Fluctuating Scale

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  • Losingthedamnweight
    Losingthedamnweight Posts: 536 Member
    Here's my weight over almost 3 months:

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    Despite going exactly according to plan, I have "plateaus", often around TOM that last about 10 days. Then, overnight, that weight drops and keeps on going down, so there's no actual stall in weight loss. There's nothing you can do about that. I am working on gathering more data to see exactly what this weight retention correlates to, but so far my best guess is that it's pre-ovulation.
    I have even tried to force it down with a laxative (on Aug 29th) and as you can see it was a one-day effect. The next day I went back up - which tells me my body is retaining whatever it needs to for a reason - no need to mess with it.

    I personally am a strong believer in daily weigh-ins IF you decide to use this data to understand the way your body works. It gives a feeling of control that I can predict now when my weight is going to go up or down. If that's too much for you though, rare weigh-ins are probably a good idea.

    This is awesome. Why didn't i think of that? My brain...we never work too well together. I wanna do important stuff and he just keeps saying "shove this crap in your face to be happy!". Stupid brain

    Teach me your graph making skills. I wanna do this too! Is there an easy way for someone who doesn't usually use their computer for more than youtube to make a kick *kitten* graph like you?
  • BenjaminMFP88
    BenjaminMFP88 Posts: 660 Member
    The mirror is a better judge of healthier living then the scale. Do you feel better, look better etc? If so then you are doing a good job. there are hundreds of things that can manipulate how much body weight a person has, my suggestion is to work your hardest on healthy sustainful dieting, healthy exercising, and step on the same scale at the same time maye once a month.
  • Mborroto25
    Mborroto25 Posts: 79 Member
    I'm new and already really frustrated :(
    When I started two weeks ago I weighed 290.9, and in my first week I lost 3.4 pounds. 287, I was so elated.
    But today I weigh myself a week later and I'm 289. What the heck!
    I weigh myself every morning at the same time but only log what I weigh on Thursdays and it's really disappointing seeing my weight bounce back up after such a great week in my opinion. Everyday I get on the scale since my loss it's been between 288-290 again, and I should be going DOWN.
    My diet is spot on, I workout 6 days a week.
    Can someone help explain this to me?

    It does seem like water retention and your body will fluctuate. My doctor said I should only weigh myself once a month (The 7th day of my birth control pill packet) because that is the time where I would have the least amount of water retention. Since then, I don't weigh myself daily. You just started and its going to take some time for the scale to move. Don't weigh yourself for a while because it messes with your mind and becomes discouraging.
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    I workout constantly, and I usually eat my calorie goal but I don't eat my exercise calories. I drink like 5-7 glasses of water a day right now. Something to definitely improve upon

    Whats your average burn in exercise cals? Perhaps you should try eating them back, you might be creating too much of a deficit.

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