Day 3 of eat more, 4.5lb gained

bradthemedic

I have been working out very hard and eating 1,000 calories more than I was before. I feel 100x better. I have more energy and I can get up in the morning with ease. I am slightly concerned that 4.5lb is a lot of weight gain. It doesn't really add up. How is my body storing that much water/calories. Do you think I was in starvation for so long that it's storing this food "in case of emergency" in fat?

Just curious what my body is up to more than anything. I am sticking to the plan - business as usual.

cmriverside

If that is where you need to be according to several sources, stay there. Wait for a month before freaking out - your body will do a little gaining before it levels out.

SherryRH

Also, has your sodium intake increased a little with the extra food you are eating?

dg09

I can hold up to 6-7lbs.

I'm holding 5 right now, it's fine just stick with it if that's the correct calories you should be eating.

bradthemedic

I'm not worried about it - I should have made that a little more clear.

I am just curious what my body is doing internally (chemically) since I've never really ate like this before.

bradthemedic

Also, has your sodium intake increased a little with the extra food you are eating?

Yes.. my sodium yesterday was through the ROOF. I was so happy through the day because it was so low and then I ate some baguette and WHAM I saw the sodium spike in the log.

ladyraven68

I have been working out very hard and eating 1,000 calories more than I was before. I feel 100x better. I have more energy and I can get up in the morning with ease. I am slightly concerned that 4.5lb is a lot of weight gain. It doesn't really add up. How is my body storing that much water/calories. Do you think I was in starvation for so long that it's storing this food "in case of emergency" in fat?

Just curious what my body is up to more than anything. I am sticking to the plan - business as usual.

Wow - did you jump straight up by 1000 or take it up slowly?

If you jumped up fast, you will gain some water weight as your glycogen stores are replenished.

http://www.justinowings.com/understanding-bodyweight-and-glycogen-de/

sugarsquare

I have gained 6lbs. since 2 weeks ago... waiting for that to start coming down :0)

bradthemedic

I have been working out very hard and eating 1,000 calories more than I was before. I feel 100x better. I have more energy and I can get up in the morning with ease. I am slightly concerned that 4.5lb is a lot of weight gain. It doesn't really add up. How is my body storing that much water/calories. Do you think I was in starvation for so long that it's storing this food "in case of emergency" in fat?

Just curious what my body is up to more than anything. I am sticking to the plan - business as usual.

Wow - did you jump straight up by 1000 or take it up slowly?

If you jumped up fast, you will gain some water weight as your glycogen stores are replenished.

http://www.justinowings.com/understanding-bodyweight-and-glycogen-de/

WOW! How did I not know ANYTHING about this. Obviously my stores were at 0. That's the weird thing. I feel bloated but I look smaller. I thought I was going insane.... very cool article and that helped explain it well.

bradthemedic

I worked out like a monster today... ate all my calories back. This is so odd to me. Haha