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Is my scale broken?

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waitweight · 18/02/2026 23:05

I tried sertaline for a few weeks at the end of last year. Wasn't for me so I stopped but gained more than half a stone (possibly also the holidays and letting normal habits go a bit!) I've been weighing myself more often and I've slowly been shifting the weight, suddenly today I'm another 3 kgs heavier! How can that be? Just Monday I was 3 kg lighter.

I weigh myself in the morning without clothes before I've eaten (and after I've had a poo!), seems like a lot for water weight? Also incredibly demotivating, is this just how it is in perimenopause? I'm 44 approaching 45.

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waitweight · 18/02/2026 23:09

And also any suggestions for shifting weight at this age welcome. Objectively I know I'm not overweight (165 cm, somewhere between 59-62 kg currently according to my fickle scale) but feel best around 55 kg and cannot seem to shift this weight at all.

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