What does your weight loss LOOK like?

Mine is very similar (I also weigh daily, and track it on a graph, so at least I always know it it truly is an up or down). I typically fluctuate for a few days and then I end up at a new record low all of a sudden. It's definitely interesting.

I check daily as well. My wife thinks I'm nuts. I have it where I'll gain 1 lb a day for 3 days, even when tracking well with MFP calories, then all of a sudden 3-4 lbs in one day. I'd say this is really normal. Might want to look at how much you eat/drink the days leading up to "big" loss day - might be something there. For some reason my big drop tends to be after I have a light calorie day, but have a nice beer 2 hours before bed.

I'm the same as you. I weigh daily to keep track of fluctuations (I too find it interesting! And actually more useful than weighing once a week because you could just pick a "heavy" day and think you gained when you didn't - you just had too much salt the previous day anyway I digress)

Mine will bob around a lot over the week, then suddenly drop, come back up a little, and bob around some more.

Last week:
170
168.5 (boom)
169
168
168.5
166.25 (boom)
168


I keep track of mine using MyWeighTracker which plots them all on a graph and also gives a "true" weight which is an approximation based on evening out the measurements (so leveling out some of the big jumps)

ASKyle wrote: »

Download an app like Happy Scale

Yes, HappyScale is great if you prefer to track on the phone and not via desktop!

I weigh every day, but I only track it once a week. Weighing daily allows me to ignore fluctuations. for instance, yesterday I reached a new low, but today I was up 2 pounds. But yesterday I had salted popcorn as an afternoon snack, and didn't drink a ton of water to off-set the water retention from the blast of sodium. So I was't surprised by the "gain" this morning. I've been drinking lots of water today, and I know that tomorrow morning I'll be back to down yesterday's lower weight.

As for the sudden drops, I get those too, and I attribute that to the "whoosh" effect of my monthly cycle. I have "whoosh" weeks where I lose 2-3 pounds within 1-2 days of my PMS coming to an end.

Mine usually stays steady all week, then usually drops 1-2 lbs somewhere between Wednesday-Thursday lol

Oh. I thought this thread was going to be about what one actually looks like since losing weight. I was going to say I look fat, but not as fat.

Over the last few months my chart looks like this with daily weighing:

19 days with a gain +
31 days with a loss -
6 days with a maintain +/-

I am down over 30 pounds in that time, so the trend is down, overall.

From when I started using MFP to a year later:




This is a normal month:



Don't get discouraged by daily fluctuations. Just pay attention to being accurate in your logging and weighing of food, and the general trend will be downwards.

I only lose/lost the week after my period. Then maintained/gained a little for 2/3 weeks.

Last 90 days. I weigh every day.