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This might be a stupid question..

kellylara93
kellylara93 Posts: 228
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay, so over Christmas, according to my scales I have gained about 1.5kgs. However, my body fat percentage has stayed the same (31.1% -yes bad I know, but Im working on it).

Does this mean that my weight gain on the scales is either water/muscle/food still in digestive system?

As opposed to a fat gain?

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  • truelypinkthing
    truelypinkthing Posts: 164 Member
    Yes, probably. You'll have eaten lots of hidden sodium, and your insides have probably not emptied themselves yet. drink loads of water, get back to the healthy stuff, add a nit of exercise and normal service will resume quite quickly :-))
  • Javajunkie67
    Javajunkie67 Posts: 167 Member
    It can very easily be water. Try drinking plenty of water to help flush out all the sodium from the holidays. I'll be doing the same thing today-my poor hands are so swollen, but the food was fantastic!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Unless you had an extra 11550 calories over the amount of calories it would take to maintain your current weight, the majority of it is water weight and undigested food.

    If you did eat an extra 11550 calories, my hat goes off to you! :drinker:
  • kellylara93
    kellylara93 Posts: 228
    I was actually pretty proud of my effort over christmas :) Will be flushing with water tonight, and working up a sweat tomorrow :D
  • annabellj
    annabellj Posts: 1,337 Member
    yep just water and food. try not to weigh yourself but once a week because of fluctuations
  • TrainingWithTonya
    TrainingWithTonya Posts: 1,741 Member
    Take the total body weight you use to be and multiply it by 0.311 to get the kg of fat previously. Now take the total body weight you are now and multiply it by 0.311 and get the kg of fat you are now so that you can see it as a weight in fat gained. I'm sure you'll see is it a little bit of fat, but not much. If you gained a little fat, it wasn't much, maybe 3000-3500 calories worth.
  • LooseWheel
    LooseWheel Posts: 211 Member
    Heya Lara,


    They reackon the average weight gain over christmas is actually only half a kg. 0.5kgs matey. Dont worry about the scales for now. It will seem to be a killer but you have to consider the liquids as well as foods and the over all gain will only be a little amount. I feel great about that info even though I feel about 2kgs heavier but will not weigh myself until the end of the week so I know. It will work out sweetie. You have been doing so much matey, keep with the movement and you will balance out huh! cheers. Lou
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