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!!

miss_jessiejane

What if my weights are pink and 1.5 pounds? Is that too heavy?

lk2scb

Thanks for posting this....

It reassured me after my recent panic on seeing a 3lb gain in 3 days when I knew I hadn't eaten in excess of 3500 calories for 3days.

I like the way you liken it to a Credit Card....it really highlights how it really is.

So I am now feeling more positive about my diet journey now.

fsucrack

OMG.... who doesnt have pink 3LB weights! You know its like the new trend...

deksgrl

Pink weights.....

Go_Mizzou99

Hmmm...maybe if they ate a salt lick and drank 3, 5, or even 10 pounds of water - then - maybe.

MireyGal76

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?

This quote is from shape :blushing:- not the best source...

"A person's scale mass is a combination of muscle, fat, bone, the brain and neural tract, connective tissue, blood, lymph, intestinal gas, urine, and the air that we carry in our lungs. Immediately after a workout routine, the percentage of mass in each of these categories can shift as much as 15 percent." Intense workouts cause variability on the scale due to factors like hydration status, inflammation from muscle damage repair (we call this delayed onset muscle soreness), even the amount of intestinal by-product or urine and blood volume, Dolgan says.

Still looking for more reliable sources that describe the result better - but that one works for now. *DON'T HIT ME FOR MY SOURCE*

tagless97

A friend of mine told me that "It isn't so much the hour in the gym that makes the difference as it is the 23 hours outside of the gym" Make sense to me ; -) Although.... I do need to add a workout to my daily routine....

CallMeCupcakeDammit

:huh:

A donut topped with a donut?!

MireyGal76

This is also a decent article... I think. I am not professing to be highly edumacated on this topic!

http://www.nutritionatc.hawaii.edu/HO/2002/135.htm

As a person adapts to an aerobic exercise program, their muscles get better at storing carbohydrate in a form called glycogen. To muscles, glycogen is the storage form of high-octane fuel. During exercise, muscles break down glycogen to a high-energy source called glucose. A steady supply of glucose is essential for maintaining moderate- to high-intensity exercise.

So far, so good. But here's the rub: Along with each additional gram of glycogen stored in the muscles, about 3 grams of water are stored, resulting in a weight gain of as much as 2 to 4 pounds.

QS82

Great post! Although I swear I put on 3lbs after I read it... :sad: :bigsmile: