Fluctuations Confusion

bawalker11
bawalker11 Posts: 78
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone else experience their weight loss fluctuate a lot, even through my routine stays the same and I am always within calories one week I will lose 2 or 3 lbs and another week half a pound, any idea why this is?!

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    most people see weight variations of +/- 2 pounds during a day - the water content of the body isn't tightly controlled.

    Scales can also wander around a bit.

    If you weigh progress over a month the little wobbles won't confuse the overall trend.
  • danifo0811
    danifo0811 Posts: 550 Member
    I'll say water.

    I retain 1-2 lbs if I take an advil, eat anything with yeast, have sore muscles, don't get enough sleep, eat salty food.... If I'm not well hydrated those have bigger impacts.

    I also find sometimes when I'm losing weight I hold onto water and then randomly drop the weight. I weigh myself everyday so it is really weird to drop 2 lbs overnight and not have done anything different.
  • iqbalkaurthin
    iqbalkaurthin Posts: 19 Member
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