What's your normal weight fluctuations?
GeoBaybee
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I know it's normal to fluctuate, even while strictly following your diet. It can be disheartening. I will drop 1 pound, gain a pound, then magically drop 2 lbs overnight. My trend has been a steady 1-3 lbs a week, during the days in between logging I will see anywhere from 2oz-12oz gain which can be disappointing to see...
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1 to 3 lbs for me. I can start tue week at 122lbs but by Sat it will be 124. I know allot is water weight ajd earing habits on the weekend but it drives me crazy since i see the trend and im not dropping more just maintaining. I need to change something.0
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When I was actively eating reduced calories, my weight would bounce +/- 3ish lbs. In maintenance, it can swing +/-5 lb!1
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I'm usually between a half-pound and a pound fluctuation. Anything outside of that, I try and remember what may have triggered the increase (eg salt hidden someplace or didn't follow the 3-hour rule)1
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Depends on salt intake - but no more than 3 pounds from high to low.1
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0.5lb - 2lbs in a day. After TOM sees my scale weighing at its heaviest for 5 days, then its back to its 0.5lb variation up and down.0
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ditto to Tweaking_Time0
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I've seen anywhere from 1-6, within a single day. Depends heavily upon what I eat, and how hydrated I am. Also poo.1
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i fluctuate 1.5-3 lbs. drinking alot of water helps, as well as "that time of the month" we hold onto alot more water. i find that flushing it out by drinking alot of water helps!0
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I see a 1-3 lb fluctuation throughout the week. Normally by my official weigh in I've lost though. Weight isn't a static number. Think of your weight as a range instead of one number. As long as that range is lowering you're doing great!1
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OP, it may be helpful for you to create a graph so that you can see the overall downward trend. It's one thing to know that you are in a downward trend and another thing to see it on paper (or on a screen.) Sometimes the latter makes it click better.0
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It's been a minute since I've weighed myself several days in a row but I think it was generally 1-3 pounds up or down within a given week. If you're feeling frustrated by it, I'd suggest trying to weigh yourself less frequently.1
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4-5 lbs for me (salt is my sticking point)1
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2 lbs either way, depending on salt intake (I try to stay under 1500 and if I go significantly over I "grab" water", hormones and heat/humidity.1
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I fluctuate between 1-4 lbs. I just tell myself it is water retention because 3,500 calories equals a pound. I just lowered my macros so I eat less than 1,500 at the moment so I know I can't gain an actual pound .0
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I know it's normal to fluctuate, even while strictly following your diet. It can be disheartening. I will drop 1 pound, gain a pound, then magically drop 2 lbs overnight. My trend has been a steady 1-3 lbs a week, during the days in between logging I will see anywhere from 2oz-12oz gain which can be disappointing to see...
The trend is what is important and what you should be focusing on. Body weight isn't a static thing...the human body is anywhere from 50-65% water and that's always going to be in flux and you're always going to have varying amounts of inherent waste in your system, etc.
Focus on what is important! I'm in maintenance and I can fluctuate anywhere from 0-3 Lbs day to day and as much as 5 Lbs day to day...often after I fly I will be about 8 Lbs heavier than before I flew because air travel causes bloating. Focus on what is important, not this kind of minutia.1 -
+/- 1 or 2 lbs0
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bout 3 pounds
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I know it's normal to fluctuate, even while strictly following your diet. It can be disheartening. I will drop 1 pound, gain a pound, then magically drop 2 lbs overnight. My trend has been a steady 1-3 lbs a week, during the days in between logging I will see anywhere from 2oz-12oz gain which can be disappointing to see...
The trend is what is important and what you should be focusing on. Body weight isn't a static thing...the human body is anywhere from 50-65% water and that's always going to be in flux and you're always going to have varying amounts of inherent waste in your system, etc.
Focus on what is important! I'm in maintenance and I can fluctuate anywhere from 0-3 Lbs day to day and as much as 5 Lbs day to day...often after I fly I will be about 8 Lbs heavier than before I flew because air travel causes bloating. Focus on what is important, not this kind of minutia.
Oh my gosh yes to the flying! I rarely fly but I just went to Cancun and I felt like a balloon after getting off the plane. My toes looked like little sausages! Lol!
On the flight back, I made sure to wander the plane every so often to get a little blood flow going!0 -
Hit a recent low (at least for this year) of 208.6 on Saturday. Hurrah!
Weight this morning: 211.6. <sigh>
But it's fine, my period should be starting tomorrow, so I expected an uptick. It's actually less of an uptick than the last two months; the day before TOM I was over 5lbs heavier than my low a few days before that. As long as I'm less than I was this time last month, I know I'm on the right track!1 -
Wow. People measure ounces?
I can vary 5 pounds in a day when I have tennis matches. Normal workouts knock me around 2 or so pounds. I only weigh once a week to check, and I only log my weight once a month now, which is all that really matters in my overall weight loss.1 -
Raptor2763 wrote: »I'm usually between a half-pound and a pound fluctuation. Anything outside of that, I try and remember what may have triggered the increase (eg salt hidden someplace or didn't follow the 3-hour rule)
I am new to all of this... what is the 3 hour rule?0 -
One to three pounds is totally normal for me. And I know this week the scale won't cooperate because I started a new exercise. I know I'll see a good loss in the next couple or three weeks.0
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2-3 pounds depending mostly on the salt/water intake. 3 pounds was probably the most I have ever "lost" since the night.0
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I was wondering that too!?Raptor2763 wrote: »I'm usually between a half-pound and a pound fluctuation. Anything outside of that, I try and remember what may have triggered the increase (eg salt hidden someplace or didn't follow the 3-hour rule)
I am new to all of this... what is the 3 hour rule?
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Thank you all! This makes me feel better!1
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I have thyroid issues which I think affects mine but my weight can go up by as much as 10lbs in a day. Its extreme bloating and I've learned not to weigh when I feel swollen. I think "normal" will be different for everyone.0
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Well, I fluctuate between 5-7 lbs in a week sometimes. It depends on booze from the weekend/excessive water/the day after a high carb day/Shark week. It really just depends. I hate it but it is life. Two weeks before my triathlon I was doing a slow carb load and gained 10lbs of water weight even though I was doing two-a-days. I was carb loading and drinking excessive amounts of water. That 10lbs I lost in 3 days after my race. I weigh myself every morning at the same time and before I drink/eat anything that way I don't have variance in my measurements. Of course you're going to gain weight throughout the day from food/water etc. No matter what time of day you weigh, just make sure it's the same time every time and use the same scale.1
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4 pounds is a very normal swing for me. Keep in mind a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. It's pretty easy to lose about half that in an hour workout for a larger person. You start combining a workout with a bowel movement and then rehydration and a heavy (weight wise) meal, you can generate some big swings. I used to be a little OCD about weighing myself only weekly at the same time (before a meal or fluids, after a workout and after a bowel movement). I have an electronic "connected" scale now and feel much more comfortable weighing myself at more random times and simply looking for the trend. However, it's probably more important that you just find a process that is comfortable for you. Whatever that process is, consider that a 3% swing of your body weight is fairly easy to accomplish for most people.1
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Raptor2763 wrote: »I'm usually between a half-pound and a pound fluctuation. Anything outside of that, I try and remember what may have triggered the increase (eg salt hidden someplace or didn't follow the 3-hour rule)
I am new to all of this... what is the 3 hour rule?
Not eating 3 hours before bed maybe??1
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