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I've actually never had an issue with the Wii Fit scale... I've used in since I started and have been weighed on other scales that weigh me the same as it does. I've found it to be VERY consistent. If it's close to TOM or you've been consistently over on sodium you could be retaining water which would account for the two pounds. I have found working out before eating more effective, but everybody is different. Experiment some and find out what works for YOU. Hope I helped at least a little.

Weight loss is calories in, calories out. Your body won't necessarily target what you just ate when you exercise or target just fat. When you exercise, your body will go for simple sugars first- they're the most efficient fuel for your body to use. Those simple sugars, or glycogen, are typically stored in your body and very few people will deplete their glycogen stores in one workout (unless of course you're running very long distances- we're talking workouts that burn more than 1,500-2,000 calories).

The trick is making sure that your total caloric intake is below what you burn. By having a safe calorie deficit, your body will be forced to metabolize, or use up, the fat in your body to maintain itself. That means that after you workout, your body might burn fat to replace glycogen stores or fuel normal metabolic activity.

Bottom line: Don't stress about if your body is burning dinner off or your rear. If you ate less over a day (or even week if you want to average more) than you burned over a day (or week), you will weigh less.

I was told you can eat before but to make sure its carbs, because of the sugars you want to burn "good" fat, so you wouldnt want protein before, because you're burning fat you don't want to. With sugars you burn the bad sugar fats, just not a lot to eat right? You don't want to be full, maybe eat a little before, and than eat some good protein and veggies after, keep it on the light side...