Does anyone else's weight loss graph look similar?

here's mine from excel checking in daily. the one on the bottom has a 7 day average.

Fixed. I don't think you can post from flickr like that, so I did a screengrab.

I have some aria fitbit scales, I also weigh everyday, every morning. This trends uot your weight but as you can see fluctuations are all over the place

Mine is the same and I think I have about a 3 week rotation of the same 2 pounds.

I weigh every morning and have a wifi scale, learned about TrendWeight here and connected them.

In May around my birthday time I noticed I gained back a few pounds and it's slowly coming back down. I only keep the Monday weigh-ins after the week to help see the graph more clearly, but during the week I can tell when I've had a high sodium day!

Also that I weigh more on Mondays than on Fridays - during the week I'm at work so I control myself better.

I think you can manually put in your weight on TrendWeight but I'm not for sure.

Tracking can help you recognize your patterns.

Hey smpleablissfu, I'm glad to see you're making progress. I think all of us at some point or another had a graph that's up and down, even though all of us don't track them all of the time. From reading your post, I'd suggest picking a day that you get weighed in. Say you choose Monday....on that Monday morning, before you eat or drink anything, and after you use the restroom, weigh yourself naked. There are so many variables throughout the day, and keeping the day and the way you weigh in consistent is key.

Also, it's important to note that body fat percentage, not weight, is the best indicator of your progress. There are times where you may be the same weight on the scale, but dropped in body fat. This means that perhaps your jeans fit better, shirts fit better, etc, and it's important to understand that this is a better indicator of your progress rather than weight alone.

Final thought: Pick a day to weight yourself once per week, and stick to it in the morning. Take your body fat once every 4 weeks.

I only log losses as well, just passed the 90 day mark myself.
Here is my chart:

http://tinypic.com/r/fmrqly/8

This is making me feel better, my weight fluctuates as well and I only record when I have a low weight.

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 use the same app for iOS and have for about a year, weighing and recording almost daily (couldn't when I was out of town but that was a grand total of 12 days over the last year - most of them last week - so no big deal). Up down, the same - I record it all, and I have a nice data set now that I love! I'd post a screen shot of my graph but I don't know if I can (my computer recently decided to leave me stranded and I've been reduced to "computing" via iPad Mini :laugh: I haven't even tried posting pics since)

I joined 4 weeks ago today so we joined at almost the same time. I record all weight daily but I am looking at the week's loss, which has been consistent 2 # a week. I never lost that much on weight watchers and I think it's because it is so much easier to get a true calorie count using this site. I was amazed at how much is in the database, even restaurants that aren't a big chain.

I think that having the digital scale from the fitbit people has made a huge difference. I used to have a Health-o-meter but it was too inaccurate and this one is expensive but worth it in the long run for motivation. I love the fact that it weighs me like cheese in fractions of a pound.

I find that if I don't drink 8 glasses of water then the next day I might be up by as much as a pound. I record it but then it gets me back on track to be extra diligent with logging everything I put in my mouth.

One thing that I learned in weight watchers that helped me so much is that if you blow it for one meal (or even one day) think of the big picture. You have 21 meals in a week plus 7 snacks. If you get off track for a day that is only 3 meals and 1 snack. In the overall picture it is a tiny amount so just get back on track as fast as possible and continue to move in the right direction.

Another thing that helped me is buying individual packages of snacks. I think it might cost more at the store but think of the cost in health. I always have the 100 calorie packs of nuts in my handbag and usually a Clif bar. It keeps me from stopping at a fast food when I am starving & I feel like I can't get back home to make myself a healthy meal.

Good luck!

Thank you so much for posting this. My graph is identical to this, deep dips and high increases. Its soooo frustrating. I record every day so that I don't regain a single pound that I"ve lost permanently. I don't want to go back, but what the heck. I weighed myself Sunday and weighed 148 Tues , Wed, and Thurs I wake up and weigh exactly 152 every single day???? So frustrating I have been following my low cal diet, running, everything I can think of. Guess its time to pick up some weights for a couple days see if that helps.

Good topic. Thanks for posting, all!

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.

That's exactly what I do too. I just wait until I lose more weight. I don't record every week if I am just maintaining. I am up and down too; usually by 3 pounds either way. It's frustrating, and when I am up I get sad. So I just log in the good stuff. I am still losing weight. Just not stressing.

Yep mine is all bouncing right now. As long as it keeps going downwards, it is all good. I try to weight every week, but been doing it daily. Daily and I are not friends.
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90 days

Thanks so much for posting that for me! And that's good to know.
I guess that brings up another question. Does everyone usually just record the losses?

I use a separate app to record my weight a few times a week, to get a real sense of the up and down and the trend over time, but I only log my weight in mfp every 6 weeks or so, so i'm usually logging a loss.

Like most people are saying, if I recorded every single day, mine would look like yours. But I am one of those who records once or twice a week, same time of the day, just underpants on. That way I can rule out stuff like full bladder, heavy jeans, etc. I am just now hitting a bit of a plateau - taking much longer to lose weight with the same strategies...I know eventually calories restriction will take its due course, but I also understand how frustrating it can feel to be trying and seeing things looks a bit bleak. hang in there!