No idea what vlcd is here either.
I've only been doing this for about a month, so my experience is limited. I do an "official" weigh-in once per week, and thus far I have always seen a loss from the previous week. (That's bound to change at some point!
) However, I do weigh myself probably 2 or 3 times each day, both because I'm curious and because it helps me to stay on plan in the same way that writing down everything I eat helps me stay on plan. The fluctuations I see on the scale definitely have a discernable pattern:
-When I've consumed too much sodium and not had enough water, my weight goes up. The increase is usually minimal (less than a pound), and when I get enough water in over the next 24 hours my weight goes back down. The gain is almost certainly the result of water retention.
-When I've kept my sodium in check and consumed enough water during the day, my weight is usually the same at night as it was that morning. Any loss usually comes after a good night's sleep.
-The day after I began strength training my weight was up 2 lbs. This was also most likely water retention (the pain in my quads was intense, and they were noticeably swollen). After two days of upping my water intake, walking on the treadmill to move the water and lactic acid out of my muscles, and taking a small amount of ibruprofen for the inflamation, my weight dropped back down.
The scale is obviously only one measure of how your body is responding to your diet, exercise, schedule, sleep, etc. For me though, at least right now, it's a useful guide to what's happening with my body, and it helps keep me on track with parts of my plan (specifically, managing my sodium and water intake).
Weightloss patterns
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can have a noticeable effect.
