It’s too soon to plateau

earthtograc4 · April 2018

I started watching what I was eating about 2 weeks ago. I try to log things when I remember and am fairly active. I’m on my feet walking around for 10 hours a day bc I have to as a manager. Lately I’ve been so stressed I’m not even hungry but I bought a box of 100 calorie or less snacks in hopes to fill out the day. When I don’t eat I’m miserable and cranky as well. I’ve just been so busy.

Anyway, I really lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks the ticker isn’t that accurate. I guess I gained some that I lost in the past couple years. Today I gained a pound and I’ve totally cut out regular soda and unnecessary sugar.

Idk what I did wrong. I wanna be where I was at 2 years ago

MegaMooseEsq · April 2018

Your subject line is correct: it's too soon to plateau. Two weeks isn't long enough to know if your changes are helping or not. Weight loss takes time and doesn't happen linearly, especially for women who menstruate. It's not uncommon to drop a bunch of weight when you first change your diet, but this has more to do with water retention than fat (I lost about 12 pounds in a month then stayed the same weight for three months because my counting and measuring wasn't accurate). Check out the stickies in the main forum, be patient, and reevaluate in 4-6 weeks if you still aren't making progress. Good luck!

earthtograc4 · April 2018

Thanks very much. I understand it’s hard to say because my cycle has lingered a lot longer and I was working midnight shift. My body is all types of messed up

concordancia · April 2018

Six pounds in two weeks is a heck of a lot of weight loss. Why are you worried about one day?

MegaMooseEsq · April 2018

earthtograc4 wrote: »

Thanks very much. I understand it’s hard to say because my cycle has lingered a lot longer and I was working midnight shift. My body is all types of messed up

Aw, that stinks. Give it some time - if your cycle is irregular, you might need to track for two or three months before you really get a handle on whether you're losing weight, because the changes in water weight can be really dramatic. Some people compare weeks in their cycle rather than day to day - so if you have a four week cycle, compare your average weight in week 1 to your weight in week 5, and so on.

cwolfman13 · April 2018

earthtograc4 wrote: »

I started watching what I was eating about 2 weeks ago. I try to log things when I remember and am fairly active. I’m on my feet walking around for 10 hours a day bc I have to as a manager. Lately I’ve been so stressed I’m not even hungry but I bought a box of 100 calorie or less snacks in hopes to fill out the day. When I don’t eat I’m miserable and cranky as well. I’ve just been so busy.

Anyway, I really lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks the ticker isn’t that accurate. I guess I gained some that I lost in the past couple years. Today I gained a pound and I’ve totally cut out regular soda and unnecessary sugar.

Idk what I did wrong. I wanna be where I was at 2 years ago

Losing weight isn't a straight line down...you aren't going to lose weight in a linear fashion. You tend to see bigger losses in the first couple of weeks due to a drop in water and less inherent waste in your system. After that, you will see weeks with bigger losses, weeks with smaller losses, weeks with no losses, and weeks with gains which is why it's important to look at the trend over weeks and months, not so much weigh in to weigh in numbers.

Weight loss looks like this on a graph...for everyone...

The red line is the important one.

AnvilHead · May 2018

cwolfman13 wrote: »

earthtograc4 wrote: »

I started watching what I was eating about 2 weeks ago. I try to log things when I remember and am fairly active. I’m on my feet walking around for 10 hours a day bc I have to as a manager. Lately I’ve been so stressed I’m not even hungry but I bought a box of 100 calorie or less snacks in hopes to fill out the day. When I don’t eat I’m miserable and cranky as well. I’ve just been so busy.

Anyway, I really lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks the ticker isn’t that accurate. I guess I gained some that I lost in the past couple years. Today I gained a pound and I’ve totally cut out regular soda and unnecessary sugar.

Idk what I did wrong. I wanna be where I was at 2 years ago

Losing weight isn't a straight line down...you aren't going to lose weight in a linear fashion. You tend to see bigger losses in the first couple of weeks due to a drop in water and less inherent waste in your system. After that, you will see weeks with bigger losses, weeks with smaller losses, weeks with no losses, and weeks with gains which is why it's important to look at the trend over weeks and months, not so much weigh in to weigh in numbers.

Weight loss looks like this on a graph...for everyone...

The red line is the important one.

And if you look at daily weigh-ins and weight trend rather than a straight linear regression, it looks even more wacky (although perfectly normal). Below is my actual trend graph from a year of weight loss between April 2016 and 2017. The gray line is daily weigh-ins, the red line is weight trend (as analyzed by trendweight.com):

AnvilHead · May 2018

...or how about my weight maintenance trend for the last six months? Note the daily weight fluctuations and spikes/dips in the trend line - even maintenance isn't a nice, flat line:

h1udd · May 2018

out of interest what were the snacks ..... occasionally I buy a packet of Salt and Vinegar flavoured rice cakes - 97kcal ... just one packet will see me weigh 1-2lbs heavier the next day .. purely on the salt content and carrying extra water ... I get the same from high sodium energy drinks, beef Jerky .. anything with salt in it.

what you need to remember is the scale doesnt measure fat .... it measures how much your entire body weighs, the muscle, bone, fat, blood, water, contents of your stomach and bowels and bladder, glycogen .. everything.

if you eat a load of carbs, your body relinquishes its supply of glycogen in the muscles, if you do a hard workout the body protects the torn muscles by surrounding them with water. If you are ill or injured your body holds water to protect the damaged areas and to fight the illness if you eat lots of salt, the salt draws water in causing a increase in weight. ... heavy meal = weigh more, go to the toilet, weight less .. then there is time of the month for the ladies.

thats why you need to weigh and log and look at the trend over time

LivingtheLeanDream · May 2018

The replies already mean I don't have much else to add except you say you are logging only when you remember, if in another 4 or 5 weeks and things are still stalled as such, logging is what you'll have to look at.

malibu927 · May 2018

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear

kimny72 · May 2018

Just to reiterate what has already been said, there are two things I can tell you are "doing wrong" from your post:

Expecting linear, logical, fast results. That's just not how it works. Others have mentioned the other factors that can affect the number on the scale. And unless you are obese, you shouldn't be expecting to lose 2+ lbs per week, that's just not healthy or realistic.
"I try to log things when I remember". If understanding what your weight is doing on a week to week basis is important to you, accurate and consistent logging is how you get the data you need to work with. Many people succeed without it, but if you aren't getting the results you want, tightening up your logging is the way to go.

Good luck :drinker:

tinkerbellang83 · May 2018

earthtograc4 wrote: »

I started watching what I was eating about 2 weeks ago. I try to log things when I remember and am fairly active. I’m on my feet walking around for 10 hours a day bc I have to as a manager. Lately I’ve been so stressed I’m not even hungry but I bought a box of 100 calorie or less snacks in hopes to fill out the day. When I don’t eat I’m miserable and cranky as well. I’ve just been so busy.

Anyway, I really lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks the ticker isn’t that accurate. I guess I gained some that I lost in the past couple years. Today I gained a pound and I’ve totally cut out regular soda and unnecessary sugar.

Idk what I did wrong. I wanna be where I was at 2 years ago

So you've lost 5lbs in 2 weeks? that isn't a plateau. For most of us women, it's entirely normal for weight to fluctuate as much as 5lbs (and more for some people) up and down from day to day.

psychod787 · May 2018

My weight will fluctuate 5-6 lbs a day. If you eat more carbs one day, lift heavy, stomach contents, sodium and water intake. I have seen the "woosh" effect first hand. The body will hold onto water and then boom! Weight down. Best of luck.

It’s too soon to plateau

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