Frankly, I’m surprised that this question has not been definitively answered by Cecil yet as it seems vitally important to humankind.
After lunch today I sat down on the toilet and unleashed a big ol’ poo, pardon my grossness
So then I got to wondering if this might have affected my morning weigh-in, which was higher than expected.
Searching on the Internet did not seem to be very fruitful. 2 sites I found:
Average daily weight of human poop: 2.5 pounds
Each day, on average, people produce 1 ounce of poop for each 12 pounds of their body weight
(which would be closer to 1 lb)
Now I realize that poop weight is extremely variable, so I’m just looking for a range, but 1-2.5 lbs seems like an awful big range, especially considering that 2.5 is supposed to be an “average”
I suspect that on average it’s a little denser than water (1 kg/dm[sup]3[/sup]). I base this on the fact that itusually sinks. So, if we know the volume typically ejected in one session, we’ll know how much it masses.
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Frankly, I’m surprised that this question has not been definitively answered by Cecil yet as it seems vitally important to humankind.
After lunch today I sat down on the toilet and unleashed a big ol’ poo, pardon my grossness
So then I got to wondering if this might have affected my morning weigh-in, which was higher than expected.
Searching on the Internet did not seem to be very fruitful. 2 sites I found:
Average daily weight of human poop: 2.5 pounds
Each day, on average, people produce 1 ounce of poop for each 12 pounds of their body weight
(which would be closer to 1 lb)
Now I realize that poop weight is extremely variable, so I’m just looking for a range, but 1-2.5 lbs seems like an awful big range, especially considering that 2.5 is supposed to be an “average”
Any thoughts / wisdom / insight?
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I’m 5’8’’ and weigh 163 lbs.
After my morning BM, I weigh 161.5- 162 lbs.
I take Metamucil every night at 9:30, or after heavy meals.
You want info, I give info. And hope it is useful.
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What we need is a few people who are regular and have a very accurate scale in their bathroom of choice.
Weigh yourself before your BM and then again after your BM.
Plot results over a set length of time.
Compare results.
Profit?
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Well, I can tell you that on even an innaccurate scale, one does weigh noticably less given a substantial deposit (don’t ask how I know this.) Now one needs a way to measure volume.
Several years back we had a pretty accurate “spirit level” scale in our bathroom, and my wife and I regularly weighed ourselves before and after. As I recall, it took a pretty impressive dump to exceed 1#, and I don’t think either of us ever attained a 2-pounder. Obviously, YMMV.
-Every day, people on Earth produce over 11 billion pounds of poop.
-Americans own approximately 73 million dogs, which produce more than 7 billion pounds of poop per year.
-Toilet users in the US flush 108 million pounds of poop down the toilet every single day.
-A well-fed dairy cow produces 120 pounds of poop a day, or some 43,000 pounds a year.
-An average thousand-pound horse produces about 50 pounds of poop per day.
-A Canada goose drops about 3 pounds of poop a day.
-The driver of Dave Matthews’ band bus discharged 800 pounds of poop on to the heads of a hapless group of tour boat passengers.
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-Every day, people on Earth produce over 11 billion pounds of poop.
-Americans own approximately 73 million dogs, which produce more than 7 billion pounds of poop per year.
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I am having a hard time believing that just the US dogs produce almost as much poop as all humans on Earth.
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Several years back we had a pretty accurate “spirit level” scale in our bathroom, and my wife and I regularly weighed ourselves before and after. As I recall, it took a pretty impressive dump to exceed 1#, and I don’t think either of us ever attained a 2-pounder. Obviously, YMMV.
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Word.
You’ve also got to take in to account the weight of the the #1, if you normally hit the Exacta.
We’ve got a digital scale that’s accurate to a fifth of a pound. Being a guy, I’ve often used it to check the weight of my daily constitutional.
My normal output is in the 1-1.2 lb range. I’m a 150lb male who eats like a horse and probably drinks too much coffee.
If for some reason I’ve held it for a day, I get in the 1.4-1.8 lb range. The non-linear distribution is probably due to my large intestine doing its job and making jerky, so to speak.
My most impressive achievement to date is 2.2 pounds, after a three day camping trip where I didn’t go for nearly four days.
