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Not eating enough... Gaining

PicNic00
PicNic00 Posts: 269 Member
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I've had a very emotional week, and finding it hard to get all my calories in for the day. I'm staying under on my carbs, but I'm about 400-600 calories under, and I stepped on the scale this morning, and i'm up about a pound. what's up with this?....

Also... I've been taking IBUPROFEN for a sore back... wonder this that makes your body retain water.

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  • LowcarbNY
    LowcarbNY Posts: 546 Member
    I stepped on the scale this morning, and i'm up about a pound. what's up with this?....

    Weight fluctuates day to day. You never noticed that before?
    Also... I've been taking IBUPROFEN for a sore back... wonder this that makes your body retain water.

    If you have a sore back you most surely have inflammation. You cells don't puff up on air, they do it with water. There you go.
  • Anniel88
    Anniel88 Posts: 150 Member
    I'm with LowcarbNY. It's probably just water weight or normal body fluctuations. Ibuprofen is known to have fluid retention issues. I weigh myself daily and track it in a spreadsheet (mostly because I'm a nerd) and it looks like I'm tracking my pulse on a heart rate monitor at the hospital when I graph it.

    If you notice the trend continuing, then you may need to be concerned, but since you had a stressful week and are taking ibuprofen, that leads me to think part of your normal trend.

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