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  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    OP, if you are still here, there is a thread you should read. It is "Did you gain holiday weight. I have a solution" by @winegelato I believe. I bumped it back to the first page. I know you weren't posting about holiday weight, but it does a great job of putting this kind of thing in perspective.

    I'm on the phone do can't provide the link.
  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    Dnarules wrote: »
    OP, if you are still here, there is a thread you should read. It is "Did you gain holiday weight. I have a solution" by @winegelato I believe. I bumped it back to the first page. I know you weren't posting about holiday weight, but it does a great job of putting this kind of thing in perspective.

    I'm on the phone do can't provide the link.

    I've got your back ;)

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10303793/who-gained-weight-during-the-holidays-i-have-a-solution/p1
  • LilacLion
    LilacLion Posts: 579 Member
    I learned the hard way that it is not the best idea for me to weigh myself often. I can drive myself crazy with it. Ideally, I log my food every day and weigh myself monthly or bimonthly and I haven't failed to lose weight because of the log. Weighing less often gave me more time and energy to exercise and plan my healthy meals instead of obsess.

    Maybe weighing less often, like once a week, would be less stressful.
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Dnarules wrote: »
    OP, if you are still here, there is a thread you should read. It is "Did you gain holiday weight. I have a solution" by @winegelato I believe. I bumped it back to the first page. I know you weren't posting about holiday weight, but it does a great job of putting this kind of thing in perspective.

    I'm on the phone do can't provide the link.

    I've got your back ;)

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10303793/who-gained-weight-during-the-holidays-i-have-a-solution/p1

    Thank you.
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    I weigh myself every night before bed and every day when I get up. I know how it fluctuates by doing that.
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    blambo61 wrote: »
    I weigh myself every night before bed and every day when I get up. I know how it fluctuates by doing that.

    There's nothing wrong with doing this as long as you don't let it derail you.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Dnarules wrote: »
    CafeRacer808 wrote: »
    Dnarules wrote: »
    OP, if you are still here, there is a thread you should read. It is "Did you gain holiday weight. I have a solution" by @winegelato I believe. I bumped it back to the first page. I know you weren't posting about holiday weight, but it does a great job of putting this kind of thing in perspective.

    I'm on the phone do can't provide the link.

    I've got your back ;)

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10303793/who-gained-weight-during-the-holidays-i-have-a-solution/p1

    Thank you.

    Thanks for the props, both of you!
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    Dnarules wrote: »
    blambo61 wrote: »
    I weigh myself every night before bed and every day when I get up. I know how it fluctuates by doing that.

    There's nothing wrong with doing this as long as you don't let it derail you.

    i know it bothers a lot of people but i would be bothered by not taking the measurements.
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    I'm genuinely flummoxed whenever there is a post like this, as it means there are some people whose weight is so steady that a tiny fluctuation of less than a pound sets them panicking. This seems extraordinary but apparently is surprisingly common.

    OP, you don't know how lucky you are. My weight routinely fluctuates from day to day by about 3lb, sometimes as much as 6lb. I just have to deal with it.

    Think about it, 0.6lb is 1600 calories. So unless you ate 1600 calories over maintenance, you did not gain 0.6lb of fat. It's water weight or food in your gut. Calm down and thank the Lord you don't deal with this every single day like many of us do. Weight loss is a very long game and you are going to need to detach from the number on the scale a bit more if you're not going to be derailed by every tiny bump.
  • sarahiggers555
    sarahiggers555 Posts: 2 Member
    All that takeaway rice (and the McDs) was probably full of seasoning (think sodium) which is gonna make you retain water. That's your .6. It will go away.
  • manther88
    manther88 Posts: 203 Member
    incisron wrote: »
    I got down to 210 pounds. Then yesterday we were short on food. Dad had brought me a takeawaythe day before, Jamaican food, so I ate thr leftovers. I had a cup of the rice for breakfast, a cup for lunch and a cup for dinner with a 300 cal grilled chicken sandwich from McDonalds and a 90 calorie orange. There was no calorie info for the takeaway rice, but I didn't think it could be so bad. Today, from early this morning till now, 3 in the afternoon, I'm 210.6 pounds! I am SO frustrated. Holding myself back from throwing in the towel and stuffing my face with crap.

    Only you can change. None of us can do it for you. If you want it bad enough, you will change your ways! Sounds like you don't have discipline or the will power yet.
  • ShaleSelkies
    ShaleSelkies Posts: 251 Member
    manther88 wrote: »
    incisron wrote: »
    I got down to 210 pounds. Then yesterday we were short on food. Dad had brought me a takeawaythe day before, Jamaican food, so I ate thr leftovers. I had a cup of the rice for breakfast, a cup for lunch and a cup for dinner with a 300 cal grilled chicken sandwich from McDonalds and a 90 calorie orange. There was no calorie info for the takeaway rice, but I didn't think it could be so bad. Today, from early this morning till now, 3 in the afternoon, I'm 210.6 pounds! I am SO frustrated. Holding myself back from throwing in the towel and stuffing my face with crap.

    Only you can change. None of us can do it for you. If you want it bad enough, you will change your ways! Sounds like you don't have discipline or the will power yet.

    I think it sounds more like a normal fluctuation from water retention or food in the gut honestly, as other posters have mentioned 0.6lbs is hardly anything. Not something OP needs to feel bad for just normal bodily function.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    manther88 wrote: »
    incisron wrote: »
    I got down to 210 pounds. Then yesterday we were short on food. Dad had brought me a takeawaythe day before, Jamaican food, so I ate thr leftovers. I had a cup of the rice for breakfast, a cup for lunch and a cup for dinner with a 300 cal grilled chicken sandwich from McDonalds and a 90 calorie orange. There was no calorie info for the takeaway rice, but I didn't think it could be so bad. Today, from early this morning till now, 3 in the afternoon, I'm 210.6 pounds! I am SO frustrated. Holding myself back from throwing in the towel and stuffing my face with crap.

    Only you can change. None of us can do it for you. If you want it bad enough, you will change your ways! Sounds like you don't have discipline or the will power yet.

    How did you get any need to change out of that post, other than OP needs to breathe and understand how daily fluctuations work?
  • incisron
    incisron Posts: 550 Member
    edited December 2016
    ShaleSelkies wrote: »
    manther88 wrote: »
    incisron wrote: »
    I got down to 210 pounds. Then yesterday we were short on food. Dad had brought me a takeawaythe day before, Jamaican food, so I ate thr leftovers. I had a cup of the rice for breakfast, a cup for lunch and a cup for dinner with a 300 cal grilled chicken sandwich from McDonalds and a 90 calorie orange. There was no calorie info for the takeaway rice, but I didn't think it could be so bad. Today, from early this morning till now, 3 in the afternoon, I'm 210.6 pounds! I am SO frustrated. Holding myself back from throwing in the towel and stuffing my face with crap.

    Only you can change. None of us can do it for you. If you want it bad enough, you will change your ways! Sounds like you don't have discipline or the will power yet.

    I think it sounds more like a normal fluctuation from water retention or food in the gut honestly, as other posters have mentioned 0.6lbs is hardly anything. Not something OP needs to feel bad for just normal bodily function.

    Thanks for sticking up for me. I'm mostly over the panic now and will try to keep a level head next time. I don't know the caks in that rice, but if I thought it would mess my progress up when I first got it I wouldn't have eaten it. I am doing my best and didn't think three servings of rice with an orange and a sandwich was that bad for the whole day.
  • incisron
    incisron Posts: 550 Member
    I haven't replied to every post, but am reading every one and taking the advice into consideration as much as I can. I appre ciate everyone who replied.
  • johnnylloyd0618
    johnnylloyd0618 Posts: 303 Member
    dang, nothing for me to fluctuate 4-5 pounds a day and I am under a buck 50
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I wish my fluctuations were only half a pound lol. My weight fluctuates an average of 4lbs daily depending on time of day and what I've eaten. It's normal.
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
    I just finished typing this elsewhere, LOL...

    FLUCTUATIONS OF LESS THAN A POUND ARE STATISTICALLY MEANINGLESS!!

    Seriously, unless you spent WAY more on your scale that was even sensible, your consumer-quality scale is unable to accurately measure those fractions. I don't care if your scale claims to be able to measure your weight to the hundredth of a pound (two decimal places). The actual ability of the scale to measure those fractions is simply not there. The only reason that you don't get variations that big when you step on and off is because many scales are designed to prevent that (and make you think they're super-accurate) by "locking on" to a number and not changing unless the reading changes by more than a pound or two.

    Add to that the fact that if you breathe heavily, sweat a bit more or less, or eat something that takes longer to digest than your usual meal and you'll be carrying a tiny bit more water (or food) than you did before.
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