Why did I jump up a pound?

Also, OP, get some perspective.

It's fine. It will go away. Relax and stop micromanaging.

Good job on sticking with it!

I find if I eat mostly the same foods and am sticking solidly to my diet plan, that I don't see much variation weighing daily, but the second I introduce a new drink, food, a few extra calories than normal, it's all over the board for a few days.

A pound doesn't mean squat. Could be anything. What you're doing is obviously working so stick to it and the phantom poop pound will come and go.

This may sound silly, but I'm concerned.... I have been under my calorie goal every day for the past 10 days that I have been on MFP. I have lost 4 pounds. I have been exercising twice a day (at least 2 hours of cardio and some light weights the past few days). I got on the scale this morning and I was up a pound. I make the mistake, I guess, of getting on the scale every morning to check my weight. What could be happening?

Weight same time once a week, hide scales inbetween, i used weigh myself everyday. in the friday i weighed, sunday had sneaky look and looked like i gained 2lb by the friday i had lost 2lb from my original weigh in 7 days on...

Keep in mind that muscle weighs 3x as much as fat.

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To the OP, don't weigh yourself every day. Just for fun I weighed myself the morning of a 40km hard bike ride and the morning after and had "gained" 5lbs after recording what was close to a 1,000 calorie deficit the day of the ride (500 more than normal as I didn't eat back all of my exercise calories) which was just about what I expected as my muscles would have been retaining water.

Seconded. On the weekends when I workout really hard and spend all day doing yardwork and sweating I am usually running a total 1,000 - 2,000 calorie deficit. For the next few days, I will gain between 5 - 6 lbs of water weight after replacing the lost water. But then a few days later, it all comes off and I end up weighing less. So relax, as long as your eating right and keeping up with your exercise, it will come off!

Keep in mind that muscle weighs 3x as much as fat.

I cannot agree with this and I hate when people say muscle weighs more than fat. 1 lb of fat still weighs the same as 1 lb of muscle. Same as feathers, rocks, etc, etc. It's the amount of space that each takes up that is the difference. 1 lb of muscle looks better than 1 lb of fat but the actual weight on the scale is still 1 lb.

Sorry, I digress but that annoys me when people say that.

Hello,

You will drive yourself crazy wieghing yourself every day as food and water will cause flucations. Weight yourself and take inch measurements once a week on the same day and same time of day. Bodies are environments with lots of variables and sometimes this will happen

Also, make sure you're not undereating. You want to pretty much at your calorie goal, eating back much of your exercise cals. On top of that, you may be overtraining. 2 hours of cardio plus weights every day sounds a lot like overtraining which, like undereating, will cause your body to greedily hang on to fat for dear life. Cool it This should be enjoyable and not eat up your entire life. 1.5 h work outs 5-6 days a week is recommended by any fitness/fat loss mag out there. Using a combo of cardio and strength training depending on your goals.

Getting fit and losing weight isn't easy. You may benefit from reading up and educating yourself so you don't do things like under eat and over train. Pick up a copy of Fitness Px Women, Oxygen (my fav), or Women's Fitness, Runners World if you love cardio. Shape is okay for beginners but it's loaded with make up and fashion.

Don't get discouraged