4 lbs gained in one day?!

its_a_secret459
its_a_secret459 Posts: 21 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 5'4 and yesterday I weighed 122.8 lbs. But today I weigh 126.8 yesterday I had about 1200 calories. What could the weight be?

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  • galgenstrick
    galgenstrick Posts: 2,086 Member
    How was your sodium?
  • PinkDeerBoy
    PinkDeerBoy Posts: 89 Member
    Your weight will fluctuate from day to day. It is better to weigh yourself daily, then average it out for the week and see if your weight is going the way you want it to.
    Also make sure you are properly recording and weighing your food.
  • its_a_secret459
    its_a_secret459 Posts: 21 Member
    It was a bit lower than usual
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Do you weigh yourself at a regular time during the day (such as after your morning business and before breakfast)?

    Your weight fluctuates by several pounds during the course of the day due to water and food intake, excretion, etc.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1

    and

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
  • galgenstrick
    galgenstrick Posts: 2,086 Member
    edited July 2015
    Don't worry about it. Like the above said, take an average. You can't gain 4 pounds of fat in one day, and you can't lose 4 pounds of fat in one day. It's just water weight.
  • its_a_secret459
    its_a_secret459 Posts: 21 Member
    I weigh myself after going to the restroom and before breakfast
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Water retention. Wait a couple of days until it dissipates.
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    I gained over 4 lbs in one day after working my body really hard and my muscles were sore all over. The inflammation caused a lot of water retention while I healed. The weight came right back off after several days.
    I also can gain a few pounds easily in one day at different times of the month just because I'm female. Don't sweat it
  • KateSimpson17
    KateSimpson17 Posts: 282 Member
    its_a_secret459 wrote: »
    I weigh myself after going to the restroom and before breakfast

    good... honestly, only worry about it once a week. A lot of people have recommended you do an average of your weight over the week. Although I weigh myself every day I only count/log what I weigh first thing Monday morning (or day of your choice) it gives me a pretty good idea. I read somewhere quite a while ago that it's possible for your weight to fluctuate up to 5 lbs! I don't know if that's completely accurate if you're weighing yourself at the same time every day, but it's definitely true throughout the day.

    So either average it like others have said, or pick a day of the week to really care!

    PS also, make sure you don't move your scale around and you are weighing on a HARD surface and re calibrate it if you do need to move it somewhere else... I used to put mine up against the wall and then take it out when I needed it and it gave me a lot of false readings (one place I weighed 140, moved it a few inches on the same surface and I weighed 142!) now I have it on the wood floor of my closet in a place where I never have to move it for any reason.

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