How is this even possible?

STC02

Ok since January 26th I've lost 42lbs, took 6 weeks out due to university exams in May/June and have been really back on it the past 4 weeks. Last week I put on 1lb, ok to be expected with the poor weekend I had, I'll just go harder at it this week.

Weighed myself yesterday and I had lost that 1lb and an extra 3lb. I thought great, can't wait to go the gym tomorrow and weigh in with my PT, they'll be delighted. Weighed myself this morning before I head out and I've put on the 4lb I lost! I mean WTF!!! I totally understand the water retention theories due to salt but man that is ridiculous and has put me on a total downer before I head to the gym. I travel on holiday in 4 weeks and was hoping to lose 14lbs, those 4 were a great kickstart and now there back!

Is there even any explanation for this?

Orphia

Read the stickies

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads

Check your logging. Weigh your food.
Exercise causes weight gain.
Hormones affect weight gain.
14 lbs in 4 weeks is totally unhealthy even for morbidly obese people. Lower your expectations to a healthy, sustainable level.
Are you weighing at the same time of day, on the same scale, in the same clothes, and using a weight trending app to average your longer-term weight loss?

Need2Exerc1se

This could be normal fluctuations due to water or waste in your body. It could also just be the difference in scales. One thing is certain. You are not losing and gaining fat this quickly.

DX2JX2

Could easily be water - I've had water weight gains in the range of 5-7 pounds depending on what I ate. It sucks but it'll go away in a few days.

SezxyStef

STC02 wrote: »

Ok since January 26th I've lost 42lbs, took 6 weeks out due to university exams in May/June and have been really back on it the past 4 weeks. Last week I put on 1lb, ok to be expected with the poor weekend I had, I'll just go harder at it this week.

Weighed myself yesterday and I had lost that 1lb and an extra 3lb. I thought great, can't wait to go the gym tomorrow and weigh in with my PT, they'll be delighted. Weighed myself this morning before I head out and I've put on the 4lb I lost! I mean WTF!!! I totally understand the water retention theories due to salt but man that is ridiculous and has put me on a total downer before I head to the gym. I travel on holiday in 4 weeks and was hoping to lose 14lbs, those 4 were a great kickstart and now there back!

Is there even any explanation for this?

Okay so the question you need to ask yourself is this...

did you consume an extra 12000 calories without knowing it? of course you didn't.

weight fluctuates all the time..could be waste, sodium, water retention, glycogen stores worn out battery....

I can go up and down 4lbs in a couple days too...TOM usually explains it.

gamerbabe14

Step back for a second. Did you eat enough calories to gain 4lbs of fat overnight? Nope. And the day prior, did you eat at a deficit so much you lost 3lbs of fat? Nope. The culprit is...water.

madwells1

This happens. I think one important thing I have had to learn (and learn and learn and learn), and then remind myself of daily is that our bodies fluctuate and there is nothing wrong with it.

For example, I weigh myself every morning. See the two highlighted points? Note that this is less than a week apart and my weight was 10 pounds heavier only a few days before it dropped! Also note how it increased sharply in the first circle? I cried that day. Then I had to remind myself that it is okay.

There are so many factors going on that the only way to get through discouraging times is to too understand that it is okay to go up because you will most likely come right back down (if you continue your healthy WOE, etc.).

peaceout_aly

STC02 wrote: »

Ok since January 26th I've lost 42lbs, took 6 weeks out due to university exams in May/June and have been really back on it the past 4 weeks. Last week I put on 1lb, ok to be expected with the poor weekend I had, I'll just go harder at it this week.

Weighed myself yesterday and I had lost that 1lb and an extra 3lb. I thought great, can't wait to go the gym tomorrow and weigh in with my PT, they'll be delighted. Weighed myself this morning before I head out and I've put on the 4lb I lost! I mean WTF!!! I totally understand the water retention theories due to salt but man that is ridiculous and has put me on a total downer before I head to the gym. I travel on holiday in 4 weeks and was hoping to lose 14lbs, those 4 were a great kickstart and now there back!

Is there even any explanation for this?

Do you *feel* or *look* 4 lbs. larger? A 4-lb. gain in one day sounds near impossible. Water retention potentially. Scale could have also been off. My gym scale said I was holding steady at 118 lbs. down from 125 lbs. all during prep. I finally got down to 117 lbs. but I felt WAY smaller. Go to my competition and weigh in at 113.4 lbs. -_- Turns out my gym scale was vastly off the entire time.

Carlos_421

I've lost four pounds in a single trip to the toilet. No joke.

Body weight fluctuates not only due to water retention but also due to food in the gut, etc.

MegaMooseEsq

In addition to what everyone else has said, I've sometimes noticed big temporary gains when I eat especially late at night but weigh myself at the same time in the morning. By the time I get up, I typically haven't eaten in 8-10 hours, but it makes sense that maybe that quesadilla I ate four hours before waking up hasn't had time to do its thing yet.

eyer0ll

Why were you willing to accept you'd lost 4 lbs. of fat overnight but gained 4 lbs. of water overnight? I agree with others that you need to develop realistic expectations and a better understanding of how the human body functions.