Gained 4 lbs in one week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This exact thing happened to me. Lost 14lbs in about 4 weeks. Then I have bounced around with the next 4lbs for the last 3 weeks. Down 4, up four, down two, up two....

I typically weigh myself on shot day which is only a snapshot of one day...but damn, it is frustrating.

weigh yourself daily and track the trend over time. they day to day fluctuations are normal and just noise. The trend over time/a month is what really matters.

[Anonymous]

Water weight. Your lowest weight could have also been inaccurate. I've lost and kept off 100 pounds and when I was weighing myself every other day, I'd easily see fluctuations of 2 pounds between weigh ins.

[Anonymous]

semi O/T but my very new and reliable scale this morning did something kind of weird? i stepped on it right after i got out of bed, saw the new low number and was so excited, then went to use the bathroom, and jumped back on it expecting to see even lower number - but it showed 7 ounces heavier!!! i literally did nothing else in between except a nice bm so how can this be? am i one of those who gain weight from breathing?!

[Anonymous]

That's water and poop and inflammation. It's very unlikely you ate an extra 14,000 calories that week.

[Anonymous]

That makes sense because when you make changes that rev up your metabolism, your body temporarily retains extra water.

[Anonymous]

This is why I weigh myself at the same time every day and watch the trend. A single day can easily be up 4-5 lbs. When I see a higher number multiple days in a row I know I need to eat more salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I weigh myself at the same time every day and watch the trend. A single day can easily be up 4-5 lbs. When I see a higher number multiple days in a row I know I need to eat more salad.

What is considered a normal amount of weight fluctuation? Since I lost 30 lbs, I’ve seen my weight jump around up/down by a few lbs every week. One week I saw it go up by 4 lbs and it was honestly terrifying because I worked so hard to lose the weight and I hadn’t really deviated from my eating and exercise plan. I feel like I’m living in fear of food/the scale and I’m curious what others have found to be their weight pattern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that I’ve been taking a GLP1 I’m weighing myself a lot after not stepping on a scale for years. Yes, I need to stop that. But it’s interesting that I’ve found that my weight can fluctuate 4-5 pounds in a day even.

Weigh yourself again in a few hours or tomorrow.

Why would you weigh yourself more than once a day. It’s clearly not going to be accurate after you’ve eaten. You should weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you’ve had any food or drink and after you’ve used the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

My weight loss doctor told me I should weigh myself every two weeks to avoid drama like this in my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My weight loss doctor told me I should weigh myself every two weeks to avoid drama like this in my life.

why would it reduce drama? You weight could still have a weird spike if you only weigh yourself every 2 weeks. Where if you weigh daily and see that fluctuations are normal, you take out the emotions and avoid the " I need to starve myself because I gained 4llbs overnight" mentality.