Fun experiment with water weight

RelCanonical
RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
...here's a small experiment I did to show just how much water weight impacts the scale (and why the scale is a guide for weight loss, not a goal).

Every Thursday at work we have delivery pizza. That morning, I weighed in at 174.2. I logged faithfully and as accurately as possible, and did not go over my calories for the day.

The next morning (Friday), I was 175.7. +1.5lbs. I knew it was water weight, so I sucked down a bunch of water and returned to my normal eating habits.

Saturday morning, I weighed in again. 174.2lbs. Back to where I was before. Water weight was flushed in just a day.

Then, I went for a walk. I love long, Saturday morning walks when it is cool. I walked for just under two hours, and only took sips of water to avoid a bathroom emergency!

For fun, when I got back, I took off my walking clothes and stepped back on the scale. 172.8. Down 1.4lbs in two hours. I won't be logging that because the next weigh in won't be post-sweat, and throw off my trendline since it's not a consistent weigh in. Just for fun!

So, don't sweat the scale too much. I'm going out to dinner tonight with my parents (belated mother's day dinner) and I'll probably swoop up again, but that's okay! I'll stay under my calories the best I can, and the water highs will slowly get lower until my original low was my water weight high.



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