Doing rolling 72-hour fasts I found I can lose an average of 0.25 lbs of body fat per day. If you look at the daily numbers it looks like I'm gaining and losing

Doing rolling 72-hour fasts I found I can lose an average of 0.25 lbs of body fat per day. If you look at the daily numbers it looks like I'm gaining and losing weight really fast, but the trend line over a month is a perfect line with 0.25 slope. Instantaneous measurements of weight are worthless for understanding weight loss. A lot of people freak out when they see the scale go up on a carb heavy day thinking "Oh my god I ruined everything!" Keeping daily measurements in a log and reviewing it once a week makes more sense. Just write it down and forget about it. Keep to the routine and then adjust as necessary during the weekly review. Edit Note: I wonder if there would be a market for a "Encrypted Scale" that doesn't actually show a reading and just saves the weight to a server and gives you a report every once in a while.