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Originally Posted by realcdn
If you're going to weigh daily you really have to ignore the odd fluctuations. I'm looking at my own 9 week trend and although it's a very definite downward trend I still see pieces like the clip I attached. The lines are 5lbs apart. So I went up 3.4 lbs in two days. I was not off plan, and nowhere near my period. It took 4 days to come off, and spiked up a little before dropping down again.
I rarely even look at the daily information. I log it and keep the 9-week trend on the screen. As long as it's moving down I'm not worrying about it. I do admit that I sometimes look at the per week info, but it changes day to day. I look at the number from December, and as long as it's relatively stable I don't worry about it.
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Thanks Anne... I know you're right. I just need some TLC today cuz it's hard to see it happen even though I know it's irrational fear driving my emotions... Even I have to admit the chart looks ok - unless I look JUST at the past few days
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Originally Posted by jesca
How are your macros? I'm asking because of the water retention of carbs. I'm currently in Repair where I have to eat 55% carbs and most of that has to be from starch. My numbers are all over the place because of water weight. The more starch I eat the more water I retain. I friggin' hate it and I go up and down 2lbs every other day.
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Macros - run between 40/30/30 and 45/35/20 (I try not to let fat go down to 20, but sometimes it does). I eat very little starch (not none, but not much). I eat veggies, whole grains, some fruits (not usually banana). I do think maybe today is water retention from yesterday's lift, but that doesn't explain yesterday's morning weight gain (pre-lift).
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Also, I find when I'm sleep deprived I go up as well.
Look at your sodium. Make sure you're logging your zero calorie drinks and all of your water. If you find yourself drinking extra liquid, it's probably due to some carb or sodium increase. I find it hard to log zero calorie, things, but if you're that intent on figuring out what happened, that might be a good place to start. Plus calorie free drinks tend to contain a lot of sodium to make up for the missing sugar.
Know that I'm with you girl. I'm all over the place too. I see a nice downward trend on that chart, so just keep up the good work and you'll get there!
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No sleep prob since DH switched to the hard mattress in the guest room 2 nights ago (he hurt his ribs, our foam mattress isn't helping for now). No zero-cal drinks - I ONLY drink H2O, with lemon in it sometimes. I really watch sodium too, as I've seen how evil it can be with the scale (note the "beef jerky incident" this past spring
)... so no, no sodium rushes lately.
Thanks for the support... I wish someone would (could?) post here with an answer... I know if I keep doing what I need to do I'll get there - but there's a little part of me that is scared, ya know?
I might ask Leigh about renting a body bugg - just so I can get that info and add it to my arsenal... I THINK I've figured out my deficit calories, but I am worried about maintanance and how much to add cals back in when I am done losing fat (is there such a thing? God I hope so!)...