Water Retention?

priyul1000

Hello!

This is my second post on this forum, and after being helped greatly in my last post, with regards to weight loss, I am once again curious.

I have been on a successful weight loss streak over the past year, keeping in a deflict and eating healthy, however, as I near my goal weight, I am slowly increasing my calorie intake and decreasing my deflict (there is still a calorie deflict of around 300) I am moving towards maintaining my weight. However, I had recently consulted my scale, which had resulted in me weighing 2-3 pounds more! Shocked, I didnt know how that was possible. I checked again this morning and it is the same, however, I had also consulted the Nutritional section in MyFitnessPal, and was surprised to see my Sodium intake quite high. So my question is, could these extra few pounds be water weight? I do drink plenty of water everyday, at around 2,5L.

I figured it would be nearly impossible for me to gain two pounds in a day, as I always keep in a strict deflict and track my calories accurately.

All responses well appreciated, thanks!

Helloitsdan

Absolutely.
Keep moving forward as your body adjusts to the incr in food.
Reduce sodium intake a little, 2300mg is good. Some could go less but if you start having muscular cramps, you could be too low.
Incr potassium, magnesium, and zinc, since most people are deficient.

Chilli7777

Yep. Sodium
Stick to healthy limits and watch how fast the scale goes down again

RoxieDawn

You did not gain fat in two days that's for sure.. these links might ease your mind a bit (these are from the stickies Most Helpful Posts)..

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10196160/scale-stress-syndrome/p1