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This is something I've been wondering since I started Atkins. How much does weight generally fluctuate around TOM? I've looked online but can't really find anything very helpful! I would appreciate any advice on this! Thanks!
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~Amy~
5'7", 24 years old
(Re-)Starting Weight- 225-- Current Weight- 164.5 -- Goal Weight- 150
1st mini goal- 200lbs : Met 5 March 2008!l 2nd mini goal- 185lbs : Met 3 December 2008!l 3rd mini goal- 170lbs: Met 5 February 2009! l 4th mini goal- 160lbs l Goal!- 150lbs
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i can gain 5 pounds over night. This is a very very individual number though and some don't fluctuate at all. Some even lose more during TOM. -
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I can easily gain between 7 and 9 pounds of water weight, almost overnight. About 2/3 of the way through my week, it starts coming off again. I actually don't mind it. TOM shouldn't have anything to do with losing fat, so when your body is out of sorts with water retetention,you should still be losing - just not according to the scale. Usually I find that at the end of my cycle, I notice a nice drop in weight when I lose the water again and I am finally able to see what I have lost that week.
I'm on induction week one, and it's also TOM for me, so I'm interested to see what the scale says in a couple of days. Even with water retention, I've lost 5 pounds in the past 4 days.F/40
Back to sensible eating again after a long time.
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Mine is about 5 and it starts a day or two before TOM and leaves in the middle of the week.JILL
HW 298
HW (this time) 248
GOAL ONE 228 (take 2)
GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
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I started a week before my TOM...weigh day being Monday. The first week I lost 10 pounds. The first weigh in being the day I actually started my TOM. Then the end of the second week. I weighed in with another 2 pounds gone and that was with a 3 previous days of hoteling it and not having total control of everything that went into my food and not getting my water in.
It is a very individual thing.Elsie150
Female 44, 5'
SW241/CW215/GW150
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For me, it's a big deal. I either gain that week or I don't lose anything at all. Once TOM is gone my weightloss resumes.~Nichole
Female/Back on the wagon 04.13.08
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5 for me, too. I feel like a waterballoon most times...but then it all goes away.
Hope that makes you feel better
~Lisa~
F, 37, 5' 7", Medium Frame
I've been to the edge of 240something and I ain't going back!
CW: 188
GW: 165
1st Goal: 180
2nd Goal: 175
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Thanks Guys! I've been having wild fluctuations around this TOM and since I'm just restarting I have no idea how I'm doing yet! I'm up five pounds one day and down five pounds the next! I know weight fluctuates from day to day but mine is usually at most a pound or two! I've decided to just not weight for a week or so and hopefully I'll be straightened out by then! Thanks again!~Amy~
5'7", 24 years old
(Re-)Starting Weight- 225-- Current Weight- 164.5 -- Goal Weight- 150
1st mini goal- 200lbs : Met 5 March 2008!l 2nd mini goal- 185lbs : Met 3 December 2008!l 3rd mini goal- 170lbs: Met 5 February 2009! l 4th mini goal- 160lbs l Goal!- 150lbs
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Excellent idea to stay off the scale!!
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I gain at least 5 or more a week before TOM hits and it stays with me until I am done. YUCK!Comment
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