Need advice....PLEASE HELP!!!

kat72949
kat72949 Posts: 27
in Health and Weight Loss
I weighed myself on the 9th and I weighed 136, I got on the scales a few days later & weighes 129, I weighed myself yesterday & was 125, and I weighed myself again today and am now 130. What can I do to keeo my weight from fluctuating this much?

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  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Sorry - everybody's weight fluctuates according to the menstrual cycle, having sore muscles, having consumed sodium and thus retaining water, or for no apparent reason at all. It's frustrating, I know. Hang in there.
  • girlonabikedc
    girlonabikedc Posts: 111 Member
    Stop weighing yourself so often.
  • MaggieSporleder
    MaggieSporleder Posts: 428 Member
    Could be water, TOM, or sodium. Could even be that your scale has been moved. We all fluctuate up and down. I'm sorry. Maybe just watch your sodium better?
  • lookatme09
    lookatme09 Posts: 57 Member
    it will flux due to salt and your cycle and even time of day.
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    stop weighing so frequently. your weight is going to fluctuate. period. accept it and move on.
  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,205 Member
    Sounds like a crummy scale or a scale that gets moved in between weighings. Always weigh first thi in morning before eating, after going to the bathroom. It will always be more at end of day. Even shower water /damp hair changes my #. I always fluctuate 3 lb at cycle time.
  • josiereside
    josiereside Posts: 720 Member
    yep, nothing you can do... but maybe your scale needs a new battery since those are some big fluctuations but all the variables above could probably cause that much of a fluctuation..
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Stop weighing yourself so often.

    yup
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    Patience! As long as the trend is downwards over time-like in a week or a month-not to worry. Eat right, exercise, sleep etc. and it WILL go down overall.
  • Starfish1125
    Starfish1125 Posts: 169 Member
    What does your diet look like? Are you eating a lot of carbs? Salt laden foods? Do you have to poop? Lots of reasons why your scale would fluctuate so much.

    But like everyone said, don't weigh so often. Once a week is plenty. Try to weigh at the same time each week, so you can be consistent.

    I tend to weigh on Tuesdays right before I get into the shower for the day.
  • schondell
    schondell Posts: 556 Member
    Weigh yourself on the same scales, same time of day, same place weekly, biweekly, monthly, etc
  • kat72949
    kat72949 Posts: 27
    I was told that I should weigh myself every morning for a few days to see how much my weight is fluctuating. Now that I know then I am only going to weigh myself once a week. Someone told me that strength training exercises may help
  • girlonabikedc
    girlonabikedc Posts: 111 Member
    Who told you this? Why?

    Put the scale away. Try weighing yourself once a month, not once a week. You are focusing way too much on results, and not on behaviors. Because your weight fluctuates so much, it will only drive you crazy.

    Get a calendar & some gold stars.

    Every day you don't exceed your calorie goal, give yourself a star.
    Every day you meet your activity goal, give yourself a star.
    Every day you meet your sleep goal, give yourself a star
    Every day you meet your fruit/veggie goal, give yourself a star.

    This is how to measure your progress.
  • kat72949
    kat72949 Posts: 27
    Thanks everyone

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