Water Weight?

goddessofsewing
goddessofsewing Posts: 110 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been losing fairly consistently until last week when I dropped 3-4 lb after a week of plateauing. Yesterday my weight jumped up 1.8 lb overnight, then another half pound this morning. I've been withing my calorie range for losing and assume a gain like this is just retaining water. Does that sound right? Also, if this has happened to you, how long did it take for the weight to drop off again?

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  • DJJW
    DJJW Posts: 519 Member
    did you eat late last night? or anything with lots of sodium?
  • kholloman
    kholloman Posts: 10 Member
    It happened to me last week. Initially it was 1.5 pounds but 2 days later it had jumped to 4.5 pounds total. Even my measurements went up! I was completely freaking out. Today I weighed (buck naked, after I peed lol) and was back to my regular weight. I think mine was due to my period and eating a ton of pizza on cheat day. My weight has always fluctuated wildly so I had myself convinced my 7.5lb weight loss was due to that and had nothing to do with me eating less and exercising. Yea, I lost it there for a while lol.
  • maricash
    maricash Posts: 280 Member
    I record my weight every day. It fluctuates by about 5 pounds all the time. I know I've lost when the numbers it fluctuates between get smaller and I'll know I've gained if the numbers get higher, but, as long as it's within the five pounds, I don't worry about it. Personally I think weighing yourself daily can be really helpful. If you record it over a period of time, you will see that a few pounds up or down makes no difference and is part of a natural daily fluctuation.
  • Brendajo510
    Brendajo510 Posts: 153
    I had a few days where I gained about 3 pounds and kept it on for about a day or so. I think it’s because that day I had a large amount of sodium. It took a few more days and now it’s gone. But I could feel the effects of the extra sodium and water weight.
  • GeekyGoddess
    GeekyGoddess Posts: 119
    If you weigh everyday calculate a floating 5 day average, that will help you see a loss if you are typically all over the place. An old accounting trick...
  • 70davis
    70davis Posts: 348 Member
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  • maricash
    maricash Posts: 280 Member
    If you weigh everyday calculate a floating 5 day average, that will help you see a loss if you are typically all over the place. An old accounting trick...

    Good idea. I might have to try that. I have been graphing my weight daily and adding a trendline. As long as the trend keeps going down, I am happy, whether any particular day's weight is above or below.
  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    I was so pissed off when I got on the scale this weekend. I was down to 151 last week and got on the scale this weekend after being under calories for almost a month..and had put back on 4 lbs. >:( It will be TOM in about a week and half so I am hoping that this is what is doing it and once that is over I'll drop em' like they are hot again. On another note I lost 1/2 inch in my thighs.
    And I just started tracking sodium today and was over by quite a bit. :( and that's with not adding salt to anything. This could get tough for me. I don't add salt but apparently I eat stuff that has a lot of it in it and I didn't realize it before. ARGH

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