gained 6 pounds in one day!! -____-

tasha12004

Yesterday before work i weighed myself as i usually do on Mondays. Well yesterday i drank over 2 gallons of water because i was so thirsty and I stepped on the scale after my workout and i gained 6 pounds! Mind you at first i had a tear in my eye because it feels like such a fall back . How do i get rid of the excess? Should I drink more water? Or should I not drink much water to flush it out... ughh so frustrated.

rileysowner

You drank two gallons of water, what do you think that weighs?

malibu927

When you weighed later, you had more in your stomach, especially with all the water you drank. Your weight fluctuates up and down throughout the day. This is why it's best to stick with weighing at the same time of day every single time.

Maxematics

Really? Food and drinks have weight. I can "gain" 8 pounds in one day from eating. It's gone by the next morning. This is why it is recommended for people to weigh themselves first thing in the morning after using the bathroom.

snickerscharlie

*Anything* that you consumed after your morning weigh-in (including liquids) will add the weight of those items to your overall weight on the scale. Has nothing to do with fat gain.

If you ate a pound of gummy bears, guess what? Your weight would immediately go up by a pound if you stepped on the scale after eating them.

Tacklewasher

What did you weigh first thing this morning?

tasha12004

this morning i lost 2 but i was still up 4 .... so maybe i'll loose the excess later on today?

Tacklewasher

tasha12004 wrote: »

this morning i lost 2 but i was still up 4 .... so maybe i'll loose the excess later on today?

Might take longer than that. I gained 5 lbs one day a week or two ago and it took ~ 4 days to go away.

It's just life.

CSARdiver

My weight fluctuates around 5 lbs throughout the day. This is normal.

Keep drinking water - don't force it, but stay hydrated so that your urine is clear to light yellow. This will pass in ~5 days.

bbell1985

Ugh...you drank 2 gallons of water. What do you expect?

psuLemon

tasha12004 wrote: »

this morning i lost 2 but i was still up 4 .... so maybe i'll loose the excess later on today?

You are within natural body weight fluctuations. Weight loss/fat loss is how you trend over time. And as a women, you have it worse. I hold two lbs from lifting and another 1-4 lbs from whatever I eat/how much is in my GI system.

fitmom4lifemfp

tasha12004 wrote: »

Yesterday before work i weighed myself as i usually do on Mondays. Well yesterday i drank over 2 gallons of water because i was so thirsty and I stepped on the scale after my workout and i gained 6 pounds! Mind you at first i had a tear in my eye because it feels like such a fall back . How do i get rid of the excess? Should I drink more water? Or should I not drink much water to flush it out... ughh so frustrated.

Why do you weigh yourself after a workout? Get up in the morning, disrobe, use the potty, and weigh. That's the only time you need to weigh.

cathipa

Why are you weighing yourself more than once a day?

tasha12004

I have been weighing myself after workouts to calculate how much water i'm loosing(sweating). I usually drink a gallon a day but yesterday i was thirsty all day for some reason. I guess i'm just frustrated because it took so long to get to 166 and now im back to 170.... just because of water..

cathipa

Considering a gallon of water weighs 8 pounds did you not think you would gain something drinking more water than you normally do?

fitmom4lifemfp

tasha12004 wrote: »

I have been weighing myself after workouts to calculate how much water i'm loosing(sweating). I usually drink a gallon a day but yesterday i was thirsty all day for some reason. I guess i'm just frustrated because it took so long to get to 166 and now im back to 170.... just because of water..

It doesn't matter how much water you are losing. It's WATER. Weigh in the morning, and stop obsessing with water weight. You are just making yourself more frustrated.

psuLemon

Weigh yourself in the morning. Also, if you are dehydrated, drink electrolytes or each foods high in sodium/potassium/magnesium.

snickerscharlie

tasha12004 wrote: »

I have been weighing myself after workouts to calculate how much water i'm loosing(sweating). I usually drink a gallon a day but yesterday i was thirsty all day for some reason. I guess i'm just frustrated because it took so long to get to 166 and now im back to 170.... just because of water..

Beats the heck outta being back at 170 because of fat, though.

This weight gain is temporary and has nothing to do with fat gain. Unless, of course, you've also been overeating.

tasha12004

no I eat the same things every day. Just different varieties. I guess I'll just see how the following days go with loosing the weight. Hopefully I'll be back to or less than what I've worked so hard for.

try2again

tasha12004 wrote: »

I have been weighing myself after workouts to calculate how much water i'm loosing(sweating). I usually drink a gallon a day but yesterday i was thirsty all day for some reason. I guess i'm just frustrated because it took so long to get to 166 and now im back to 170.... just because of water..

Yes... *just because of water*! Water isn't body fat and water weight fluctuations have absolutely 0 to do with your progress.

Please OP- weigh once a day and only draw conclusions about your progress over a matter of weeks, not days or hours. Don't weigh after workouts. Your body actually *retains* water after a workout to help with muscle repair.

Ready2Rock206

Oh my goodness girl. Put the scale away. You are going to make yourself crazy. Weight fluctuates - of course you weigh more later in the day, that's how the body works.

tasha12004

This is why I love this site! you guys are so much help! Thanks for the motivation, support, and advise

dbanks80

Is this a joke? Two gallons of water what do you think you would weigh?

incisron

It's just water. Dont worry about it. Once you've peed it all off, remember to weigh first thing in the morning before eating and drinking next time. I used to be so obsessed with water weight that I took laxatives to get rid of it. I know it's not worthy of all that stress now.

Rocknut53

Too much water is not good for you.

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AnthonyX150X

I wouldn't recommend weighing yourself more than once a day. It will drive you insane.

Water has weight. So of course after you drink 2 gallons of water after your workout, you're going to weigh more than normal. That weight gain does not equate to fat gain at all.

Hell if you cut a leg off you would lose a significant amount of weight when you weigh yourself again, but that's not the kind of weight you want to lose right?

ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken

Weigh first thing in the morning after hitting the john and naked. That is how much you weigh. Weighing in the middle o the day and after chugging a crap ton o water and having eaten all through the day is NOT accurate.

I will add, 2 gallons of water in a day is excessive. If you are THAT thirsty you should go see a doctor. Excessive thirst can be a symptom of a disease.

Christine_72

My weight shoots up after only 2 cups of coffee in the morning, which is why i always weigh myself first thing in the morning BEFORE eating or drinking anything. Never, ever later in the day as that weight would be totally inaccurate.

lorrpb

I gain 5 lbs between 8am and noon every day.

Megansmith112712

Keep in mind to gain a pound of fat you have to eat an additional 3500 calories, so unless you at 21,000+ calories over your daily limit it is just normal weight fluctuations. You're weight will fluctuate day to day, don't put to much emphasis on your daily weight.