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    Weight loss

    Posts: 12
    edited February 27 in Health and Weight Loss
    I checked my weight Wednesday & I was 184.6. I checked my weight today which is a Friday & it's 185.6, so I gained 1 pound in 2 days.. I have no idea why & I'm so overly worried! Please help me. I've been loosing 1-2 pounds for a while now. I'm 5'8 & my goal weight is 140-145

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    • Posts: 2,067 Member
      water/food waste. day to day fluctuations like that are normal
    • Posts: 15,151 Member
      Its probably water. I notice if I have too much sodium I retain. Also, TOM?
    • Posts: 15,267 Member
      NOrmal I wouldn't worry about it...I weighed 153 last friday and 158 on MOnday...(had a fun weekend) back down to 153 today...
    • Posts: 28 Member
      Weight loss is not linear. It will be different depending on many things like what time of a day you weigh yourself, when your last meal was, when you last went to the bathroom, etc.
    • Posts: 4,397 Member
      Weight fluctuates constantly. Yesterday morning I was 118.5, this morning I was 119.3. I also ate a high sodium dinner last night, so I know the gain is water weight. If you burn 2000 calories in a day, you'd have to eat approximately 5500 calories to gain a pound of fat. Did you do that? If not, it's just normal fluctuations due to water weight and is completely normal.
    • Posts: 4,489 Member
      Time to drop a deuce
    • Posts: 12
      I check my weight every morning after I poo so it's just confusing.
    • Posts: 2,067 Member
      I check my weight every morning after I poo so it's just confusing.
      water weight still comes and goes, plus there is still food waste potentially in your stomach/intestines/bowels. look for overall trends, not day to day weight loss
    • Posts: 12
      I'll keep it to checking my weight once a week! But thank you. I've also noticed going to the gym skies down my weight loss
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