Dr. Ashley Lucas explains why the scale lies. Water retention, hormones, digestion, sodium, and stress cause daily swings that have nothing to do with fat loss. Stop expecting the number to drop every week.
The scale is not the best progress marker and it will drive you crazy if you just keep stepping on the scale and expect it to go down every single week. The scale is going to shift based on day to day weight changes that are driven by water, by hormones, digestion, sodium, and stress. If you are around your menstrual cycle, for example, a lot of women will gain significant weight. Like I've seen women at PhD gain 68 pounds in a matter of a few days just from holding on to water. So hormones definitely impact. You just need to recognize what else is going on in your life when you step on the scale and it's not budging or not moving in the direction that you expect it to.
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