I feel so bloated...

hhnkhl

Ok, so after about a month of a very low sodium diet with a high potassium diet...
I lost somewhere between 8 to 10 kg in over a month.
Anyway, so it was my wife's birthday...so I decided to take that day off from the sodium diet.
So I had a sandwich for breakfast with a Coca Cola Zero...
Lunch I went to a seafood buffet...
Dinner we went to a chinese restaraunt.
Ok, so I must have not been paying attention to my sodium intake "obviously"
lol...I gained 7 kgs the next morning...since I always weigh myself in the morning...
I figured it was just water retention.
So I went about my low sodium diet once again...
Anyway, so 3 days have passed since then... I am still 5 kgs over -_-;
Did I really consume so much sodium...that water retention can happen for a number of days?
Please explain...I am confused.
I didn't go over my calorie intake either since I decided to ignore the sodium for the day...but still focus on the calories and portions I would consume.
I have difficulty understanding what is going on.

PS, I drink about 2 liters of water a day.
My low sodium diet is 300-500 mg a day.
Potassium is less than 2,000 mg a day.
Calories intake is somewhere between 1,300 to 1,600 a day.
I consume beef, salmon, tuna, salad, tomatoes, bananas, sweet potatoes, jalapenos, chicken breast. tofu, beans, potatoes, etc.

Nony_Mouse

Patience, Grasshopper . You know you didn't go over your calories, therefore it can't be anything but water weight. That's quite an impressive amount though!!

I had some water weight gain at the start of last week (oh but you were so delicious pizza!), took 5 days for the scales to get back to where they had been (and another couple to show this past week's loss).

dottyb1tchmouse

I get major water retention whenever I go out for a night of drinking and it usually takes several days for my weight to go back down. Sometimes it can take up to a week. It's frustrating but it will go away eventually.

hhnkhl

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

Patience, Grasshopper . You know you didn't go over your calories, therefore it can't be anything but water weight. That's quite an impressive amount though!!

I had some water weight gain at the start of last week (oh but you were so delicious pizza!), took 5 days for the scales to get back to where they had been (and another couple to show this past week's loss).

wow...sodium really does play games with the human eye...
ahhh.... thanks for the prompt response. I'll just be patient.

MysticRealm

water weight can last several days. Now that I exercise most days (mostly cardio based due to a race I'm doing in September) I odn't often see much in the way of water weight, but I used to be able to gain 4-5 pounds and have it last for a good 4-5 days.

hhnkhl

Thanks for the answers guys ^^ Really appreciate it.

jennifershoo

7kg as 15 pounds?! Wow!
Drink a lot of water

hhnkhl

jennifershoo wrote: »

7kg as 15 pounds?! Wow!
Drink a lot of water

Yes....So sad...
I think I was craving sodium foods...so I ended up consuming those lol...ahh

jemhh

Three days? Pfft. Last time I went sodium crazy it took two full weeks for me to lose the 4lbs that came with it.

hhnkhl

lol...wow...so sodium water retention actually takes about a week or two to fully disappear...

Nony_Mouse

OP, can I just ask why you are doing such low sodium? Is this a medical thing?

DKG28

I'm with y'a! Right number of calories but a couple days of processed foods and bam! Weight goes up. Day 3 of waiting for it to come back down while I drink lots of water and cut back the sodium.

wizzybeth

Nony_Mouse wrote: »

OP, can I just ask why you are doing such low sodium? Is this a medical thing?

I was going to say the same thing -- our body needs sodium! Why so low? My friend was put on a low sodium diet by her doctor and it was limited to 1500 mg per day. I can't imagine something that low!

holly55555

I don't know kgs but you can gain 10 lbs in water in a day, so don't worry! Sodium messes with your water retention (and how it appears on the scale) and that's why a lot of people avoid it. But it doesn't affect your fat loss!

hhnkhl

No particular reason. I just want to lose some body fat so I switched it up a bit. More potassium instead of sodium. Taking in little sodium is better than none I figured.