Gaining weight on fruit?
elilimini
Posts: 14 Member
Is this a thing? I feel bloated and pudgy and the only difference in my diet was a bowl of fruit with a mango, a banana and a dragon fruit. The rest of my day was my usual high protein low carb.
Can any shed any light on this?
Can any shed any light on this?
0
Replies
-
you gain weight by eating in a calorie surplus over time. are you talking about weighing yourself, eating a bowl of fruit and then weighing yourself again? eating anything will put on the weight of what you ate.8
-
the fibre could be bloating you?
8 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »you gain weight by eating in a calorie surplus over time. are you talking about weighing yourself, eating a bowl of fruit and then weighing yourself again? eating anything will put on the weight of what you ate.
I have been weighing myself every morning to stay motivated. I weighed myself this morning and my weight had gone up by 800 grams 1.5 pounds and the only difference being the fruit. Not sure if it was too much sugar for me.4 -
Muscleflex79 wrote: »you gain weight by eating in a calorie surplus over time. are you talking about weighing yourself, eating a bowl of fruit and then weighing yourself again? eating anything will put on the weight of what you ate.
I have been weighing myself every morning to stay motivated. I weighed myself this morning and my weight had gone up by 800 grams 1.5 pounds and the only difference being the fruit. Not sure if it was too much sugar for me.
more carbs that you usually eat perhaps?6 -
It could just be hormone fluctuations, water weight, GI tract contents, etc. You won't see a steady drop every day.13
-
Water retention / water weight. Don't weigh daily, better weekly, I do Monday a.m. Keeps me motivated over the whole weekend.4
-
A specific food won't cause you to gain.
If you've been super low carb it could be water fluctuation caused by eating a bit more carbs, but that seems unlikely.
If you've been super low fiber, could be that.
Most likely it's unrelated and a bathroom issue or normal monthly water fluctuations or just one of those things. (Or something else totally different, like sodium.)8 -
Weight fluctuates all the time throughout the day. I don’t think you should worry about eating fruit as long as you are in a calorie deficit. Weighing daily can be motivating, but expect fluctuations, it’s perfectly normal.6
-
fruit itself does not make you gain weight. a caloric surplus makes you gain weight.
do you use a food scale to measure your food? what was your sodium like for the day (water retention)? if female, is it near your TOM? etc.6 -
It’s likely water weight from the sugar in the fruit. I’d track to see if the same thing happens again when you eat fruit. I do low carb as well - I love fruit! But- I do notice a spike in the scale when eat more carbs/fruit due to water increase. It will pass.
2 -
Most likely covered here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/3
-
Most likely covered here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/
This is what I came in to post...3 -
It’s likely water weight from the sugar in the fruit. I’d track to see if the same thing happens again when you eat fruit. I do low carb as well - I love fruit! But- I do notice a spike in the scale when eat more carbs/fruit due to water increase. It will pass.
Thank you! I thought it was just me 😅2 -
Even the fruit needs to be measured by cup, I love pineapples but you can’t over-eat them 😏0
-
Is this a thing? I feel bloated and pudgy and the only difference in my diet was a bowl of fruit with a mango, a banana and a dragon fruit. The rest of my day was my usual high protein low carb.
Can any shed any light on this?
Well ... a banana can be 100+ calories. A mango is often up around 135 calories. Not sure about dragon fruit.
But you're probably looking at a minimum of 250 calories ... quite possibly up around 350. If you added that to your usual amount, you might feel like you overate a bit.2 -
twiggyveber wrote: »Even the fruit needs to be measured by cup, I love pineapples but you can’t over-eat them 😏
By weight is more accurate.8 -
Mango is a high FODMAP (Fermentable oligo, di, monosaccharide and polyo). Have you ever heard about high FODMAP foods?
In some people, high FODMAP food items can cause GI symptoms such as gas, bloating, stomach pain, retention of water. The mechanism is that short-chain fermentable carbohydrates from FODMAP foods can not be broken down further to single units, neither digested or absorbed due to lack of digestive enzyme, thus increasing volume of water in colon and gas production.
Banana and dragon fruit are low FODMAP and should not cause bloating and GI symptoms. Try to exclude mango and see if there is a difference.3 -
estherdragonbat wrote: »twiggyveber wrote: »Even the fruit needs to be measured by cup, I love pineapples but you can’t over-eat them 😏
By weight is more accurate.
Yes, weight is more accurate. The OP should buy a $20 digital kitchen scale.
You can overeat anything.1 -
Mango is a high FODMAP (Fermentable oligo, di, monosaccharide and polyo). Have you ever heard about high FODMAP foods?
In some people, high FODMAP food items can cause GI symptoms such as gas, bloating, stomach pain, retention of water. The mechanism is that short-chain fermentable carbohydrates from FODMAP foods can not be broken down further to single units, neither digested or absorbed due to lack of digestive enzyme, thus increasing volume of water in colon and gas production.
Banana and dragon fruit are low FODMAP and should not cause bloating and GI symptoms. Try to exclude mango and see if there is a difference.
Yes! Thank you! This is what I found out yesterday too. I had a tiny piece of mango and about 2 minutes later was in so much pain!!!! Which is a shame cos I just bought a whole bunch! Lucky my hubby likes them too and isn't affected 👍0 -
Mango is a high FODMAP (Fermentable oligo, di, monosaccharide and polyo). Have you ever heard about high FODMAP foods?
In some people, high FODMAP food items can cause GI symptoms such as gas, bloating, stomach pain, retention of water. The mechanism is that short-chain fermentable carbohydrates from FODMAP foods can not be broken down further to single units, neither digested or absorbed due to lack of digestive enzyme, thus increasing volume of water in colon and gas production.
Banana and dragon fruit are low FODMAP and should not cause bloating and GI symptoms. Try to exclude mango and see if there is a difference.
Once again, this was so helpful! ✨✨✨✨✨1 -
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.6K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.3K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.6K Fitness and Exercise
- 431 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.8K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions