Weight keeps jumping back up

Momofboys77

I started my weight loss on September 30th at 244lbs I want to lose about 130 that's my goal. I go to the gym every day and do cardio and a little strength training. I weigh myself everyday because I like to graph my progress. Anyways 3 days ago I got on the scale and I weighed 236 and I finally felt like I was making some progress. But today it jumped back up to 238lbs. I have been staying under my calorie range I'm suppose to be in. I only drink water. I even take my measurements and they went up this last week as well. I feel like I'm not making any progress and when I do my weight just goes right back up. Idk I guess for a month of hard work I was expecting to have lost alittle more than 6lbs. Any one else experience their weight going right back up after it drops?

tinkerbellang83

Daily fluctuations are totally normal, if you're weighing frequently, use a trend weight app like Libra or Happy Scale. I sometimes fluctuate up to 7-8lbs around my period & ovulation, it's more discouraging in the beginning because your water weight swings can be more than the fat you've lost.

Other causes of water retention/daily fluctuations can include:

• Food and Fluid still digesting
• Constipation
• Water retention from increased sodium intake
• Water retention from changes to macros - particularly carb intake
• Water retention from increased exercise or increased intensity
• Water retention from alcohol/medication
• Water retention from hormonal changes

leggup

Weight fluctuates. I suggest getting an app like Happy Scale or Libra (both are free). They let you enter all your weight data and it smooths our rogue data points to give you a trend.

Weight loss has more to do with eating than exercise and really doesn't have anything to do with water consumption. How are you measuring your food? It might be a good idea to get a food scale IF your weight continues to go up. That said, going up 1 day is not a trend; it's a single point of demotivational data.

GrumpyHeadmistress

Try the stickied post in “Most Helpful Posts” called something like “weight loss isn’t linear”.

aeloine

GrumpyHeadmistress wrote: »

Try the stickied post in “Most Helpful Posts” called something like “weight loss isn’t linear”.

Here's the link: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1