Big loss followed by gain?

HarlowAudrey
HarlowAudrey Posts: 42
in Health and Weight Loss
My weightloss has not been linear at all. I’ve been following almost the same diet and routine for three months now- some weeks I will lose 1 kilo, another I will lose 200grams, and another I might gain weight.

I had been sitting on 78.9kilos for three weeks (and getting very frustrated) when last week the scale dropped to 77.4. Today, a week later, I have jumped on the scales and I am sitting at 78.0.

Does this happen to anyone else? A large loss followed by a gain or no lose the following week?

Replies

  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
    water weight fluctuations usually are the cause. Is your goal set a 1 lb/week?
  • BigBraddog
    BigBraddog Posts: 4
    almost always.....Hit a new low, bounce back up a pound is pretty normal for me.
  • chels0722
    chels0722 Posts: 465 Member
    Watch your sodium intake and drink lots of water to keep your system flowing correctly. It is most likely just water weight as mentioned before. The body can fluctuate everyday.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    It won't be linear. Sometimes it'll sit there. Just hang in there through the frustrating parts.
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    Yep. As others mentioned, water weight is a main cause for this, whether it's due to the amount of sodium you're eating compared to the water you're drinking, or TOM, etc. It's frustrating at the time but it helps me to look at the overall trend at the end of the month. Last month, my weight bounced like crazy and I was irritated with myself, but at the end I had a net loss of 4 lbs- not spectacular but overall I was going in the right direction and that was comforting.
  • hilldiggity
    hilldiggity Posts: 166 Member
    A change in your exercise routine or a switch to a more intense workout may make a difference. Calorie staggering has worked for me. That's when you take the calories you're allowed per day, add them up for the week, and fluctuate during the week how many calories you eat each day, some higher than usual, some low all to balance out to the weekly goal. It confuses your body and breaks through a plateau.
  • wendyking1979
    wendyking1979 Posts: 71 Member
    Yep. Every week is different for me. Here's an example. Last week I lost 6 lbs, this week I'm back up 3. I try to not get frustrated and look at overall trends instead. It's usually water weight, as others have said.
  • Dragonflag07
    Dragonflag07 Posts: 64 Member
    Same as above, water weight, sodium, even muscle holding more water after hard exercise. I found that there were stagnation periods, once you break through 2-3lbs disappears very quickly. Just hang in there, dont do anything drastic or get discouraged. If your exercises have plateaud, switch them up - you get more efficient at doing the same routines and burn less on them. Good luck!
  • dangerousdumpling
    dangerousdumpling Posts: 1,109 Member
    My weight jumps around, too. It would be nice if it stayed the same everyday and then went down on the day we weigh in but it just doesn't happen that way. It's challenging but we have to learn not to get overly emotional about the fluctuations or it'll drive us crazy.
  • Colorfan
    Colorfan Posts: 230 Member
    If I weight myself day to day, I get huge fluctuations. A lot of that is just water weight. Working out, strength training, etc will also make you hold on to water. The suggestion to fix it is to actually drink more water.

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