Up, down, Up, down.. ARGH!!!

JulieF11
JulieF11 Posts: 387 Member
edited September 26 in Motivation and Support
How frustrating is it to be so excited to lose weight only to go back up the next week. Yes, I go up "two" weeks out of the month, both during TOM but yet again a couple weeks later! What the heck?!? Does this happen to you? I know most women gain a couple pounds during TOM, but not two weeks after as well.

So my weight loss (please note, I'm very consistent with my calories) goes kind of like this:

Week One = 200
Week Two = 202 even though I'm consistent with my eating (very frustrating!)
Week Three = 196 Celebration! Woot! (even though there is no way I lost four pounds in a week)
Week Four =198! (feeling discouraged, heck I can gain weight eating sweets and fast food!)
Week Five= 194! (Holy Moly, more motivated than I can imagine!)
Week Six= 196 (bummer! well at least I now know the pattern, just gotta hang in there!)

Anybody else experience anything similar?!?

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  • Barelmy
    Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
    It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start, silly!

    Sorry, couldn't resist.
  • bstiver
    bstiver Posts: 57 Member
    Yes,the same thing happens to me. Last week I hit 189.8 and I didnt hit it again until today.
  • Barelmy
    Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
    And yeah, my weight does that too.
  • irisannRN
    irisannRN Posts: 121 Member
    It could have to do with your sodium intake causing water retention ! Maybe keep an eye on sodium and drinks lots and lots of water to flush it out of your system !!!!!
  • OLP76
    OLP76 Posts: 768 Member
    It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start, silly!

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    Man, thanks :smile: I was doin`up, up, down, left, right, right, left A, B start....:laugh:


    ***** Seriously don`t stress on the up & down! It helps - if weight loss was easy - we`d have alot of skinny people walkin`the earth :tongue:
  • Rockin33
    Rockin33 Posts: 58
    The same thing happens to me. Such a relief to hear I'm not alone. But it is frustrating.
  • Mamapengu
    Mamapengu Posts: 250
    If it's 2 weeks after your TOM then it's probably ovulation that's causing a bump. That can be completely normal for some women, up to 5 pounds, very frustrating, but the pattern is in a downward trend and that is what counts for the long run. Keep it up, you are doing great!
  • Limeinthecoconut
    Limeinthecoconut Posts: 234 Member
    It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start, silly!

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    <3:happy:
  • JeepOnRock
    JeepOnRock Posts: 28
    Sodium is probably part of the picture... And when I went on a cruise, i gained 4.5 pounds in 4 days. Then I lost 3 of them in a week... and the other one a week later.
    BTW, my weight moves up and down by a pound and a half on a regular basis. in fact, over the course of a day, i might vary by two pounds. Look at the trends, not the individual numbers. You are trending the right way.
  • nannyprahm3
    nannyprahm3 Posts: 3
    I have just started, but I gained half a pound week two. There are a lot of reasons you can show changes in your weight, like weighing at the same time of day ( I weigh different in the AM then in the PM), having the same amount of clothing (best to weigh nude), also how much water /food your body is holding when you weigh yourself. For me weighing first thing in the morning before eating and nude gives me the most accurate number. I don"t know if this helps and i'm sure you probably already know all this, but hang in there. You are losing , imagine if you weren't doing this what your weight would be. Good Luck and keep up the good work.
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