woke up to 5 extra lbs

Kayyi

hey all, so every Sunday I weigh myself, just to gather my weekly weight loss... and Monday I can woken up thinking it was Sunday, and noticed I had randomly gained 5 extra lbs. I know weight fluctuation is normal, but I've never had it change that much. Any advice?

janejellyroll

I can "gain" five pounds due to where I'm at in my menstrual cycle. Eating heavy meals or high sodium foods can also cause temporary weight gain.

daydreams_of_pretty

Chill out. Stay the course. Accept that it's normal to have fluctuations. Ignore the scale. Eat at a deficit. Just be cool.

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JenniDaisy

Is it just before your period?
I've been known to gain 10lbs of water before my period.

juggernaut1974

Kayyi wrote: »

hey all, so every Sunday I weigh myself, just to gather my weekly weight loss... and Monday I can woken up thinking it was Sunday, and noticed I had randomly gained 5 extra lbs. I know weight fluctuation is normal, but I've never had it change that much. Any advice?

You answered your own question.

My advice? Quit obsessing over individual data points and concern yourself with the overall, long-term trend line.

chamblisk

What did you eat last? Has everything been moving through? What time of the month is it? Stick to your weekly weigh-in. It is less variable then the folly of daily weigh in. If you think you over ate, had a lot of salt, didn't "remove" the digestion left-overs, etc., etc. you can adjust today. But, as long as you see an over-all downward trend, don't sweat the daily stuff.

Allelito

janejellyroll wrote: »

I can "gain" five pounds due to where I'm at in my menstrual cycle. Eating heavy meals or high sodium foods can also cause temporary weight gain.

Same here. First time this happened to me, I was confused but stayed patient because I KNEW I had been sticking to eating at a deficit so the weight will come off.
And yup, it seems like I "gain weight" right before my period, so the day I got it, my weight dropped by over 3 pounds that morning.
Might be something like that, or just a regular flunctuation. Don't worry!

fitfabforties

it's so annoying, I hear ya!!!!....yesterday morning I weighed 134.8lb....worked out in the morning, ate decent during the day, certainly not over 1500 calories, walked briskly for about an hour during the day, and woke up this morning to 136.7....WTH??....water retention?? glycogen in the muscles?? who knows???....there are a lot of factors that could account for the gain, just keep up with lots of water, measuring, weighing and logging accurately, stay active and it should drop off again very soon....you got this!!!

tesha_chandler

Like the others have said, periods can play a big role in weight. Also, if you have done a hard work out, your body will retain water to repair your sore muscles and I believe it can hold up to around 5 pounds. Please don't get discouraged.

sarahdinwoodie

If you are doing a weight training program of any kind, when you build muscle you will likely gain a little weight. I know we all love to see the number on the scale go down, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's more about how you feel and when you look at yourself are you happy with what you see.

Justygirl77

It is common, but not normal to have big weight fluctuations around menstruation. If a big weight fluctuation is only due to a period cycle, it's a hormonal imbalance. I find the scale to be a helpful indicator. If I gain 5 lbs all the sudden, I like to know why! If I eat a heavy carb, high sodium meal, well then I asked for it! If I didn't drink enough water and am now constipated, I'll weigh heavier and that is pretty easy to remedy. Yep, agree, weight training adds a little extra weight from sore muscles holding water.

amy8400

Give it a couple days and reweigh. Fluctuations happen. If it still seems off, install fresh batteries. Weight loss can take days to register on a scale. Don't be discouraged.

amcook4

Very common. After a sodium bomb of a day I "gained" 7 pounds overnight. As you already said, weight fluctuation is very normal

ncboiler89

Danielle_Husband wrote: »

Chill out.

This advice is applicable to a large percentage of threads in this forum.

tberrycastle

Water weight! Just wait it out...stay on track and it'll disappear in a few days just as surely as it appeared.

07of09

I don't think you should worry too much about it. I co-sign with a lot of the other commenters on here - a five pound fluctuation could be caused by so many things: too much sodium in your diet that week which leads to more water retention, your menstrual cycle, some cold and flu medicines or allergy medications with steroids in them, even if you haven't had regular bowel movements.

Don't stress. If it really bothers you, tune back in with your body for the week, do a couple of days of detoxifying with some leafy green juices or smoothies, and focus on your longterm goals.

juggernaut1974

07of09 wrote: »

I don't think you should worry too much about it. I co-sign with a lot of the other commenters on here - a five pound fluctuation could be caused by so many things: too much sodium in your diet that week which leads to more water retention, your menstrual cycle, some cold and flu medicines or allergy medications with steroids in them, even if you haven't had regular bowel movements.

Don't stress. If it really bothers you, tune back in with your body for the week, do a couple of days of detoxifying with some leafy green juices or smoothies, and focus on your longterm goals.

Darn...you were doing so well until you fell into the derp in your last statement.

SLLRunner

Kayyi wrote: »

hey all, so every Sunday I weigh myself, just to gather my weekly weight loss... and Monday I can woken up thinking it was Sunday, and noticed I had randomly gained 5 extra lbs. I know weight fluctuation is normal, but I've never had it change that much. Any advice?

Unless you ate 15,000 plus calories over your TDEE, I'd say that's pretty normal.

SLLRunner

07of09 wrote: »

If it really bothers you, tune back in with your body for the week, do a couple of days of detoxifying with some leafy green juices or smoothies

No, just no. This is poor advice and 100% unnecessary.

Justygirl77

I'm a big fan of green protein smoothies!

07of09 wrote: »

I don't think you should worry too much about it. I co-sign with a lot of the other commenters on here - a five pound fluctuation could be caused by so many things: too much sodium in your diet that week which leads to more water retention, your menstrual cycle, some cold and flu medicines or allergy medications with steroids in them, even if you haven't had regular bowel movements.

Don't stress. If it really bothers you, tune back in with your body for the week, do a couple of days of detoxifying with some leafy green juices or smoothies, and focus on your longterm goals.

Kayyi

Thanks everyone for the advice! I guess I was just a bit thrown off with the big difference, normally I see a couple lbs so I panicked. But a lot of the comments do make sense!