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How do you know its water weight?

nehaad88
nehaad88 Posts: 159 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
My scale is not moving. At all.

I eat clean, I track food, stay around 1200 (+/- 100), I workout a little bit.

But week-in, week-out, there is absolutely no change. People over within a 5 pound range, for me its a 1 pound difference. The scale just would'nt budge.

I am a day away from giving up. I have a 65+ day streak here where I have logged every single thing. Its just not going anywhere.

I hope its all water weight I have been accumulating. how to know if it really is water weight and will soon disappear.

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,966 Member
    Water weight usually disappears about 3 days after a big effort (cycling a long distance, running a long distance, etc.) or about 3 days after your period starts.


    Now I'm going to ask the question everyone here asks ... do you have a food scale?
  • nehaad88
    nehaad88 Posts: 159 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Water weight usually disappears about 3 days after a big effort (cycling a long distance, running a long distance, etc.) or about 3 days after your period starts.


    Now I'm going to ask the question everyone here asks ... do you have a food scale?

    yes. I do. and I use it meticulously. Its new, the batteries are new.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    You don't.
  • nehaad88
    nehaad88 Posts: 159 Member
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    You don't.

    ??
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    If you haven't lost weight in 65 days you are not eating at a deficit.

    Can you open your diary so we can help you find out where the issue is? Quitting won't get you any where, it will be some thing simple.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    The problem is most likely to be apparent in your food diary - if you want help suggest you make it public.

    You also haven't mentioned your stats so there's no context to your calorie goal.
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