Daily weighers; How much weight do you gain..

I can vary about 5 lbs over the course of a day...Eating/drinking/water retention from a salty meal...etc. They all factor, just make sure to keep an chart so you can monitor your average over weeks/months, rather than getting attached to the emotions from a daily weigh in.

My weight fluctuates about 2-3lbs throughout the day. But no gain from morning to morning.

I fluctuate as much as 5 lbs between morning / evening, gain usually around a pound or 2 after an evening out (more if I have been eating a lot of salt..nachos, crackers etc.) sometimes its gone by morning but mostly not. My body seems to know when it's "weigh day" and that's normally when I am at my lowest, unless of course i was out the night before.

In terms of weighing every day, I would suggest that if the fluctuations bother you it probably is not a good thing. For me it's a curiosity thing and I don't let it affect my moods at all. I don't even track 'gains' because I know that if I continue to eat at a deficit (which I do) I will eventually even off at a lower spot than where I was. I 'officially weigh once a week. If I am down I will record it, if not I wait for the next time that the scale is lower than it was before and I take that number. I have never gone more than 3 weeks without coming back down lower than I was the last time I weighed so as long as the pattern holds I don't worry about the 'extra' pounds because they are just normal fluctuations.

I tend to fluctuate about 2-3 pounds throughout the day.

It can fluctuate 5-7 pounds, and this is why I only step on the scale first thing in the morning!

I'm maintaining and I fluctuate all over the place during the day and 3-5 Lbs day to day. I have a floor of around 180ish and a ceiling of 185. I'm usually close to my ceiling on Monday morning and close to my floor on Saturday mornings.

This is a great post! I fluctuate 5 lbs during the day, less if I'm eating less salty foods and sugar. On a pig-out day, I can go up to 10 lbs, then lose them over 2-3 days of eating better. I'm not bothered by it, I weigh myself everyday.
My weigh-in day is Tuesday morning, so I try to eat clean on Monday at least to bring my weight to non-bloat level.

I have fluctuated up to 7lb in one day based on poor eating, high sodium and a variety of other details. It usually drops again within a few days.

I've recently been weighing morning and evening just to track the variance. I can literally fluctuate 8-10 LBs per day. Usually I lose 3-5 overnight.

Last week I weighed myself in the morning and was 172lbs. I weighed myself after I ate dinner and drank a bunch of water, I was 180lbs. Lol! Crazy.

I consume a lot of water each and every day so fluctuations of 5-10 lbs a day is pretty normal for me. I am normally back down the next morning to where I was or lower. The only times my fluctuations really carry over to a day or two later is when I exceed my calories by ALOT for the day or when I go out drinking. Never fails...drinking = 2-3 days of scale hating for me haha :laugh:

Over the course of the day, my weight fluctuates about 3-5 pounds. By morning, though, I'll be back to my "normal" weight unless I've lost weight.

I would agree with this.

I generally fluctuate 2-5 lbs. I use this data to determine whether I've hydrated enough. If I've had enough water in a day, I will lose about 2 lbs overnight. If I lose less than that, I know I didn't drink enough water, and I make sure to increase.

Why is that? I'm not being sarcastic--I am really curious how water works with helping in weight loss. Is it b/c it flushes sodium out? Sorry if this is a dumb question!

Not a dumb question. I don't exacctly use it for weight loss data. I just find it interesting that when I inadvertantly dehydrate myself (which can include too high sodium intake - like Chinese takeout), that I weigh more. If I stay hydrated, my body does not retain the water as much.

For me, the numbers on the scales are simple data, like temperature. So, slight increases don't distress me, I just like to figure out what factors cause them. If the numbers on the scales get to a slow & steady up-creep, then I know I need to tweak exercise routines and food intake. If I lose only a half-pound overnight, then I know I had too much sodium and/or not enough water, the day before. All the data just helps me figure out what the day's goals are :-)

I've seen a jump of up to five pounds from morning to morning.

I've also seen it jump a pound or two after a day of really high sodium, even if I was right in my calorie range and hit my macros.

Biggest jumps come after vacations. Even just a few days on vacation (I log, but don't "count", while on vacation) can see a 10-15 pound jump.

7-10 pounds