Explain how this works

TimothyFish
TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I don't normally weigh myself mid-week, but this week and last week I weighed several times because I was thinking about it. Mid-week, the scale was running high. Last week, it just hadn't dropped like I was expecting. This week, it was high by about three pounds over my last weigh in number. I was resolved that I would be recording a weight gain this week. But this morning, my weight had dropped from 215.8 to 214.4. Two weeks in a row, right on weigh in day, the weight behaved nicely and indicated a loss. How does that work?

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  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    Somebody more scientific than I can explain it better, but the general idea is that your body has weight fluctuations and I think you were just lucky enough to pick the low weight day :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    Somebody more scientific than I can explain it better, but the general idea is that your body has weight fluctuations and I think you were just lucky enough to pick the low weight day :)

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    It's natural fluctuations in water weight

    I weigh almost daily, of course I'm cursed with standard female hormones and monthly movements in water weight every 2 weeks but also find a hard workout will increase my weight, and a slight change in diet the previous couple of days due to days out or take out meals

    Black dots are actual scale readings ...the rest is all trend

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Also on your weigh in day do you get up later? I find a couple of hours extra in bed drops 1-2lbs
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    It is obviously some kind of weird water retention cycle. Exactly what is causing it? Who knows? It could be something as simple as the weather outside jumping between warm, more humid days and cooler dry days (typical spring in temperate climates). I always show a higher scale reading if the night temps are higher and/or the air is muggy.
  • mirrim52
    mirrim52 Posts: 763 Member
    That is why I always weigh myself on Friday morning.
    I am I going to splurge on high sodium items and alcohol, it is going to be on the weekend. Those things always make my weight go up for a couple days.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    I don't normally weigh myself mid-week, but this week and last week I weighed several times because I was thinking about it. Mid-week, the scale was running high. Last week, it just hadn't dropped like I was expecting. This week, it was high by about three pounds over my last weigh in number. I was resolved that I would be recording a weight gain this week. But this morning, my weight had dropped from 215.8 to 214.4. Two weeks in a row, right on weigh in day, the weight behaved nicely and indicated a loss. How does that work?

    I'm not following. Are you saying your mid-week weigh-ins, days you normally do not weigh, your weight was higher but on your normal weigh-in days your weight was lower and about what you expected?
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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I find a couple of hours extra in bed drops 1-2lbs

    My husband tells me that, but I think he's lying.
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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    A lot of reasons, mostly things that have you retaining a bit more water (sodium, carbs, etc), or if your digestive cycle is a bit different that morning. I've found weighing daily helps me understand those fluctuations. A few times I've noted some meals that seemed to relate to a temporary stall or slight increase, too.
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