How much does your maintenance weight fluctuate?

melimomTARDIS

salembambi wrote: »

3-5 pounds usually if ive eaten a lot of food the day before could be up 8

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canadjineh

Up to 8 lbs in a week. Mainly due to hormone cycle, sodium content of 'yesterday's meals', lack of proper hydration, etc.

onyxgirl17

2 pounds

SezxyStef

I give myself 5lbs either direction but typically it's within 2-3

SuggaD

Usually between 4-5 lbs, but I've been up as much as 9. I retain water like crazy. And during spring/summer when I'm riding 150 miles or so on the weekends in addition to my regular routine, its hard to eat enough not to drop a few lbs.

williams969

My window is 135-140lbs. So far (3-4 months into this maintenance thing), I've stayed well within that window (136-138) with a one time blip up to 141 after Christmas feast (which all 4 lbs came off within a week--OOF, all that sodium, lol).

Danilynn1975

Been maintaining for over 2 years. My average fluctuation is 2 pounds. If it gets above that and stays for more than 5 days, I dial everything way back until it comes back into range.

gail1961

Typically 2-3 pounds but I weigh in the same day, the same time under the same conditions 1 time a week (1st thing in the morning on Saturday). I used a 20 week maintenance average as my goal and try to stay within 1-2 pounds of that to account for normal fluctuations.

blankiefinder

Maybe 1.5 lbs from my low.

Carol_

3 0r 4.

paradi3s

Usually a 3lb range (106-109#).

bmattheis

So far, I've only fluctuated by ounces, after the cheesecake I just ate..that may change tomorrow.

sexynessa77

5 pounds the most

meganjcallaghan

I've seen a swing of up to 10 pounds in the course of a day

dnamouse

My maintenance fluctuation range is about 1kg, so about 2lb.

gemmamummy

I'm 102lbs and 4'11 so the most I would expect to see is 1-2lb tops.

michellemybelll

paradi3s wrote: »

Usually a 3lb range (106-109#).

this is me right now. I'd like to lower my maintenance range by a few pounds though. my running efficiency greatly improves at a lower weight, so i'm slowly working on it.

LivingtheLeanDream

3 - 5lbs for me, I don't mind fluctuations, except when they stay at the higher end of my goal range for days at a time! but thats maintenance for ya, gotta take the highs as well as the lows.

JenD1066

Three pounds. I go from 109.5 to 112.5, then back again.

bunnypy

Do you decrease your calories when u are those few pounds higher to get back?

LivingtheLeanDream

bunnypy wrote: »

Do you decrease your calories when u are those few pounds higher to get back?

No, not usually as its mainly water weight from sodium/TOM etc, but if the scale is up persistently for more than a week then I reign in my cals until I see a lower number again.

Spiderkeys

15lbs is a bit extreme, sounds like your actually gaining then losing, mine can be anywhere around 10lbs, which seems to depend on the weather, and also notice I fluctuate in much bigger range at maintaince than the weight loss mode.

lngrunert

I'm usually within 3 lbs except for my TOM, where it can go up as much as 5lbs.

yirara

Week is pretty much over, and this week I fluctuated from 60.2-60.8kg in the morning. Usually my weight is lowest on Saturday (second weekend day for me) and Sunday, and then rises slowly until around Wednesday.

DonM46

-3 to +4

scaryg53

About 2 pounds, I attribute it to sodium right now, I've definitely noticed when I lower my sodium, my weight stays pretty steady at 103-104. But when I have more sodium it's more like 104-105

WandaMM1

I have a 5 pound allowance. However, if I continue to trend up or stay up for more than a few days, I dial back my calories a little to get within the allowance again.

gothchiq

About 3 lb. I only weigh naked first thing in the AM.

nossmf

I typically fluctuate plus or minus three pounds.