Weighing Issues

[Carbonator]

Okay, I am having issues with my weigh ins. I cannot tell if I am at a stall and need to switch things up or if water fluctuations are masking fat losses.

I weigh myself weekly and for the past several weeks (5+), my morning weight fluctuates between 250 and 248. I noticed that the evenings I eat a lighter dinner result in mornings with a lower weight and vice versa.

So, my question is, how can I tell if I am in a stall? What would be a good way of eliminating water fluctuations from the readings on the scale? Should I take a 7 day running average?

Ugh, its really frustrating. I don't know if I am doing something wrong or if I am on track like I should be.

I know its not a race, but I don't want to be in the same weight range 6 months from now knowing that I could have fixed the issues earlier.

I got my measurements done a few weeks ago at the gym, but I am not scheduled to get them again until the end of May.

[Rebbekka Mead]

Re: Weighing Issues

I wish I had the answer for you as I have the same question.

Looking forward to "someone's" reply!

[atkinsgal08]

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This is the "problem" with weighing only once a week ... you don't see the daily fluctuations.

When I was losing, my "official" weigh day was Monday, but Tuesday/Wednesday would very often be the lowest weight of the week.

If you want to have us review your menu, we can.

Also ... this may just be your body trying to figure things out ... until we see a menu, it's hard to comment.

How much water are you drinking?

How many net carbs from vegetables?

How many net carbs altogether?

How many calories?

[2big4mysize]

Re: Weighing Issues

measure yourself since stalls are no inches lost too.

are you working hard in the gym? if so you could be adding new muscle mass which will show up as pounds on your scales but inches of body fat will still be seen as shed.

are you clothes fitting any loser?

if not, have you read chapter 15 of your DANDR to see if you have carb creep or lessening of active lifestyle?

[Carbonator]

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The stats below are from my food log.

February -
average calories - 1,925
Fat - 143 grams (67%)
Protein - 124 grams (27%)
Carbs - 30 (6%)

March - to date
average calories - 2,047
Fat - 163 grams (72%)
Protein - 112 grams (22%)
Carbs - 29 (6%)

The carbs are not net. I average between 18 and 30 net carbs daily. On the higher carb days, I get about 15 grams from veggies. On the lower carb days, its usually closer to 7. The remainder of my carbs come from eggs, cheese, salad dressing, tea (cound 1 carb per 12 ounces).

Water may be an issue. I probably have only been getting around 40 ounces daily of pure water as of late.

I am sensitive to sodium, maybe I should decrease my intake and see if it helps?

typical menu:

B - cup of scrambled eggs with bacon pieces
L - grilled fish filet or chicken with sauteed cup of veggies and side salad
or sausage link with salad and ranch
D - 2 cups steamed veggies with shrimp
or cauliflower with cream cheese and breakfast sausage
or ground beef patty with cheddar cheese

S - if i have a sweet tooth (3x week maybe), I will have some cream
cheese with splenda and vanilla

I am not in induction anymore (need to change my title). I say I am more on Rung 1, but I do not get enough veggies everyday to add to the reccomended total. I would say 3 out of 7 days I get 15 grams from veggies. The other days are typically around 20 net carbs and lower in veggie carbs.

[2big4mysize]

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if you do lower your sodium intake be sure you replace the fats that were there should you remove your bacon from breakfast as part of that sodium issue.

[Carbonator]

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Regarding working out, that is about when my weight loss seemed to stop. I started doing a cardio weight lifting class at the gym in February. I attend the class 3-4x a week. If I can get cardio in other than that I usually do. I have not been to the gym in the last week and a half due to sinus/allergy issues, but will restart today.

clothing sizes - its hard to tell because all the clothes I wear are stretchy material. I do not fit in my fitted clothes just yet. I am a few pounds off from that.

I heard before that your body has weight memory and if you were on a specific weight for awhile on the way up, then you may stay on that weight for awhile on the way down. Do not know if that is true, but I was at 250 for a long time before I went all the way up to 265. Just a thought, but sounds more like an excuse to me

[2big4mysize]

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I added pounds of muscle when it seemd like the scales were never going to move as they had before and shrunk my body fat from around 25% to less then 18% with only 4 total pounds gone on the scales.
it was quite an eye opener about how we should not rely on scale numbers when judging our atkins success.