Gained 2 pounds

100togo2020

I don’t know how it’s possible... haven’t cheated, eating super healthy. I’m eating exact amount of calories. idk what’s going on.

apullum

Did this happen rapidly? Weight fluctuates every day due to water/waste changes. It’s normal. Fat loss is about long term trends, not daily fluctuation.

janejellyroll

Well, your weight is always going to be fluctuating up and down. It's normal to gain weight, even while dieting "perfectly."

What you want to focus on is the long-term trend. An app like Libra or Happy Scale can be useful for this.

tinkerbellang83

Alyssa_Is_LosingIt

Weight loss is not linear and your body will naturally fluctuate within a range 1-5 lbs of water weight every day. The key is to remain consistent, log accurately and look for a downward trend over time.

MercuryForce

As was others have pointed out, fluctuations are normal. A couple weeks ago I went cross-country skiing and then had a giant chicken Parmesan sandwich. The next day I was 5 lbs heavier in the scale. I knew I hadn't gained 5 lbs overnight, just water retention from working out and then eating a sodium bomb. Within a week I was back down to what I had been, minus another lb. It just took a few days to flush the system.

TracyTesch83

yes, just as virginiajharris said. I had the same thing. I had two days of very high sodium and extra exercising and on that third day I was 3.5 lbs heavier. It took me a moment to not freak out and rationalize to myself that it was just water retention. I just kept with my normal schedule and eating routine and and withing 3 days I was back on track. It will even back out for you.

cwolfman13

quiksylver296

Read this article, OP.

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations

Danp

To steal a concept from 'The Good Place' TV show. Weight loss is very Jeremy Bearimy

BeGrandLike

Like everyone's saying, daily fluctuations of a few pounds are totally normal. Though it's absolutely understandable to be freaked out by them when you're not used to it!

To give you an example: yesterday morning i weighed a whole FOUR POUNDS more than I did the day before. And I'd only eaten 1600 calories in that day!

It's cool, though. It was just my body retaining a bit of water, no biggie. I'd done a pretty intense weights session the day before, my weight always goes up after that. Stepped on the scale this morning and i weigh five pounds less than i did 24 hours before...


....which ALSO isn't to say that I lost a pound of weight in the two days. It's just.. drastic fluctuations can be totally normal day to day for some of us. And yesterday evening I'd spent two and a half hours on roller skates- which is a lot of cardio, and I'll bet I could have drank more water and was a little dehydrated.

I'll bet next week I'll have drastic fluctuations as well.. but the AVERAGE of all of them will be a wee bit lower than it was this week. And that average is really the only important bit 😊

KevinWH87

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I didn't know weight loss enables you to time travel!