How much does your maintenance weight fluctuate?

RllyGudTweetr
RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
edited November 14 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
For myself, depending on several factors like time of day, clothing, bathroom schedule, etc., I've seen fluctuations of almost 15 lbs. (!) from week to week. I try to keep a philosophical attitude about it, knowing that I maybe forgot to track this or that or underestimated something when not preparing my own food, but it makes me curious about what variances other folks see once they're in maintenance.
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  • WW_Jude_V2
    WW_Jude_V2 Posts: 209 Member
    I can fluctuate about 5 pounds - - nothing to worry about. It's not a perfect science. :)
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Normally about 4lbs for me - but I can see that fluctuation in a day as well as over a week.
    I also eat in an irregular pattern to suit my social life, my exercise and for easier overall calorie adherence over the course of a week.
    I've got a 7lb range of weight I consider to be maintenance.
  • pythonesk
    pythonesk Posts: 20 Member
    edited March 2015
    You might want to always weigh yourself in the morning, naked and after going to the bathroom. That gives you a real baseline and a better idea of what's going on.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    pythonesk wrote: »
    You might want to always weigh yourself in the morning, naked and after going to the bathroom. That gives you a real baseline and a better idea of what's going on.

    I do; the larger fluctuations come from - for example - getting weighed at the doctor's office (different scale, after eating and at an atypical time for me to weigh, in my clothes and winter boots).
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    My typical is 3 pounds - but I am 110 pounds. I'd say average would be 5-7 pounds.
  • Follow_me
    Follow_me Posts: 6,120 Member
    Maybe 2 lbs
  • nlbez
    nlbez Posts: 111 Member
    Mine is about 4/5 lbs and also thats what im happy with if it goes above those 5lb i cut my calories back until im in that weight range again x
  • SexY_ret1REE57
    SexY_ret1REE57 Posts: 66 Member
    WW_Jude_V2 wrote: »
    I can fluctuate about 5 pounds - - nothing to worry about. It's not a perfect science. :)

    I also fluctuate ~ 5 pounds up and down. I try not to let the scale throw me. My clothes and stamina tells me I am improving. :wink:
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    I can be up as much as 8 pounds over a day or so, and then be back at maintenance again by end of week. Even WITH using the scale at the same time, with the same amount of clothes. I take the number, plot it, and look at trends. No biggie.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    I can drop 8-10lbs overnight. Definitely nothing to be concerned with.
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    edited March 2015
    Some weekends I over indulge in pork rinds (whole 8oz barrel sometimes) so Monday i can expect up to 10lb gain of water retention. Typically flushes out by midweek though. Otherwise its pretty steady when i do my wake up daily weigh in.
  • jrline
    jrline Posts: 2,353 Member
    10-12lbs I also try not to weigh but a couple times a month at most. Not weighing to frequently seems to help it not bounce around as much as when I weighed weekly or more frequently.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,943 Member
    Within 1kg, rather a bit less.
  • ddixon503
    ddixon503 Posts: 119 Member
    Roughly 7 pounds.
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    5 pounds, but when I get to +4 pounds, I cut back a little.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    3-5 Lbs usually with the occasional outlier....

    Also, I would suggest not weighing yourself with clothing on...how is clothing a part of your body weight?
  • KarenB927
    KarenB927 Posts: 94 Member
    2-3 lbs
  • crystalflame
    crystalflame Posts: 1,049 Member
    From day to day, 2 lbs in either direction
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    3lbs at the most
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Usually about 2 lbs but I've seen as much as 6.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I stay within 3 pounds in the summer and 3 pounds in the winter. What I consider my 'weight' is right in the middle. So in the summer I'll go from 147-150. In the winter I go from 150-153. If it was summer and I went over 150 I'd worry. If it were winter and I went much below 150, I'd think I was losing too much weight and worry about what would happen when it got warm.
  • cjames010
    cjames010 Posts: 86 Member
    +/-3 pounds
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
    Usually about 3-4 lbs. But I don't even bother weighing myself during TOM, no point in seeing those numbers.
  • gaurdgoose
    gaurdgoose Posts: 106 Member
    From what I read on line It runs 4-5% of your real body weight depending on the amount of glycogen is stored in your body. For every unit of glycogen there is 3 extra units of water held
  • gaurdgoose
    gaurdgoose Posts: 106 Member
    So for me it is about 12-13 lbs
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    3-5 pounds usually if ive eaten a lot of food the day before could be up 8
  • JohnH71
    JohnH71 Posts: 123 Member
    About 2lbs for me.
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    126/129lb
  • djscavone
    djscavone Posts: 133 Member
    every weekend beer adds 2 lbs then by Wednesday back to my normal. Summer months I drop more do to water loss which is quick to recover from drinking water.
  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    RllyGudTweetr wrote: »
    pythonesk wrote: »
    You might want to always weigh yourself in the morning, naked and after going to the bathroom. That gives you a real baseline and a better idea of what's going on.

    I do; the larger fluctuations come from - for example - getting weighed at the doctor's office (different scale, after eating and at an atypical time for me to weigh, in my clothes and winter boots).
    I would completely ignore any weight reading excluding the "normal" ones.

    I've only been maintaining for about 6 weeks, but I tend to be within +/- 2lbs of my ideal weight.
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