I think I'm losing weight too quickly

GoCleanGoLean
GoCleanGoLean Posts: 71 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello my fellow myfitnesspalians!

So today I hopped on the scale, and lo and behold! I weigh ... 155 pounds. Great!!!! The only problem is, I weighed 156 pounds yesterday. I know that healthy weight loss is 1 - 2 pounds a week ... not 1 -2 pounds a day. Am I doing something wrong? I think I ate pretty healthily yesterday. I don't know how many calories I had since I was eating intuitively, but I felt nice and full all day long so I assumed things were going well.

Oh and I just started eating intuitively on Monday.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Weight fluctuates up and down. You may see it go up two pounds tomorrow. Don't sweat it, unless the long-term trend of loss becomes too high or too low/a gain.
  • buffinlovin
    buffinlovin Posts: 100 Member
    could potentially be a "whoosh"....for me I will stay a steady weight for a few days then all of a sudden I will drop a pound or two. Sadly, for me, usually after the whoosh I'll gain a little back and the process repeats lol! I find my whooshes mostly come after higher sodium days/workout days where I might retain water, or time-of-the-month :)
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    Weight fluctuates throughout the day, who knows you could weigh yourself tomorrow and be 157 lbs...it's normal
  • Stella3838
    Stella3838 Posts: 439 Member
    edited March 2017
    It's just one day. If you just started, there's typically a rush of water weight that comes off quickly. I lost 5 pounds my first 2 weeks, but has averaged to maybe 1/2 a pound per week now. Weight loss isn't linear, so you could lose for a while, then get into a stall. I personally like looking at loss trends over weeks and months. As long as you are sure you're eating less than you burn, you'll continue to lose weight.
  • 2wise4u
    2wise4u Posts: 229 Member
    Like they said, weight fluctuates daily and as women, we have even more dramatic weight changes due to hormones, etc. For me I could seemingly lose 2 pounds in 1 day if I'm dehydrated. My advice is not to weigh yourself every day. Weigh yourself once a week to show a trend that won't drive you nuts.
  • GoCleanGoLean
    GoCleanGoLean Posts: 71 Member
    You know, that makes sense. Thanks guys for helping me out (again) :p
  • eeveewinter
    eeveewinter Posts: 7 Member
    It is probably just sodium, water or stall weight. With tiny tiny tiny bit of fat.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Over the last month how much have you lost?
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    1 pound in 1 day is probably normal fluctuation and not actual weight loss. The actual weight of food that goes into/out of your body and drink that goes in/out is constantly changing. As is water weight.

    If you were losing 2-5 pounds week for 3-6 weeks in a row, it would be worth assessing. But a change in a few pounds can easily happen in a day or so.
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