Weight fluctuation!! ARGGHH

[Blueberry]

Muscle? How are your clothes fitting??

It's frustrating, I know. Sometimes I don't quite believe "calorie math" - or else my body decides to be really efficient sometimes....

CA

[Jenn]

That is the ONLY thing that is helping me from throwing the scale OUT the window, is the fact that my clothes are definately loser in the waist and hips but my jeans are a little snugger in my legs but I don't mind that!!
People that haven't seen me all want to know what I'm doing because they say I look great...I just HATE that darn scale, I think I'm just going to stay away from it now on. I'm really thinking about going to the gym and getting a body fat percentage done.

[Kano]

I remember losing for three weeks and then the fourth being up -- could be it's that woman thing.....

FWIW, I always hate that too.

(right now, I'm mostly stuck and happy with having stopped the gain -- I'll take whatever I can get lately!)

Karen in Boise

[Zen]

Throw the scale out the window or for some real fun, put it in the road and watch it get run over.
Don't get hung up on the numbers. Are you trying to make weight for the wrestling team?

[indysteel]

I don't have any specific advice for you other than to keep at it--in moderation. Eleven pounds in 3 weeks sounds like a lot and suggests to me that you actually aren't eating enough. If you deprive yourself too much, you'll trick you metabolism into slowing down, obviously not want you want to do. Remember, too, that you need both salt and carbs to exercise. Fruits and veggies can help with "regularity," but are you getting enough fiber? God knows getting "backed up" can make the scale go up.

[velogirl]

11 pounds in three weeks is not healthy weight-loss. Anything more than 2-3 pounds a week is dangerous -- it can affect your metabolism and your body will begin to catabolize your muscle.

Given what you ate (very few dense carbs) I'm pretty certain that your body is in glycogen deficit and that some of your initial weight-loss is due to a lack of water in your muscles.

Try to be patient with the process. We should train (and lose weight) for life, not a short-term goal. Remember, none of us gained unwanted pounds overnight and none of us will lose them overnight either.

Also remember that we experience cyclical fluctuatins in our weight from day to day and within the day. This can be attributed to water weight (ie how much water we're storing in our muscles along with glycogen).

[Jenn]

11 pounds in three weeks is not healthy weight-loss. Anything more than 2-3 pounds a week is dangerous -- it can affect your metabolism and your body will begin to catabolize your muscle.

Given what you ate (very few dense carbs) I'm pretty certain that your body is in glycogen deficit and that some of your initial weight-loss is due to a lack of water in your muscles.

Try to be patient with the process. We should train (and lose weight) for life, not a short-term goal. Remember, none of us gained unwanted pounds overnight and none of us will lose them overnight either.

Also remember that we experience cyclical fluctuatins in our weight from day to day and within the day. This can be attributed to water weight (ie how much water we're storing in our muscles along with glycogen).

Thank you for the input, and trust me I felt it in my rides. I'm not looking for a fast result,I'm looking for a lifestyle change, and it's just my father is a bodybuilder so he gave me his starting regiment, which obviously is based around anerobic (sp?) activity not aerobic. I 've added more fruits and carbs and am not getting on the scale because I see and feel it in my clothes, not to mention feel my strength on the bike. Your website is such an inspiration!!!
Thanks again
Jenn