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Stayed the same this week

Singrgal19
Singrgal19 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I’m going to drink more water this week. I’ve been casually tracking & now I need to start pushing myself a little. I think weighing daily helps me more. I’m going to increase my water & keep my cals at 1400. Roughly.

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  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,319 Member
    You will have weeks where the scale doesn’t move or even goes up. The body is mostly water so lots of fluctuations with retention
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,280 Member
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    You will have weeks where the scale doesn’t move or even goes up. The body is mostly water so lots of fluctuations with retention

    True. And you don't want to try to game or manipulate your body's water fluctuations: Shifts in water retention are part of how a healthy body stays healthy. As long as generally in good health - no subsystems broken - our bodies know what they're doing in this respect, and it's good to let them do it.

    Staying adequately hydrated is good. Overdoing it isn't. If your urine is pale yellow, that's about right. You want a color kind of like straw, maybe brighter neon-ish if you're getting more than you need of certain water-soluble vitamins, but not clear (overhydrated) and not dark (underhydrated).
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,319 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    tomcustombuilder wrote: »
    You will have weeks where the scale doesn’t move or even goes up. The body is mostly water so lots of fluctuations with retention

    True. And you don't want to try to game or manipulate your body's water fluctuations: Shifts in water retention are part of how a healthy body stays healthy. As long as generally in good health - no subsystems broken - our bodies know what they're doing in this respect, and it's good to let them do it.

    Staying adequately hydrated is good. Overdoing it isn't. If your urine is pale yellow, that's about right. You want a color kind of like straw, maybe brighter neon-ish if you're getting more than you need of certain water-soluble vitamins, but not clear (overhydrated) and not dark (underhydrated).
    Correct. As with many things, more isn’t always better. You have people touting a gallon of water a day and under most conditions all they’re doing is washing away certain minerals and electrolytes. It does however aid fatloss as running to the bathroom every half hour burns calories.

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