HELP! I gained 3lbs After Cheat Day

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Sid_Mishra

When do you measure your weight? Ideally measure it after shower in mornings. That makes data more consistent.

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lynn_glenmont

Sid_Mishra wrote: »

When do you measure your weight? Ideally measure it after shower in mornings. That makes data more consistent.

Because you don't want the dirt that's accumulated since the previous day's shower throwing off the scale? Should you blow dry your hair before or after you weigh? What if you're someone who showers at night, after an evening workout?

etguillemette

Not to be gross, but I've noticed that honestly the largest contributing factor to day to day fluctuations of my weight are whether or not I've had a decent movement that day.

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Kst76

YepItsKriss wrote: »

karintalley wrote: »

I switched from 2 to 1 pounds and I still only get 1310 per week , even for just 1 pound a week. I'm thinking of switching to .5 pounds.
If I weigh 172 now and I want to weigh 154. Is 1 pound a week too much. I feel like I am more likely to mess up when I restrict my calories too on much. But on the other hand, only 2.5 pounds by November 19 doesn't seem like enough.

Thats because we are looking at it on a grand scale. But to your body, these numbers are meaningless, all it knows is it needs fuel to keep going, as weight goes down the line between minimum requirement and sustainable healthy loss decreases but it also helps you slowly transition into maintenance... If you had to go from 1200 calories to a maintenance of 1950 calories, its a pretty scary situation to take on, people freak.. but if you gradually decrease the speed of your loss by eating more calories... 1450, 1700.. 1950 once you hit goal the small amount of increase will be less stressful

Thank you, you are making much sense!!

Kst76

YepItsKriss wrote: »

Honestly, i just weigh whenever, people say to weigh first thing in the morning after a bowel movement, but sometimes i don't poop until noon. lol so seems like i dont fit into the morning poop category for weighing in

lucky, I can go 6 days without a b movement

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Kst76

YepItsKriss wrote: »

karintalley wrote: »

YepItsKriss wrote: »

Honestly, i just weigh whenever, people say to weigh first thing in the morning after a bowel movement, but sometimes i don't poop until noon. lol so seems like i dont fit into the morning poop category for weighing in

lucky, I can go 6 days without a b movement

I used to have a coworker like that... do you drink coffee? Caffeine can make people poop

Yes I do, It's annoying. So this whole morning weigh is pointless for me. lol
I can weigh less in the afternoon.

Lpaige89

If you weighed yourself the day after you ate a large meal or even binged, it won't show up as immediate fat gain. Just like you don't loose weight after a day of good eating, you won't gain a bunch of weight after a cheat meal. Your bodies incredibly complex and there are so many processes going on to digest and metabolize the food, that it works on a larger scale time line.. that is why consistency is key.

the scale is just a tool, but it can also play with my head. If i eat a high carb or high sodium meal the night before.. i won't weigh myself the next morning and if i over eat by quite a bit, ill weigh myself in a few days to let the water and food pass through my system to get a more accurate weight.

hope that helps

AnnPT77

karintalley wrote: »

I switched from 2 to 1 pounds and I still only get 1310 per week , even for just 1 pound a week. I'm thinking of switching to .5 pounds.
If I weigh 172 now and I want to weigh 154. Is 1 pound a week too much. I feel like I am more likely to mess up when I restrict my calories too on much. But on the other hand, only 2.5 pounds by November 19 doesn't seem like enough.

One common general rule of thumb is a max of 1% of body weight per week. Another (usually on top of the1% suggestion) is to go to 1 pound max weekly somewhere in the 25-50 pounds to goal range, and 0.5 somewhere around 10-15 to goal.

Part of the reasoning is that as you lose weight, you have less fat; and that there's only so much fat you can metabolize daily per pound of remaining fat. So, your safety margin keeps shrinking as you get lighter.

Also, from the standpoint of eating habits, some find it helpful to gradually coast to maintenance calories. Putting it in a cartoonish way, if you go from a pound a week (500 calorie deficit) straight to maintenance, there's a bigger temptation to add something big and kind of stupid to each day; but if you creep up by adding 100 daily calories every week or two, it's more likely to be via eating tweaks that improve satiation, nutrition or happiness without standing your healthy way of eating completely on its head.

It's easier to maintain if we don't look at it as "diet's over, back to normal" or anything close to that. Small eating adjustments can help influence a positive, successful maintenance plan.

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GettingFitSlim

you didn't gain weight. its water retention. i do 1 cheat day once a week where i eat whatever i want and dont care about calories. i dont weight myself after that cheat day cause it'll depress me lol but ive still been loosing weight doing that for months.

Christine_72

@GettingFitSlim I hope you don't mind me asking, but how much do you have left to lose, and what is your daily deficit?

SueSueDio

rheddmobile wrote: »

YepItsKriss wrote: »

rheddmobile wrote: »

I don't see any evidence that the OP is losing too quickly or dieting too aggressively. 19 lbs in 9 weeks may not work for everyone, but it's not so far out of line that anyone needs to have an eating disorder clinic on speed dial. Two pounds a week loss or even more than two isn't uncommon in the early stages of a diet. What's with the overreaction?

she started off only having to lose 56 pounds in the first place, She has lost 19 of that and STILL is trying to lose 2 pounds per week, This is 1000 calorie deficit daily.. This deficit is only achievable if you are morbidly obese, which is clearly not the case here. these 1000 calorie deficits are putting her under the minimum calorie amounts her body needs to function

She's still in the obese category at over 200 lbs and 5'7". The standard for a safe rate of loss is 1% of body weight per week, which for her is, surprise, 2 pounds. I'm not sure where you got the idea that she was petite and completely sedentary.

The OP is 5'7" and over 200lbs. We don't know how heavy the person to whom Kriss was replying is, only that she said she wants to lose 56lbs in total. Two different people.

Graelwyn75 wrote: »

If support group means sugar coating everything and lying, then no, it is not that sort of support group.

Exactly. I don't see it as "supportive" to blindly agree with everything a person wants to do, especially when it may not be healthy or is based on the "Woo du Jour". (Not saying that was the case here, but in general.) I've removed people from my friends list in the past because they seemed determined to ignore sensible advice and listen to woo instead, and it was driving me nuts. I can't be supportive and encouraging in that case, so it was less stressful to just remove them and let them get on with it in their own way!

GettingFitSlim

Christine_72 wrote: »

@GettingFitSlim I hope you don't mind me asking, but how much do you have left to lose, and what is your daily deficit?

im honestly not trying to loose weight anymore, but im still eating 1200 calories a day, and have 1 day where i dont count it. thats probaby why im not gaining from my cheat days.