Is it even possible?

Carrie6o6

I know when you lose weight fast you usually gain it back just as fast and then a bit more... Now I am losing it fast but slow... In the last 2 months have lost 15lbs, now if I am losing it so slow, how does one day of crappy eating bring my weight up by a pound or more. Is it possible to gain 2lbs in a day? I understand with the water weight, but with losing this slow it shouldnt come back so fast. By crappy eating I mean like maybe going over your cals by 600-1000 which is a lot... but to gain a REAL pound in one day?

Carrie6o6

I know when you lose weight fast you usually gain it back just as fast and then a bit more... Now I am losing it fast but slow... In the last 2 months have lost 15lbs, now if I am losing it so slow, how does one day of crappy eating bring my weight up by a pound or more. Is it possible to gain 2lbs in a day? I understand with the water weight, but with losing this slow it shouldnt come back so fast. By crappy eating I mean like maybe going over your cals by 600-1000 which is a lot... but to gain a REAL pound in one day?

Healthier_Me

It depends how "crappy" you eat.
3500 calories = 1 pound.

Are you weighing yourself in the morning, before you eat or drink anything and after you've used the bathroom?

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

Carrie6o6

It depends how "crappy" you eat.
3500 calories = 1 pound.

Are you weighing yourself in the morning, before you eat or drink anything and after you've used the bathroom?

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

Ah true enough! Yes I always weigh myself in the morning, but I was wondering if it was possible to gain a pound a day when we lose it slow. Shouldn't we gain it back slow? I believe you with the 3500 cal = a pound, but that would mean with my old life style when I ate A LOT ALL THE TIME, I would have gained a pound a day, and I didn't do any exercise or anything and I stayed at the same weight... Now all of a sudden if I eat a little more than my 1300 cals I gain a pound?

Wantabe

Absolutely, I have done exactly the same thing and gained 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. Figured up my calories, and they totaled in at over 3500. But, a lot of that could be water retention. I noticed the next few days most of the pound came off and I didn't starve myself. It's a rat race isn't it? :explode: wantabe

banks1850

well, 1st, 15 lbs in 2 months is not slow, that's actually very fast. that's about 2 lbs a week average.

Day to day weight is meaningless. There are so many temporary variables in the body that seeing 1 or 2 or even 5 lbs from one day to the next is not only possible but it, most likely, will happen to everyone.

You should always try to weigh yourself at the same time (preferably in the morning after elimination but before you eat) once every 2 weeks (once a week is ok, but you will still get less reliable results).

That being said, the only way to gain 1 "real" pound in a day is to eat a minimum of 3500 calories OVER your maintenance calories, and even then, if you eat a lot of calories all at one sitting, the body is going to expel some of them because of it's inability to process all your food at 100% efficiency. That's a HECK of a lot of calories, for most people that would be over 5000 calories or more in one day. We're talking Ole 96er type calories (a reference to the John Candy movie "The Great Outdoors" from the 80's, classically funny move)

Carrie6o6

well, 1st, 15 lbs in 2 months is not slow, that's actually very fast. that's about 2 lbs a week average.

Day to day weight is meaningless. There are so many temporary variables in the body that seeing 1 or 2 or even 5 lbs from one day to the next is not only possible but it, most likely, will happen to everyone.

You should always try to weigh yourself at the same time (preferably in the morning after elimination but before you eat) once every 2 weeks (once a week is ok, but you will still get less reliable results).

That being said, the only way to gain 1 "real" pound in a day is to eat a minimum of 3500 calories OVER your maintenance calories, and even then, if you eat a lot of calories all at one sitting, the body is going to expel some of them because of it's inability to process all your food at 100% efficiency. That's a HECK of a lot of calories, for most people that would be over 5000 calories or more in one day. We're talking Ole 96er type calories (a reference to the John Candy movie "The Great Outdoors" from the 80's, classically funny move)

I was born in the late 80's That makes more sense. I think it's easy to eat over 5000 cals a day, BIG bags of chips man, I could live off of them!! hahahaha Thanks for the info.. I will try to weigh once a week now, then maybe up to 2 weeks

banks1850

I was born in the late 80's That makes more sense. I think it's easy to eat over 5000 cals a day, BIG bags of chips man, I could live off of them!! hahahaha Thanks for the info.. I will try to weigh once a week now, then maybe up to 2 weeks

Oh I didn't say it couldn't be done. Give me a party size bag of doritos and a 2 liter of mountain dew and I could probably hit that in a few hours, but it's probably relatively easy to NOT eat that many now that you know how much calories things have (I hope at least).

pam0206

OMG! Love "The Great Outdoors!" Just told my sister last night while we were eating steak, "You're not finished, yet." :laugh:

Yep, you can only gain a "real" pound (not water) if you eat 3500 more than your maintenance. For me, that would be around 5200 cal in a day. I don't even know where I would start with that many calories now, unless it was a Pizza Hut pan pizza, loaded with pepperoni.....yum........but I digress....

banks1850

lol

"There's nothing on that plate but fat and grizzle!"

Mary24

well, 1st, 15 lbs in 2 months is not slow, that's actually very fast. that's about 2 lbs a week average.

Day to day weight is meaningless. There are so many temporary variables in the body that seeing 1 or 2 or even 5 lbs from one day to the next is not only possible but it, most likely, will happen to everyone.

You should always try to weigh yourself at the same time (preferably in the morning after elimination but before you eat) once every 2 weeks (once a week is ok, but you will still get less reliable results).

That being said, the only way to gain 1 "real" pound in a day is to eat a minimum of 3500 calories OVER your maintenance calories, and even then, if you eat a lot of calories all at one sitting, the body is going to expel some of them because of it's inability to process all your food at 100% efficiency. That's a HECK of a lot of calories, for most people that would be over 5000 calories or more in one day. We're talking Ole 96er type calories (a reference to the John Candy movie "The Great Outdoors" from the 80's, classically funny move)

Banks you always know the right thing to say at the right time,
Thanks for the info:flowerforyou:

Mary:happy: