A Couple Questions About Weight Loss

**jlynne7589** · 08-12-2011 07:41 AM

hi im new here im 22 and i am 5'3 and currently weigh 175.4 i started out at 185 and ive been on my diet for about 2 weeks the first week i ended at 177 guessing water weight.. i started this monday at 177 and i weighed 175 yesterday i went to weigh in this morn and i gained .4 pounds didnt do anything diff yesterday and im wondering how i can just gain weight out of no where i skated for 45 mins yesterday just like everyday didnt eat anything diff so im guessing its water weight because my period is coming soon like within the next couple days and since im new to the diet world im wondering if this is going to happen everytime and if im ganna have to work twice as hard to get the weight off or if its just ganna fall off like the weight in the first week will? thanks for all you advice and answers in advance.. ps i drink about 9 bottles of water a day if that helps

**snooks** · 08-15-2011 02:28 AM

I would suggest that you didn't weigh yourself everyday because it is very normal to have fluctuations even although you do nothing different. Once per week is sufficient to keep a track on things. Good luck with your regime. A healthy diet and plenty of exercise are definitely the way to lose weight and keep it off.

**Beautiful Disaster** · 08-15-2011 07:09 AM

Great job on your current weight loss. Consider checking out the Fitness Challenge thread as there is a lot of useful information in there about how to effectively lose weight. Weighing yourself daily is one of the worst things you can do. As women our weight fluctuates all the time. It will rarely EVER be the same day after day because there are so many factors: water retention, digestion, etc. It's a bad habit to get into, so correct that now or you'll drive yourself crazy. If you must, weigh in once a week.

Consider logging your food on a site like LoseIt (google it) or something similar. That is what we're doing in the Fitness Challenge thread. It has brought to light so many things to us, where we fall short, where we need to change, etc.

It's not about dieting, it's about balancd nutrition and exercise.