UP 1lb this morning?????? How's that possible??

Sarac715

I agree with everyone else that you probably need to eat more. I didn't see very many servings of fruits and vegetables in the few days I looked at of your diary. I am at the same point as you, with only a few pounds left to loose. I try to include more natural foods in my diet and am trying to build long term sustainable habits. Its hard not to focus on the scale, I know. I also noticed you go over the sugar limit often. Maybe you could try eating more foods with more fiber instead of sugar? Just a few suggestions! Good Luck!!

SenoraMacias

I'm going to be a bit controversial here and say you should weigh yourself every day.

That being said, here is why. Our body fluctuates based on a variety of things. For *me*, I can create a baseline of my body's weight patterns. I can see clearly how it spikes and dips regularly. I can see, (I know this may be TMI) when I have been constipated and I can see when my monthly friend has left or may be coming for a visit. I see all this by looking at a monthly graph of my daily weight.

This way I gauge if I am truly losing weight is by watching the peaks. If the peak this week is lower than my previous week peak, I'm doing good. If it is higher, then I pan out and check the monthly peaks.

In my opinion, this is a better method to determine if I am actually losing weight than weighing once a week. Mostly because that once a week day may fall on one of my peak periods and cause me a great deal of distress and discouragement.

Oh.. I use my iPad app "MY Weight HD" (free) to log and graph. It's a very very simple app that only does that one thing.

Yes I agree! I weigh every morning. Never thought of it in terms of if I'm peaking lower than before, but that's a great idea!

SenoraMacias

I also find it difficult to eat enough calories without going over on sodium/sugar/fat/carb. Any suggestions?

DeBlue

Yep, eat more but be patient and consistent meeting those calorie minimums to so your body learns to truss you not to starve it again to allow those last pounds to go. Good luck!!

Roadie2000

I'm up 2 lbs since yesterday, but I ate sushi last night so I'm just assuming it's water retention from all the sodium.

Stick with it, it always gets harder toward the end.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I also find it difficult to eat enough calories without going over on sodium/sugar/fat/carb. Any suggestions?

I don't fret with these, I have a hard enough time balancing my net calories, which has worked for my body to get me down to a 14% bmi. However, the closer something is to it's original form the less added sodium and sugars it's going to have, how fresh are you eating versus processed foods?

SenoraMacias

I'm up 2 lbs since yesterday, but I ate sushi last night so I'm just assuming it's water retention from all the sodium.

Stick with it, it always gets harder toward the end.

Oh yea- sushi does it every time!!! But gosh I love it

SarahLovesCheesecake

Did you measure at EXACTLY THE SAME TIME and compare to exactly the same things ie just after toilet before breakfast at 0800 hours?

Yes, I get up at 5:30am, pee, strip down, and weigh! Every morning! But only "count" Friday morning.

Ah well then, can I suggest you dont do that. Myself and other posters report weigh fluctuations, so you may well have caught your weigh on an 'up' day. Saturday morning might have been 2 lb down.

Weigh daily and see my point, even if you just do it for a week if you dont want to weigh daily in the future...So my msg is I guess theres no need to be disappointed bc I bet you have lost.....

SarahLovesCheesecake

:blushing: :blushing: :blushing: ^^^ Sorry, just cba to read the other posts :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: