weird weigh-ins?

[Greenwitch]

This is so strange. Yesterday I went out for dinner with dh. Great dinner, drank lots of water, all safe LC foods. Just before bed I had an urge to weigh myself. 327.5 (or 327, I can't remember). So there I am all thrilled. I go to bed. I wake up in the morning, stand on the scale and it says 329!!

NORMALLY you'd think a person would weigh less first thing in the morning than before bed after a large dinner, right? So what the heck is going on? I know it's crazy!

Anyone else have this happen?:daze:

Bev

[Kandra]

I was going to post this in your journal today but got busy and forgot to get back there (took off early from work to catch a movie). I had a scale that started doing strange readings from time to time. It just started after I'd had it for years. Then I discovered it got real picky about what part of the scale I stood on and I could move my feet and lose or gain 5 pounds. So I bought the Tanita and now I get body fat measurements that are wacky, but so far the weight part has been stable. My point is that it might be the scale. If it has a battery I'd check it or change it out if you keep getting strange readings.

I agree that it really isn't logical how a person can gain weight while taking nothing more into itself. The only thing I could think of is if the body converted protien into muscle during sleep, would it weigh more as muscle tissue in the morning? :q:

[Charran]

I've had this happen on several occassions. I think most of the time I can attribute it to water gain from eating something that was salt laden. The weight usually came off by the next day after drinking lots of water.

[Barbara55]

I'm pretty sure it will be your scales. Either due to a low battery or an imbalance that results in different weights depending on where you stand.

Its worth investing in a set of expensive digital scales if you dont want to expereince the kind of disappointment you just experienced.

Dont be disheartened though. Keep up the great work.

Barbara

[stacy0912]

this happens to me too much i say but for a woman it's normal. your weight will fluctuate greatly if your getting near your ovulation time...we as women are our lightest the week after our TOM but after that week the scale will go all over the place for the next 3, at least this is that way with me. i fluctuate in the span of a month within 6-7 pounds. it's like this every month. i think i lost then the next day it's back with a vengeance, 4 days later i've lost that weight plus 1 more pound. this is the price we pay for weighing every day :lol:
we go crazy :bash: :bash: :bash:

also, i agree with the above poster. you even said you drank lots of water during dinner. if there was hidden salt in what you were eating you're probably retaining much of that water for the next day until you pee it out. but i guess it doesn't make sense since you drank the water then weighed and it was 327, went to bed boom, 329. i'd go with the fluctuations of the female body.

[Barbara55]

I fully support Stacy0912 comments about the effects of the menstrual cycle on weight. I am also lightest and lose the most weight the week after TOM. I usually only lose weight two weeks out of 4, the two weeks before TOM I often gain with no apparent reason. It is so frustrating but beyond a womans control. If you sit it out time will take care of the fluctuations