I'm going to flip a lid!

[kimpossible67 608]

I've been in a stall for awhile. I go up-down 3 lbs. No biggie. I've been busting my butt the last week exercising. I walked 9 miles yesterday, 8 the day before. Did yoga for the 1st time and some ballet warm-ups. Really pushing myself. I finally broke thru the stall. Down 3 lbs!!! Yay!!!

I just did my daily weigh...I have gained the 3 lbs back!!! Wwwhat?

There's not a part of my body that isn't sore. Even my hair hurts :/

[CanyonBaby 1,852]

Stop weighing and start MEASURING!!! Use a measuring tape for results that will tell of your success. The scale won't always do that!

[maggiemayuk 106]

That's why I only weigh twice a month. There will inevitably be daily fluctuations due to all sorts of factors, but remember that if you are exercising and keeping to an eating plan they won't be anything to do with gaining fat. You have to eat around 3,500 extra calories to put on a pound of fat, so you didn't eat an extra 10,500 calories in one day to put on those 3lb did you? Very unlikely! Also remember that muscle weighs heavier than fat, but takes up less space pound for pound, so the advice to check your measurements is good, but I wouldn't do that every day. I work on a Saturday and wear the same pair of formal pants each week and even when I don't feel any lighter or smaller they have been getting looser even during a stall. I have had a couple of stalls, but as I only weigh twice a month never once have I got on the scales and found I've gained.

Keep up the exercise, sounds like you are doing brilliantly.

[kimpossible67 608]

I do measure but I've misplaced my note from right before surgery with my before stats. I don't normally freak out weighing daily. Stalls don't bother me. It's just I've tripled the amount of exercise and was hoping to break the stall. I was just bummed that it didn't stay the same.

I weighed at 5 minutes to midnight, gained 3 lbs. I weighed again when I woke up at 5 am, back down 2 lbs.

[sweetie716 270]

If you weigh at the same time each day (within a couple of hours), you'll get more consistent results. But weighing at night and in the morning had always been a big difference on my scale too. I normally try to weigh when I get up before eating/drinking and with nothing on. The scale can swing 5 pounds in the course of a day and that's normal.

[2babutterfly 483]

I weigh first thing every morning...and I have to not let it put me in a bad mood if I don't like the number. I can retain 2-3 pounds of Fluid sometimes. If you've been watching your calories and moving those numbers will show it eventually.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

A stall is no weight change **up or down** for three weeks. You are experiencing normal weight fluctuations. I regularly fluctuate 2-3 pounds from AM to PM.

Increased exercise is good but muscle retains Water after a workout and it weighs more in volume.

Use the scale as a guide, not as an overall indication of your health. Measure weekly or just let your loosening clothes be your guide.