that point.

Always fully clothed and usually with shoes on. Nurse does it. Only thing I'll really ever take off is a jacket if I'm wearing one.

In underwear. Done by the doctor at the start of the exam.

With my previous GP, I wouldn't get weighed until I fully stripped down and the actual exam started. I would be completely bare, and he would ask me to step on the scale. He and I would be the only ones in the exam room, so no nurse or med tech to look on. Now that I have a new GP, I'm not sure about how he handles his exam protocol. Will the nurse or assistant weigh me before he even enters the room, or will he do it? If he does it, I plan to fully strip down and stay nude for the rest of the exam. If he gives me a paper cover, I'll use it, but I doubt it will stay on me for long.

I was weighted in underwear at medical exam.

I have always been weighed in just my underwear.

Typically in underwear. The one from today I was just asked how much lol.

Always in underwear. At my school examinations, the weighing was always done by a nurse. 5 of us were in her office only in briefs and she weighed one after the other.

Went to a new doctor to start having physicals. Though there was a scale in her office, she just asked me what my weight was without having gotten on a scale.

Went to a new doctor to start having physicals. Though there was a scale in her office, she just asked me what my weight was without having gotten on a scale.

Boy that is one trusting doc! I get weighed by the nurse every time and have to remember to leave all the stuff I normally carry in the car. It saves 6 or 7 pounds.

Boy that is one trusting doc! I get weighed by the nurse every time and have to remember to leave all the stuff I normally carry in the car. It saves 6 or 7 pounds.

Not many people carry 8-10 enema kits under their trench coat at all times! 😄