Weight Fluctuations (How does one know it's actual weight loss?)
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Labouffecestbon
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I posted something similar in the EM2WL group, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to get more opinions.
Pretty much I'm feeling frustrated and discouraged. Right now, my mind is playing tricks and I've been tempted to cut further (but I haven't done that). The scale numbers are killing me. Deep down I know they don't tell the whole story but with 30 lbs left to lose, I'd think it would move...faster? Ugh.
I weighed daily during this time to check out weight fluctuations.
I need third party input here.
Do these numbers mean anything?
Am I on the right track? Should I adjust anything? Too early to tell?
So far...
From 3/29 to 4/24
Average caloric intake: 1795
Average TDEE (Fitbit): 2193
Starting weight (on 3/31): 158
Highest weight recorded: 159.8 (on 4/6 and 4/7)
Lowest weight recorded: 156.4 (on 4/17)
I'm not sure that lowest # equals an actual loss due to weight fluctuations. I'm dancing around 158 most days.
When do you know it's an actual loss?
Pretty much I'm feeling frustrated and discouraged. Right now, my mind is playing tricks and I've been tempted to cut further (but I haven't done that). The scale numbers are killing me. Deep down I know they don't tell the whole story but with 30 lbs left to lose, I'd think it would move...faster? Ugh.
I weighed daily during this time to check out weight fluctuations.
I need third party input here.
Do these numbers mean anything?
Am I on the right track? Should I adjust anything? Too early to tell?
So far...
From 3/29 to 4/24
Average caloric intake: 1795
Average TDEE (Fitbit): 2193
Starting weight (on 3/31): 158
Highest weight recorded: 159.8 (on 4/6 and 4/7)
Lowest weight recorded: 156.4 (on 4/17)
I'm not sure that lowest # equals an actual loss due to weight fluctuations. I'm dancing around 158 most days.
When do you know it's an actual loss?
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Weight loss isn't a linear process. But over time, the trend will be downward. It may spike up, but it will head down.
What's your BMR? My observation from what you've posted is there's not a huge difference between your TDEE and your calories consumed. About 300. A calorie deficit of 300/day is between .5 and 1 pound per week loss. And your gender, height and age make a difference, too.
Of course, this depends on your logging accurately. Weighing solids and measuring liquids.0 -
When it hits the lowest
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It is all weight loss. Fat loss? That is more difficult. I think it is common to see the scale fluctuate several pounds through the day. And progress isn't linear for most people. it seems that it takes me about 12 or 15 days and the. I suddenly drop 2 pounds.0
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I think my BMR is around 1315. Not sure. I think it's higher according to Fitbit.Weight loss isn't a linear process. But over time, the trend will be downward. It may spike up, but it will head down.
What's your BMR? My observation from what you've posted is there's not a huge difference between your TDEE and your calories consumed. About 300. A calorie deficit of 300/day is between .5 and 1 pound per week loss. And your gender, height and age make a difference, too.
Of course, this depends on your logging accurately. Weighing solids and measuring liquids.
Yes, there isn't a huge difference. Going for about 15% cut. No more than 20%.
Female
~5'3
31
I do log accurately and use a scale.
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Hahaha that's what I secretly wish!Liftng4Lis wrote: »When it hits the lowest
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I do know that it fluctuates several pounds during the day. I can "put on" 2 pounds from morning to evening. But the numbers above are from weighing daily, in the morning, after using the toilet (not always pooping!) and before eating anything.snowflakesav wrote: »It is all weight loss. Fat loss? That is more difficult. I think it is common to see the scale fluctuate several pounds through the day. And progress isn't linear for most people. it seems that it takes me about 12 or 15 days and the. I suddenly drop 2 pounds.
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You could use an app that will give you your trending weightloss. I have an app on my phone called Happy Scale. I enter my weigh ins everyday and it gives me an average based on how things are trending, and shows me a graph so I can see that it's going down.
This way the fluctuations even out and I can tell if the trending number is going down, staying the same, or going up. I can also see the line on the graph going down, staying the same or going up.0 -
I can't put on muscle on a deficit.1592984904984984089984980 wrote: »Your height would help. But if you're maintaining at 158 with exercise and cutting calories it could just be that you're putting on some muscle. Also try cutting your daily calories by 100 which is equal to 700 calories a week and should net you about a pound loss or more in a month.
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Weight loss isn't a linear process. But over time, the trend will be downward. It may spike up, but it will head down.
What's your BMR? My observation from what you've posted is there's not a huge difference between your TDEE and your calories consumed. About 300. A calorie deficit of 300/day is between .5 and 1 pound per week loss. And your gender, height and age make a difference, too.
Of course, this depends on your logging accurately. Weighing solids and measuring liquids.
Yes like this. I spiked up, and if I were to break it down by month, you'd see them more, but I spiked a lot but the general trend was still downward.
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Thanks for the suggestion.MysticRealm wrote: »You could use an app that will give you your trending weightloss. I have an app on my phone called Happy Scale. I enter my weigh ins everyday and it gives me an average based on how things are trending, and shows me a graph so I can see that it's going down.
Wouldn't MFP graph be enough?
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Labouffecestbon wrote: »
Thanks for the suggestion.MysticRealm wrote: »You could use an app that will give you your trending weightloss. I have an app on my phone called Happy Scale. I enter my weigh ins everyday and it gives me an average based on how things are trending, and shows me a graph so I can see that it's going down.
Wouldn't MFP graph be enough?
That's what I use.
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Labouffecestbon wrote: »
Thanks for the suggestion.MysticRealm wrote: »You could use an app that will give you your trending weightloss. I have an app on my phone called Happy Scale. I enter my weigh ins everyday and it gives me an average based on how things are trending, and shows me a graph so I can see that it's going down.
Wouldn't MFP graph be enough?
I only enter my weigh ins on MFP once a week as friday's are my 'official weigh in days' that is the number that I use as my 'current weight' until the next friday.
So I use the Happy Scale app, mostly just for fun. It also uses the trending weight so you get an actual number read out for that which I don't believe mfp does.0 -
Yes @higgins8283801, that's the reason I've been weighing daily. Just to see the trend. And well, I'm not sure what to think of it. It really is up and down. I've only been doing it for a few weeks though. Perhaps I should give it more time?0
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as you can see mine is far from linear. after figuring out my tdee for a month (fitbit) now looking to get back on it
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Thanks for sharing!rachylouise87 wrote: »
as you can see mine is far from linear. after figuring out my tdee for a month (fitbit) now looking to get back on it
I suppose I should give it more time. Good luck with getting back on it!
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Here's what the Happy Scale graph looks like (there was a week where I did not have a scale to weigh on so that's why there are no dots in the middle)
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MysticRealm wrote: »Here's what the Happy Scale graph looks like (there was a week where I did not have a scale to weigh on so that's why there are no dots in the middle)
Ooooh I like that. It shows the fluctuations, yet put a line through for the trend! I'll give it a shot!
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You can overcome fluctuations by ONLY logging your lows. If the lowest point last week is higher than the lowest point this week, then it's pretty likely that you've lost weight. You can't expect every weigh-in to be the lowest ever, but when it IS the lowest ever, you can usually be confident that your weight has decreased. This is even more reliable than logging weekly or bi-weekly or on any time interval, as those can still be challenged by fluctuations.0
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I like Trendweight. It gives a nice picture like the Happyscale app.0
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