Rapid Weight Loss?

ElizabethMcCathern
ElizabethMcCathern Posts: 114
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
So i'm kinda freaking out here....

Yesterday I weighed in at 197.4 but this morning I am at 193.2?
I didn't do anything very strenuous or anything yesterday and didn't eliminate any more than ordinary. I didn't eat as much as I normally do, but even still..........4lbs??

Should I be worried?
Happy?
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth? LOL

Help?

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  • mndamon
    mndamon Posts: 549 Member
    You lose a lot of water weight overnight and after you go to the bathroom in the morning. I've seen mine fluctuate about the same amount overnight. Nothing to worry about at all.
  • ctraill
    ctraill Posts: 89 Member
    Could be so many things! Your body composition is changing all of the time. If you get into a pattern of sustained rapid weight loss that you don't intend to have, I would start worrying, but this will probably even out!
  • meggonkgonk
    meggonkgonk Posts: 2,066 Member
    1) You are just starting weight loss, so if you've recently changed your diet for the better there will be a good bit of water weight that will come off quickly.

    2) Day to day weights are subject to a lot of fluctuation. If you are going to weigh in (or just weigh yourself) every day, you should keep in mind that it is much more beneficial/accurate to compare your weights on a week to week basis- so compare your Monday weights to each other, Tuesday to each other- but don't look at your Tuesday weight in relation to your Monday weight. There's just too many factors in day to day life that change things.
  • ElizabethMcCathern
    ElizabethMcCathern Posts: 114
    Ah, thank you.

    Not that it's not great to see the numbers go down and everything, I just got worried. :D

    At any rate, it motivated me even more! I'm almost out of the 190's! hahahaha
  • ElizabethMcCathern
    ElizabethMcCathern Posts: 114
    1) You are just starting weight loss, so if you've recently changed your diet for the better there will be a good bit of water weight that will come off quickly.

    2) Day to day weights are subject to a lot of fluctuation. If you are going to weigh in (or just weigh yourself) every day, you should keep in mind that it is much more beneficial/accurate to compare your weights on a week to week basis- so compare your Monday weights to each other, Tuesday to each other- but don't look at your Tuesday weight in relation to your Monday weight. There's just too many factors in day to day life that change things.

    Thanks for that.
    :)
    I had no idea you weren't supposed to "weigh in" every day!
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