Has this happened to you and why?
Hi
I think my scale is possessed !!
I am 7 weeks out and have lost 30lb and i am pretty happy, because i feel good and i am loosing BUT the scale (which i have used over the past year or so and is very accurate) will sometimes fluctuate within 3-4lbs in a day. and what ever weight i am at seems to go up a 1-2 lbs before i drop down to the next weight loss. I know logically this doesn't make sense but it is whats happening. Is this or has this happened to you and what is the explanation if you know?
I think my scale is possessed !!
I am 7 weeks out and have lost 30lb and i am pretty happy, because i feel good and i am loosing BUT the scale (which i have used over the past year or so and is very accurate) will sometimes fluctuate within 3-4lbs in a day. and what ever weight i am at seems to go up a 1-2 lbs before i drop down to the next weight loss. I know logically this doesn't make sense but it is whats happening. Is this or has this happened to you and what is the explanation if you know?
46_11tobeme
on 12/2/11 11:03 pm - NJ
on 12/2/11 11:03 pm - NJ
Weight can fluctuate throughout the day so only weigh once a day, preferably in the morning. As to day to day fluctuations - I am with you. I have only lost 1 lb in the past 2 weeks, but the scale has gone up and down. Stay off the scale for a few days - although that is easier said than done. Every night I tell myself that I will not weigh for a few days, and in the morning i step on the scale anyway. There are some people here who only weigh at the MD office - I wish I could do that but I am too afraid still that this is not going to work for me and I am not going to lose weight so every day I need to check.
The scale is the devil, so dont spend too much time with it!
The scale is the devil, so dont spend too much time with it!
It happens. It's water weight, not fat re-gain.
If you work out hard, your muscles retain water to repair themselves. If you eat lots of sodium, your body holds onto water. Hormone fluctuation causes water gain. Rebuilding glycogen stores causes water gain.
You are not going to gain or lose 4 pounds of fat overnight, it's jus****er. My advice is to begin to look at the number on the scale as something that is "merely interesting and curious," instead of as concrete proof of your progress or lack thereof.
Weight loss is not a linear process. It is a stair-step, unpredictable process. Sometimes I will lose a pound a day for 3 or 4 days, and then not lose again for a week. Sometimes I lose half a pound a day for a week, then stall or go up a pound for another. There's really no rhyme or reason to it. When I start to get frustrated, I pull up my weight loss graphs on myfitnesspal and see my overall progress since the beginning of the process. It puts things back into perspective.
If you work out hard, your muscles retain water to repair themselves. If you eat lots of sodium, your body holds onto water. Hormone fluctuation causes water gain. Rebuilding glycogen stores causes water gain.
You are not going to gain or lose 4 pounds of fat overnight, it's jus****er. My advice is to begin to look at the number on the scale as something that is "merely interesting and curious," instead of as concrete proof of your progress or lack thereof.
Weight loss is not a linear process. It is a stair-step, unpredictable process. Sometimes I will lose a pound a day for 3 or 4 days, and then not lose again for a week. Sometimes I lose half a pound a day for a week, then stall or go up a pound for another. There's really no rhyme or reason to it. When I start to get frustrated, I pull up my weight loss graphs on myfitnesspal and see my overall progress since the beginning of the process. It puts things back into perspective.
" I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things." Ghandi 
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