Weight is all over the place!
MrTolerable
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Anyone notice extreme swings in their weight week to week?
By extreme I'm saying I had weighed myself for weeks trying to gain a few lbs and was stuck at 148-152 - I touched 156, and I have been eating like a nut the past two days and my weight as of yesterday is back down to about 150.
Wuts da deal?!
By extreme I'm saying I had weighed myself for weeks trying to gain a few lbs and was stuck at 148-152 - I touched 156, and I have been eating like a nut the past two days and my weight as of yesterday is back down to about 150.
Wuts da deal?!
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track your sodium, is that swinging as well? if so = water weight.0
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track your sodium, is that swinging as well? if so = water weight.
^actually I do track my sodium because it gives me acne and it has been swinging around as well - I increased it big time right before an upcoming appointment with my doctor to see if I would break out with acne - which I did..
so the culprit for this is sodium as well...0 -
I was in the same situation. My weight swings were 1-4 pounds every day. It's water weight. It could be caused by working out too often with not enough rest. Introducing more intense, longer or new exercises, or not eating clean. When I went back to clean foods my weight stabilized and I have been virtually the same weight every day. Weight retention is usually caused by either too much sodium or cortisol levels elevated from mental or physical stress or simply by a diet that is all over the place. Focus eating clean (no matter how many calories you take in) and make sure you're not training too often or too long. If you've introduce some new or more intense workouts, it will stabilize after a week or so, as you're body gets used to the new stimulus. Hope this helps.0
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You also want to make sure your sodium to potassium ratios are in check. Both are tracked in your diary. If your sodium percentage is much higher than your potassium percentage, try eating a banana after your workouts. The amount of sodium isn't as important as the relation of sodium to potassium and water intake. Unless of course, you are competing or doing a photo shoot. Then sodium can be a bigger issue.0
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You also want to make sure your sodium to potassium ratios are in check. Both are tracked in your diary. If your sodium percentage is much higher than your potassium percentage, try eating a banana after your workouts. The amount of sodium isn't as important as the relation of sodium to potassium and water intake. Unless of course, you are competing or doing a photo shoot. Then sodium can be a bigger issue.
Sometimes too little sodium can cause water retention. For instance if you drink tons of water with very little sodium. One of water's main function is to flush sodium.0 -
Yuuuus. Mine did this just this weekend but I also almost spiked my carbs to 400g one day over the weekend and went nuts with foods. Shows as 4 lb gain but within the week, I'm sure it'll drop off. Bulking is srs bsns!
I take weight averages over a few weeks because of this to see a trend, as opposed to day to day. Still bugs me though
ETA : did your weight go back to normal after a big hearty pewp? I heard those halp0 -
I weigh daily and have recorded swings of as much as 6 pounds in a 24 hour period. 2-3 pounds isn't uncommon at all. That said, it seems closer to .5-1.5 since I bought a new (Withings WS-50) scale.
My advice is to weigh daily and graph the results. You'll be amazed at 1) how volatile scale weight is, and 2) just how neatly it falls into a *very* smooth curve over time.
edit: because I weigh daily, not weight. I weigh my weight. That's it.0 -
I weigh daily and have recorded swings of as much as 6 pounds in a 24 hour period. 2-3 pounds isn't uncommon at all. That said, it seems closer to .5-1.5 since I bought a new (Withings WS-50) scale.
My advice is to weigh daily and graph the results. You'll be amazed at 1) how volatile scale weight is, and 2) just how neatly it falls into a *very* smooth curve over time.
edit: because I weigh daily, not weight. I weigh my weight. That's it.
^ Oooh me too. I have a libra app on my phone I log my weight every day. Scales r dumb0 -
You also want to make sure your sodium to potassium ratios are in check. Both are tracked in your diary. If your sodium percentage is much higher than your potassium percentage, try eating a banana after your workouts. The amount of sodium isn't as important as the relation of sodium to potassium and water intake. Unless of course, you are competing or doing a photo shoot. Then sodium can be a bigger issue.
^Do you know what the ratio should be? - you won't believe this but I have WAYYY more sodium then potassium... which is cool cause I LOVE Bananas!!
@jofjltncb6 - So I took your advice - I weighed myself after work yesterday - 153.2, then weighed myself after an hour of circuit training - 153.8 - I drank lots of water
then I ran two miles (which only burnt like 300cals) - my weight - 151.6
-_- - today it is 149.8 ... I'm getting frustrated because I feel stuck at my weight..
It is frustrating because I am trying to gain weight... however I am trying to gain it only through lean mass so this is taking forever...
I will try eating bananas more to get that potassium in check.
@sugarylynx - love the ms. Deadpool babe!!!!
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You also want to make sure your sodium to potassium ratios are in check. Both are tracked in your diary. If your sodium percentage is much higher than your potassium percentage, try eating a banana after your workouts. The amount of sodium isn't as important as the relation of sodium to potassium and water intake. Unless of course, you are competing or doing a photo shoot. Then sodium can be a bigger issue.
^Do you know what the ratio should be? - you won't believe this but I have WAYYY more sodium then potassium... which is cool cause I LOVE Bananas!!
@jofjltncb6 - So I took your advice - I weighed myself after work yesterday - 153.2, then weighed myself after an hour of circuit training - 153.8 - I drank lots of water
then I ran two miles (which only burnt like 300cals) - my weight - 151.6
-_- - today it is 149.8 ... I'm getting frustrated because I feel stuck at my weight..
It is frustrating because I am trying to gain weight... however I am trying to gain it only through lean mass so this is taking forever...
I will try eating bananas more to get that potassium in check.
@sugarylynx - love the ms. Deadpool babe!!!!
8^D
Cut out the cardio, eat a lot and do heavier weight - 4-6 setts of 5-8. reps- meaning a weight you fail at around 5 reps. Also focus on the big lifts. Squats, deadlifts, bench, standing military presses. Cardio and high intensity workouts are the opposite of what you want to put weight on.0 -
^I sincerely appreciate that, and I am planning on cutting cardio 100% this upcoming fall - right now though I am trying to gain weight while keeping my six pack - and I know its basically impossible but at one point the scale even said 156lbs so I know I'm making some sort of progress.
and I will start eating more bananas!!
My doctor never said anything about HIIT but from former substance abuse she made me promise her to put in 30 mins of running at least 3 times a week for the heart health because I used to take uppers - running sorta is the one moment aside from meditation where despite running I actually feel relaxed..0 -
^I sincerely appreciate that, and I am planning on cutting cardio 100% this upcoming fall - right now though I am trying to gain weight while keeping my six pack - and I know its basically impossible but at one point the scale even said 156lbs so I know I'm making some sort of progress.
and I will start eating more bananas!!
My doctor never said anything about HIIT but from former substance abuse she made me promise her to put in 30 mins of running at least 3 times a week for the heart health because I used to take uppers - running sorta is the one moment aside from meditation where despite running I actually feel relaxed..
Ok cool. You can still lift heavy. Other than that you realize you are trying to accomplish two counter goals so just lift heavy and try to build as much muscle as possible while keeping the body fat low. You don't look like you have any problems staying lean, maybe just do longer lower aerobic cardio like I do. I feel like I get my heart rate up but retain more muscle than when I used to do intense cardio like running sprints. I've seen research on this approach used by many bodybuilders. I try to keep my heart rate between 120 to 130. Higher can start to feminist muscle instead of fat.0 -
I weigh daily and have recorded swings of as much as 6 pounds in a 24 hour period. 2-3 pounds isn't uncommon at all. That said, it seems closer to .5-1.5 since I bought a new (Withings WS-50) scale.
My advice is to weigh daily and graph the results. You'll be amazed at 1) how volatile scale weight is, and 2) just how neatly it falls into a *very* smooth curve over time.
edit: because I weigh daily, not weight. I weigh my weight. That's it.
^ Oooh me too. I have a libra app on my phone I log my weight every day. Scales r dumb
I love the Libra app too, but I've stopped weighing daily because the jumping around started to irk me, and my weight loss has slowed to only about 1 pound/week. Now I do every other day, or every 3rd...0 -
^I sincerely appreciate that, and I am planning on cutting cardio 100% this upcoming fall - right now though I am trying to gain weight while keeping my six pack - and I know its basically impossible but at one point the scale even said 156lbs so I know I'm making some sort of progress.
and I will start eating more bananas!!
My doctor never said anything about HIIT but from former substance abuse she made me promise her to put in 30 mins of running at least 3 times a week for the heart health because I used to take uppers - running sorta is the one moment aside from meditation where despite running I actually feel relaxed..
Ok cool. You can still lift heavy. Other than that you realize you are trying to accomplish two counter goals so just lift heavy and try to build as much muscle as possible while keeping the body fat low. You don't look like you have any problems staying lean, maybe just do longer lower aerobic cardio like I do. I feel like I get my heart rate up but retain more muscle than when I used to do intense cardio like running sprints. I've seen research on this approach used by many bodybuilders. I try to keep my heart rate between 120 to 130. Higher can start to feminist muscle instead of fat.
Sorry, how do you feminist muscle?? :laugh:0 -
^I sincerely appreciate that, and I am planning on cutting cardio 100% this upcoming fall - right now though I am trying to gain weight while keeping my six pack - and I know its basically impossible but at one point the scale even said 156lbs so I know I'm making some sort of progress.
and I will start eating more bananas!!
My doctor never said anything about HIIT but from former substance abuse she made me promise her to put in 30 mins of running at least 3 times a week for the heart health because I used to take uppers - running sorta is the one moment aside from meditation where despite running I actually feel relaxed..
Ok cool. You can still lift heavy. Other than that you realize you are trying to accomplish two counter goals so just lift heavy and try to build as much muscle as possible while keeping the body fat low. You don't look like you have any problems staying lean, maybe just do longer lower aerobic cardio like I do. I feel like I get my heart rate up but retain more muscle than when I used to do intense cardio like running sprints. I've seen research on this approach used by many bodybuilders. I try to keep my heart rate between 120 to 130. Higher can start to feminist muscle instead of fat.
Sorry, how do you feminist muscle?? :laugh:
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^ok Well I certainly don't want that!!0
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