Help! I've gained 2 lbs this week :(

kharosc

Hello,

everything seemed to be going well. I was losing 1 to 2 lbs a week for the last month. This week, I was away from home and did not watch what I ate (I was eating in restaurants) and I gained 2 lbs. any advice?

malibu927

Just go back to what you were doing before this week. Almost everyone sees weeks where they're up 2 pounds for various reasons. It's probably more water retention from the high sodium foods/traveling than it is fat, so it shouldn't take long to come off.

serindipte

lavanderpaws

What exercises do you do? It could be that your gaining muscle - muscle weighs more than fat.

fr33sia12

kharosc wrote: »

Hello,

everything seemed to be going well. I was losing 1 to 2 lbs a week for the last month. This week, I was away from home and did not watch what I ate (I was eating in restaurants) and I gained 2 lbs. any advice?

Just remember this for next time, learn from it.

ninerbuff

lavanderpaws wrote: »

What exercises do you do? It could be that your gaining muscle - muscle weighs more than fat.

Not likely unless they are eating in surplus along with progressive overload. And gaining 2lbs of muscle in a week. Even if PEDs were involved, not likely.
It's just water retention.


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rj0150684

If you ate out more, you probably had way more salt (and possibly carbs) than normal. Both will cause water retention. Unless you ate 7000 calories over maintenance, you didn’t gain 2lbs of fat.

RoxieDawn

You would have to eat an average of 1000 calories (7 days) or 1400 (over 5 days) above your maintenance to have gained fat.

Is this what you did? Its water weight/retention. Keep going with your plan it will stabilize in couple/three days.

emmamcgarity

Don’t stress. This is a journey. You just took a side street for a week and are now back on the main road. You don’t have to make up for time lost. Just focus in the main road and press on.

IGbnat24

lavanderpaws wrote: »

What exercises do you do? It could be that your gaining muscle - muscle weighs more than fat.

None of this is true. You cannot gain muscle that rapidly, even if you were using steroids and muscle and fat (and rocks and feathers) all weigh the same. 1lb=1lb.

More likely you’re retaining water from poor eating. get back to your normal routine and everything will even out in time.

Diatonic12

Some say you can gain 1 pound of muscle a week but you can't fast track muscle gain. Men can gain 1-2 lbs muscle mass a month. Women, .5 - 1.5 ish. If you're still working out past the first year it will continue to be slow going.

kharosc

Hello everyone, I weighed myself again and gained a little bit but less than 2 pounds. It's water retention.