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Am I the only one whose weight does not fluctuate?

CouleeRunner
CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I see a lot of posts here about people's weight fluctuating day to day by upwards of several pounds and I am surprised by it.

My weight never does that. In fact, if I weigh myself every morning at the same time I am always the same weight until *boom* I am down a pound or so and then I am the same weight again daily until I lose again.

In fact, I started weighing myself in the morning then again at night and there is always only ever a pound difference (I guess from food, drink, etc.)

I wonder if there are others who experience this as well?

PS - not a scale addict - just wanted to experiment after reading all the posts about fluctuation.

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  • stef_3
    stef_3 Posts: 173
    My weight generally stays within a pound unless I go way over my cals cuz of a party or something then it sometimes goes up 3lbs or so, but back down the next day.
  • gary8964
    gary8964 Posts: 69
    Mine is the same way. I weigh myself at the same time everyday(right after the "ahem" morning routine) and it is the same until the scale moves downward and then it seems I plateau for a while and the process repeats itself.
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
    I just lost 10lbs.of water weight in 3 days this week. It's nuts, but I don't let it get to me. I think the water weight came on due to carb binging (within maintenance Calories) and much sodium the week prior.
  • loreleijade
    loreleijade Posts: 16 Member
    Yeah, I'm pretty much the same, except for the fact that the fluctuation between morning and night is somewhere around 1.5 pounds.
  • FitBridget
    FitBridget Posts: 30 Member
    Mine doesn't fluctuate either. I've tested a few times, if I weigh myself at night, I'm about 1 pound up, but I can weigh every morning at the same time and be the exact same until I actually lose a pound. I also drink a lot of water though, so I assume I don't fluctuate because I don't have issues with water retention, and I never weigh right after a meal. From my non-scientific reading, weight fluctuations seem mostly to be due to water retention or undigested food (which can weigh quite a bit).
  • CouleeRunner
    CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
    Mine doesn't fluctuate either. I've tested a few times, if I weigh myself at night, I'm about 1 pound up, but I can weigh every morning at the same time and be the exact same until I actually lose a pound. I also drink a lot of water though, so I assume I don't fluctuate because I don't have issues with water retention, and I never weigh right after a meal. From my non-scientific reading, weight fluctuations seem mostly to be due to water retention or undigested food (which can weigh quite a bit).

    Interesting. I drinks lots of water and I am pretty regular so that might be it. Thanks
  • foremant86
    foremant86 Posts: 1,115 Member
    Mine usually doesn't fluctuate unless I eat something high in sodium, like the pasta i had from pizza hut last night :)

    but if I eat clean then no it does not fluctuate. It's only when i eat processed crap that the scale goes up suddenly the next morning.
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