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As to everyone else replying I think my point is this: my weight should be going down daily considering I have cut my water and sodium intake and my calories are stripped back to the bone.
You're flat out wrong and the longer you refuse to accept that, the longer you will be frustrated. You're not going to lose weight every day. You will lose some days, gain some days, and maintain some days.
Furthermore, cutting water intake in order to lose weight is just plain stupid. It shows that you are focused only on weight loss rather than fat loss. It shows that you do not understand that dehydration leads to water retention which leads to weight gain or stagnation. It shows that instead of stubbornly clinging to your beliefs about how weight loss works you should pay attention and take the advice that several long term successful weight/fat losers have offered.
What you fail to understand is that unlike in your weight loss log, your scale weight may increase, but only ever by a pound here or there, from what I saw. For me, I can often wake up and be 3-4 lbs heavier despite only eating 1700 calories the previous day. That makes no *kitten* sense, especially when I ate less sodium the previous day too.
I've seen 30 or more examples on youtube of guys my height / size losing half a pound a day EASY on this many calories. Their weights DID NOT fluctuate up to 3lbs every single day - they literally recorded their weigh ins and you can see its not the case.
I also still get plenty of water. I was drinking it excessively before, so stop assuming you know what I'm doing. I didn't do it to lose weight - I'm speechless at how stupid you are to suggest that's why I did it, lmfao. I cut it to stop feeling incredibly bloated every morning and having to take a piss 15 times a day. I also hoped it would help decrease the massive weight fluctuations, (as I'd be holding less water, duh).
Where did I say that fluctuations are a pound here and there? Several pounds is normal.
Lol at relying on guys on YouTube giving diet advice on losing a half pound per day.
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You seem incredibly certain you are right when your actual results show you are wrong!
- Tighten up your logging as without, at least, consistency your decisions are based on faulty data.
- Either grasp that daily fluctuations happen and that they don't indicate fat loss/gain and can be frustratingly erratic and seemingly illogical or weigh yourself less often.
- Change your focus from day to day to at the very least week to week, preferably longer.
- Only make calorie adjustments based on trends, not on single data points.
- Stop looking at dumb videos on YouTube.
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So you have once again posted asking for advice, once again get the same advice you don't want to hear. What are you expecting every time you post about natural scale fluctuations? The answer is never going to change no matter how many times you post the same thread and give the same snarky responses.15
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Lemme guess, the guys on YouTube are probably wrestlers doing incredibly stupid and unhealthy things to make weight, like starvation dieting and taking laxatives. Even if they didn't tell you they did, to lose half a pound a day for several days in a row, they likely did. It's eating disorder behavior and that leads nowhere good.3
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I have no idea who you’re following. YouTube fitness gurus are my guilty pleasure and 99% of them do not pay attention to scale numbers.0
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At the start of this thread it seems like you were looking for advice - but as I've read through what I've noticed is an argument waiting to happen. You seem convinced that you have this figured out. And I can second just about what everyone else has said...
I have lost 48 pounds since mid-June and I weigh every day. Now, you and I probably weigh for different reasons - I'm a data geek and like to see how I retain water after working out and get a feel for how my diet could affect water retention. There is no flipping way to gain 8 pounds in a day (I mean unless you were an absolute slug and consumed like 30,000 calories???) - but I have found that my scale can fluctuate by 2 or 3 pounds in a day but month over month my trend is down. The advice to use a separate app is good, that might help. You also have to tighten up your diary - everything that goes into your mouth goes into the diary. And please, I'm begging you... don't cut your water intake to drop your weight. It is SO short-sighted... if you aren't consuming enough liquids, your body will retain the water it needs which will only frustrate you further. And stop worrying about salt... it might drive some of that daily variation, but again... using an app to watch your weight trend overall will show you that your body is responding normally. You must be patient.
If you're concerned about the beer belly - stop drinking beer. The benefits of dropping the beer are vastly greater than just losing the belly. In your shoes, I'd also consider focusing on body fat percentage rather than weight since that seems to be touchy. If you don't focus on building the muscles under that beer belly, you aren't going to be happy at 175 either. So... drop the bf% and don't worry about the scale until you're happy with how you look. Then you know what you want to maintain at and what activity level is required to do it.2 -
Your diary is really incomplete. My tips would be:
1. Tighten up your logging. Weigh all your solid foods with a digital scale and use measuring cups for liquids. Try to to be as accurate as possible.
2. Find a reasonable goal based on your height and weight. I like using this website to calculate my TDEE, then subtract 250-500 for your daily calorie goal (to lose approx. .5-1lbs a week): http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/
3. Remove high-calorie, low-density foods from your diet. Stuff like peanut butter, junk food, fast food.
4. Add more low-calorie, high-density foods like fresh fruit and vegetables, salads, lean proteins.2 -
Giving up didn't work. If you'd been consistent and patient, you'd be much closer to your goal now.
You've gathered evidence and that evidence shows that the advice given here was correct. Rather than digging your heels in about how you think weight loss should work, follow the advice given here and you'll reach your goal at some point in the future. Weight loss is a marathon, not a sprint.5 -
I’ve been working at this for a year and one thing I’ve learned after losing 60lbs is the body doesn’t do anything in a linear fashion. Weight fluctuates every day. Despite some of the advice above, the most accurate way to track weight loss is to weigh yourself everyday at the same time with the same amount of clothes on and ignore the number but write it down. You only pay attention to the weekly average. If you try and force your body to lose too fast, it will fight back and make you miserable. Slow down, learn more and have a crockpot mentality not a microwave.9
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I’ve been working at this for a year and one thing I’ve learned after losing 60lbs is the body doesn’t do anything in a linear fashion. Weight fluctuates every day. Despite some of the advice above, the most accurate way to track weight loss is to weigh yourself everyday at the same time with the same amount of clothes on and ignore the number but write it down. You only pay attention to the weekly average. If you try and force your body to lose too fast, it will fight back and make you miserable. Slow down, learn more and have a crockpot mentality not a microwave.
I love this, it's perfect! Thank you!1 -
i am 6' and if i weighted 175 i would be around 7 to 8 % body fat which is very hard to maintain, instead 180lb will give me around 12% body fat and it's my main goal, so i suggest you revise your goals and try to increase your lean mass
and i eat around 1400 cal/day and never felt better
saw your diary and i think you are eating too much carb, even for your set amount you surpass the carb daily intake, sadly not everyone can process quickly carbs with high insulin sensitivity and stay lean, many youtubers gurus have this trait (eating a lot of carbs and not bloating much).8 -
VintageFeline wrote: »So you have once again posted asking for advice, once again get the same advice you don't want to hear. What are you expecting every time you post about natural scale fluctuations? The answer is never going to change no matter how many times you post the same thread and give the same snarky responses.
Who are you exactly?
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VintageFeline wrote: »So you have once again posted asking for advice, once again get the same advice you don't want to hear. What are you expecting every time you post about natural scale fluctuations? The answer is never going to change no matter how many times you post the same thread and give the same snarky responses.
Who are you exactly?
Who are YOU exactly?11 -
For all those suggesting it - my logging is perfect. If I don’t put a food in there it’s because I already know its calorie density and do the math in my head instead17
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I notice you don't really log your food on weekends and you have a lot of missing days... that could be a huge issue.. it is very easy to erase a deficit over the weekend or unlogged days especially being closer to goal. Also water fluctuations closer to goal get more annoying... as others said, you won't always lose everyday.. it can be the food you eat, sodium, it can also be your workouts (muscles retaining water if you had a really high volume day), etc etc. You really have to not let it get you down. While the scale weight can be important to know if you are losing/maintaining/gaining over time, you really want to focus on other things at this point.. the mirror, progress photos, measurements, how clothes fit, gym performance, etc.
What happens when you get to goal and switch to maintenance? What are your goals at that point? Because your weight will jump around quite a bit especially when you add more food and perhaps increase your workout volume, and if you are having problems dealing with fluctuations now, it is going to be a wild ride.
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VintageFeline wrote: »So you have once again posted asking for advice, once again get the same advice you don't want to hear. What are you expecting every time you post about natural scale fluctuations? The answer is never going to change no matter how many times you post the same thread and give the same snarky responses.
Who are you exactly?
Is this a trick question? Someone who used the search function and was shown that yes, you are the same person with the same question giving the same answers with the same bad attitude and the same unwillingness to accept the (factual and correct) answers you are being given here and previously.For all those suggesting it - my logging is perfect. If I don’t put a food in there it’s because I already know its calorie density and do the math in my head instead
So I'll ask again. What exactly are you hoping to hear?10
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