Weight loss/weight gain

kjm2001
kjm2001 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone... I started my weight loss journey 1 week ago today....on Friday my scale said 172.8 and weigh in this morning and I was 176...my starting weight was 177.9. Is this normal?

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  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    Have you started any new exercise regime that would cause water retention? Or are you near ovulation or TOM if you are female?

    A week isn't long, and weight loss is not linear. If you're not weighing daily, you might not be seeing the natural fluctuations that occur.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    It's normal - your weight can fluctuate quite a bit due to normal causes totally unrelated to fat loss (or gain). Water weight and the last time you went to the bathroom are usually the largest culprits of swings.

    For example...I went from 198 to 208 to 203 in the course of a couple of days and my calories in/out hadn't changed at all. It was literally a matter of how much water I was holding onto from the day prior and if I went to the bathroom right before weighing myself or not.
  • kjm2001
    kjm2001 Posts: 5 Member
    I started off weighing daily... I drink over 64ounces per day of water..and I'm on 1000-1200 calorie diet. It's kinda discouraging...so I'll try to wait to weigh every few days to see if I notice a change
  • kjm2001
    kjm2001 Posts: 5 Member
    Well I actually drink about 96ounces per day
  • kjm2001
    kjm2001 Posts: 5 Member
    N walking 5-6 miles daily
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    Yes. It's called "the weekend"..
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    kjm2001 wrote: »
    Well I actually drink about 96ounces per day

    A pint is a pound the world around. That 96 ounces of water weighs six pounds! Not that it's a bad thing to drink it but fluctuations are normal just based on water consumption alone.

    Also, it's only been a week. I wouldn't sweat measurements too much at this point. Give it another two/three weeks and you should see your trends start to develop.
  • kjm2001
    kjm2001 Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks!
  • MikeEsko
    MikeEsko Posts: 81 Member
    make sure you are weighing at the same time every day as well as wearing the same type of clothing. I weigh in the morning as soon as i wake up in boxers and socks so i know it can't be that far off.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    edited July 2017
    mdeck86 wrote: »
    make sure you are weighing at the same time every day as well as wearing the same type of clothing. I weigh in the morning as soon as i wake up in boxers and socks so i know it can't be that far off.

    Unless you had a ton of salt the day before and are retaining water like a dam.

    Ask me how I know. Could be that I went a little nuts at dim sum yesterday...
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