weight is constantly up and down, very upsetting :(

Stop looking at the scale or it will upset you. try for 2 weeks not to even get near the dang thing. You will be happy once you get on it again.

I am having the same problem! I think it's the obsession with the scale that is so bothersome!

I was told that there are a number of factors that will cause your weight to go up and down... water retention, salt intake, muscle tone, bloating.

A friend of mine said to me, "Scale, schmale. Stop worrying about what the scale says and just continue to eat healthier and the rest will fall into place." By the way, she has already lost over 200 pounds, so I guess she knows what she's talking about!!

Your weight will fluctuate that way depending on various bodily factors. When time of the month comes around its not unusual for you to go up a few pounds (I go up 5). Sodium could make you go up and just something as simple as how much fluid you have in your body.

The pound difference you've indicate minimal so don't let it upset you. Scales are evil so its best to go by how you feel, measurements, and how your clothing fits.

This is pretty common behavior. You do know that your weight naturally fluctuates, right?

It's easy to get obsessive about the scale. If you MUST weight every day (or more), write down all your weights and pick a day that is your official weight day. Let's say Monday. Every Monday morning - before weighing yourself - add up all the weight measurements from the previous week and take an average weight. You might have 6 measurements, you might have 50. It doesn't matter, get the average. That is your "official" weight for that past week.

Rinse, repeat, start again for another week. Weight loss week over week is what you want to pay attention to. Daily changes are almost meaningless.

Accept that our weight goes up and down and you will never see a perfectly straight decreasing line in weight loss.

When you are close to goal weight, it's often better to start using body fat % and measurements. Weight can (and WILL) fluctuate a lot on a daily basis for a lot of reasons.

If you must use weight, start using a chart to take readings and ONLY look at the overall trend over about a month.

May help to read this:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/160943-why-the-scale-lies

Water weight, muscle gain, snacks I forget to record... these are all things that have kept me right around the same weight. Your monthly cycle will affect your weight, too, with water gain.

On top of that, the closer you get to your goal, the slower the loss will go. Be patient with yourself. Change up your exercise routine to shock your body into burning more; staying in the same routine makes your body more efficient so it won't burn as much. Eat healthy fats like peanut butter and dark chocolate, in moderation, to make you feel full longer. Breathe, make sure you're eating enough, and put the scale away for a month or so. Then come back and see what else you need to adjust.

Finally, use a measuring tape instead of the scale. You might be losing fat, but gaining muscle. Muscle looks more lean, but it also weighs more than fat. You might get a better sense of how things are going by looking at how your clothes fit or how many inches are gone from your waist, rather than how much you weigh.

We all hit plateaus, and from your numbers, I think you might have done so. Don't panic. Just figure out what you need to change up. Listen to your body, not a machine that judges you by a number! You'll be fine!

You might want to check your sodium intake and see where it is on a daily basis. If you are consuming more than you should be and not drinking enough water/fluids your body will not be able to flush out the excess sodium which will cause water retention and you will see those up and down numbers on the scale. Try keeping it between 1500-1900mg per day and see if that changes anything. Hope this helps!

To be honest, the numbers you listed are not that different - meaning that it's not fluctuating as much as it could given what time of month it is, etc. Just try not to get on the scale more than once a week - at the same time, without clothes on. You probably already know this but it depends on what you've eaten, how much water you are retaining, etc...

Try not to sweat it! Don't let it ruin your day - not worth it!

You're tearing yourself up because your weight fluctuates 0.6 pounds? Really??? Here's some context for you: my weight fluctuates 3-6 pounds from day to day.

Best advice here is to stop relying on a scale as your measure of your progress. It's just one small tool -- track your body fat percentage, track your measurements, track how your clothes fit, track how well you're improving on your exercise goals, and track how well you're doing on food logging -- and place value on the changes over the long-term, not from day-to-day. Do those things and you'll have a much better read on how your new lifestyle is affecting your body.