How could I gan 4 pounds in 3 days?

KzooRichie

I'm mostly just curious.

I've been eating super healthy and upping my activity for a month and lost ~ 12 pounds. This weekend I ate a ton and (especially drank a lot of beer). Also, I did a lot of hard manual labor. I'm still very sore and fatigued.

I kind of figured all the hard work would cxl out most of the extra calories.

shadow2soul

Water retention from increased activity (muscle repair if your sore), increased carbs, and increased sodium. Combine that with more food in your body waiting to be digested and you can see a decent temporary scale gain.

RoxieDawn

I it is possible. I gained 3 pounds by yesterday morning and I am back down 4 pounds today. I have to give my self a weight range in my goals never a "spot on" weight.

You are retaining a lot of water from the extra carbs you consumed, probably some added sodium in your foods and of course more food in the gut and what still in the body. And DOMS, you are retaining water in those muscles to aid in the recovery..

Give it a day or two, you will get back to your normal range.

km8907

^What she said. Unless you ate 14,000 calories, you didn't gain actual weight. It's probably water weight.

michael_jordan7

What I have found (having lost 130 lbs. over the last 16 months) is that my body is so sensitive to what I eat (which usually is a healthy, fairly low calorie diet) that if I 'let myself go' for even a couple of days my weight zooms up (I have gained 10 lbs on the scale over a bad weekend). Of course this is not fat, as others have said it is water retention, the extra food in your gut, and glycogen, but it does take longer to shed the weight than it did to put it on, at least in my case.

cariduttry

this past weekend, i worked HARD helping my parents move...and the temperature approached the 90's each day. i drank over a gallon of water each day. my food choices weren't awesome, but not awful. i gained 8 pounds, which is water retention due to increased sodium intake and muscle repair. don't fret, it'll be gone in a few days as long as you get back on track!

jemhh

shadow2soul wrote: »

Water retention from increased activity (muscle repair if your sore), increased carbs, and increased sodium. Combine that with more food in your body waiting to be digested and you can see a decent temporary scale gain.

This.

Or you're ovulating or close to having your period.

Wicked_Seraph

Speaking from experience - which many of the good folks on these forums talked me through - it's definitely water retention, and possibly TOM if you have a uterus.

I gained 5lbs over a weekend where I ate pizza, ice cream, and didn't drink as much water as I normally do. Sure enough, I did eventually lose it after about a week and a half.