Is this why I gained weight?
HanMW96
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I was 9st3 on 23rd of December, then 9st7 on Boxing day. Back to 9st2 on Saturday morning, but I had a nausea bug/stomach flu thing on Sunday and yesterday (but I wasn't sick) - I took medicine for that. Today, I am probably one or two days away from starting my period and I weighed 9st8 just before my tea (7pmish) 😭 I workout a lot, and I don't look any fatter, just a tad bloated from my bug and probably PMS. Do you think it's real weight/fat gain or just temporary due to the aforementioned?? I'm fixated on numbers 😭
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NO you did gain fat unless you went over calories to maintain and for a sustained period of time. You answered your own questions.
My question is why weigh at the end of the day? And being fixated on numbers can drive a person crazy, especially when you already know what is going on with your body.5 -
I was 9st3 on 23rd of December, then 9st7 on Boxing day. Back to 9st2 on Saturday morning, but I had a nausea bug/stomach flu thing on Sunday and yesterday (but I wasn't sick) - I took medicine for that. Today, I am probably one or two days away from starting my period and I weighed 9st8 just before my tea (7pmish) 😭 I workout a lot, and I don't look any fatter, just a tad bloated from my bug and probably PMS. Do you think it's real weight/fat gain or just temporary due to the aforementioned?? I'm fixated on numbers 😭
Why are you weighing yourself at different times of the day? If you do that you're guaranteed to get a different weight on the scales.12 -
TavistockToad wrote: »I was 9st3 on 23rd of December, then 9st7 on Boxing day. Back to 9st2 on Saturday morning, but I had a nausea bug/stomach flu thing on Sunday and yesterday (but I wasn't sick) - I took medicine for that. Today, I am probably one or two days away from starting my period and I weighed 9st8 just before my tea (7pmish) 😭 I workout a lot, and I don't look any fatter, just a tad bloated from my bug and probably PMS. Do you think it's real weight/fat gain or just temporary due to the aforementioned?? I'm fixated on numbers 😭
Why are you weighing yourself at different times of the day? If you do that you're guaranteed to get a different weight on the scales.
Should I stop weighing myself?
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I was 9st3 on 23rd of December, then 9st7 on Boxing day. Back to 9st2 on Saturday morning, but I had a nausea bug/stomach flu thing on Sunday and yesterday (but I wasn't sick) - I took medicine for that. Today, I am probably one or two days away from starting my period and I weighed 9st8 just before my tea (7pmish) 😭 I workout a lot, and I don't look any fatter, just a tad bloated from my bug and probably PMS. Do you think it's real weight/fat gain or just temporary due to the aforementioned?? I'm fixated on numbers 😭
Your body weight isn't a static number...it fluctuates constantly. You need to remove yourself from the scale if you do not understand normal and natural weight fluctuations or it's just going to jack with your head. You have to look at trends over time.7 -
AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »
Should I stop weighing myself?1 -
TavistockToad wrote: »I was 9st3 on 23rd of December, then 9st7 on Boxing day. Back to 9st2 on Saturday morning, but I had a nausea bug/stomach flu thing on Sunday and yesterday (but I wasn't sick) - I took medicine for that. Today, I am probably one or two days away from starting my period and I weighed 9st8 just before my tea (7pmish) 😭 I workout a lot, and I don't look any fatter, just a tad bloated from my bug and probably PMS. Do you think it's real weight/fat gain or just temporary due to the aforementioned?? I'm fixated on numbers 😭
Why are you weighing yourself at different times of the day? If you do that you're guaranteed to get a different weight on the scales.
Should I stop weighing myself?
If it's causing you such anxiety, then yes.9 -
I try to only weigh myself once a week always at the same time of day. Sometimes if i feel im having a good week i have a sneaky peek but thats probably not a good idea as your weight can fluctuate day to day.1
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AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »
Should I stop weighing myself?
I don't know, can you look at natural body weight variances without freaking out and obsessing over numbers? You tell me.7 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.9 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..1 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..
So logically how could it be fat gain without a substantial calorie surplus?10 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..
So logically how could it be fat gain without a substantial calorie surplus?
I'm just paranoid..3 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..
So logically how could it be fat gain without a substantial calorie surplus?
I'm just paranoid..
I see you are recovering/recovered? from an eating disorder. Please try to realize how illogical these thoughts are and how it is not worth it to be paranoid if your weight isn't exactly the same every single day. You know you didn't gain if you didn't eat a caloric surplus.
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..
So logically how could it be fat gain without a substantial calorie surplus?
I'm just paranoid..
I see you are recovering/recovered? from an eating disorder. Please try to realize how illogical these thoughts are and how it is not worth it to be paranoid if your weight isn't exactly the same every single day. You know you didn't gain if you didn't eat a caloric surplus.
I classify myself as recovered from my eating disorder, but I am still hyper-aware of my weight and I tend to fixate on numbers (not just in terms of weight, but in all aspects of life), and I lack body confidence.. I know numbers don't matter, especially as I don't think I look fatter anc my fitness hasn't decreased, bug for some reason I hate seeing the scale read above 9st4 🙄3 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..
So logically how could it be fat gain without a substantial calorie surplus?
I'm just paranoid..
Maybe reading the book The Chimp Paradox would help?
You are having an emotional (a.k.a. chimp) response to a piece of data that should be processed by the logical part of the brain instead.
The numbers on your bathrooms scales and in your food logging are all about data and that's how you should really be processing them, just data not emotion.11 -
You say you are fixated by numbers so what does your calorie counting tell you?
Did you eat enough of a calorie surplus to add a few pounds of fat?
Nothing wrong with weighing daily, but there's a lot wrong in misunderstanding and stressing over what your normal weight fluctuations actually mean.
I eat maintenance amounts usually, unless I'm dramatically underestimating..
So logically how could it be fat gain without a substantial calorie surplus?
I'm just paranoid..
Maybe reading the book The Chimp Paradox would help?
You are having an emotional (a.k.a. chimp) response to a piece of data that should be processed by the logical part of the brain instead.
The numbers on your bathrooms scales and in your food logging are all about data and that's how you should really be processing them, just data not emotion.
Thank you, I might try that2 -
I weigh myself often. However my Monday weigh in is the one that truly gives me anxiety if it's climbing. I lost a bit of discipline & have gained because I was in a surplus calorie range for an extended period of time.
What is important to me now is I recognized why gained & it's up to me to scale it back to get back to my normal weight range.
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I don’t have scales in my house or I would weigh myself all the time and I know that’s not good for me. I’ve eaten soooo much since Christmas and I know I’ve put weight on, my pms doesn’t help either but thankfully when my daughter starts nursery next week I know I will get back on track and lose it all. My clothes still fit me so that’s a bonus but I’m just trying to see it all as a marathon and not a sprint. We all have ups and downs and if this is my down then so be it but I’m trying to not let it effect me mentally.1
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16 oz of water weighs ~ 1lb.
Anytime one goes through a hormonal change your cells take on extracellular water to defend against change - water weight. This goes away after 5-7 days just as a high salt meal will.
You didn't gain any fat. Don't look at the daily details and instead focus on months/years over hours/days.1 -
Good discussion, great feedback!!!0
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Weigh yourself at the same time every day. I like first thing in morning but you're looking for consistency more than any particular time of day,
Allow yourself a weight range rather than a specific weight. Something like 3-5lbs up and down is normal, even from one day to the next. Get a weight trending app to help you see past the daily fluctuations.1 -
First of all, big hugs, it's not fun watching the scale bounce up and down especially when you have issues with control!
Just wanted to share my own recent experience to help you get some perspective on how much variance is normal. I weigh myself at night and in the morning - I'm a diabetic so I just step on the scale at the same time I'm taking my blood - but only officially update my weight once per month. I'm in maintenance right now and consider my "official" weight to be within a couple of pounds of 149.
On New Year's Eve slept in late and as a result woke up slightly more dehydrated than usual, weighing 146.6.
That day was a rest day from working out, so no muscle swelling from exercise, but I did eat a lot of rich food, as a result -
New Year's Day - Woke up at 151.4.
That day ate lots of black eyed peas with ham and greens and cornbread, ran 8 miles, had muscle swelling from exercise plus bloating from sodium, weighed 156.2 before bed.
Jan 2 - woke up at 152.4. Did a strength workout, but ate less sodium.
Jan 3 - woke up at 151.0. Did another run, very exhausting trail run, ate ALL the peanuts at five guy's.
Jan 4 - as a result of way too much sodium and needing a rest day, visibly puffy and back up to 152.4.
Took a rest day, ate lots of veggies.
Jan 5 - woke up at 149.4.
So in one week, my highest weight, bedtime after a sodium-filled day of exercise, was 156.2, and my lowest weight, morning after sleeping in late, eating moderately the day before, and using the bathroom, was 146.6 - almost a ten pound difference. During the whole week I ate at maintenance calories after accounting for exercise. My actual body composition? Probably did not change at all! I expect I will see 147 again soon, and 152 again soon. Those are part of my natural fluctuations, even when I weigh myself first thing in the morning.
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Don't worry about the numbers, I get water fluctuations with stomach bugs and stuff like that.0
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I do weigh in everyday because it keeps me in check. If I don't and a few days go by, it is easy to over-eat. If I see the scale going up I just cut back a little until it is going in the right direction. Please young lady, stop your obsessing. You look great and actually I am wondering why you are dieting at all. Perhaps you should check with your Doctor to make sure you are doing the correct things.0
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