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This might be more true for a male than a female. Buildup of water in the body changes a lot and has nothing to do with what you eat. So measure your weight is

by Moru 2y ago

This might be more true for a male than a female. Buildup of water in the body changes a lot and has nothing to do with what you eat. So measure your weight is very dangerous for your motivation if you eat almost nothing and still gain weight.

adrian_b 2y ago
The buildup of water may change a lot, but it is not random. When you eat similar things each day and you do similar amounts of physical activity, the buildup of water will also be mostly the same. That is why during a weight decreasing diet or weight increasing diet you must observe a mostly constant diet. If you eat wildly different kinds of food each day, with very variable amounts of carbohydrates and salt, then yes, you will not be able to monitor accurately your weight, due to the variable hydration of the body. Also one must be aware that while gaining weight appears to happen instantly after a day with copious meals, frequently due to increased amounts of water retained in the body, at the beginning of a weight decreasing diet there can be a significant delay, e.g. of a week or even more, between decreasing the daily food intake and the beginning of weight decreasing. Only after the weight has begun to decrease steadily (when the body has already decreased the metabolic rate to a minimum, in order to minimize its food necessities), then you can see the direct influence of greater or smaller daily intakes of food on the rate by which the weight decreases.
- Moru 2y ago
  It's not random but it is also much larger variables than just what you eat. The body is very complicated. Women has the added fun of a monthly period and when that one stops, they have the even worse menopause. Not to mention a lot of difference depending on medical problems that anyone can have. It's great that it works for you but it does not work for a lot of people. It's very frustrating that after eating exactly the same things and amounts for years, still the scale is jumping around just because of day of month.

by Moru 2y ago

adrian_b 2y ago

The buildup of water may change a lot, but it is not random. When you eat similar things each day and you do similar amounts of physical activity, the buildup of water will also be mostly the same. That is why during a weight decreasing diet or weight increasing diet you must observe a mostly constant diet. If you eat wildly different kinds of food each day, with very variable amounts of carbohydrates and salt, then yes, you will not be able to monitor accurately your weight, due to the variable hydration of the body. Also one must be aware that while gaining weight appears to happen instantly after a day with copious meals, frequently due to increased amounts of water retained in the body, at the beginning of a weight decreasing diet there can be a significant delay, e.g. of a week or even more, between decreasing the daily food intake and the beginning of weight decreasing. Only after the weight has begun to decrease steadily (when the body has already decreased the metabolic rate to a minimum, in order to minimize its food necessities), then you can see the direct influence of greater or smaller daily intakes of food on the rate by which the weight decreases.

Moru 2y ago
It's not random but it is also much larger variables than just what you eat. The body is very complicated. Women has the added fun of a monthly period and when that one stops, they have the even worse menopause. Not to mention a lot of difference depending on medical problems that anyone can have. It's great that it works for you but it does not work for a lot of people. It's very frustrating that after eating exactly the same things and amounts for years, still the scale is jumping around just because of day of month.