Trying to get into shape

etchedvinyl

I started July 1st. I was 340 and am now 320. I find that my day to day weight goes up and down even when I'm consistently under my daily calorie count and get my 10,000 steps in. Does this happen to anyone else? Overall I'm going in the right direction so I can't complain too much. It's just weird when I am under 2,000 calories and walk 10,000 steps and gain a pound.

RelCanonical

Everybody experiences fluctuations up and down. Retaining and flushing water is normal for bodies, and changes in routines among other things can cause you to retain or flush water. Look at the trendline for weight loss in the long term (over several months), as that will tell you how on track you are.

kimny72

etchedvinyl wrote: »

I started July 1st. I was 340 and am now 320. I find that my day to day weight goes up and down even when I'm consistently under my daily calorie count and get my 10,000 steps in. Does this happen to anyone else? Overall I'm going in the right direction so I can't complain too much. It's just weird when I am under 2,000 calories and walk 10,000 steps and gain a pound.

Yes, it's perfectly normal for your body weight to fluctuate daily - it's all the other stuff in your body that isn't fat, especially water and the contents of your digestive system. The overall trend is key. Check out this thread:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

And check out the Most Helpful Posts threads pinned to the top of each board - lots of great info there.

Congrats on the great start!

quiksylver296

Weight loss is not a linear downward progression. Water retention, food in your system, the last time you pooped, etc, etc, will also affect your weight on the scale.

Seffell

Yes, it happens not just to anyone else but to everyone else.
Your body is made mostly of water and it uses it for most of its functions. As a result its amount in the body fluctuates as reflected in your weight.

When people say "weightloss is not linear" they mean exactly that - weightloss. They don't mean fatloss which would be exactly linear if your deficit was too.

AnvilHead

Yes, it happens to everybody. Here's a good explanation of the many reasons why:
http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

etchedvinyl

Thank you all for the feedback. Overall my trend is downward so I'll stop focussing on the little spikes.

Tacklewasher

Another comment to say it is perfectly normal.

Congrats on the loss so far. I started in that ballpark. Don't know for sure as my first scale didn't go past 300 and I'd lost some when I bought a new one that had me at 320. I'm now about 210 and still needing to lose more, but it can be done.

Take pictures now. I didn't and I regret it. I hated the camera so trying to find comparison pics is tough.

amgreenwell

Weight fluctuates daily depending on what you ate and drank and how much you sweat or peed. Weird, but true. I try to weight myself once a week at the same time on the same scale and use that once a week measurement. yes, going up or down a lb isn't a big deal. Just remember that as long as the long term goal is being reached a little fluctuation is fine.

AnvilHead

This is a graph (from trendweight.com) of my weight loss over a 12 month period from April '16 to April '17. Note that the gray line is daily scale readings, while the red line is the overall trend. Also note how much both of them fluctuated over that time span. Weight loss doesn't happen in nice, neat lines:

etchedvinyl

I am now down 30 lbs. since July 1st. The problem I'm having now is the blisters on my feet. I try to keep getting my steps in everyday despite them, but it is frustrating. I have tried different shoes but instead of my toes from my old shoes, now I have a huge one on my heel from the new ones. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if this is just a factor I have to deal with.

tulips_and_tea

No, you shouldn't just have to deal with constant blisters. They do need time to heal but after that what type of socks are you wearing? Are you sure your shoes are fitted properly? Painful feet will derail just about anyone, so best to get this issue addressed ASAP.

TavistockToad

etchedvinyl wrote: »

I am now down 30 lbs. since July 1st. The problem I'm having now is the blisters on my feet. I try to keep getting my steps in everyday despite them, but it is frustrating. I have tried different shoes but instead of my toes from my old shoes, now I have a huge one on my heel from the new ones. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if this is just a factor I have to deal with.

i don't think you're doing anything wrong as such, you just haven't got the right socks and shoes by the sounds of things.

kshama2001

etchedvinyl wrote: »

I am now down 30 lbs. since July 1st. The problem I'm having now is the blisters on my feet. I try to keep getting my steps in everyday despite them, but it is frustrating. I have tried different shoes but instead of my toes from my old shoes, now I have a huge one on my heel from the new ones. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if this is just a factor I have to deal with.

Are your shoes otherwise comfortable? Socks thick enough?

If so, are you familiar with "moleskin"? It can be placed right over the spot that blisters, but I think it's better to cut out a spot for the blister so the moleskin pads around it.

https://smile.amazon.com/FirstChoice-Extra-Durable-Moleskin-Yards/dp/B01LYVTECJ/

You can also pad around the spot with bandaids.

etchedvinyl

Thank you everyone. The moleskin and better socks have made all the difference. I can get on my treadmill without any discomfort now.

GOT_Obsessed

Glad you got the blisters under control. That is the absolute worst!