Absolutely freaking out 6kg gain in a week!

Hannahwalksfar

So a week ago I weighed myself and I was 75kg. I’ve been through some major stress recently physically and mentally. Transitioning off a self-applied vlcd diet since Jan into an incredibly active job that didn’t work out so down to stay with a friend two weeks ago. They are plaht-based and incredibly healthy so have been eating whatever they feed me which is well within acceptable calorie limits and shouldn’t Increase body fat as I’m working out daily as well. The only difference is I have pms for the first time since I started my vlcd (haven’t had my period since feb). I look fatter in my face abd my pants are tighter. Is it possible I’ve gained that much in one week???

cmriverside

no.

Here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

apullum

It’s not possible to gain that much fat in one week unless you had a really, REALLY severe binge, or you had an undiagnosed medical issue. Rapid weight gain is almost guaranteed to be water weight and/or food waste.

collectingblues

it’s water weight. Those extreme fluctuations are much more common after coming off VLCD, so perhaps the big take away from this is that VLCD is not the answer.

texasredreb

See a therapist for your unhealthy relationship with food.

Hannahwalksfar

Thanks all. I have a healthy relationship with food but was just upset by the scales as I didn’t understand. I appreciate your time. Also VLCDs are a bad idea. Especially when you’re not obese in the first place. It was medically related as I was trying to self-heal myself under advice from a friend. Just made it worse but got better naturally anyway.

manderson27

No need to freak out

WinoGelato

Hannahwalksfar wrote: »

Thanks all. I have a healthy relationship with food but was just upset by the scales as I didn’t understand. I appreciate your time. Also VLCDs are a bad idea. Especially when you’re not obese in the first place. It was medically related as I was trying to self-heal myself under advice from a friend. Just made it worse but got better naturally anyway.

Bolder sentence is confusing. Medically related or self healing? Advice from a friend or a doctor? What was the goal of the VLCD if you weren’t obese....

Hannahwalksfar

My friend suggested I go on a vlcd to heal myself by theoretically switching my body off then back in again. I tried it and low and behold got sick from that more than the original illness that went aaay naturally anyway. So lesson learnt.

PAV8888

There exist doctors. I've heard of them inducing a coma and reviving people. I wouldn't try that at home to cure my toe nail fungus.

VLCDs mess with your hormones.
Periods mess with your hormones.

Hormones mess with your water weight.

Exercise messes with your water weight too.

nutmegoreo

Hannahwalksfar wrote: »

My friend suggested I go on a vlcd to heal myself by theoretically switching my body off then back in again. I tried it and low and behold got sick from that more than the original illness that went aaay naturally anyway. So lesson learnt.

I'm guessing your friend has no medical training. Might want to be very weary of any future advice from that one. Lesson learned. As for the weight gain, as others have said, water weight, likely related to exercise and PMS.

kevinflemming1982

cmriverside wrote: »

http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

The graph here is pretty much what mine is at the moment. A couple of ups and downs, but essentially still losing weight. Just mimicking the others here, but yeah, you're fine. It's quite normal for people's weight to go up and down somewhat randomly, particularly if you're female.