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Does this happen to anyone?

jenniferanderson3888
jenniferanderson3888 Posts: 53 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you carry water weight the day you are supposed to weigh in for the week? This gets me so frustrated as seeing a loss after 7 days is what keeps me motivated. How do you all handle this? Do u just weigh after a few more days?

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  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I weigh myself every day. I don’t place any greater value on any particular day. I fluctuate quite a bit (as much as 6-8 pounds on any given day). I look at it all as part of a trend and only pay attention to that vs worrying that any one day was higher/lower than I wanted or expected it to be.
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    I weigh daily and even it out across a month
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    it's very hard to not let the scale bother you when you have been consistent and "good" and all that and you step on it and BAM - look! you're a whole kilo fatter!!! Happened to me this morning. I go through phases where I weight every day naked post look to look at trend (when i'm being serious), to weighing once a week (when I'm being less serious) to weighing when I feel like it (when I'm not caring much about weight gain/loss).

    Even though I KNOW there are fluctuations, I still get annoyed/frustrated when I see a massive spike for seemingly no reason.

    The good thing about weighing daily is that you start to see trends in the spikes. But be prepared to see ugly numbers.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,770 Member
    I usually weigh myself once a week. I don't weigh myself after a hard run or after a restaurant meal, since I know my weight will be up then. If my weight is up and I don't know why, I'll wait a couple of days and try again. If I do know why, I deal with it.
  • bluesheeponahill
    bluesheeponahill Posts: 169 Member
    I weigh daily. It does flacuate and I know why as I’m tracking food as well, but I also use a weight trend app linked to my scales so I can see I am losing weight overall.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,903 Member
    I weigh daily. I'm aware of my fluctuations and I know what causes them.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    seeing as our bodies are mostly water, we all carry water weight every day.

    i also know my normal weight range.

    and i know if it is up, it can be due to a variety of reasons.

    overall trend is what you want to be concerned with.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Our bodies are something like 60% water to begin with. There will be weeks you wont see a loss on the scales, it happens for everyone - lots of things can mask fat loss - weight loss is not linear and while that is a much used phrase its very true.

    This link is helpful:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634529/why-did-the-number-on-the-scale-go-up-this-week-heres-why#latest
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    seeing as our bodies are mostly water, we all carry water weight every day.

    i also know my normal weight range.

    and i know if it is up, it can be due to a variety of reasons.

    overall trend is what you want to be concerned with.

    THIS ^^
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I don't schedule my official weigh-in day for Mondays for that reason. I typically am "better" throughout the week, so my official weigh-in day is Friday. I've also figured out all the things that cause water weight for me, so I don't freak out if there is a blip.

    http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I only weigh once a month, a few days after my period when I feel the bloating go away. Basically, my "least likely to have excess water weight" day. I used to be a daily weigh-er and did fine with the fluctuations, but weighing monthly has helped me focus more on my habits, and makes slow weight loss easier for me.
  • Opalescent_Topaz
    Opalescent_Topaz Posts: 132 Member
    I weigh daily in the morning after going to the bathroom and use the average for the week as what I think of as my weight. I do go up and down in weight from day-to-day but as long as my weekly average weight is going down, I feel pretty good.
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    I weigh daily and have been exactly the same for 4 days now :/ usually seen a drop by day for but not this morning :/
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