I've always monitored my weight by weighing myself at the same time each morning. I was progressively gaining about a pound or so each week, but about 4 weeks ago i stopped gaining. I figured this was because my schedule had changed and i was eating less often. So i started eating more often again. The weird thing was, i started losing weight. I went from 172 back down to 170 steadily for about a week. Then this morning i get on the scale after consistently being 170 for about a week and i weigh 173. I did absolutely nothing different except eating peanuts instead of raisins in my mid day meal. Is it water retention or fat or what?