How is it that weight goes up well within a deficit?

Brocksterdanza

Cico isnt the issue... im running 20 miles a week... weight was down to 259.3 on Saturday morning... this morning I'm over 261. I know i havent eaten 7k calories more than i need to, I'm eating my 2300 which has me at a 1k deficit a day. Could this be water retention? I'm not lifting or anything, so this is new to me. I'm used to gaining initial weight while weight training.

LivingtheLeanDream

Weight fluctuations are completely normal, it is likely to be water retention. Use a daily weighing app to track the trends - as long as overall its downwards you have nothing to worry about
Even for me in maintenance I can fluctuate up or down up to 1.5lbs from day to day.

DebSozo

That is less than 2 pounds up. It will pop back off if you maintain deficit.

lauracups

I've had as much as a 4lb gain then loss in 24 hours, culprit sodium. Check your salt and water intake , if it doesn't comr off in a couple days, double check your logging vs calories burned.

DebSozo

lauracups wrote: »

I've had as much as a 4lb gain then loss in 24 hours, culprit sodium. Check your salt and water intake , if it doesn't comr off in a couple days, double check your logging vs calories burned.

That happens to me when I eat at a restaurant. It takes me 3 days to de-puff.

trigden1991

Water weight and food in-transit all cause weight fluctuations.

malibu927

Have you read this thread? If not, I highly recommend it. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear

ginniepowell

CICO isn't as straight forward as it seems, our bodies are a lot more complicated than that. Although it generally applies as an incredibly basic model weight loss and calorie consumption don't follow a set trajectory. The weight gain you site here is totally normal, even with a fairly small frame I can easily fluctuate around three pounds throughout a day! Don't worry about it, over time it all evens out.

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courtneyfabulous

Sodium, new or intense exercise, high carb intake, hormones (time of the month), stress, inflammation, etc can all cause water weight gain which can add several pounds on the scale. Water weighs a lot actually- next time you weigh yourself do this experiment: check your weight first thing in the morning, then drink a big bottle of water and weigh yourself again. You'll probably gain a pound of 2 on the scale just from drinking that water!

crzycatlady1

Your weight will fluctuate daily due to all sorts of things, not related to actual fat gains. Water retention from sodium, digestion periods, constipation, hormones, water retention due to exercise, weighing yourself different times of day, weighing yourself with clothes on, batteries in scale getting old, scale moved to a different location in your house and the the list goes on.

Focus on your monthly trends, not daily or even weekly.

deannalfisher

if you did a harder workout i find that i retain water for a couple of days during the recovery phase

ninerbuff

It's water retention. And little things such as higher stress and hormone fluctuations affect it. Relax.

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Chadxx

trigden1991 wrote: »

Water weight and food in-transit all cause weight fluctuations.

Exactly, everything you eat or drink weighs something and you will see plenty of fluctuations throughout this process. You basically just gained a glass of water. It is nothing to stress over.

SingRunTing

Definitely a fluctuation. I found that the Trendweight website was very helpful for me to see past the fluctuations. Check it out.