Help please! 2kg up on yesterday!

It's definately nothing to worry about. As fatpaddler1 said, out bodies fluctuate quite a bit in terms of the water we carry. This can be affected by our carbohydrate intake, exercise, water consumption and hormonal changes.

There's not way you gained 2kgs of fat in a day, it's not possible. Remember that a kg of fat is 7700 Calories ABOVE maintenance.

There's nothing wrong with taking your weight each day, but you have to bear in mind that this can happen and not get disheartened. What you really want to do is keep track of the trend of your weight. Peaks or troughs should be ignored and the overall downward trend is what you are looking for.

Again, don't worry, this is entirely normal.

Thanks... i really was baffled... I totally understand where people say don't weigh yourself every day... but after many many failed attempts in the past the only way to keep my head in the game this time is by weighing in daily to remind myself of how far i have to go as well as how far I have come...

If i skip a day so does my motivation!

I see you have around 70 kg to lose. This may take you a couple of years to do or more.

It took me 2 years to lose 31 kg and I'm nearly at goal weight. I did it slowly so as to retain my muscle mass. The scale was always a source of frustration for me so I've been religiously taking measurements, taking photos, body fat %. Not just focussing on the scale. When the scale wasn't budging (and it happened all the time lol) I went by how my clothes fit and the comments people were giving me. Even though I have only lost 1 kg in the past 6 months I have become so much thinner. People think I've lost a lot more than 1kg. If I haven't seen someone in a couple of months they say they can tell i'm getting thinner. (even if the scale hasn't moved)


I'm glad I found other ways to motivate me because if the scale was the only method I would've given up ages ago. Its demotivated me and led to nothing but frustration. I kept persisting though and eventually the scale would move again. Sometimes it wouldn't move for weeks or months at a time even though I was losing heaps of fat!

How about finding another motivation such as tracking the exercise you do each day and recording your achievements!

good luck! you can do it!

I also measure myself once a week as another guide to use. I know some of the workouts I do are designed to build muscle which will weigh more than fat so that although I might put on weight I will be getting smaller.

You can buy a body tape for around £4 online.

Let me give you a different take on the daily weighing: I like to weigh in daily (even several times a day) as I learn a lot about myself, the scale, etc. - as you just found out too. Although you will have questions when you see stuff you begin to understand and think about the previous day and can usually assign why they scale took that big jump up or down. You also become less sensitive to the way it swings around during the day or day-to-day.

Conversely, if you were a "once a week" weigh in person and happened to step on the scale yesterday when you were up due to what ever reason - imagine how de-motivating that would have been for a week of what you thought would be a loss? And there you are seeing a gain which in reality was likely just water.

Learn to use the scale as a tool for telling you far more than your weight and it can tell you a lot about your life - but also tie in other things like a tape measure, clothes fitting, etc.

Don't fear the scale - understand it.

I really agree with this here! I weigh daily and it has been a great thing for me for these same reasons.

Let me give you a different take on the daily weighing: I like to weigh in daily (even several times a day) as I learn a lot about myself, the scale, etc. - as you just found out too. Although you will have questions when you see stuff you begin to understand and think about the previous day and can usually assign why they scale took that big jump up or down. You also become less sensitive to the way it swings around during the day or day-to-day.

Conversely, if you were a "once a week" weigh in person and happened to step on the scale yesterday when you were up due to what ever reason - imagine how de-motivating that would have been for a week of what you thought would be a loss? And there you are seeing a gain which in reality was likely just water.

Learn to use the scale as a tool for telling you far more than your weight and it can tell you a lot about your life - but also tie in other things like a tape measure, clothes fitting, etc.

Don't fear the scale - understand it.

Yeah, I'm up about 4 pounds from the weekend. Probably sodium and water retention from hormonal stuff. Drink lots of water!

HI, I know how you feel about this, last week I was within my calorie goal everyday and got delivery of my cross trainer on Saturday so started using that now. On Sunday I did 30 minutes cross trainer and a 15 mile walk (took 5 hours), I weighed myself on Sunday night and on Monday morning I was 2.5lbs heavier. I usually way less in a morning than a night and there is no way I ate 8750 extra calories in my sleep, lol.

I told myself it is water retention but still not happy about what the scales say.

Stick with it

I really agree with this here! I weigh daily and it has been a great thing for me for these same reasons.

Let me give you a different take on the daily weighing: I like to weigh in daily (even several times a day) as I learn a lot about myself, the scale, etc. - as you just found out too. Although you will have questions when you see stuff you begin to understand and think about the previous day and can usually assign why they scale took that big jump up or down. You also become less sensitive to the way it swings around during the day or day-to-day.

Conversely, if you were a "once a week" weigh in person and happened to step on the scale yesterday when you were up due to what ever reason - imagine how de-motivating that would have been for a week of what you thought would be a loss? And there you are seeing a gain which in reality was likely just water.

Learn to use the scale as a tool for telling you far more than your weight and it can tell you a lot about your life - but also tie in other things like a tape measure, clothes fitting, etc.

Don't fear the scale - understand it.

I third this. I've gone through phases where I weigh myself once a day, and phases where I weigh myself once a month. Nothing wrong with either, just understand what's going on.

In the summer I will weigh myself before and after a run to help understand my hydration situation. Biggest change once: 10 lbs.

did you eat salt or sodium (more than usual?) I am so snesitive as I eat little I have gained 2lbs of water overnight before.

Mostly it's the sodium content in diet that is causing water retention.

Being a female, it's useful to know that time of the month will also cause weight gain despite all those workouts. I have noticed myself gained around 1 to 2kg one week before menses starts. By the time it started, I am 4kg heavier. Now close to Day 3, I have dropped 3kg.

Thank god I came here for answers as this was my scale story this morning.thankx everyone.feeling optimistic and motivated to keep going.