Jumpy weight.

katiej39
katiej39 Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been doing fitness pal for 1-2 weeks, only trying to lose around 7 Ib. I've had my weigh in as first thing every morning, and since I've started I've exercised every day and stuck to my 1400 cals per day. This has worked and I had lost around two pounds already. But this morning my weight jumped back up to pretty much where I had started! I'm feeling pretty disheartened, will it jump back down again or am I starting from scratch? My weight has been fairly jumpy through my whole life but I thought since I'm controlling my diet slightly better maybe this would stop.

Any advice??

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  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    It happens, track your weight and focus on the general trend. Some people like to weigh once a week because of this, but I prefer everyday otherwise you don't know if the one day you weigh is another fluctuation. Also track your measurements, these are usually a better sign of how you're doing.

    Weight fluctuates by lbs a day and can be anything from water weight to undigested food, so don't worry if it goes up a bit one day, it'll be back down the next.

    EDIT: If you're interested, this is why my weight has looked like over the last 5 weeks:

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    If you're really interested, all the individual values are here: http://i.imgur.com/kPeUEg1.png
  • Siegel15
    Siegel15 Posts: 100 Member
    Weight naturally fluctuates pretty wildly every day. Mine has always done so. My weight loss chart was a wild up-down zig- zag, BUT, a steady downward trend. Water weight fluctuates wildly, especially with TOM. Muscle retains water after a hard work out. Fat retains water more than muscle. Lots of factors. Keep steady at your program, use the tape measure MORE than the scale.
  • tbrain1989
    tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
    just echoing what the people above me are saying,

    i do record my weight ever day, sometimes weigh myself more then once a day,

    through a week i can fluctuations of 6-8kg but as long as the trend is heading down, then , thats what matters

    stay on target and use a tape measure,

    good luck

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