gained 6 pounds in one day!! -____-
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I have another worry from a Herculean thirst. It could be a sign of diabetes. Does your pee smell fruity?1
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This is why I only weigh once a week, at the same time and same day each week.0
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Hi.
Drinking 2 gallon (7.56 litres) in a short amount of time - particularly if you usually drink far less than that - is enough to dilute the electrolytes (particularly sodium) in your blood to the point that it can interfere with bodily functions.
Forget what the scale says, if you experience dizziness, nausea, confusion, muscle twitches, severe headache, seizure, can't walk straight please get yourself some urgent medical attention.0 -
2 gallons of water is like - nearly 8 litres? Hell. Water toxicity is a thing - Google it. It can be fatal.2
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EbonyDahlia wrote: »2 gallons of water is like - nearly 8 litres? Hell. Water toxicity is a thing - Google it. It can be fatal.
This. That sounds like a dangerous amount of water to drink, even if you spent the whole day trekking through a desert.
Particularly - and I'm not saying you are, I don't know you - but if you were drinking this amount of water out of any kind of anxiety relating to losing weight - that would be worrying.0 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »*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.
Actually untrue
I've weighed ate then weighed and weighed the same your body won't always show a small amount food up otherwise we'd all be hugely heavier by the end of the day as our food can weigh a lot it's more complicated than eat 1lb food weigh 1lb heavier0 -
I have another worry from a Herculean thirst. It could be a sign of diabetes. Does your pee smell fruity?
I have never heard of this until last night. Apparently, my MIL asked my wife if I had diabetes because I pee like a race horse. But I also drink almost 200oz of fluids a day..
But then again, my 16 month son has had the ability to pee through every brand of diaper, even if we put a pad in it. And we both have fantastic blood work.0 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »*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.
Actually untrue
I've weighed ate then weighed and weighed the same your body won't always show a small amount food up otherwise we'd all be hugely heavier by the end of the day as our food can weigh a lot it's more complicated than eat 1lb food weigh 1lb heavier
A lb isn't a small amount of food. Where do you think the physical weight of the lb of gummy bears you just ate disappears to immediately after ingesting it? Answer: No where. If you re-weigh immediately after you eat them and you're not a lb heavier, it's because your scale is either inaccurate or it rounds to the nearest increment.
It would be the same as if I weighed myself, got off, grabbed the bag of gummy bears, just held them in my hand and then jumped back on the scale. The only difference is the weight of them is now being carried in the bag instead of in my body. 6 -
That could be the sensitivity of the scale at fault. Some scales won't detect small increments.snickerscharlie wrote: »*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.
Actually untrue
I've weighed ate then weighed and weighed the same your body won't always show a small amount food up otherwise we'd all be hugely heavier by the end of the day as our food can weigh a lot it's more complicated than eat 1lb food weigh 1lb heavier
Then there are rounding errors. For example (using kilograms), let's say I weigh myself and the scale says 99.6kg. My scale only displays to 1 decimal place, so 99.6 could be short for 99.55kg. If I then eat 9g of gummy bears, my weight will go up to 99.64, which will be rounded down to 99.6kg, and hey presto! No change in the scale.
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You are putting yourself into a panic, creating needless anxiety. Stop weighing yourself multiple times a day as a start. I expect you knew it was all water weight and you hadn't had time yet to flush.
Pick the morning as your regular weigh-in and expect some fluctuation day to day. Drink enough water so your pee is clear, don't over do it.1 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »*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.
Actually untrue
I've weighed ate then weighed and weighed the same your body won't always show a small amount food up otherwise we'd all be hugely heavier by the end of the day as our food can weigh a lot it's more complicated than eat 1lb food weigh 1lb heavier
Of course it's true. You really believe that if you step on the scale, weigh yourself, step off and eat one pound of something, and then step back on, that you will NOT be 1 pound heavier? Where do you think that weight goes???
Obviously over the course of a DAY, it is converted to energy/fat, and yes I usually DO weigh more at night than I did that morning, unless I had a very long drenching cardio session. That's normal.4 -
EbonyDahlia wrote: »2 gallons of water is like - nearly 8 litres? Hell. Water toxicity is a thing - Google it. It can be fatal.
If you research what your body can do water intoxication is almost impossible unless in a short period of time. Your liver is able to filter 33 ounces of water per hour. So if you times that by how many hours your awake in the day it's more than 2 gallons...0 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »*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.
Actually untrue
I've weighed ate then weighed and weighed the same your body won't always show a small amount food up otherwise we'd all be hugely heavier by the end of the day as our food can weigh a lot it's more complicated than eat 1lb food weigh 1lb heavier
You need a new scale, you don't defy mass and gravity calculations by moving an object from outside to inside your stomach..1 -
I have another worry from a Herculean thirst. It could be a sign of diabetes. Does your pee smell fruity?
I have never heard of this until last night. Apparently, my MIL asked my wife if I had diabetes because I pee like a race horse. But I also drink almost 200oz of fluids a day..
But then again, my 16 month son has had the ability to pee through every brand of diaper, even if we put a pad in it. And we both have fantastic blood work.
For conversation's sake, perhaps they are thinking of diabetes insipidus which is characterised by polydypsia and polyuria (excessive thirst and urination) and is quite separate to diabetes mellitis.
Not suggesting you have it, but diabetes insipidus is a disorder of anti diuretic hormone or kidney response and doesn't necessaryily show on blood work - more looking at the specific gravity of the urine.
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I have another worry from a Herculean thirst. It could be a sign of diabetes. Does your pee smell fruity?
I have never heard of this until last night. Apparently, my MIL asked my wife if I had diabetes because I pee like a race horse. But I also drink almost 200oz of fluids a day..
But then again, my 16 month son has had the ability to pee through every brand of diaper, even if we put a pad in it. And we both have fantastic blood work.
For conversation's sake, perhaps they are thinking of diabetes insipidus which is characterised by polydypsia and polyuria (excessive thirst and urination) and is quite separate to diabetes mellitis.
Not suggesting you have it, but diabetes insipidus is a disorder of anti diuretic hormone or kidney response and doesn't necessaryily show on blood work - more looking at the specific gravity of the urine.
Interesting. I guess its possible that is what they thought.0
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