Holy Crap Water Weight!

cansnchloe

Okay weighed in this morning after a weekend of entirely too much salt, carbs and drinks and gained 5 lbs since Saturday morning. WHAT! This is new for me, a little bit here and there but never this much! I am officially in detox, nothing but water, veggies and meat for the next few days. Trying to not get discouraged but jeez!

Tajdancer

No, don't get discouraged! It happens; salt is wicked stuff! A couple of weeks ago the same thing happened to me--5 lbs of water weight due to eating pizza for 3 days straight.

It was gone by Wednesday. :happy:

RyLaneB

The same thing happened here.:grumble: Yesterday was a big day, Easter with extended family, a trip to the winery with my sister n laws, dinner at our favorite Mexican place with our best friends...splitting a pitcher of margaritas of course! Even with the 5 mile bike ride, the scale was not pretty this morning, but I will just go back to "normal"...healthier food and water...and hoping it will be warm enough to get the tiny nieces out for a walk later. Don't get discouraged, just keep going!! Mine will be gone in a day or 2 and I will be back on track, I'm sure the same will happen for you! :flowerforyou:

graelwyn

Just go back to your usual eating regimen, and keep in mind that this is not a longterm gain, only temporary. There have been several times I have got upset over a similar gain, sometimes within a 24 hour period, and it was gone within a week.

auroranflash

That's why I only weigh in on Wednesdays. Sure I check my weight through the week, but I used to get very upset at my weight fluctuations. I find that when I weigh on Wednesdays, I've had enough time to re-balance myself and usually even lose weight every week. But if I judged by Mondays, my "Weight loss" graph would look like this:

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heehee. Happy Monday. Drink lots of water!

ChocolateisCrack

I used to let this stuff drive me nuts, but the day before I am going to weigh in for the week I drink lots of water, eat bananas and avocados and other fruits to drive the extra water out of my system, works great!

therealangd

Yep. 3.5 lbs for me this morning too. I have had 5lb weekends though.

You don't need to starve yourself. The issue isn't calories. Give it a couple of days and lots of water.

AmyLRed

same thing here last weekend! It has taken til today to lose 4 of those 5 stinking pounds that appeared in 2 days. EHH!

Edited to add: My point is, it stinks, but hang in there, it will go away!

20carrots

That's why I only weigh in on Wednesdays. Sure I check my weight through the week, but I used to get very upset at my weight fluctuations. I find that when I weigh on Wednesdays, I've had enough time to re-balance myself and usually even lose weight every week. But if I judged by Mondays, my "Weight loss" graph would look like this:

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heehee. Happy Monday. Drink lots of water!

Hilarious and a good idea. Though I weigh every day I think I'l commit to only posting/updating on Wednesdays. Otherwise my graph would give me vertigo!

HollywoodDJ

Same thing happened to me! LOL! I know I have lost weight because clothes are so much looser but WOW....salt is a wicked thing! I have started using Celtic Salt...full of minerals and vitamins. Better for you than regular sea salt. Makes a difference too!

BaconMD

I watched my sodium this week and I gained 1.5lbs. It's all in the mind - my subconscious was trying to get the 69 back, I think.

cansnchloe

Okay whew... two days later and it's back off! Yikes that scared me into behaving much better on the weekends. Maybe I need to calm down on my free days.

Tajdancer

Yay!:drinker:

TKHappy

I ate a half a jar (big jar) of pickles the other day...not only did I gain 3 lbs, my legs blew up to tree stump status!! My weight did go back down...but those darn pickles taunt me, I can never eat just one.