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weight gain after stomach virus?

courtney1189
courtney1189 Posts: 17 Member
edited February 15 in Health and Weight Loss
Tuesday, the scale showed 138 lbs. I came down with an awful stomach virus on Wednesday - couldn't keep anything down. I only ate a few crackers and drank a 12 oz. gatorade and water. Thursday, I was feeling a bit better, but still didn't eat very much. I was able to drink another 12 oz. gatorade, water, and eat chicken noodle soup, crackers, and ginger snaps. Both days, I was well under calorie goal.

I stepped on the scale Friday, and the scale is up to 143 lbs! I am not worried, as I know that I didn't actually GAIN weight with my stomach virus. I'm just curious what is causing the big change, especially when I hardly ate anything.

Over the course of two days, I drank 24 oz. of gatorade. So, is this water retention due to the sodium? It just seems like an awful lot of gain for hardly any food!

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It could be about a gazillion things. Maybe your lighter weigh in you were a little dehydrated...maybe you had less waste in your system...maybe your glycogen stores were depleted. Even though you weren't eating a whole lot, you probably weren't doing a whole lot...so stuff like Gatorade is going to replenish glycogen and fluids, etc.

    Really, it could be anything. Normal and natural daily fluctuations can easily be 3-5 Lbs day to day just normally.
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