I know the feeling @conniewilkins56. My 299 was very slow in coming with a lot of bouncing around near it before it happened. Then I lost it a couple times afterward!

It's been at least 3 weeks since I weighed in. I left it that long because I'd hit a plateau and I wanted to focus on logging, weighing food and exercise. Over that time I've been totally pedantic with everything. Meticulous. I've not gone over calories on one single day. I've weighed and measured everything that's gone in my mouth. I've exercised most days and eaten back some exercise calories but not all.
And today I weigh 200g more than I did three weeks ago. I'm totally over this.

Don’t give up! We’ve got this! I have been experiencing the same “scale drama” for the past 3-4 weeks....but, I know that I have been super dedicated! I also know that I am losing...I am fitting in clothes that I have not fit in years. Unfortunately, I ignored the recommendation for taking measurements so I don’t have any hard data but I PROMISE you that things are working and I just know the scale is going to catch up! If we believe in the process and remember that 4+2-3=3.....no matter how you do the math......it’s the same with CICO.....if we are diligently logging and being consistent it will work!

I ordered a tape measure yesterday and will be using that to keep me motivated when the scale is not kind. I also believe progress photos will help....but, I’m not there yet.....still afraid of the camera....smh.

Although, I don’t post as often as I should I have been motivated so much by maiomaio71 and conniewilkin that I had to pause and respond to both of your posts...PLEASE DON’T BE DISCOURAGED, WE CAN DO THIS!🙌🏾

@maiomaio71 I agree with @Satisfiedwithbetter. There's more to the equation than just your weight. If you've just increased the amount of exercise you do dramatically, you're likely to see a weight uptick due to water retention. It happened to me just a few weeks ago.

Your weight fluctuates a lot from day to day. Did you eat a particularly big meal yesterday? Or overall more sodium/carbs than you normally do? Those would also cause water retention that would cause the scale readout to be higher. You may have weighed 2 lbs less yesterday, but you wouldn't know it since you haven't been weighing.

Lastly, if eating back your exercise calories isn't working for you, try not doing it. Exercise calories burned might be (or are most likely) overestimated, so you might be doing yourself more harm than good there.

Try not to get too frustrated and soldier on. You've haven't failed.

Best idea I have heard today!
I am checking my scale battery in the morning!...I knew it wasn’t my fault it isn’t moving down!...it’s the batterys’ fault!...yay!

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No scale calibration but they're fairly new (about 3 months) and the batteries are new. I don't often eat back 100% of my exercise calories. Sometimes I eat some of them, sometimes not. Depends on my hunger levels. My exercise has changed a bit... less walking, more squash when my knee allows it, and some tennis. Nothing really that significant. Totally flummoxed. I'm going to keep going don't get me wrong. I'm just frustrated and annoyed.

You are a better person than I!! I can't even get on the scale because of this very reason. I've weighed myself once in three months and that was only because my clothes were noticably baggy and I knew I had lost a bit.

You're awesome, the scale will catch up!

@maiomaio71 That’s rough... I’m experiencing the same thing, the scale doesn’t seem to move for a long time even with continued high activity. I don’t eat back my calories either. Ugh!!!

I also do that same thing @NovusDies recommended (I use a full shampoo bottle). It makes it increase as expected. It’s usually about the same when I weigh again, but changes a couple tenths, which makes it a little less frustrating. I think I need a new scale haha.

And if you’re anything like the rest of us, you may find it a few more times before you find your next low, and that ok! Constant and never ending improvement doesn’t mean ups and down.

Sometimes I feel bipolar in regards to my self perception. I go from feeling like a huge cant move around fat *kitten*, to thinking I am in high school and can run a sub 7 minute mile still. I have a hard time with actual reality, I am way better than I was, but still no where near I want to be, and my brain has a hard time processing that. Trying to keep the momentum moving forward, or down, on the evil little devil scale. That's my little whine/rant for today lol.