Obesity Support Group

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nicolesfight 05/19/2015

I just don't get this up and down weight all the time. My weight is changing by 3-4 pounds in days. I think it is probably just water weight but it is extremely frustrating.

I just wish it would stop yoyoing by so much. I can understand a pound in a few days but 3-4 pounds is to much.

It's messing with my head and I don't like it. I just don't know what to do, I want to give up but I won't.

deleted_user 05/19/2015

Hi Nicole:
Sometimes, I feel it is best not to weigh every day. I weigh once a month, and can tell by the way I look and my clothes fit. I feel the scale brings a lot of anxiety. As long as we are eating healthy, watching portion sizes, and lots of movement, the weight will come off. Slow and steady is the way to go....

nicolesfight 05/20/2015

I usually try not to weigh everyday, and I don't have a scale at home. But I usually try to weigh at least once a week and it's always so different. I usually won't weight every day but I weighed again today out of curiosity and it was a 4 pound difference, same scale, and I'm essentially wearing the same thing (I wear scrubs everyday). It's just so very frustrating and I for one am so tired of it.

needtoreboot 05/20/2015

DO. NOT. GIVE. UP. ;-)

I do the one thing we're not supposed to do at all. I weigh every day - same time right after my shower. And I track my food using a tracker website. I have some pretty random weight swings as well - although not as high as you. Some days though it IS 1-2 lbs.

Using the food tracker and weighing every day I've found that carbs and salt do me in. Even if I stay under my calorie goal, if I'm over in carbs or sodium, I'll gain. The sodium water weight I can get rid of in a day - the carb water weight takes longer.

I'm a numbers person and probably take this a bit overboard. It's what I've needed to do though to not let it mess with my head and give up.

I'm not suggesting you do the same thing....just know that sometimes, no matter how hard we work at it, our bodies are gonna respond differently to different things. If you're doing the right, healthy things, the weight WILL come off!

jeanielivinglife 05/23/2015

I weight everyday and it swings a lot but weighing daily helps me remember why I am on this journey to be a smaller me.
Don't think it is a good idea because I do get discouraged when it is up after a day I have made good choices. But one day at a time......

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