How much weight can you gain in one week?

FaryRochester

so whats the realistic amount of actual weight you can gain in one week from over eating?

I'm usually very precise in my calorie counting and never go over maintenance but this week I've not been as careful with tracking. I've also had about 2 shots of vodka every nigh this week, which is not the norm for me at all (I usually don't drink).

my weight has gone up 5 pounds this week. Its also not TOM so I cant blame hormons. I'm still hoping most of it is water weight though cause it cant be 5 pounds of fat!so how much of actual weight do you think I gained?

sofchak

First and foremost, hope you're okay. Going from not drinking to drinking 2 shots a night every night for a week is a little extreme to me (coming from the perspective of a non-alcoholic drinker myself).

With that said, logically speaking you can do a rough evaluation to answer your question by thinking of the standard 3500 calories = 1 lb (gained or lost). Did you drink/eat over 3500 calories extra this week? 7000 calories extra? You get where I am going with this... if not, then it's probably just water weight or another variable causing a temporary gain. Wait a few days, weigh yourself, and make a judgment call from there on next steps.

lorrpb

1 lb for every 3500 cals of overeating over maintenance, plus 2-10 lbs water weight.

sijomial

I can gain weight (not fat) at the rate of 1lb/day without doing anything extreme or outright gluttony.
The morning after my last 10 day vacation I was up 10lbs.

Best guess - 3lbs of that may have been fat.

StaciMarie1974

2-3 pounds, in my opinion. Plus a few pounds of water - but that part goes away within a few days.

mfp71817

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CharlieBeansmomTracey

you asked this question in another post as well. but you said 4 lbs this post says 5 so which one is it?
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10577821/can-alcohol-make-me-gain-4-pounds#latest

jessiferrrb

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

you asked this question in another post as well. but you said 4 lbs this post says 5 so which one is it?
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10577821/can-alcohol-make-me-gain-4-pounds#latest

the difference is negligible, no?

CharlieBeansmomTracey

jessiferrrb wrote: »

CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »

you asked this question in another post as well. but you said 4 lbs this post says 5 so which one is it?
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10577821/can-alcohol-make-me-gain-4-pounds#latest

the difference is negligible, no?

sure but still a lb is a lb in my opinion lol which for the op Im sure most of its water weight like most said

AnnPT77

If I worked really, really hard at it, I could probably gain about 0.5-.75 pounds per day, but I'd have to work at it with great determination, and I'd be stuffed and bloated throughout, big time. A larger person could probably gain faster (I'm 5'5",: 120s).

If you haven't been pretty miserable every day from over-consumption, it would surprise me if you'd gained more than a pound of fat. The alcohol's under 200 csls, and if you ate only a bit extra it's probably only another few hundred - but you're in a better position to estimate.

Bottom line: It's mostly water weight, likely from extra carbs/salt. Get back on course, and it'll drop off.

tuckerrj

I gained 13 lbs. in one week while on a cruise where every meal was an "all you can eat" buffet.

L_Master

I'd think if you were seriously determined you could probably gain 10lbs in a week give or take. I could see eating 6-10k calories per day, especially if you avoided most of the healthier options.

The two vodka shots are like 150 calories (70 per shot or so), maybe closer to 200 if at a bar or something, so that's not adding significantly to your weight. Worst case, half of a pound from the alcohol. As long as you haven't been binging hard as well you're fine.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

I gained 21 lbs. in a weekend once, but most of it was water weight. Probably only 5-8 lbs. of it was other than water.

Klmom123

tuckerrj wrote: »

I gained 13 lbs. in one week while on a cruise where every meal was an "all you can eat" buffet.

This cruises will get ya every time! I have also gained 10 lbs on a one week cruise. Between the fruity drinks and buffets at all hours.

inertiastrength

I could probably gain 10lbs of weight in a week... 2 of fat if I really tried lol

SLLeask

You have asked something similar several times this week...:

Above you say you over ate, but in this thread, on the same day: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10578425/i-gained-6-pounds-in-one-week-help
you stated you haven't changed anything apart from the vodka shots.

Then on the 18th you posted:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10578543/weight-gain-after-six-days-of-binging
where you say you you went mad binging...

Which is it? Just vodka shots, just not being very careful over tracking or a massive binge...?

RavenLibra

Depends on how heavy your clothes are and what you got in your purse

not_a_runner

I've gained at least 5 lbs in a week, a few times. Not including water weight. (It took me 5+ weeks aiming to lose 1 lb per week to get back to my previous weight. I was up 7-10 lbs in total.)
It takes a ridiculous amount of food to gain that fast. Would not recommend.

ninerbuff

After a bodybuilding competition, I gained 17lbs. Of course I was dehydrated and lacking glycogen.

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Christine_72

tuckerrj wrote: »

I gained 13 lbs. in one week while on a cruise where every meal was an "all you can eat" buffet.

Oh what a warm, blissful place this would be We go to an all you can eat buffet once every few months, it's the highlight of my year

I would come back resembling shamoo if i ate like that every day for a week!

gothchiq

So let's say 5 to 10 lb, generally.

grinning_chick

Besides whatever I was eating that week for breakfast/lunch/dinner which was probably around 2.5-3.5K/day calorie-wise, I ate three dozen homemade peanut butter toffee cookies over a couple days along with a 5 oz bag of gummy bears, 3 mini-magnum ice cream bars, a 3.5 oz bag sour gummy things, a three piece Pecan Turtle, and IIRC, a standard sized chocolate bar (1.5 oz?). Oh, yeah, and a 6 or 7 or 8 oz-ish bag of "cheesy poofs" (what I call store label Cheetos).

I ballooned from 196 lbs to 207 lbs over four days. Took three weeks to shed the water weight and ended up at 200.8 lbs. So I gained somewhere between 0-4 pounds of legitimate fat for the overeatingpalooza of, conservatively, 11-12K calories.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

(aka, pretty much lock step with the math)

maximo727

FaryRochester wrote: »

so whats the realistic amount of actual weight you can gain in one week from over eating?

I'm usually very precise in my calorie counting and never go over maintenance but this week I've not been as careful with tracking. I've also had about 2 shots of vodka every nigh this week, which is not the norm for me at all (I usually don't drink).

my weight has gone up 5 pounds this week. Its also not TOM so I cant blame hormons. I'm still hoping most of it is water weight though cause it cant be 5 pounds of fat!so how much of actual weight do you think I gained?

12 lbs. Is what I gained on 2 weeks of being a vacuum cleaner lol

canadianlbs

L_Master wrote: »

The two vodka shots are like 150 calories (70 per shot or so), maybe closer to 200 if at a bar or something,

how does a bar add 33% to the calorie value of vodka? nothing to do with anything, but just huh?

TimothyFish

Because there is a limit to how much food our bodies can metabolize in a week the most you can gain is probably about 20 pounds and less than 10 is more typical. Of course water weight would go on top of that.