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Perfect eating day and scale goes up???

Has anyone else experienced this? Yesterday I had the perfect eating day after a weekend completely off the wagon and actually now weigh 2 lbs more than I did yesterday! Wtf! Has anyone experienced this? Are the weekend transgressions showing up on my body now? Ugh...I was hoping for at least a bit of instant gratification by way of like half a pound...but gain? I only had about 700 calories yesterday!

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  • The scales are not an instantaneous reward system. This is why many people recommend not weighing daily. String a few more of those perfect days together and I will bet you see results.

  • labwalker
    labwalker

    I experience a four or five pound variation day-to-day, and that is taking my weight first thing in the morning and just before bed. Just watch the new "lows." They are a better indicator of where yo

  • GuyMontag
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    I like to weigh myself every day but you have to really look at it at more of a week by week measure. I had two candy bars yesterday and went down. On the flip side, I have had 'great' days and gain

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The scales are not an instantaneous reward system. This is why many people recommend not weighing daily. String a few more of those perfect days together and I will bet you see results.

This sometimes is the way it is. Plus remember if you ate anything high in sodium you could have extra water weight. Then ask yourself have you pottied.

Some many things effect that number. I jumped Tuesday- Monday I was 188.7 and Tuesday 190.5- WTH- but it is right before aunt flow show up so, maybe that is it.

I experience a four or five pound variation day-to-day, and that is taking my weight first thing in the morning and just before bed. Just watch the new "lows." They are a better indicator of where you are heading. So long as you see a new low weight over a period of time, you can be pretty confident that you are losing. Temporary water weight gain is common. Just taking a shower will leave me with extra weight until the skin dries out.

I like to weigh myself every day but you have to really look at it at more of a week by week measure. I had two candy bars yesterday and went down. On the flip side, I have had 'great' days and gained. It's amazing how much little things can affect our scale day to day such as salt intake, liquid intake, exercise, bowel movements, etc. Don't get discouraged because you thought you were 'good' one day and the scale went up.

One last thought, make sure what you think is a 'good' day really is a good day. I found that when I was trying to eat 'healthy' by eating fruits, oatmeal, and granola, I was actually overdoing it on carbs and gaining weight.

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This is so helpful. I thought it was only me with noticing the "lows" going down!!! Totally agree, I need to string many of those good days together :) also as someone mentioned I totally never lose eating a lot of carbs. I'm sticking to veggie burgers and sashimi (just the fish no rice) a scrambled egg at breakfast...my only carb is a mission low carb tortilla with laughing cow spread around 4pm. Will keep the good days comin!

Good luck.. I've noticed this too but I'm trying to not let it effect my mood and just use it as more motivation

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