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How much does your maintenance weight fluctuate?

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  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    salembambi wrote: »
    3-5 pounds usually if ive eaten a lot of food the day before could be up 8

    samesies
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Up to 8 lbs in a week. Mainly due to hormone cycle, sodium content of 'yesterday's meals', lack of proper hydration, etc.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    2 pounds
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I give myself 5lbs either direction but typically it's within 2-3
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    Usually between 4-5 lbs, but I've been up as much as 9. I retain water like crazy. And during spring/summer when I'm riding 150 miles or so on the weekends in addition to my regular routine, its hard to eat enough not to drop a few lbs.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    My window is 135-140lbs. So far (3-4 months into this maintenance thing), I've stayed well within that window (136-138) with a one time blip up to 141 after Christmas feast (which all 4 lbs came off within a week--OOF, all that sodium, lol).
  • Danilynn1975
    Danilynn1975 Posts: 294 Member
    Been maintaining for over 2 years. My average fluctuation is 2 pounds. If it gets above that and stays for more than 5 days, I dial everything way back until it comes back into range.

  • gail1961
    gail1961 Posts: 111 Member
    Typically 2-3 pounds but I weigh in the same day, the same time under the same conditions 1 time a week (1st thing in the morning on Saturday). I used a 20 week maintenance average as my goal and try to stay within 1-2 pounds of that to account for normal fluctuations.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    Maybe 1.5 lbs from my low.
  • Carol_
    Carol_ Posts: 469 Member
    3 0r 4.
  • paradi3s
    paradi3s Posts: 343 Member
    Usually a 3lb range (106-109#).
  • bmattheis
    bmattheis Posts: 7 Member
    So far, I've only fluctuated by ounces, after the cheesecake I just ate..that may change tomorrow.
  • sexynessa77
    sexynessa77 Posts: 9 Member
    5 pounds the most
  • meganjcallaghan
    meganjcallaghan Posts: 949 Member
    I've seen a swing of up to 10 pounds in the course of a day
  • dnamouse
    dnamouse Posts: 612 Member
    My maintenance fluctuation range is about 1kg, so about 2lb.
  • gemmamummy
    gemmamummy Posts: 185 Member
    I'm 102lbs and 4'11 so the most I would expect to see is 1-2lb tops.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    paradi3s wrote: »
    Usually a 3lb range (106-109#).

    this is me right now. I'd like to lower my maintenance range by a few pounds though. my running efficiency greatly improves at a lower weight, so i'm slowly working on it.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    3 - 5lbs for me, I don't mind fluctuations, except when they stay at the higher end of my goal range for days at a time! but thats maintenance for ya, gotta take the highs as well as the lows.
  • JenD1066
    JenD1066 Posts: 298 Member
    Three pounds. I go from 109.5 to 112.5, then back again.
  • bunnypy
    bunnypy Posts: 109 Member
    Do you decrease your calories when u are those few pounds higher to get back?
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    bunnypy wrote: »
    Do you decrease your calories when u are those few pounds higher to get back?

    No, not usually as its mainly water weight from sodium/TOM etc, but if the scale is up persistently for more than a week then I reign in my cals until I see a lower number again.

  • Spiderkeys
    Spiderkeys Posts: 338 Member
    15lbs is a bit extreme, sounds like your actually gaining then losing, mine can be anywhere around 10lbs, which seems to depend on the weather, and also notice I fluctuate in much bigger range at maintaince than the weight loss mode.
  • lngrunert
    lngrunert Posts: 204 Member
    I'm usually within 3 lbs except for my TOM, where it can go up as much as 5lbs.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,108 Member
    Week is pretty much over, and this week I fluctuated from 60.2-60.8kg in the morning. Usually my weight is lowest on Saturday (second weekend day for me) and Sunday, and then rises slowly until around Wednesday.
  • DonM46
    DonM46 Posts: 772 Member
    -3 to +4
  • scaryg53
    scaryg53 Posts: 268 Member
    edited March 2015
    About 2 pounds, I attribute it to sodium right now, I've definitely noticed when I lower my sodium, my weight stays pretty steady at 103-104. But when I have more sodium it's more like 104-105
  • WandaMM1
    WandaMM1 Posts: 132 Member
    I have a 5 pound allowance. However, if I continue to trend up or stay up for more than a few days, I dial back my calories a little to get within the allowance again.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    About 3 lb. I only weigh naked first thing in the AM.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    I typically fluctuate plus or minus three pounds.
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