Gaining weight without injesting anything?
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violasmith85
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Ok, so it doesn't really matter, I'm just curious about how it works. I can weigh in the morning then an hour later weigh again and have a higher number despite not eating or Drinking anything. Like I said, it's not anything I'm worried about as I trend down weekly, just thought it's weird how it happens like that every morning.
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Are you wearing the same thing? Is the scale on a hard level surface? How much more are you weighing?0
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Exact same clothes. Yes level hard surface. And about a 1-2 lbs usually.1
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Maybe you have an old or defective scale7
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Your scale is registering variations based on how and where you're standing on it. You're not gaining weight without ingesting anything, period.12
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Oh I know I'm not gaining. That's why it doesn't worry me. Just curious about how I works. Thanks everyone!3
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Scales are not always 100% accurate. It’s one of the reasons why you should weigh at the same time, same place to get a trend.5
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Is it a battery powered scale? If your scale is doing weird things, sometimes it means the batteries are dying.4
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Could be retraining a little water once you're up and moving around.
My weight fluctuates so much daily, I threw my scales out.
Sounds like you don't need to go to this extreme, because you seem to have a healthy mindset about it and not stressed over it.2 -
It's possible that you're just experiencing a fluctuation due to any of the reasons mentioned above, or it could just be your body going through stages of digestion.3
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If there is that large a fluctuation without ingesting anything (assuming you haven't moved the scale), it could a sign that the batteries are dying and need to be changed.2
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I have this happen all the time. I don’t worry about it since I know fluctuations are normal.2
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I would blame it on gravity fluctuations.7
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I recently discovered my nearly four years old scale has started to consistently weight 0.4 lbs. heavier in its pounds mode than in either kilograms or stones modes.
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Unless you have a professional medical scale that no children are jumping on/abusing because it's in the lobby/hallway and is calibrated at least quarterly, body weight scales are a realistic suggestion and not cold, hard, immutable fact.6 -
Take note in that scoobysworkshop article that temperature variations can change results.5
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Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »Could be retraining a little water once you're up and moving around.
My weight fluctuates so much daily, I threw my scales out.
Sounds like you don't need to go to this extreme, because you seem to have a healthy mindset about it and not stressed over it.
You can't gain weight from time A to time B through retaining water if you haven't ingested any water in the meantime. You can't be retaining more water at a later time if you haven't given your body some more water to retain.4 -
The scale isn't working properly.1
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »Could be retraining a little water once you're up and moving around.
My weight fluctuates so much daily, I threw my scales out.
Sounds like you don't need to go to this extreme, because you seem to have a healthy mindset about it and not stressed over it.
You can't gain weight from time A to time B through retaining water if you haven't ingested any water in the meantime. You can't be retaining more water at a later time if you haven't given your body some more water to retain.
Whoever disagreed with this, can you help us understand why? Where do the 2 extra pounds of water come from without drinking any water?3 -
NorthCascades wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »Could be retraining a little water once you're up and moving around.
My weight fluctuates so much daily, I threw my scales out.
Sounds like you don't need to go to this extreme, because you seem to have a healthy mindset about it and not stressed over it.
You can't gain weight from time A to time B through retaining water if you haven't ingested any water in the meantime. You can't be retaining more water at a later time if you haven't given your body some more water to retain.
Whoever disagreed with this, can you help us understand why? Where do the 2 extra pounds of water come from without drinking any water?
I'm chalking it up to a former woo-stalker becoming a disagree-stalker.5
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