Up, down, Up, down.. ARGH!!!

JulieF11

How frustrating is it to be so excited to lose weight only to go back up the next week. Yes, I go up "two" weeks out of the month, both during TOM but yet again a couple weeks later! What the heck?!? Does this happen to you? I know most women gain a couple pounds during TOM, but not two weeks after as well.

So my weight loss (please note, I'm very consistent with my calories) goes kind of like this:

Week One = 200
Week Two = 202 even though I'm consistent with my eating (very frustrating!)
Week Three = 196 Celebration! Woot! (even though there is no way I lost four pounds in a week)
Week Four =198! (feeling discouraged, heck I can gain weight eating sweets and fast food!)
Week Five= 194! (Holy Moly, more motivated than I can imagine!)
Week Six= 196 (bummer! well at least I now know the pattern, just gotta hang in there!)

Anybody else experience anything similar?!?

Barelmy

It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start, silly!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

bstiver

Yes,the same thing happens to me. Last week I hit 189.8 and I didnt hit it again until today.

Barelmy

And yeah, my weight does that too.

irisannRN

It could have to do with your sodium intake causing water retention ! Maybe keep an eye on sodium and drinks lots and lots of water to flush it out of your system !!!!!

OLP76

It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start, silly!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Man, thanks I was doin`up, up, down, left, right, right, left A, B start....:laugh:


***** Seriously don`t stress on the up & down! It helps - if weight loss was easy - we`d have alot of skinny people walkin`the earth

Rockin33

The same thing happens to me. Such a relief to hear I'm not alone. But it is frustrating.

Mamapengu

If it's 2 weeks after your TOM then it's probably ovulation that's causing a bump. That can be completely normal for some women, up to 5 pounds, very frustrating, but the pattern is in a downward trend and that is what counts for the long run. Keep it up, you are doing great!

Limeinthecoconut

It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start, silly!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

:happy:

JeepOnRock

Sodium is probably part of the picture... And when I went on a cruise, i gained 4.5 pounds in 4 days. Then I lost 3 of them in a week... and the other one a week later.
BTW, my weight moves up and down by a pound and a half on a regular basis. in fact, over the course of a day, i might vary by two pounds. Look at the trends, not the individual numbers. You are trending the right way.

nannyprahm3

I have just started, but I gained half a pound week two. There are a lot of reasons you can show changes in your weight, like weighing at the same time of day ( I weigh different in the AM then in the PM), having the same amount of clothing (best to weigh nude), also how much water /food your body is holding when you weigh yourself. For me weighing first thing in the morning before eating and nude gives me the most accurate number. I don"t know if this helps and i'm sure you probably already know all this, but hang in there. You are losing , imagine if you weren't doing this what your weight would be. Good Luck and keep up the good work.