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I've been maintaining my weight for a while now but lately it's been rising so I've adjusted calories accordingly, but I'm curious what you see as an acceptable "fluctuation" when you're maintaining?

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A gallon of water weighs about 8lb, and that's the biggest swing I've seen in a day so that is my tolerance in the upward direction. Downward I don't worry about now because I weigh more than I want to but when I was skinny my downward tolerance was a line not a difference from what I weighed , so- I'm 5'9" and now maintaining 150 when I'd rather be 140lb, 158 is startling but if it goes away the next day or two I know it was water retention for muscle repair, and I don't worry about weight loss; when I was stressed and 122lb I was very careful about weight loss because 120 is my hard line, and did not worry about weight gain.

So 8 lb in the up, I will watch that but not freak out immediately.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

My perspective is a bit skewed. I don't want to maintain. I want to lose weight. Actually, I should rephrase that. I AM losing weight. 330 at my heaviest. 243 as of this morning. I don't have a final goal. I'm going to keep losing weight until I don't feel like a fat piece of shit.

I set little goals. I WILL hit 240. And when I hit 240, I'll aim for 230. And when I hit 230, I'll aim for 220. You see where this is headed. Eventually I'll be 0 pounds, and start becoming negative weight, where my presence becomes anti-matter, and I become a fascination to scientists around the world!!!

Actually I never thought about it. I never thought what weight I should stop at. It's not 243 though. I still have a belly.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Haha, keep up the fight! Sounds like you're on good way to becoming anti-matter

[–] Outwit1294 2 points 4 days ago

This is a good approach which I have used in the past. But it is a good idea to pick a target because motivation is lost when the loss slows down.

[–] Outwit1294 4 points 4 days ago

+/-1%.

To be noted that I check my weight daily and use 1% as a warning sign that things might not be at maintenance. When it crosses 1.5-2%, I definitely know and take action.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

About 6 lbs.