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Xmas water weight gain and drop - Give us your data!

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  • PowerliftingMom
    PowerliftingMom Posts: 430 Member
    edited January 2018
    I actually lost 2 lbs. between Christmas and New Year's. My weight has been fluctuating a lot since then between .5-1.5 lbs
  • MsHarryWinston
    MsHarryWinston Posts: 1,027 Member
    Post New Years I was up like, 12lb and now a week later I’m down about 8lb with 4lb more to drop. I retain water weight like CRAZY which is why seeing such a high number didn’t make me blink an eye. It’s also why when I get there, my maintenance range will be about 10-15lb up and 5lb down because a high sodium meal can make me retain a LOT and for a few days. Same with TOM.
    If anything at all, I maaaay have gained about 2lb max over Christmas-New Years week. Maybe.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    My scales are being stubborn, refusing to budge. They'll move eventually I'm sure!
  • sheena_shewell
    sheena_shewell Posts: 48 Member
    Hi there! Fellow Aussie here. Weight before Christmas and new year's celebrations was around 61kgs. Weight after 63.5kgs. Cut down on my calories for a week and bam! Back down to 61kgs
  • amyepdx
    amyepdx Posts: 750 Member
    edited January 2018
    I’ve been waiting to weigh in (pun intended!).
    Thanksgiving morning =169.6
    New Years Day = 179.5
    Jan 9 = 174.8
    So maybe 6 lbs net gain - 4 lbs water??
    The best part is seeing Trendweight estimation going from gaining 1.5 lb a week to losing 0.2 lb a week in only 10 days!

    This was my 3rd holiday season using MFP - overall loss was getting close to 100. I’ve never been able to keep going this long ever! With 25 lbs to go, I’ll be there by next Christmas!
    I hope that people newer to MFP that may have been derailed by their first holiday gains will read this thread and see the big picture!
  • me0231
    me0231 Posts: 218 Member
    me0231 wrote: »
    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! ;)


    Jan 8: 164.8
    Jan 11: 163.8

    Overall I'm super stoked with the holidays. Turns out about a month was more or less maintenance,@ and now I'm going for the last push to get to my GW of 150.
  • staticsplit
    staticsplit Posts: 538 Member
    I was scale averse all of December. Late November I was 159.5 lbs. Start of 2018 I was 164. Now at 162.5. Was surprised the weight wasn't up more over December. I ate a lot of cheese and drank a lot of alcohol.
  • PSwner
    PSwner Posts: 1 Member
    I gained 8 lbs (what my loss has been over the previous 6 weeks), and it just came down yesterday. I ate pretty healthy, still went to the gym, but definitely upped the portions and ate a lot more carbs, desserts, and was drinking every day. I'm just hoping to get back on track with full losses this week!!!
  • dave_in_ni
    dave_in_ni Posts: 533 Member
    My weight still hasn't really dropped, still 79.6kg, I was 77.4kg before Xmas, and that with being very strict in what I eat. 1500 cals per day and everything strictly tracked, its like my body is fighting hard. I really don't think it was water weight I gained over Xmas as this point, it was pure fat.
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