Really Really Bad Weekend

sherisse5

So I didn't do any exercising this last long weekend (Victoria Day), and i didn't count calories. I let loose and just had fun. There may have been pizza and cupcakes, chips and snacks, ice cream and beer. Oh so very much beer. I stepped on the scale today, and oh my!!! I knew I had done damage, but 7 lbs?!?! Is that even really possible?? I am so disappointed in myself. And also somewhat discouraged. It has taken so much patience, will power and work to get where I am. I was close to 250 a few months ago, and just before the weekend I thought I was a week or two within being in ONEderland (under 200 lbs) and now..... sigh.... Can one bad weekend really set you that far back?

janejellyroll

When we consume more calories than usual, we not only physically have more food in our bodies, but typically see temporary water weight gain from more carbohydrates and more sodium. When alcohol is included, that can also result in more temporary water weight gain. So you didn't gain 7 pounds of fat in a weekend. Get back on plan, make sure to drink when you're thirsty, and be patient. You'll see a good chunk of that weight come off over the next week or so.

Purplebunnysarah

Water weight. Most of it will be water weight and it will come off over the next week or so.

jjpptt2

Not mine, but the point is good.

https://instagram.com/p/BjCwVxHgd3W/embed/

sherisse5

Thanks guys. Feeling a little better about that spike now.

TavistockToad

sherisse5 wrote: »

So I didn't do any exercising this last long weekend (Victoria Day), and i didn't count calories. I let loose and just had fun. There may have been pizza and cupcakes, chips and snacks, ice cream and beer. Oh so very much beer. I stepped on the scale today, and oh my!!! I knew I had done damage, but 7 lbs?!?! Is that even really possible?? I am so disappointed in myself. And also somewhat discouraged. It has taken so much patience, will power and work to get where I am. I was close to 250 a few months ago, and just before the weekend I thought I was a week or two within being in ONEderland (under 200 lbs) and now..... sigh.... Can one bad weekend really set you that far back?

yep, its mainly water weight

fitoverfortymom

Just get back to your normal life calorie tracking and it will whoosh away in a few days to a week. I went on vacation for a week and came back up almost 15lbs and within a week and a half it was all gone--and I ate pretty much anything and everything I wanted. When I got back from vacation, I just went right back to my normal tracking and all was right in the world again!

callsitlikeiseeit

mst of its water weight. will fall off within the next week or so

otherwise, glad you had fun! get back on track!

one day, or even one weekend, does not make or break long term success.

mbaker566

keep in mind that restaurant food is high in sodium. alcohol leads to water retention too

NovusDies

sherisse5 wrote: »

Thanks guys. Feeling a little better about that spike now.

That is good. I think if you are going to take a weekend off you should enjoy it at least. Regretting it or feeling bad over it dampens whatever pleasure you might have gotten.

I didn't always understand that diets were fairly bulletproof in short intervals of off book eating either which led me to foolishly keep eating on Monday and so forth until I finally did do damage.

My new rule is that I don't have to lose weight everyday I just have to lose weight most days. It takes a lot of the stress off me which actually helps me stay within my calories even more.

AnnPT77

sherisse5 wrote: »

Thanks guys. Feeling a little better about that spike now.

For further evidence, you might find this thread fun:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10603949/big-overfeed-ruins-everything-nope

tl;dr: Detailed case study of eating several thousand calories above maintenance over a weekend, and being back at 128 pounds in less than a week, with no extreme deficits or exercise required to get there.

Just don't do it very often.