Crazy what sodium does to you

fiveohmike

So on saturday morning I was 292.5 (my start weight since upping my cals). I ate healthy all day. Sunday morning was 293, no big deal. However that was determined to be my cheat day.

I ate healthy, but for dinner me and some buddies went out to pizza. I had 4 slices of pizza (pepperoni, bacon and extra cheese), 3 small pieces of garlic cheese bread, 24oz of Dr Pepper.

and

1. I felt like ****...that was not fun

2. I felt fatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

3. I woke up to the scale reading 297.5 and almost **** a 2 ton brick.

I know its not fat weight, but I can only chock it up to the ridiculous amount of sodium that was in that meal that made me retain most of the 1.5 gallons of water I drank yesterday.

./sigh I never want a cheat day again lol

gemiwing

lol I used to have tons of cheat days too- they're getting less and less frequent now that I'm eating enough regularly. I just don't have the same urge. I do have splurge days where I throw the macros out the windows and oh yes the scale reflects that the next day lol

Was the pizza good at least?

fiveohmike

I will say the pizza was amazing tasting. However the aftereffects not so much.

Next time...1 slice...maybe 2, no soda and no garlic bread. I have been feeling great eating healthy for the past couple of weeks, than this.

I do NOT like that feeling....I can tell you that I am going home to absolutely annihilate my Insanity routine.

jj3120

I know what you mean! My scale was up 2lbs this morning which I put down to the Chinese takeaway I had last night!! My sodium is usually really low so it was a bit of a shock to the system all that salt! I know it will be down again tomorrow.

jyska

lol I used to have tons of cheat days too- they're getting less and less frequent now that I'm eating enough regularly. I just don't have the same urge. I do have splurge days where I throw the macros out the windows and oh yes the scale reflects that the next day lol

Was the pizza good at least?

I feel the same now that I'm no longer hungry! Cheat days aren't something I crave...more like something that will happen when I can't control the 'food' situation enough to know exactly what the calorie intake is so I assume there's a possibility I'm over in my calories.

However, with camping season starting I have already set aside 1 cheat evening per camping excursion for a few drinks! I consider alcohol a 'cheat' no matter when I drink it because of it's double-whammy effect on the food you are also eating. :grumble: otherwise, I'd probably just allow for the excess calories.

gemiwing

I feel the same now that I'm no longer hungry! Cheat days aren't something I crave...more like something that will happen when I can't control the 'food' situation enough to know exactly what the calorie intake is so I assume there's a possibility I'm over in my calories.

However, with camping season starting I have already set aside 1 cheat evening per camping excursion for a few drinks! I consider alcohol a 'cheat' no matter when I drink it because of it's double-whammy effect on the food you are also eating. :grumble: otherwise, I'd probably just allow for the excess calories.

Exactly! Free Days are now where I have to go to an event or meeting where I cant' accurately track the cals.

HeidiHoMom

I am actually surprised at how satisfied I am feeling now that I have upped my protein levels. I don't want to cheat with cookies or lucky charms etc. I think because I am finally feeling full and eating enough (maybe even not quite enough yet but I am too scared to take the full jump right now).

techmom29

So on saturday morning I was 292.5 (my start weight since upping my cals). I ate healthy all day. Sunday morning was 293, no big deal. However that was determined to be my cheat day.

I ate healthy, but for dinner me and some buddies went out to pizza. I had 4 slices of pizza (pepperoni, bacon and extra cheese), 3 small pieces of garlic cheese bread, 24oz of Dr Pepper.

and

1. I felt like ****...that was not fun

2. I felt fatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

3. I woke up to the scale reading 297.5 and almost **** a 2 ton brick.

I know its not fat weight, but I can only chock it up to the ridiculous amount of sodium that was in that meal that made me retain most of the 1.5 gallons of water I drank yesterday.

./sigh I never want a cheat day again lol

I had the same after the weekend of my son's wedding. I went up 5# and felt yucky. I would suggest LOTS of water for the next couple of days. It will help you to reset and shed the water you are holding.

31prvrbs

yes it takes me days of chugging water to get rid of the effects from "extra" water being held....ugh!

Raynn1

Ugh, I hear you.. I got hit with AF last week and had a 3 pound gain, then I had a high sodium day on Friday which caused another gain, and then finally I was getting back down to where I was, when we were travelling yesterday and spent the day sitting in the car... ended up with a 4 pound gain overnight!!!... Its horrible!!!