Does anyone else's weight loss graph look similar?

I've been at this for 31 days as of today. I weigh everyday. Not because I'm obcessed with the loss but it maintains my motivation and gives me a visual my body's changes. Has anyone seen this pattern before? I tend to lose overnight by 2+ lbs, then gain back 3 or so, till I gradually dip down again below the previous loss. I'm working out, have cut out regular soda, and eating healthy.



Sorry I can't seem to get the graph to show up.

ETA: That is about what mine would look like if I included the peaks. I record losses only and then wait for it to come back down under where I was before.

Looks like a pretty normal graph to me. I don't even both to record anything other than a new low, so comparing to mine wouldn't be all that useful, but I can have long stretches (a week or more) between new lows, and often (but not always) the new low can be a big one.

Do you weigh yourself at the same time everyday? Do you go to the bathroom or drink anything first?
I've been weighing myself first thing in the morning after I use the bathroom but before I drink anything. Until today I saw a steady drop. I don't weigh myself daily though.

That's perfectly normal. When you gain or lose > 1/2 pound on the scale per day, you're typically just recording non-fat weight fluctuations, usually water weight and undigested matter in your bowels. And for most people there's a lot of fluctuation in that. It's not as though fat goes back on that fast. It's actually pretty hard for your body to make fat, you don't make a lot at once.

(Edited for logic)

I've used MFP before. The first time I done it I done no exercise and stuck to the 1250 cals it prescribed and lost nearly a stone. Then I went away on a month long work trip and fell off the wagon.

This time round, I've execised and eaten back the calories but haven't lost so much so quickly. I'm not entirely fussed though as I'm losing inches which is a better thing in my opinion. I'm trying not to obsess over weight so much and figure it'll come eventually.

HOW TO POST A PHOTO, I found this on MFP! Hope this helps!

Hosting the Picture

1) Go to an image-hosting site (for example, photobucket or tinypic- photobucket requires making an account). Upload your picture. To do this, click the button that says "Browse" and choose your photo from there. When you have selected your photo and clicked "OK", click the UPLOAD button.
2) Wait until it is completely loaded and shows you a bunch of different codes. We're going to use the URL that's called IMG (or Image) code. Highlight the entire code, right click, and click "copy".

Placing the Picture on MFP
1) Get onto your favorite board or wherever you would like to post the picture, and start your message. Now, right click inside this typing/text box, and click "Paste", The code that you coped earlier should show up. You may notice that the code looks something like this: (without the spaces)

[ IMG ] http://i48.tinypic.com/qqebzq.jpg [ /IMG ]

Well, that's all fine and dandy, except that we can't have those capital letters in there.

2) Take the code that you have down, and change the capital IMG to lowercase img (on both ends of the code), so that it looks something like this: (without the spaces)

[ img ] http://i48.tinypic.com/qqebzq.jpg [ /img ]

3) Write whatever else you feel like writing in the space, then click the Post button, and you're done!!

Yes this is totally normal. You may even find after doing new or more strenuis exercise and having really sore muscles especially leg muscles and or eating lots of sodium one day that you could go up by 5-14 pounds.

I have had this happen twice now and it is really shocking but you just have to keep eating good and it will go back down. Sometimes it takes me 7-8 days before my weight dips back down to where it should be...

Mine is SUPER similar. I, too, wait to record losses, just because I know recording increases bums me out and isn't reflective of what's happening or helpful to my mindset- though of course, YMMV.
I also heard a great point made on here months ago- if you're a woman, monthly hormonal changes related to your menstrual cycle can mask weight gain or loss. The weight measurements I most trust are the ones I do monthly, at about the same time in my cycle.

Mine is even whackier .

Mine looks even worse!

Here's me for the last 30 days:



Wow barely trying, right? NOT. Here's me for the last 4 months:

Looks pretty normal to me. I only log the losses so that I don't have to see the ups

I also use the "Monitor My Weight" app for android. I like the clarity better than MFP's graph which usually looks like a wavy line than a trend.

I've been at this for 31 days as of today. I weigh everyday. Not because I'm obcessed with the loss but it maintains my motivation and gives me a visual my body's changes. Has anyone seen this pattern before? I tend to lose overnight by 2+ lbs, then gain back 3 or so, till I gradually dip down again below the previous loss. I'm working out, have cut out regular soda, and eating healthy.



Sorry I can't seem to get the graph to show up.

ETA: That is about what mine would look like if I included the peaks. I record losses only and then wait for it to come back down under where I was before.

Same. If I were to weigh daily, mine would look similar to this. The peaks don't matter. Its that glorious downward slope that does. Best of luck!

I just downloaded a free app for my Android phone called "Libra". You just put in your weight and it finds your average. There is also https://trendweight.com/ if you have a wifi scale. I haven't tried it myself because I don't own a wifi scale, but it's what made me search for an app that did something similar and find Libra.