same weight for 3 days?

Because you may have seen a fluctuation that just happens to equal the same amount?

Because weight loss is not linear?

Because weighing yourself everyday can show these sorts of things?

Just cause?

I can see the same weight for 5 days in a row and then lose 2 lbs the next day.

I tend to stay the same or even go up a pound for three weeks or so. Then, suddenly, I'll lose 5-6 pounds. Stick to your guns, it'll come off again.

The scale can drive one crazy. You could be retaining water due to normal hormone changes, or from higher sodium intake, and that would be reflected in your weight. I once had a 3 pound change from one day to the next. No way I ate 9500 excess calories in a day. Don't pay too much attention to the scale. If you have to, weigh yourself weekly, or even monthly.

ive stayed the same for about 6 weeks but ive stopped worrying because i can see my shape changing and im losing inches.

Your body has to use 3g of water to store every gram of glucosol. Therefore, energy stored as glucosol weighs more than the same amount of energy stored as fat. As I understand it, your body stores carbs and protein as glucosol if they are not burned immediately, and stores fat as fat...

When you first start creating a moderate calorie deficit, it is common to see a rapid weight loss over the first week or two, which is burning off those glucosol stores... people call this losing "water weight" because 3/4 of the actual weight loss is the water no longer needed because the glucosol it was being used to store has been burned.

As you go ahead, you then start burning more fat. But what happens on any day is going to depend on the order you do things. If you have a low glucosol store balance, and eat a low percentage of your day's calories during the day while being active, you body will burn fat stores. Then, later in the day you consume the remainder of your day's calories, including a good portion of carbs. Your body has already fueled itself while you were doing the earlier activity, so this energy is stored away, including by replenishing those glucosol stores. You've successfully reduced your body fat percentage that day, but due to the weight in the water with the glucosol stores the next day you may have put on as much as a pound or two. You've made progress, but the scales won't show it at that point. Of course, that pound or two will burn off just as easy as the initial glycosol stores, but in the interim your weight change is confusing.

I weigh myself every day, which I personally think is better than less frequent weigh-ins that could fall on a high or a low day. The key if you're regularly weighing yourself like this is to be aware that a week or more of little change on the scales is not something to be worried about if you're continuing to track calories in vs. burned. When I look back at the same day of the week one or two weeks earlier, I nearly always find that the net change across this period is *exactly* as predicted, despite the variable pattern in between. So don't fret... just keep with the program!

I plateau for around 9 days every 2 or 3 weeks, then it comes off quicker than I expect... Been at it for 6 months and it's been like that the whole time. Stick with it and it will come off!

Stay strong!

Are you a lot overweight or just needing to lose a little bit of extra? Sometimes with being a lot overweight your body will plateau and that does stall. Remember, it diet-land, 3 days really is nothing. Just keep going. But if you're working on losing that last bit of extra, it's likely that your body is just adjusting or gaining muscle. I wouldn't worry about it too too much either way. Especially if you're not overeating and you're not missing workouts. Chances are it's just a hormonal thing or a water weight thing. I think you'll be fine.

I actually refuse to own a home scale because of obsessive weighing. )

I don't obsess as much as I miss the instant gratification. At one point, I was losing .6 lbs a day, now it stays the same for a few days and then goes down after 5-6 days. I still use the scale every morning, but not as a guide just for my own knowledge. I don't let it get me down.

I find the same thing as Jennw29 :-)

Don't worry, keep persevering. I make sure only to log my weight officially here every 1-2 weeks, but measurements more often, that way I get a better record of progress, and not one that demotivates me.

Really interesting to read everyones comments , i've had all the same issues , no weigth loss for ages them 2lb in 2 days etc .. good to know.

Stop weighing yourself all the time. People give too much credit to the scales.

Here is a good article to read: http://www.shape.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-strategies/help-why-does-my-workout-cause-weight-gain

Think you meant to say "glucose" - glucosol is something very different

You were right that I was wrong, but what I actually should have been saying was "glycogen".

I don't drink many diet sodas, but my other observation I've had is that it looks like when I do, my weight loss flattens out/weight goes up initially, and isn't on the expected track for a few days, maybe even five days, but then will suddenly reset itself and I'll drop fast to exactly where I'd have expected to be by that date anyway. Still not 100% sure this is due to the diet drinks, but beginning to suspect they cause me to store more water or similar... So they don't effect the actual calorie deficit and true progress, but they throw out my ability to monitor it. Interested if others have seen something similar...