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Step off the scale! Use pictures, measurements, how your clothes fit, and/or calipers to chart progress. Our weight changes from day to day, based on a number of different factors. Here are just a few that will make the scale inch upward temporarily:
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• Hormonal fluctuations. This can account for a few pounds on any given day, depending on your cycle.
• Lack of sleep
• Hard training sessions and soreness will cause water retention
• Increased carbohydrate intake. For every gram of carbs ingested, the body will hold up to 3 grams of water! This is normal and temporary.
• Increased sodium intake
• Stress
• Overtraining
• Inflammatory foods (milk, wheat, processed foods, etc)
• Weight will be higher later in the day, after consuming meals
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And of course, you'll weigh more if you add lean muscle mass to your frame! Gaining muscle and losing fat will look like no progress on the scale, even though you've improved body composition...this is another reason to not stress about weight!- Erin Stern Ms Olympia. I❤her!
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2511 kcal
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Fat: 83.74g | Prot: 145.72g | Carbs: 302.89g.
Breakfast: Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese Spread, Lender's Plain Bagels, Equate High Performance Protein Shake - Banana, Butter, Coffee. Lunch: Great Value Mini Pretzel Twists, Campbell's Chunky Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables Soup, Trader Joe's 4% Cottage Cheese, Great Value Sliced Baby Swiss Cheese, Great Value Pepper Jack Cheese Slice, Sunbeam Large White Bread. Dinner: Equate High Performance Protein Shake - Chocolate, Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter, Strawberries, Great Value Light Greek Nonfat Yogurt. Snacks/Other: Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers, Chocolate Ice Cream Cone, Brach's Orange Slices. more...
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3104 kcal
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Exercise:
Yard Work (gardening) - 2 hours and 30 minutes, Sitting - 12 hours and 5 minutes, Resting - 1 hour and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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