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Widest weight change in 24 hours?

JuliBiGoolee
JuliBiGoolee Posts: 204 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
What's the biggest change in weight you've seen in a 24-48 hour period? I stepped on the scale yesterday morning (which I generally avoid because it gets in my head) and I was 10 lbs lighter than last month. Yeah! Soooo happy, I even had my husband weigh himself because I thought the scale was broken. Stepped on it tonight, 12 lbs HEAVIER?! 24 hours. That can't be right...right?

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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    lost 15 pounds overnight being sick (was starting from an empty stomach to it was a horrendous night 5 of the pounds actually stayed off...)

    Gained 11 after a weekend vacation of yummy burgers lol
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    15 lbs the day after the Caesars buffet. Worth it.
  • pogiguy05
    pogiguy05 Posts: 1,583 Member
    5lbs and usually due to dehydration from sleeping
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Well, so of that will be due to the added weight of consumed foods since you weighed in the morning and then in the evening. My biggest wa 10lbs. High sodium consumption the day before mixed with TOM water retention.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I don't usually check daily and the only instance I recall from when I did was a gain of 4 Ibs. I had eaten a loaf of fig and hazelnut bakery bread the evening before. Went for a long bike ride and it was gone.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,693 Member
    I think 5 (point something) pounds from one first-thing-in-AM weigh-in to the next. But in maintenance, that's around 4% of my body weight.

    It was more pounds sometimes when I was obese, but probably a similar percentage.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    Graelwyn75 wrote: »
    I don't usually check daily and the only instance I recall from when I did was a gain of 4 Ibs. I had eaten a loaf of fig and hazelnut bakery bread the evening before. Went for a long bike ride and it was gone.

    This sounds wonderful. Totally worth it im sure even if a little bit of it stayed around a bit lol
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    Graelwyn75 wrote: »
    I don't usually check daily and the only instance I recall from when I did was a gain of 4 Ibs. I had eaten a loaf of fig and hazelnut bakery bread the evening before. Went for a long bike ride and it was gone.

    This sounds wonderful. Totally worth it im sure even if a little bit of it stayed around a bit lol

    Yes, they do a cranberry and pecan one as well and a walnut loaf. I think they do a spiced fruit one for the Christmas season. They are basically freshly baked batons and I still occasionally buy one and just eat bits as I walk round town if I am craving. It seems to kill off any other cravings I am having too so I guess when I crave bread, my body is asking for some more carbs lol.
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