Hi everyone. I have been on Induction for 1 month now, lost 10.7 pounds and for the first time, no giving in to psychological cravings! I have noticed lately that I am yo-yoing between .5-1lb up and down while experimenting with food intake. I notice if I go above 1000 calories a day it affects weight loss even thought my net carb intake is under 10. Could someone please shed some insight. The reason I began counting calories was of these fluctuations. I have approximately 32 pounds to left to lose. Thanks

The .5-1 lb up and down thing is virtually all water; you would have seen the same variation (or more) if you had weighed every day when not dieting. And home scales typically have 0.1-0.2 lb variabilities (and that is why they bear labels saying they are not valid for trade or postal transactions).

2 cups of water weigh a pound. And it can be in your kidneys (most of us empty our bladders before weighing), intestines, or retained in tissues due to salt retention or inflammation caused by eating foods you are sensitive or allergic to, or muscles repairing themselves after exercise. Even taking a bath & washing your hair adds water weight as your skin and hair absorb water. Howard Stern once weighed is poop on his (thankfully) radio show - about 1/2 lb, but your intestines typically hold ~10 lbs.

Daily variation is often the reason people suggest weighing only once a week, but I always worried - what if weigh day is a high day? - I might lose motivation. So I still weigh nearly every day and use the variation as information; my software also lets me choose to plot the weight averaged over a few days, a week or month so I can easily see the trend. Since I log my food, I can see that certain foods cause me to retain some water that will come off in 1-3 days. For instance pistachios within my carb allotment (30g net/day) will typically bump me up 1 lb; but I still have them occasionally. Other things like dairy proteins, grains & legumes cause bigger spikes and other health problems, so I avoid them.

I think deirdra nailed it! As long as you're not feeling hungry at 1000 calories I'd say keep going and make an official weight in another month.