Just weird

mrsgoodwine
mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Yesterday I ate McDonalds - Filet O Fish, Large Fries and a Medium Dr. Pepper for lunch and 2 slices of deep dish pizza for dinner. For breakfast I had an egg with low fat cheese and some turkey sausages. I also had a half cup of ice cream and a bowl of cereal for snacks. This morning when I stepped on the scale I was a pound lighter. Granted I was packing and moving things yesterday, but with all the salt and calories I expected a gain, not a loss. Can anyone explain this phenomenon.

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  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    How often do you weigh?
  • mrsgoodwine
    mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
    Every morning before I step in the shower.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    Then you simply weighed less than yesterday. Maybe a good poop, maybe some water loss, who knows? Hell I've gained and lost 5lbs in the course of a day. It's not weird it's just normal fluctuation.
  • Kman4evah
    Kman4evah Posts: 67 Member
    The body works in mysterious ways.
    crazyjerseygirl wrote: »
    Then you simply weighed less than yesterday. Maybe a good poop, maybe some water loss, who knows? Hell I've gained and lost 5lbs in the course of a day. It's not weird it's just normal fluctuation.

    This too
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Weight loss isn't linear and often isn't a direct result of what you ate the day before. It's not weird. It's how things are.
  • mrsgoodwine
    mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
    Let me rephrase by saying it's "weird" for me. Historically, I would have been a pound or two heavier eating all the fat and sodium. I understand that weight loss is not linear and I have experienced many fluctuations - it's just usually on the gain instead of loss side when it comes to the sodium intake.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    Weight loss isn't linear and often isn't a direct result of what you ate the day before. It's not weird. It's how things are.

    ^^This^^

    There are times I'm extremely on point for several days with 'healthier' foods and have very little change on the scale. There's other times I'm a dirty dirty boy (fast food, processed stuff, but all in my calorie range) and I'm down significantly the next day.

    Unless I devour a whole pizza or have some other big, bready, salty meal, I can't relate what I eat directly to the scale the next day or two.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Fluctuations are normal.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    edited June 2015
    also I'm told morning is a less accurate time to weigh in

    or maybe it's a less accurate time to try on shoes

    idk something like that
  • mrsgoodwine
    mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
    draznyth wrote: »
    also I'm told morning is a less accurate time to weigh in

    or maybe it's a less accurate time to try on shoes

    idk something like that

    Do you know why it it less accurate. Empty stomach (at least theoretically) and naked, lol.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    It was a joke.
  • mrsgoodwine
    mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
    thorsmom01 wrote: »
    Fluctuations are normal.

    Yes, I know realize this. Again, historically for me it would have been a gain. I guess I don't expect a different answer, I was just more surprised than anything.
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    your weight will generally be at its lowest in the morning

    just weigh yourself at the same time of day every time, wearing the same clothes. or no clothes
  • momar23
    momar23 Posts: 292 Member
    I had that happen once after eating at 5 guys at 9 pm. I felt so bloated when I went to bed and was expecting a gain from water retention but nope, down a pound. Women's body's are wonderful things....lol
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    I have found that for me it sometimes takes more than 24 hours for weight gain to show on the scale. But fluctuations. I weigh daily, but pay most attention to weekly changes.
  • mrsgoodwine
    mrsgoodwine Posts: 468 Member
    momar23 wrote: »
    I had that happen once after eating at 5 guys at 9 pm. I felt so bloated when I went to bed and was expecting a gain from water retention but nope, down a pound. Women's body's are wonderful things....lol

    Lol, thanks for telling me something relatable. It's like a wonderful crazy sick joke. I was very happy about not gaining after all that crap!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Try again tomorrow....
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Seeing as how pizza performs miracles, I can see why. :)

  • StarvingAuthor
    StarvingAuthor Posts: 67 Member
    That is weird! Maybe you would have had a larger loss had it not been for that food? Or maybe your TOM is kicking in and you're burning more calories, or maybe your weekly average was less, or something? For some reason when I eat potato chips, no matter how many, I lose weight :P Weird stuff!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Now I'm tempted to step on the scale after last night's extravaganza...for science. Think I'll pass though.
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  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    I stepped on the scale this morning at 179.6. I did an insanity max30 exercise and incline walked on the treadmill. It got things moving and when I was done, I lost 1.4 pounds. Funny how that works ;)
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Poop.
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