Lost weight but gained some back in a week?

Question

So I’ve been trying to lose weight. I’ve gained 5lbs in quarantine and I’ve decided to do something about it. So for the last 3 weeks I lost 1lbs. Which I’m not mad because I know losing weight takes time. I eat healthy and clean throughout the week. On the weekend I allow myself to eat “normal” and by normal I allow myself to eat traditional home cook meals. I still portion my food so I don’t over eat. So last week I weighed myself and that is when I reached my 1lb lost. So this morning I decided to weigh myself and noticed that I went up .5lbs. I know it’s nothing but I felt a little disappointed because I finally lost a pound. I am on my period right now so I don’t know if that can affect the scale. I also do majority weight training as a workout. I’ve been wanting to grown the booty and tone the legs. So idk if I gained any muscle in the 3 weeks. Also a bit TMI but I’ve been a bit constipated. So idk if that can also affect my scale. 
Any tips for keeping the weight off. Or any tips at all? ￼￼

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Like the others have said your weight can fluctuate throughout the day, normally when you wake up and you go to the bathroom and you empty your bowels, that’s usually the best time to weigh yourself because that’s the latest you’re going to be. Throughout the day whether it’s water consumption, whether it’s the food you eat is sodium your lack of sleep stress anxiety you name it it affects the number on the scale it can be anywhere from 1 to 3 pounds in a day of a difference. If I don’t sleep, even if I have 1000 cal deficit and I walked 8 miles, I can still have weight gain, I weigh one number in the morning and I weigh a totally different number at night and sometimes even if I weigh myself midday there’s a difference as well, don’t focus on the scale, don’t focus on The increase or decrease and allow that to be something that breaks you and your motivation to continue on, continue on sometimes the scale doesn’t move but you still lose weight, sometimes you notice in your clothing but our in the mirror but there’s no change on the scale, I remember one time I went clothing shopping and normally with me I lose weight from my top half before I lose weight for my bottom half, so I would drop bra sizes the band with etc. but unfortunately my bottom half took longer, one day my body shifted, I was trying on clothes at the store and I Must have tried on four different sizes and they were all too big, and I was in shock and I’m freaking out and are in the dressing room and they’re asking me if I’m OK I said I can’t believe I drop four pant sizes￼￼￼. Eventually your body will let go of what no longer serves it. Stop focusing on the scale, weight loss is more psychological than anything, which is why we emotional eat we stress eat we binge eat we fluctuate also with our cycle we have cravings we have you name it and every time you eat out as well when you shift from eating how you were eating better to eating bad foods that are high in sodium and stuff of course you’re going to gain weight but you counteract that with more water or more walking or whatever exercises you’re doing. If I know I’m going to eat at P.F. Chang’s that is super high in sodium I have to literally drink eight glasses of water in one sitting at the meal so I don’t feel horrible later because it’s a shock to the system. Be patient, just keep at it, remember one bad day doesn’t mean that it’s over tomorrow is another day. Not to be so hard on yourself and give yourself some grace on the bad days, we all have them.￼￼

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Anything can have an effect on the scale within a few lbs. water weight, salt intake, constipation, sugar intake... your weight is always going to fluctuate a little. Don’t let it derail you, it’s not real weight gain until it stays there for a few weeks. For me, five lbs has always been a lot harder to lose than the higher amounts of weight. Your body tends to be more stubborn with those few lbs.

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I think you are making it all about weight, and that's not going to serve you well- these are all such small amounts of weight, which a lot of people fluctuate, especially within 2lbs to 5lbs, and it doesn't mean anything at all about health or even body composition, as you noted regarding muscle gain. 
It seems like you have a slightly unhealthy relationship with the scale, so I'd stop weighing yourself & keep the healthy habits like working out, ditch the goal about weight.

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This is why dieting usually doesn't work. When you start eating normally you would gain the weight back. Maybe use healthier ingredients to make your normal food. Like... Instead of white rice, you would use brown rice, etc.
I would suggest having a healthy balanced diet.  Which would allow you to maintain it and it would become a lifestyle.

Lost weight but gained some back in a week?

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