1200 treat meal at weekend

Coffeemonster22
Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
in Food and Nutrition
I have stuck to 1200 calorie diet for the past 6 days and lost 2lb in the first week. However we had a take away last night, only treat (I want to be able to allow one per week) and now I feel like my efforts have been wasted as I weighed my self this morning and I have it straight back on :( is this normal and have I just ruined my whole weeks efforts?

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    With only 15 pounds to lose, you more than likely have your goals set to aggressively anyway (should be about 1/2 pound a week). Log this and move on, you'll be fine.
  • ASG_21
    ASG_21 Posts: 82 Member
    It's most likely sodium, which can cause a huge amount of water retention. Give it a few days and most (if not all) of it will be gone. Don't stress about it--Consider this instead: To gain 2 pounds, you would have had to eat 7000 calories above your maintenance calories! I highly doubt that you could have managed that with one treat meal.

    If you're going to make treat meals a weekly thing, you just need to keep in mind that you will retain water after a high-sodium restaurant meal, and don't stress over the fluctuations that come with that! :)
  • butlersoft
    butlersoft Posts: 219 Member
    a 1lb loss is a 3,500 kcal deficit. Unless you ate 7,000 calories OVER maintenance in one meal, it will not be 2lb of fat you've "gained" .... more likely it'll be water weight which will go again over the next couple of days....
  • Coffeemonster22
    Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
    Thankyou for your replies, it was a kebab so prob very high in salt?? Good to know you can't put that much weight on from one meal no matter how bad it is. I'm new to this so trying to get my head round the deficit, calories, maintenance thing....
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  • ithrowconfetti
    ithrowconfetti Posts: 451 Member
    If it was a kebab, it's most likely water weight. Kebabs are known to be notoriously high in sodium, with the average serving containing around 6 grams of salt, which is around the usual RDA for the average person. Do drink plenty of water over the next few days, and weigh yourself then.
  • Coffeemonster22
    Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
    I am 25, 5ft6/7 and started at 9st7lbs then dropped to 9st5lb before the kebab ;) I weighed 8st10 before having my daughter so I want to get back down to that weight again. I've started on the water already so hope to shift it again.
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  • Coffeemonster22
    Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
    Yeah 9st7 is roughly 133lbs. I just feel like I have that little bit to loose because I was smaller before and know that I would feel more confident in my self if I got back to how I was...
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  • Coffeemonster22
    Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
    Helpful :|
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  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    edited November 2014
    Coffeemonster22 wrote: »
    Helpful :|

    Turn your confidence switch to parenting.
  • Coffeemonster22
    Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
    Well come on!! A response saying 'okay' is hardly worth typing is it. It adds nothing to the thread. Fred I'm not going to stoop that low. Oh dear.
    Thankyou to everyone else who answered my questions.
  • jaquelynny
    jaquelynny Posts: 94 Member
    NEVER WEIGH YOURSELF AFTER A TREAT MEAL! it takes a few days to get rid of that water, salt bloat
    i have a cheat meal/day every saturday. sunday i do extra cardio and drink a lot of water maybe cut my carbs a touch, then i am on point the rest of the week. be consistent and see results
  • jaquelynny
    jaquelynny Posts: 94 Member
    jaquelynny wrote: »
    NEVER WEIGH YOURSELF AFTER A TREAT MEAL! it takes a few days to get rid of that water, salt bloat
    i have a cheat meal/day every saturday. sunday i do extra cardio and drink a lot of water maybe cut my carbs a touch, then i am on point the rest of the week. be consistent and see results
    i wanted to add to this that that cheat meal sets me right and i lost fat consistently, dont only go by the scale try on clothes and take pics
  • Coffeemonster22
    Coffeemonster22 Posts: 8
    Thanks jaquelynny. I think I lost very quickly in the first few days that I kept weighing my self to check it actually happened. I will take photos, what a great idea, I suppose it's easier to see the difference that way.
  • jaquelynny
    jaquelynny Posts: 94 Member
    absolutely np- if you want you can check out my bodyspace at bodyduilding.com (same screen name)-i showed what i looked like at various points in progress, i always measured by pics and old an highschool tight pair of pants, inch by inch until i got them up, and then able to button them, and then able to button them with room
  • maria0elisa
    maria0elisa Posts: 199 Member
    Go for a run- mistake cancelled out! Or cycle/walk for 2 hours if you don't like running?
    or dance around to your favourite music for an hour?

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