Broken scales or proper loss?
Jessicanorthwood
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This morning I weighed myself and I weighed 212lb (I know this was water retention as I weighed 210 yesterday!)
Three hours later after drinking 3 pints of water to 'flush myself' (gross, sorry) I now weigh 210 again.
Genuine water loss or broken scales?
Three hours later after drinking 3 pints of water to 'flush myself' (gross, sorry) I now weigh 210 again.
Genuine water loss or broken scales?
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Your weight will fluctuate throughout the day (up and down) depending on food, fluid and waste in your system. If you're worried your scales are broken, check them with some weights.
PS try not to be so obsessive with the scale.4 -
Hi, my scales are in my bathroom and I can't help but weigh myself. I find I can fluctuate a few pounds during the day. On a Friday I go to a chemist and pay to use their machine and I use that number to enter into mfp.0
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Your weight will fluctuate over the course of a day- based on water retention, sodium intake, food intake... some foods take longer to digest and if you've eaten a huge meal the night before, late, you might retain more even on the morning weigh-ins.
What I do is weigh daily in the morning, before I've eaten, and then take the average for the week as well as my "weekly weigh-in"- you can get a better idea of the general trend, which I think is most important Try not to obsess about the scales, though- muscle increasing can affect your weight, so can your cycle, and even stressing about the scales can make you retain water, because of higher levels of cortisol! Just trust the process and weigh as often as you need to keep you happy- if you're worried about fluctuations affecting weekly results, get an average.0 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »Your weight will fluctuate throughout the day (up and down) depending on food, fluid and waste in your system. If you're worried your scales are broken, check them with some weights.
PS try not to be so obsessive with the scale.
Totally this!0 -
Your weight fluctuates throughout the day and day to day...step away from the scale and stop obsessing.1
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