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Weight Fluctuation

Italian_Buju
Italian_Buju Posts: 8,030 Member
edited January 25 in Social Groups
How much does your weight fluctuate from day to day?

I know that people say it can be a few pounds, but being in the weight range we are, is it more? My weight can literally change up to ten pounds almost overnight...


Is this normal?

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  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    On any given day from morning to night I gain 3-5lbs in food & water, but by morning it's gone. Any time I eat something outside of my current calorie range (high or low) I easily gain/lose 10lbs overnight.
  • Joanitude
    Joanitude Posts: 171 Member
    If I believe my scale, I can gain/lose up to 10 pounds in as little as 2 minutes. Of course it is really just because my house has old floors and if I move the scale I can get a very different reading. Keeping everything constant - I can gain or lose 3-5 pounds. That's why I weigh daily but log it weekly.
  • iquiltoo
    iquiltoo Posts: 246 Member
    I haven't weighed myself that frequently, but I have recently gone up and down about 5 lbs. I supposed it depends on your circumstances, like how much sodium you have consumed - I think that's what sent me up the 5 lbs in the one week.
  • mamosh81
    mamosh81 Posts: 409 Member
    usually around 2 lbs but i have noticed when i have a week with vigorous working out and hiking i stall and gain 2 lbs but then i take it slow the next week and drop around 6 lbs so its mostly water retention from the muscles
  • tokig0313
    tokig0313 Posts: 99 Member
    I seem to be going through this trend of dropping two, gaining one back the next day... staying the same for a few days and repeating.

    I generally weigh myself every day, but I do my best to always have the scale in the same place (same bathroom tile and roughly the same position). I tend to wake up, go pee and then hop on the scale (since that means I'm naked). Saturday's my official weekly weigh in for a group I'm part of so that's when I assess how I've done overall for the week.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    My record for water weight retention was 12 lbs. I blame hormones and my monthly salt cravings.
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