OMG I ate a donut and was up 80 pounds the next day!

MireyGal76

How many times do you read on the forums that someone ate a huge dinner and gained 3, 5 or even 10 pounds the next day?



I just wanted to take a moment to say...
Unless you ate a 10,000 calorie dinner, then it is pretty safe to say it wasn't a fat gain because of what you ate!!!

It may be that you've gained weight because...
- you are retaining water (did you have a lot of salt yesterday)
- you did a particularly hard workout the day before and the muscles are repairing themselves
- you may not have finished digesting the food yet (watch out, poop coming! lol)
- have you peed yet?
- is it that time of the month? (YES - BLAME TOM IT'S ALL HIS FAULT)

Weight gain and weight loss is not a daily thing... it is a cumulative result of behaviors. Work to change your behaviors for the good and your cumulative result will be a favorable one.

I liken it to a credit card, as opposed to a debit card.

A credit card... you can choose to spend like crazy, and you won't see the effects until the statement comes at the end of the month. Or you can save your money, spend wisely, and start paying down the debt and be pleasantly surprised.

Weight loss / gain is NOT a debit card.. what you take out or put in today is NOT instantly reflected in your balance.



Unless of course, you lift 3lb pink weights. Then you'll become huge and bulky overnight.

Mainebikerchick

*throws pink weights in the trash*

THERE! Now I won't be big and bulky, right??

KANGOOJUMPS

LETS EAT ONE DOZEN DONUTS NOW.

Cliffslosinit

*throws pink weights in the trash*

THERE! Now I won't be big and bulky, right??

**grabs weights to become a big ol' b!tch**

norcalskater

It's all water weight. I weighed my self last week in the morning then again 20 hours later and I had lost 3.6 lbs. It's really not something to worry about. It takes 3500 calories in excess to put on 1 lb of fat.

Nessiechickie

Thought we were handing out donuts here??

Krispy Kreme

silvergurl518

tibby531

well put.

nekoxvampyx

lol i u. i've seen too many people freak out over eating a slice of pizza or scared of lifting weights cause they don't wanna bulk up. im like O_o its not like your gonna turn into the hulk if you touch the weights...guys everywhere would be thrilled if that was the case xD lol

Tiernan1212

:flowerforyou:

970Mikaela1

i thought I was the only one this happened to. Whew, i'm not a special snowflake after all!!

jlmuise25

Great! Now I want a dang doughnut!

cadine1982

Thanks for posting this, it made for good information but also made me laugh
particularly like the debit vs credit card analogy

:drinker: :flowerforyou: :laugh:

dawn_h_d

Quit looking in my windows. How did you know I had 3lb pink weights? **GASP** :laugh:

Chezzie84

Thank you so much, I am glad you cleared that up. I ate a biscuit (or 3) earlier and I was very worried I would put all my hard earned lost lbs back on by tomorrow.

JustJennie13

Great Post!

MagJam2004

CURSE MY IGNORANCE!!

But OP, when you said this -

you did a particularly hard workout the day before and the muscles are repairing themselves

- my brain exploded. Why on earth would you gain temp weight from muscles repairing?

redheaddee

Actually, it is the awesomesauce all over this post that caused the weight gain. :laugh:

LOVE THIS!!!

norcalskater

CURSE MY IGNORANCE!!

But OP, when you said this -

you did a particularly hard workout the day before and the muscles are repairing themselves

- my brain exploded. Why on earth would you gain temp weight from muscles repairing?

Because your muscles take in water during that process.

BrainyBurro

:huh:

bg192905

How many times do you read on the forums that someone ate a huge dinner and gained 3, 5 or even 10 pounds the next day?



I just wanted to take a moment to say...
Unless you ate a 10,000 calorie dinner, then it is pretty safe to say it wasn't a fat gain because of what you ate!!!

It may be that you've gained weight because...
- you are retaining water (did you have a lot of salt yesterday)
- you did a particularly hard workout the day before and the muscles are repairing themselves
- you may not have finished digesting the food yet (watch out, poop coming! lol)
- have you peed yet?
- is it that time of the month? (YES - BLAME TOM IT'S ALL HIS FAULT)

Weight gain and weight loss is not a daily thing... it is a cumulative result of behaviors. Work to change your behaviors for the good and your cumulative result will be a favorable one.

I liken it to a credit card, as opposed to a debit card.

A credit card... you can choose to spend like crazy, and you won't see the effects until the statement comes at the end of the month. Or you can save your money, spend wisely, and start paying down the debt and be pleasantly surprised.

Weight loss / gain is NOT a debit card.. what you take out or put in today is NOT instantly reflected in your balance.



Unless of course, you lift 3lb pink weights. Then you'll become huge and bulky overnight.

LOVE!!