Can someone please explain this to me?
CoffeeandCats2
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I have been tracking my calories religiously for the past 4 days with 1200 intake and a lot of exercise. My weight went from 173.6 to 172 and that pretty much matches up to my calorie deficit. The only problem is that when my weight was 173.6, the previous day it was 172 and there is no way I ate enough to gain 1.6 lb. So I thought it was just water retention. So now my weight should be lower than 172, what happened? And TMI but yes I did pass bowel movement so that's not the culprit......
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What Noel said.1
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Your weight can fluctuate by several pounds daily just from water.0
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Water. Differing amounts of sodium eaten different days can cause your weight to fluctuate widely. If you're female, the hormone cycle can cause you to retain water. If you work out, how much you sweat compared to how much you hydrated can change how much water your body has in storage. There are several factors.0
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It has been 4 days. Weight will fluctuate up and down whether you are dieting or not. Your previous 172 may have been a low day, and now it is a normal day. You need to track weight trends over weeks/months, not days.
Keep at it and it will keep going down.3 -
It has been 4 days. Weight will fluctuate up and down whether you are dieting or not. Your previous 172 may have been a low day, and now it is a normal day. You need to track weight trends over weeks/months, not days.
Keep at it and it will keep going down.
Thanks. I did refrain from weighing myself from the 173 until now after reading some posts here about weight not being linear.0 -
CoffeeandCats2 wrote: »I have been tracking my calories religiously for the past 4 days with 1200 intake and a lot of exercise. My weight went from 173.6 to 172 and that pretty much matches up to my calorie deficit. The only problem is that when my weight was 173.6, the previous day it was 172 and there is no way I ate enough to gain 1.6 lb. So I thought it was just water retention. So now my weight should be lower than 172, what happened? And TMI but yes I did pass bowel movement so that's not the culprit......
You answered your own question. Unless you ate an extra 5600 calories over and above your 1200 plus exercise burn, you didn't gain. Daily fluctuations occur. You've only been at this for 4 days. For your own sanity, relax, read up on how weight loss works, and don't expect instant results. Hopefully, you will look at this as a lifetime change. Follow the advice of people on here that know what they are talking about. If you weigh every day just use the information as data to track your progress. As you figure this out you will notice a downward trend in the weeks and months to come. If these fluctuations are going to stress you out, don't weigh every day. Good luck and hang in there.4 -
CoffeeandCats2 wrote: »I have been tracking my calories religiously for the past 4 days
Gonna stop you right there. The explanation is that's not enough time. If the scale hasn't budged in six weeks, come back and I'll post the flow chart.13 -
How hard were you exercising? Your body holds onto more water while it repairs muscle.1
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I weigh myself every day. However, I don't freak out over major weight changes, especially if I have been exercising rigorously. I keep a spreadsheet in excel to track my weight over each day, the first of each week, and the first of each month. This helps me watch overall trends (as well as gives my daily insight to monitor my eating behaviors). Weighing every day is NOT a bad thing unless you over analyze it.
Give it more time.5 -
itsthehumidity wrote: »CoffeeandCats2 wrote: »I have been tracking my calories religiously for the past 4 days
Gonna stop you right there. The explanation is that's not enough time. If the scale hasn't budged in six weeks, come back and I'll post the flow chart.
This ^^
You've got to give it more than 4 days.
I feel like I've said this to you before ... stick with it and give it 4 weeks or 4 months.
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Well done OP for waiting 4 days... in your previous posts you've only waited a few hours before complaining that you're not losing weight. :flowerforyou:9
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I weigh myself every day, I lost 3lbs in the last 24 hours
However I did gain 2.5lbs in the 24 hours before that but we won't talk about that
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Rule #1 Weight loss is not linear.
Rule #2 The way your body loses and picks up weight is not logical. At least not on a micro (day-to-day) level.
Dont weight yourself on a daily basis and expect the results to follow logically according to how you eat. You will drive yourself crazy.
I've learnt that lesson and decided to weigh myself on a weekly basis and rather look at medium to long terms trends rather than try to make sense of what my body and the scale conspire to do on any particular morning lol
Seriously though, give it time.0 -
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If you are going to weigh yourself everyday don't stress over the small gains and use something like https://trendweight.com/1
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CoffeeandCats2 wrote: »I have been tracking my calories religiously for the past 4 days with 1200 intake and a lot of exercise. My weight went from 173.6 to 172 and that pretty much matches up to my calorie deficit. The only problem is that when my weight was 173.6, the previous day it was 172 and there is no way I ate enough to gain 1.6 lb. So I thought it was just water retention. So now my weight should be lower than 172, what happened? And TMI but yes I did pass bowel movement so that's not the culprit......
Weight is not stable
Are you within 5-6 lbs of a weight? That's your scale weight range ...the rest is noise
You can only judge weight on trendline over 6-8 weeks
Here ..my maintenance with calories en pointe and no great exercise change up ...see the fluctuations mapped by the grey line? That's normality around my 160 goal weight ..the green is the trendweight.com set range for scale weight
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CoffeeandCats2 wrote: »I have been tracking my calories religiously for the past 4 days with 1200 intake and a lot of exercise. My weight went from 173.6 to 172 and that pretty much matches up to my calorie deficit. The only problem is that when my weight was 173.6, the previous day it was 172 and there is no way I ate enough to gain 1.6 lb. So I thought it was just water retention. So now my weight should be lower than 172, what happened? And TMI but yes I did pass bowel movement so that's not the culprit......
Weight is not stable
Are you within 5-6 lbs of a weight? That's your scale weight range ...the rest is noise
You can only judge weight on trendline over 6-8 weeks
Here ..my maintenance with calories en pointe and no great exercise change up ...see the fluctuations mapped by the grey line? That's normality around my 160 goal weight ..the green is the trendweight.com set range for scale weight
Thank you for being patient with me as I start this weight loss journey!0 -
I like using weightgrapher which also lets you follow the trend of your weight loss and not fret over the daily fluctuations. It's free and easy to use. I don't think you sound like the sort who is going to be able to stay off the scales for now, so I'd recommend using something like weightgrapher or trendweight.1
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I only weight myself once a week, and one day it's low next day it's high, my doctor said the way I workout muscle weighs more so you might be gaining muscle and losing fat, plus don't worry about the scale if your losing inches and going down sizes then your going great, I was a size 14 down to 10/12 mostly 10 now . Just eat right workout and be health . I was 175 lbs, couldn't loss it at all but like I said the doctors said once a week weigh your self other wise everyday you will go nuts, just watch and see how much inches you loss just by eating healthy , drinking tons of water and just workout.1
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It's not just water. It's also your glycogen stores.1
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Weigh every day but track it with a 7 day average.. It's perfectly normal to jump around and you want to watch your trend over time.1
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Rule #1 Weight loss is not linear.
Rule #2 The way your body loses and picks up weight is not logical. At least not on a micro (day-to-day) level.
Dont weight yourself on a daily basis and expect the results to follow logically according to how you eat. You will drive yourself crazy.
I've learnt that lesson and decided to weigh myself on a weekly basis and rather look at medium to long terms trends rather than try to make sense of what my body and the scale conspire to do on any particular morning lol
Seriously though, give it time.
For me, it will look like nothing is happening, and then out (seemingly) of the blue I'll get a "surprise" little drop in weight. I tend to stall for periods of time rather than lose regularly.
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