How much does your weight fluctuate?

Lizshouse88
Lizshouse88 Posts: 81
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been tracking my weight every day because even though some people don't see it this way, it motivates me to keep going. When I see the scale moving down I want it even more. When I see it go up a little it just makes me want to work harder - and that's what keeps me going every day.

Anywho, I am just wondering how everyone's weight goes? Some week i'll be all over the charts (like a 4-5lb different, but still most weeks end up losing something), other weeks i'll stay right at the same weight all week minus what i'm losing. Night to day, I am about 2-3lbs heavier before bed.

How about you?

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  • LeeLeeTunk
    LeeLeeTunk Posts: 84
    Here too...2-3lbs heavier at night. I use my morning weight as my actual :)
  • snipsnip2
    snipsnip2 Posts: 12
    I fluctuate about 2-3 lbs, mostly due to my water intake that day and/or eating foods high in sodium (I weigh less on high water days, and more on low sodium days). Drinking enough water has a major influence on my body.
  • nosey_rosey
    nosey_rosey Posts: 380 Member
    Mine is about 3 lbs through out the day... I weigh like 4 times a day hehehe =) It keeps me going too...do what works for you
  • acave9406
    acave9406 Posts: 124 Member
    Everyday I check mine too (I feel the same way you do, it keeps me moving) and it does the same up and down everyday usually 1-3 lb difference.
  • brndygrl98
    brndygrl98 Posts: 196 Member
    I also fluctuate between 2 to 3 lbs throughout the day. Sometimes, if I'm really lucky, it remains constant all day. I consider that a great day!
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    I always gain about 3 pounds over the course of the day too. It's hard to say what it does over the week because I've been hitting a plateau of sorts ever since I've been home from school and able to weigh myself every day.
  • withchaco
    withchaco Posts: 1,026 Member
    I weigh myself every morning. I haven't noticed any fluctuation beyond 2lbs or so.

    My scale motivates me too. :) When my pounds start dropping fast, it's a huge motivation boost. When the pounds stay the same... I get annoyed, but it still motivates me. My longest and only plateau only lasted two weeks, though. A 4+ week plateau could be really frustrating, I imagine.... I hope I won't have to deal with it ever!
  • smitty328
    smitty328 Posts: 164 Member
    Daily for me as well....it keeps me on track, even though, I know some days will be more than others. From morning to night I range +2-3 pounds.\gh
  • gatorflyer
    gatorflyer Posts: 536 Member
    I don't weigh more than once a day, but in the past I have weighed myself late at night and have been 2-3 pounds heavier than I was the next AM. I figure it's water as well as dinner that hasn't yet "gone thru the system". I figure as long as my weight hasn't gone up by the next weigh in, I'm probably ok, even with daily weight fluctuations.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Gahhh.
    I weigh myself first thing in the morning (after I pee), then at night right before I go to bed.
    It's usually like 3 pounds heavier at night, due to the food I've eaten all day, and my water.
    I'm on like a plateau right now.
    And it's killing me. ]:
    The scale is NOT my friend right now.
  • Crystals422
    Crystals422 Posts: 382 Member
    2-3 lbs more at night for me as well. I go by what I weigh first thing in the morning.
  • jessilea53
    jessilea53 Posts: 87 Member
    Mine is about 3-5 lbs depending on what I eat. Also if its that TOM, I can gain a bit. I weight myself all the time. When I am at home, I weight EVERY time after I pee. HEHE But just like you it keeps me going, pushing!

    Good Luck!

    Jessica
  • amarie35
    amarie35 Posts: 333 Member
    Depending on how much water I drink & my sodium intake, I usually weigh 2-4 pounds heavier @ night.
  • MicheleRussell
    MicheleRussell Posts: 7 Member
    I weigh two times a day. Once in the morning and once at night. I usually fluctuate 2-3 pounds from morning to night, but have been as high as 5 pounds heavier once. I only track my weight with MFP on Monday mornings though. Helps keep me motivated to stay on track over the weekend knowing that I would like to have a good number on Monday mornings.
  • novalee13
    novalee13 Posts: 14 Member
    I weighed last Wednesday, and have not weighed since. I'm scared to. Lol! I hate scales and typically don't use them, but my bf weighs himself every day . . . So that made me curious. I will weigh myself again on Wednesday. . . I generally just go by how my clothes fit (or don't fit). Ha ha ha!
  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    im glad im not the only one who weighs every day, and sees that as motivation to keep on going !!! i am mostly told to stay off the scale every day, but i am addicted to it..i only weigh once in the morning, after bathroom twice, and my body has woken up a little bit, so i dont know how much i fluctuate..best of luck tho :drinker:
  • angelicdisgrace
    angelicdisgrace Posts: 2,071 Member
    Here too...2-3lbs heavier at night. I use my morning weight as my actual :)

    Me too.
  • Gennawest
    Gennawest Posts: 171
    I weigh myself a thousand times a day. Before I get on the scale I can almost guess exactly what I will weugh cobsidering what I ate and drank. Im in tune. Usually a pound or two heavier on the nights I dont lose, on the nights I do, I go to bed the same I woke up. So glad to see im not the only person that weighs constantly. Some peeps thinks its freakish
  • amberlineilene
    amberlineilene Posts: 153
    I am 2.5lbs heavier at night..gross.
  • jujubean1992
    jujubean1992 Posts: 462 Member
    my weight usually stays with in a pound through out the day, but then again i always way myself either nude or in a bra and panties. one day i weighed myself then got dressed and weighed my self again and my work clothes [shorts, polo & belt, no socks shoes or hat] weigh 2.6 lbs.
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    For the past month or so, my morning weight fluctuates between 146 and 149. So a 3 lbs range. My night time weight is between 149 and 154. I'm pretty reliably 4 lbs lighter when I wake up than when I went to sleep. I'm in sort of "maintenance mode" right now in terms of scale weight. When I was in "weight loss mode", the fluctuations were similar. 4 lbs night to morning, almost like clockwork. And weight would fluctuate day by day, week by week, but with an overall downward trend.
  • yummy♥
    yummy♥ Posts: 612 Member
    i check my weight each morning and night. i don't read too much into my daily fluctuations, just prefer the extra data as i try to learn how my body reacts to different foods and routines. i'm almost always 4 pounds heavier at night. i officially 'record' my weight once a week.
  • trud72
    trud72 Posts: 1,912 Member
    probally about3/4 lb at night and then certain times of the month(around ovulation) it sky rockets and gives me a shock!! lol
  • mrstyler
    mrstyler Posts: 43
    I sometimes see as much as a 5-6 lb variability. I really wish I knew where it all was coming from/going to!
  • timetoembrace
    timetoembrace Posts: 77
    I usually see 3-4 lbs difference between morning and night and because of this I NEVER step on the scales at night. I do not weigh on monday morning because I am very suseptable to water weight from high sodium foods and we eat out alot over the weekends, so I usually weigh Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, first thing after I pee in my birthday suit.

    Just a note, watch the salt intake, if I eat too much, I can be up as much as 5lbs by morning, feel your body, does your feet and hands feel tight, are your joints stiff? These are the small things I notice after eating out at a restaurant, like Chinese or fast food...
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