Anyone else have this weight trend?

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CindyWard2
CindyWard2 Posts: 88 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My whole weight loss journey I seem to lose weight in spurts...every time I see a new low # on the scale I can count on a few days of being higher than that and then BAM...a new low. Example...
08/14 189.3 (new low weight)
08/15 189.8
08/16 189.5
08/18 192.5
08/19 191.1
08/20 190.2
08/21 189.4
08/22 190
08/23 188.6 YAYYYYY!!!

I have not gone over my calorie goal at all in this time period and have consistently eaten back about 1/2 of my exercise calories daily.

This is the reason I started weighing daily...to acknowledge and get over those natural daily weight fluctuations. I know some people advocate only weighing once a week or once a month but I like the feedback several times a week.

Anyone have similar weight trends? Does this happen to everyone?

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  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html/
  • cawags1156
    cawags1156 Posts: 1 Member
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    CindyWard2 wrote: »
    My whole weight loss journey I seem to lose weight in spurts...every time I see a new low # on the scale I can count on a few days of being higher than that and then BAM...a new low. Example...
    08/14 189.3 (new low weight)
    08/15 189.8
    08/16 189.5
    08/18 192.5
    08/19 191.1
    08/20 190.2
    08/21 189.4
    08/22 190
    08/23 188.6 YAYYYYY!!!

    I have not gone over my calorie goal at all in this time period and have consistently eaten back about 1/2 of my exercise calories daily.

    This is the reason I started weighing daily...to acknowledge and get over those natural daily weight fluctuations. I know some people advocate only weighing once a week or once a month but I like the feedback several times a week.

    Anyone have similar weight trends? Does this happen to everyone?

    That's pretty much the way I trend every week. Someone recommended Happy Scale. That's the app I use for my weight tracking. Simple but gives me the info I need.
  • sifmole
    sifmole Posts: 10 Member
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    Yep. All. The. Time.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
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    Same for me. Oddly enough, I tend to hit my new low weights in the back half of the week after water retention from the weekends clears out.
  • clayelliott847
    clayelliott847 Posts: 125 Member
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    I am always surprised. I come back from an excersise break and I am down a few pounds.
  • chelllsea124
    chelllsea124 Posts: 336 Member
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    Normal
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
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    Story of my life. Nothing quite like a Thursday night panic that you've gained a gazillion pounds (or half a pound), just to wake up in the morning and be 2lbs lighter.
  • MsMaeFlowers
    MsMaeFlowers Posts: 261 Member
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    This is exactly why I weigh myself every day.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,464 Member
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    Same here, this is the exact reason I began weighing daily, and still do in maintenance. I am proud to hear that you want to learn your patterns rather than get discouraged and give up! Way to go to learn about your body!

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