Overnight 2lb variances

amywilson_88
amywilson_88 Posts: 12 Member
edited December 1 in Health and Weight Loss
So I'm spiking up and down 1.5 to 2lb overnight.

Can anyone give me a clue as to what it is?

I'm assuming it's red bull hangover... Sore workout muscles... Water retention after carbs...

Looking for affirmation really. 2lb seems a lot!

I also seem to have these spikes and variances when I'm close to "the next stone" looking at my trend. I wonder if I'm subconsciously tripping myself up? Phew!

15.24 to 15.04 to 15.28 in 48hours.

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  • hiyomi
    hiyomi Posts: 906 Member
    Natural weight fluctuations happen on a daily basis to everyone :) Completely 100% normal. On weekends when I eat out more I can even spike to as much to 3-5 lbs. If I just eat normally and healthy during weekdays, my weight will still spike .5-2 lbs. Try to only check your weight first thing in the morning after you have used the bathroom. This will be the time most likely when you will weigh your least :) I avoid stepping on the scale entirely on the weekends lol
  • zugunruhey
    zugunruhey Posts: 31 Member
    Weight fluctuation is normal. Think about it: if you weigh yourself, eat a low calorie meal and drink a decent amount of water, when you weigh yourself again you'll probably have a difference of several pounds. This doesn't represent 'true' weight gain since there's no way you could have gained several pounds from a single low calorie meal, it's just that the food you ate and the water you drank are being weighed along with you.

    Like @hiyomi said, weighing yourself first thing in the morning is a good way to give your body time to process everything and get a measurement closer to your actual weight. I usually only weigh once a week at the same time each day to keep from obsessing over scale numbers.
  • amywilson_88
    amywilson_88 Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks guys.

    It seemed like a lot but now it seems average.

    I weigh myself daily, post bathroom first thing in the morning as it helps to keep me accountable. If i weighed once a week I would squeak in a few more nibbles and snacks.

    It the first time I've been brave enough to do it that way and so far so good... Even with the fluctuations. I know it's all about the downward trend in the end but being so close to the next stone I think I'm being a bit of an eager beaver
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
    edited May 2016
    Nothing to even worry about is what it is. Like that song says, don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy. I think that was Prince.
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
    amywilson_88 wrote: »
    So I'm spiking up and down 1.5 to 2lb overnight.

    Can anyone give me a clue as to what it is?

    I'm assuming it's red bull hangover... Sore workout muscles... Water retention after carbs...

    Looking for affirmation really. 2lb seems a lot!

    I also seem to have these spikes and variances when I'm close to "the next stone" looking at my trend. I wonder if I'm subconsciously tripping myself up? Phew!

    15.24 to 15.04 to 15.28 in 48hours.

    Normal weight fluctuations, water retention and the food that your body has absorbed over the course of the day. Nothjng to worry about!
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I weigh myself first thing every morning after using the bathroom.

    This is a normal month when I was losing weight (I'm now at my goal weight), charted in the Happy Scale app:

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    None of the fluctuations bothered me, because I could see the downward trend.

    You might find it helpful to use Happy Scale, trendweight.com, Libra, or something similar, or just weigh weekly.

    Kind regards.
  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    85Cardinals wrote: »
    Nothing to even worry about is what it is. Like that song says, don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy. I think that was Prince.

    It was the Eagles - Take it easy.
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