Huge weight fluctuations?

Hi everyone, I weighed myself this morning and the scale says I was 115ish pounds. I had a doctors appointment at 2 and the scale there said I was 119.5 pounds. Before the doctors visit I ate a normal lunch (I stupidly ate cottage cheese, salt, beforehand!) and drank a ton of water (but I went to the bathroom before I was weighed?). Is it normal to retain so much weight during the day? Is there anything to worry about? I just worry because my weight goes up and down way more than other people's do. Thanks!

Nothing to be worried about whatsoever. I don't have a colon anymore so I don't retain weight from food that well but even so, I can retain about 4 lbs from a day of eating. Also, clothes and differences in scales can make a huge impact on your weight. I can weigh myself on my scale or go to my parents' house and use their scale and I usually vary by about 2 lbs even if my weight hasn't changed. So yeah, don't worry about a 4.5 lb fluctuation.

Different scales = different weights.

 

Always

Yeah, it's probably a combination of weight retained from food and being weighed on a different scale. I'm always at 2-3 or more pounds heavier later in the day... all food weight, haha! And my doctor's scale was literally always wrong... so yeah, just trust the scale you always use at home. Don't worry about the other reading :)

Different scales and the fact you weighed yourself in the morning without food or water i your body yet.

Drinking a lot of water is probably what I would say is the reason. Water weighs a lot but it's SUPER important for your body and even if you did go pee, your body can hold on to water for awhile. So don't worry bout it.