Can 10 lbs really be water??

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,337 Member
    Yes, it is possible. I was going the other way, but when my high blood pressure problem was discovered I was put on a diuretic, in the first week I lost 15 pounds even though I was not really dieting. Almost all of that was water. I have had times when I have run out of those diuretic pills and in a matter of days pounds will start coming back on, all water weight. One time 7 pounds in a two day stretch.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    Mr_Ryder wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Are you pregnant?

    Haha. Priceless

    Must be one of those overnight add 10 pounds kind of pregnancies.

    I retained crazy amounts of water when I was pregnant. (Lost 30 pounds in 2 weeks by giving birth to an 8 lb baby. You do the math. :smile: )
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    The body is ~60% water so yeah - very easy to hold onto a gallon depending on your recent salt intake, hormone balance, etc. Far too many variables to identify the root cause.

    Hydrate and wait 3-5 days and you should be back to normal. That's a rough approximation on how long it takes your body to flush.

    Wrestlers are masters at weight management and will take Epson salt baths to accelerate the water loss, or just walk around spitting and limiting water intake, but this is done only to hit their match target. Not a good solution for weight loss.
  • akf2000
    akf2000 Posts: 278 Member
    Can OP update us on this, it's more gripping than TV.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    akf2000 wrote: »
    Can OP update us on this, it's more gripping than TV.

    :laugh: true
  • YvetteK2015
    YvetteK2015 Posts: 654 Member
    akf2000 wrote: »
    Can OP update us on this, it's more gripping than TV.

    Each day I step on the scale, and the number isn't going down. So I think it is what it is (although I still don't know how) and I'm just moving forward. I can't dwell on the negative, I can only think about the positive. Negative thoughts will jut send anyone down a rabbit hole, so I just don't do it.

    So there it is. I someone did gain almost 9 lbs. I take medicine to help me sleep at night, and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I don't know what I do, but I have woken to food in my bed lol. So I am a sleep eater lol. I need padlocks for all the cabinet doors, or a shock system maybe. Such is life.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    YvetteK2015 wrote: »
    akf2000 wrote: »
    Can OP update us on this, it's more gripping than TV.

    Each day I step on the scale, and the number isn't going down. So I think it is what it is (although I still don't know how) and I'm just moving forward. I can't dwell on the negative, I can only think about the positive. Negative thoughts will jut send anyone down a rabbit hole, so I just don't do it.

    So there it is. I someone did gain almost 9 lbs. I take medicine to help me sleep at night, and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I don't know what I do, but I have woken to food in my bed lol. So I am a sleep eater lol. I need padlocks for all the cabinet doors, or a shock system maybe. Such is life.

    Stop weighing yourself everyday for now, wait a week or two and then step back on the scales. In the mean time stay with your deficit and keep drinking enough water.
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