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Weight loss/gain ??

Taskcr
Taskcr Posts: 25
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay first I will admit I am what you could call a "Scale Junkie" I weigh myself about every day but only log it, once a week. But I noticed I've been doing everything right and being very strict about my diet and what I eat.. yet the scale went up a lb from yesterday!? Why and how is this happening? is it normal? is there anything I can do to fix it? thanks for all your help!! :o)

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  • debswebby
    debswebby Posts: 326
    Its a normal fluctuation. If you're still up on your usual weigh day you can have a look over the past week and see what, if anything, you could have done better.
  • PrincessMorticia
    PrincessMorticia Posts: 96 Member
    A pound isn't much. It could be water, easily. It could also be that you have poop in you that'll come out and it will go down, lol. Funny, but true.
  • Cdcaldwe
    Cdcaldwe Posts: 189 Member
    I hadn't lost a pound since 10/07. I had actually went up a couple during that time. My elliptical machine did die which didn't help any, but i still stuck to my eating habits. I finally had a breakthrough this morning. I had plateaued hard. I just kept plugging along until i broke on through.
  • debswebby
    debswebby Posts: 326
    I hadn't lost a pound since 10/07. I had actually went up a couple during that time. My elliptical machine did die which didn't help any, but i still stuck to my eating habits. I finally had a breakthrough this morning. I had plateaued hard. I just kept plugging along until i broke on through.

    Wow! I have to say I admire your determination to stick with it. I have been travelling up and down the same half stone for over a year now. Friends have said to me that they would have given up by now. But I can't give up because the only alternative is to go back to where I was and that ain't happening. Na uh no way

    Sorry to hijack your thread lovey. I'll stop now :flowerforyou:
  • JoDeeD
    JoDeeD Posts: 391
    Stick with it. I am a scale junkie too! I only worry about the official weigh in. I know that certain times of the month I will be heavier. I also know that if I have more salt the day before I will be heavier in the morning. I try to do really low sodium on the day before weigh in. Keep with it and you will succeed!
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