Tell me 1lb up is no big deal

WhitneyT586

A one pound gain is NO big deal. Except that it can be because we all want to see that number go down. And when it doesn't, its as if the scale is taunting us with that number. Always trying to discourage our efforts and derail all our good intentions. Because no matter how hard we try, sometimes that number goes the wrong direction.

We can't let the scale win the war against us. Let your measuring tape, the fit of your clothes, the way you look, and the way you feel be your guide.

Good luck and keep it up!

tmauck4472

I lost 8 lbs in 8 days.....fought 2lbs for a couple of days, then I was up 3 lbs when I came home from vaca, most of which is water weight and I know it..it sucks for it to show up on the scales but it's no biggie. I'll take a water pill today to get the excess water swelling down. I have a week where nothing changes then the next week it's a big loss. As long as your losing inches it's not a big deal your body is just catching up with the loss.

LottieLou13

1lb up is no big deal.

I'm 1.5lb up this morning (from yesterday morning). Pfttt. Whatever. I can lose more than that going to the loo

Over the last 10 years that I've gained this weight I'm sure that my weight went down a fair bit as well as of course going up. I'm expecting the weight loss journey to be exactly the same.

wender125

It's no big deal.

nehushtan

Keep a spreadsheet of your weight each Monday morning over a few months. You will see it bump up and down, up and down. Any decent spreadsheet will allow you to create a "trend line" from the raw data. Create one and as long as you are on plan it should show a downward trend.

Do wish that MFP had such a simple feature in its toolkit, though. Another ding on the MFP developers / management, sad to say.

webdevsoup

Not only could it be water weight, but you have to remember that Muscle weighs more than Fat. So, if you've been exercising, than most likely this could be the cause. If not, those snacks could have contained a good deal of sodium, which caused you to retain the water weight. Like everyone here says, 1 lb is not that big of a deal. Sometimes you need to ignore the scale, and admire the reflection in the mirror. If your clothes fit better, and you feel better, than the 1 lb can't get you down!

d3mon4ngel

I'm 1lb up from last week too. The weight gain itself doesn't bother me... the fact that this particular pound puts me back into the Obese BMI kind of narks me a bit though lol :laugh:

The way I see it is that you have to accept that it will go up, and it will go down. Even when you are at maintenance, you will never be bang on the same weight each week.

So think about it like this: If you look better than when you started, if you feel better than when you started, if you are still closer to your goal than when you started, you are still winning.

webdevsoup

Do wish that MFP had such a simple feature in its toolkit, though. Another ding on the MFP developers / management, sad to say.

Recreating commonly used, proprietary software (such as excel) on the internet is not as easy as it sounds. Don't ding them for something that isn't easy to create. It takes time to create such "tools".

MoveTheMountain

Definatel no big deal. If I wanted to bet I would blame the Ihop pancakes, and the fish tacos. Probably tons of sodium.

Sodium really contributes to water weight - so does not drinking enough water, btw. Go by how you feel, not the scale - especially for just 1 pound. The human body is pretty complicated, and I think almost everyone bounces around a little bit. There's just no way to control every variable at 100% to understand why.

WaterBunnie

I was thrown last week when I gained a pound on my Friday weekly weigh-in when I was confidently expecting a 2lb loss due to lots of exercise and not eating back all of my exercise cals but brushed it off as just one of those things.

Weighed again today (just 3 days later) to find that I've gained 2 more, so in my mind the 3 I've gained plus the 2 I should have lost last week put me 5 above where I should be by now :-( I've kept up my exercise and stick within my calorie goals and my MFP phone app tells me I had a nett calorie deficit of 1252 for last week (on top of the 1000 deficit per day I'm set at) so I have not been overeating and I use FitBit's more conservative estimates for my burns.

I'm almost scared to weigh Friday now!

cbevan1229

Thanks everyone. The reassurance is helpful. I'm going to drink some extra water today, since I definitely did consume more salt and alcohol than I do when I'm cooking for myself.

BigBrewski

It isn't a big deal. Your doing fine keep tracking your food and keep up the exercise and it will start to drop. As everyone here said don't always trust your scale. Beleive me I know that is hard as I am one of those that jumps on the scale every morning (but I only log the weight here on Monday and Wednesday due to some challenges). I agree with what everyone here is saying about measurements and such but trust in your diary too if it looks good the scale will reflect it in time. As several people said they can fluxuate around 5lbs due to water and such.

yogsvr4

Run for the hills! The world is coming to an end!


Sorry, got carried away.


Of course one pound is nothing to get excited about. Don't judge your progress soley on the scale. It'll both excite and dissapoint you.

tdlsaint

Up your fiber intake for a couple of days and that 1 pound will disappear like magic......

rumpusparable

As others have said, 1 pound could be muscle increase, water retention, needing a BM, or it could just be your scale (no matter how good of quality, they do vary a bit here and there).

CoderGal

1 lb up is no big deal and here is why:

http://www.justinowings.com/understanding-bodyweight-and-glycogen-de

Also muscle weighs more then fat. Measurements are key. And even with measurements glycogen can be a factor and sometimes hides the fact you're losing fat.

Lisapayne76

I feel your pain. I am an obsessive weigher. I weigh 4-5 times a day. Everyone can say 1 lb isnt a big and it really isnt but its really frustraing when you feel you have been "good" and the scale goes up. My husband has lost 16 lbs and I have lost 7 (it was 8 but I gained 1 back) he of course looks at me and says 1 lb isnt a big deal but its hurts and its frustrating all the same.

jrutledge01

weight fluctuates a lot, try to do your weigh-ins at a specific time every single day (ideally in the morning before you eat things) to get the most consistent idea of where you are at

even with that though, you will find that you sometimes go up a little from day to day (maybe you are putting on muscle mass because you are working out a lot? that's not a bad thing at all, and that weight is good.)

Jacwhite22

I've exercised every day but two.

If you're exercising, you are most likely gaining muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat. Keep eating right, exercising and you'll get to goal! Also, only weigh yourself every few days, not every day. And when you do, weigh at the same time (like just before getting in the shower or first thing in the morning.

False. It takes a long time to gain muscle......And you have to eat in a surplus.

nehushtan

Do wish that MFP had such a simple feature in its toolkit, though. Another ding on the MFP developers / management, sad to say.

Recreating commonly used, proprietary software (such as excel) on the internet is not as easy as it sounds. Don't ding them for something that isn't easy to create. It takes time to create such "tools".

It can't be that hard to add a trend line to the existing MFP weight graph. No need to incorporate a whole proprietary spreadsheet for that. MFP's tools and graphs are just pathetic.

webdevsoup

Do wish that MFP had such a simple feature in its toolkit, though. Another ding on the MFP developers / management, sad to say.

Recreating commonly used, proprietary software (such as excel) on the internet is not as easy as it sounds. Don't ding them for something that isn't easy to create. It takes time to create such "tools".

It can't be that hard to add a trend line to the existing MFP weight graph. No need to incorporate a whole proprietary spreadsheet for that. MFP's tools and graphs are just pathetic.

Not saying they're not that bad, but it's not that easy either. I agree, it would be a nice feature to have.

pinthin87

Probably just water weight. Up your water intake for a couple days and it will be gone!