Xmas water weight gain and drop - Give us your data!
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Here are my Libra stats. As of today, I'm only 1lbs up from my original weight before the Christmas feasting week began. We had 3 dinners and spent 2 nights out of town, eating at our favourite restaurants. I'm pleased I only gained about 1lbs of fat!
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Stopped seriously tracking on the 23rd didn't start back up until the 31st. I was 148lbs before the holidays and I was 150.5 on the 1st of January. As of this morning (3 days after) I am down 1.2lbs so I'm at 149.3lbs atm.
From what I remember eating, some of that has to be some real fat lol I ate way over maintenance most days. I'm surprised I only went up 2.5lbs to be completely honest. But I'm back on track and hitting it harder than ever.1 -
I'm a daily weigher, I've been the same weight (141.4), every day, since Dec. 28th. This is the longest streak I've ever had of the exact same number. Christmas Day was the same, then it dropped a pound and came back up on the 28th. I'm currently 3lbs below my lowest range for maintainance, so I have so wiggle room. I've gotten back to normal since the holiday though.
I think this is what maintaining is. It's a weird concept for me...LOL5 -
Gained 2 pounds during the holiday from 190 to 192. Currently sitting at 189.6lbs. Not too shabby in my opinion, I did eat out a lot haha!0
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Weight goes up; weight comes down.
I'd banked calories with extra exercise this week, so I enjoyed myself on Chrimbo day here in Australia. Logged guesstimates, and was maybe 500 calories / 2000 kilojoules over my daily maintenance limit.
My scale weight rose 3 lbs / 1.4 kg on Boxing Day morning. Not to panic!...
It fell back down 2.4 lbs / 1.1 kg the next day.
Today's moving average weight in Happy Scale is the same as it was on December 24.
Let's see your gains and falls and hopefully ease some people's worries.
No idea...I was in Tanzania for 12 days over the holidays and just returned late Tuesday night. I haven't stepped on a scale, but airline travel always makes me bloat...I had 46 straight hours of travel returning home and my feet are still swollen and my shoes are super tight.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »
No idea...I was in Tanzania for 12 days over the holidays and just returned late Tuesday night. I haven't stepped on a scale, but airline travel always makes me bloat...I had 46 straight hours of travel returning home and my feet are still swollen and my shoes are super tight.
That sounds very annoying. What causes people to bloat due to air travel anyways? I actually never knew this happened until visiting these forums.0 -
etherealanwar wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »
No idea...I was in Tanzania for 12 days over the holidays and just returned late Tuesday night. I haven't stepped on a scale, but airline travel always makes me bloat...I had 46 straight hours of travel returning home and my feet are still swollen and my shoes are super tight.
That sounds very annoying. What causes people to bloat due to air travel anyways? I actually never knew this happened until visiting these forums.
Usually it's a combination of dehydration, diet changes, and air pressure changes.
It's counterintuitive, but certain levels of dehydration cause water weight gain/retention.
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etherealanwar wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »
No idea...I was in Tanzania for 12 days over the holidays and just returned late Tuesday night. I haven't stepped on a scale, but airline travel always makes me bloat...I had 46 straight hours of travel returning home and my feet are still swollen and my shoes are super tight.
That sounds very annoying. What causes people to bloat due to air travel anyways? I actually never knew this happened until visiting these forums.
air pressure in the pressurized cabin is generally far less than what it is on the ground...also sitting for hours causes fluids to build up and pool. I get up and walk around as much as possible, but it doesn't really help much, especially on a really long series of flights.1 -
The whole of December was pretty much a write off for me so many social events and eating out. Combine that with being ill and flying to see family over chrismas and I'm up from 77.8kg beginning of december to 83.1kg as of december 31st. So gained a whopping 5.5kg (12.1lbs) Started logging properly again on the 1st of Jan. Back down to 81.3 as of this morning and still peeing far more than the liquid I ingest. I'm expecting it to slow down next week really.2
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My biggest increase was after New Year's Eve. Officially back to pre-Christmas weight this morning.2 -
I bounced around 137-140 most of December and weighed at 136 today after three straight days of good discipline.2
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I went off the rails pretty much November and December - gained 15 lbs (so much for not losing but not gaining!). I'm down 7 as of this morning.1
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ZhivagosGirl wrote: »I went off the rails pretty much November and December - gained 15 lbs (so much for not losing but not gaining!). I'm down 7 as of this morning.
Same for me. I'm up 11 pounds as of Sunday. I'm back on the wagon starting yesterday. I probably won't weigh in again for a week or two, so i'm not sure how fast i'll drop some of the water weight.1 -
25/12/17 - 211
2/1/18 - 213.5
5/1/18 - 208.5
Ate way more over the Christmas New Year period than I have been (antipasto style food made up most of the extra) but still tried to maintain a small deficit through lots of walking while on holiday. Still logged every day but lots of guesstimates. Got a Fitbit for Christmas (have never had one before) and was a little dubious I was in deficit although my calories burned says I was. Back at day 3 of purposeful exercise and controlled eating and down 2.5 pounds from Christmas Day. Looks like I should be trusting the Fitbit!1 -
This Tuesday (2nd) I was 136.7 from my lowest before Christmas 130.4
2 days back on track and I'm so happy to say that I was 132.6 today YAY "almost" back to my lowest 
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Lost 1lb over Christmas, eating whatever I wanted, lost 7lbs since January 1st. Obviously most of that has to be water.1
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We traveled between Christmas and New Years to celebrate the holidays, DH's birthday and our anniversary. Had no bathroom scale, ate every meal out, did not track calories, did no strength training or intentional cardio. Also drank wine at every meal. Sometimes too much. But I think we walked ~4mi per day (based on DH's Fitbit), and that's real close to my normal cardio mileage. I've only been back home a couple days, (and forgot to weigh myself the first 2 days back
), but it seems like my scale weight is the same as it was before Christmas. It's nice to take a short break from tracking and training, but truly, tracking is the easiest way to control my weight, and at this point, it's a habit. So I'm back to the routine. Happy 2018, everybody! 2 -
I'm up 5lbs from 22nd December to 2nd Jan, Started logging and counting again still no sign of it shifting yet.0
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I gained 2kg after the 27th and today I`m back to normal. It was a very fast gain-drop.0
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The whole of December was pretty much a write off for me so many social events and eating out. Combine that with being ill and flying to see family over chrismas and I'm up from 77.8kg beginning of december to 83.1kg as of december 31st. So gained a whopping 5.5kg (12.1lbs) Started logging properly again on the 1st of Jan. Back down to 81.3 as of this morning and still peeing far more than the liquid I ingest. I'm expecting it to slow down next week really.
To update down to 80.9 this morning averaging about a 0.5kg loss a day I think I'm getting to the end now maybe another 0.5kg (just a feeling not fact).0 -
Well, after much research I decided a diet break was long overdue so scheduled it for the two weeks between Christmas and New Year. No logging or weighing. 5 huge celebratory dinners, 3 dinners out, too much alcohol to count.... You get the picture. Weighed back in on January 2nd and was up 9 pounds. Three days later already lost 5 pounds. I have given myself two weeks to get rid of the weight. My logic is it took two weeks to put on so it should take two weeks to drop. Also, the diet break was really great for my physical and mental well being. Overall, great experience.1
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JaydedMiss wrote: »Im up 14 pounds. Down 3 of the 14 so far- Though keeping self VERY hydrated because im dehydrated and my skin hurts lol. Impressive christmas gains ;D Three days of overeating badly. So many cookies.... Ill be the first to say i ate like a months calories easy in those days xD EASY. Itl go away
iv never quoted myself before but i have an update Of my 14 pounds it seems 5-6 were fat. Which is fine, Was worth it and has kicked my butt happily out of the binge on all sweets mood i had been in for months. Eating basically potatoes , protein powder, eggs, veggies and fruit right now. Pretty strictly. And i like it its how i like to eat when i dont stray off path lol. I dont feel starving all the time anymore. The water weight hung on for longer thn normal, That was new for me. I felt so puffy and pregnant im glad thats gone anyway lol. Now i seem to be dehydrated even when i drink rediculous amounts of water i always wake up with very dark pee (sorry tmi) So its shed a full new kind of insight on what happens to my body when i significantly overeat.
Im going to hold on to my new knowledge for next time Still worth it, But not all the time. 3 -
Gained 3 kgs as Christmas and my monthly cycle coincided.1
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I was 135.2 on Dec 24th and on Jan 2nd I weighed in at 144.0. I ate like it was my last day on earth and enjoyed every bite lol.
Jan 3rd 140.0
Jan 4th 137.6
Today 136.2
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Gained 10lbs between Nov 1-Dec 31. I’m down 5lbs in 5 days with no sign of slowing down yet.2
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I gained 5 lbs over the month of December1
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Just looked at mine.
Little bit ugly. I stopped tracking on the 23rd, but started Christmas eating on about the 20th.
Scale on the 20th showed 212.8.
Had the week off between Christmas and New Years and while I went for a few runs and a couple of Cross Country ski trips, did not hit the gym and played a good chunk of video games.
Went steadily up from then on to a Jan 1 high of 219.6 (hey, New Years Eve dinner was stuffed mushrooms, scallops, steak and lobster with a good amount of wine, all at home).
It's starting to go away now, 215.6 today and I expect a few more pounds to drop off, but I think ~2 lbs is real and will take some work to get rid of.
Jan 1 2017 I was 276.5 so I'm really not complaining.
Back to logging and hitting the gym.
Huh. Back to 212.9 this morning. So I lost ~ 7lbs since Monday. Makes me feel a bit better.2 -
I love this thread! Thanks for sharing everyone. Here are my stats so far
Lowest weight: Dec 14: 164lbs
Dec 22: 164.9
Family visit overseas
Jan 3: 171
Jan 4: 169.3
Jan 5: 168.7
Jan 6: 166.8
I think a pound or so will end up being actual fat gain. I had a great time!
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Seem to be stabilizing over last three days, 136, 136.8, 136.1, down from high 139s. I only really had 2-3 off the book days and went crazy on neither. I guesstimate only an extra 1,000 or so cals Christmas Eve and NYE, and I maintained my workout schedule.0
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I'm still stuck. 77.4kg before the holidays, 79.6kg on 2nd Jan, I started severely restricting on 2nd to get things moving eating 1500 cals max and basically doing enough steps and exercise to cancel out the cals I'm eating and then on Sunday my weight goes up again 80.4kg. Now this morning its started to drop 80.1kg so I am hoping thats the start off it.
My body seems to take a while to get the memo that we are trying to lose weight not store it. When I lost 30kg back 2 years ago I never dropped as much as 1lb the entire month of January then in Feb I dropped like 12lbs in 1 week.0
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