How much have you fluctuated from 1 day to the next day?

Up to 2lbs.

7 lbs isn't unrealistic for water gain. Drink 100+ ounces of water throughout the day and just keep going/going/going. I bet you'll see at least half of that drop by the next day.

The worst I've had was 5-6 lbs. That's after eating pizza, popcorn, chips, etc oh and Soda. Soda will kill the weight as well and keep all that sodium in you.

You're body is just probably holding on to it, so you should be able to flush yourself with the water pretty easily.

About five pounds fluctuation is what I experience.

thank god for this post - i know its old but jesus i needed to read this after my 6.5lbs gain today

I recommend tracking your weight in an app called Libra. It lets you see the trend without getting overwhelmed by the day to day fluctuations. I can gain/lose 2# from one day to the next, apx 5 around my period. I weigh daily, as it keeps me accountable and on track.

Up to 2 kg (4.5 pounds)

This morning it was up like 7 lbs probably from the weekend, alcohol and pizza can really mess with the scale! At least im hoping

I can weigh up to 5lbs different each day.

Usually within 2 pounds but my record is 6 pounds, both on days after Chinese takeout (Three year daily weigher and charter here @ 197)

If you have been restricting your calories through dieting (and therefore eating fewer carbohydrates) and then you eat a high carbohydrate meal, then you will almost always see a spike in weight on the morning following the day on which you consumed more carbohydrates. Your body tries to make up it's depleted glycogen stores. Glycogen is bound with water, so you will experience a gain in water weight.

To avoid large fluctuations in your weight, you can try to make your carbohydrate consumption more even throughout the week.

Try going back through your diary and figuring out how many grams of carbohydrate you eat for an average of X days. Then, on the day after any day in which you eat a lot more than that average, just don't weigh yourself. Or, weigh yourself, but do it with the knowledge that your weight will have spiked because of a higher than normal carbohydrate consumption.

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I weigh in every Friday. This eliminates the fluctuations you see through the week.

It doesn't eliminate the fluctuations. It may mask them. It may not.

You can catch yourself at a low weight on a Friday one week. But perhaps the next Friday you catch yourself at a high weight. You can mistakenly conclude that you made no progress, or worse, that you gained, when your average weight is actually trending down.

I, personally, weigh on a daily basis and calculate a trend line using a weighted moving average.

There are apps and web sites that will do this for you, like trendweight.com or Happy Scales (app).

mine fluctuates daily up to 7 pounds

I can fluctuate several pounds a day but my record is 12 lbs. I weighed right before a several mile hike and then also weighed next morning and I was up 12lbs. It was all gone within a few days.

I only weighed myself then out of curiosity . I don't worry about few up and down daily since I know when I'm in a deficit and confident a true loss will show soon.