What's all this weight gain after hitting your goal weight talk?

knockall

I've heard a few people say that weight gain (a couple lbs) after hitting your weight goal is inevitable, but it's just water weight and such, is this true? So A person finally reaching their goal of 160lbs will eventually pack on a couple pounds?

MarcyKirkton

I assume I will, so rather than my original goal.....which I'm 3 lbs from, I reset it to another 5, so I'm 8 lbs away.

girlviernes

a) you're going to hit your goal weight at a "low" in your natural weight fluctuation
b) when you are eating less you are generally consuming less sodium, fewer carbs (which will reduce water weight), so you can expect a little bounce up in water weight from increasing your intake when going into maintenance.

Kalikel

I don't think it's inevitable. Most people who lose a great deal of weight will regain it, though, so I keep that in mind while I lose. I try not to rely on any single thing that could be changed later. I hope that helps me.

Scale fluctuations within 7 pounds - I don't count those as gains, especially around period time.

crb426

I've noticed that at goal I am a whole lot hungrier.

I'm not sure exactly what it is, but my body's like "yay, we can eat now!"
and I'm like "slow down, I was hoping we could go down a few more pounds"
and body's like "what? but FOOD!"

Something like that.

vespiquenn

This possibility of a weight gain is why sometimes viewing your goal weight as a range may save your sanity. For example, my goal at the moment is 140lbs. Because of normal fluctuations, I can assume for my weight to truly range between 139-145ish. Beyond that is a sign to cut it back a little. I have heard stories of those that maintain that they have luck viewing their goal as such.

AliceDark

It's water retention and replenishing your glycogen stores. Explained in more detail here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/993865/why-you-gain-weight-if-you-eat-more-than-your-cut/p1

Machka9

vespiquenn wrote: »

This possibility of a weight gain is why sometimes viewing your goal weight as a range may save your sanity. For example, my goal at the moment is 140lbs. Because of normal fluctuations, I can assume for my weight to truly range between 139-145ish. Beyond that is a sign to cut it back a little. I have heard stories of those that maintain that they have luck viewing their goal as such.

Yes!

I have never remained exactly the same weight for more than a few weeks in my life. I fluctuate ... a little bit up, a little bit down ...

But I remained slender most of my life by picking a top number (like, say, 145 lbs) and any time I got near that top number, I'd reign in the eating or do a bit more exercise or both.

Unfortunately, more recently, I discovered that if you go over that top number it can become quite easy to justify a new top number (like, say, 150 lbs), especially if life is being particularly chaotic. And then very gradually, over a number of years, you slowly slip into "overweight". So that's something to watch for.

knockall

AliceDark wrote: »

It's water retention and replenishing your glycogen stores. Explained in more detail here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/993865/why-you-gain-weight-if-you-eat-more-than-your-cut/p1

F**kin Awesome! Thank you. It makes so much more sense now