OMG 5 pounds over the weekend!!
laurie62ann
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I hate the scales this morning!! I had reached my New Years goal on Friday of 165. Then today I'm at 170... 5 pounds in three days!!! UGGHHHHH... We had three parties and it was so hard to resist...and the Wine OH the Wine!!! Please tell me these pounds will leave as quick as it came. Anybody else have this happen?
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do you feel bloated or heavy? it could be as simple as water and undigested food from the parties, and will disappear fairly quickly, once your body readjusts to it's normal diet again.
Just remember, deep breaths. You've totally got this.0 -
Yep. Had that happen over Thanksgiving. Never fear, a lot of it is water weight! A lot of the goodies you had were probably high in sodium and you are like a lil ol sponge soaking up the water. Drink more good ol H2O and flush it out. You'll be ok!0
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Not recently, but yes, i've had that sort of thing happen. Depending on what you ate, you might be retaining water, so that might account for some of the weight. Also, scales are funny things. Regardless, when this happens to me, I make a concerted effort to eat really healthy, really clean the following days, and I incorporate hot water with lemon in place of other beverages like juice, tea or coffee.
Tis the season! Good luck!0 -
You'd have to have overeated by 3500 calories daily to gain that much. It's not fat unless you did. It's likely water and will be gone in a day or two. Fluctuation is common to us all. Don't let the scales depress you. Depend more on a simple measuring tape and what you see in the mirror.0
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Jump back to your regular calorie intake--and lots of water and it should come off
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Yes it will come off! I gained 3.5 lbs over Thanksgiving weekend and it was gone after 3 days of being back on my regular routine. Just get right back on the saddle and it will be fine!0
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hurry up and jump back on board asap! i had a xmas party fri and i drank like there was no tomorrow. it certainly reflected on the scale this am but im right back to doing what i do. oatmeal and banana for breakfast and i will most certainly watch my calories and exercise this week. 0
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I did the same thing over the week end, we went on a trip visit some family and do some shopping, meaning lots of restaurant and wine and beer.. I was up 5lbs this morning on the scale..HAAAAAA! back to the diet this morning, drink lot's of water and back to exercice for me tonight. hopefully those pounds are going to be gone by the end of this week.0
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water retention from the wine it will go away... 0
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Same with me and I was thinking of posting this morning asking why that happens. I've gained six pounds in two days. I know I overate, but there's not way I overate 21,000 calories (6 x 3500) so it has to be water weight, excess sodium, something!
So what you are all saying is the best way to counteract this is to be sure to be strong and stay within your calorie intake for the rest of the week, drink lots of water (more than usual?) and perhaps amp up the exercise. Will that do it? Will that take all those extra pounds off within the rest of the week? Or am I looking at spending the next 2-3 weeks working off just 2 days of bad choices?0 -
Why not stop drinking alcohol?0
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I hate the scales this morning!! I had reached my New Years goal on Friday of 165. Then today I'm at 170... 5 pounds in three days!!! UGGHHHHH... We had three parties and it was so hard to resist...and the Wine OH the Wine!!! Please tell me these pounds will leave as quick as it came. Anybody else have this happen?
It will vanish, I jumped 4lbs by Sunday. Due I think to loads of beer with cheese sandwiches on Friday This morning it has gone, all of it.
The sudden jump did pull me up short though and i am now being a good boy until Christmas0 -
Keep your diet tight and relatively low in carbs and I bet by Friday you will be 5-6lb lighter.0
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Don't worry! I weighed in at 128 on Friday, and a weekend at a cabin with beer and goodies galore I weighed in at 132 this morning. After my workout, I weighed back at 130.8. Get back into your routine, add an extra 5-10 minutes to your workout, and it will come right back off! You didn't gain 5 pounds of fat. These things happen. I've been at this for over 5 years and it ALWAYS come right back off!0
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I hate the scales this morning!! I had reached my New Years goal on Friday of 165. Then today I'm at 170... 5 pounds in three days!!! UGGHHHHH... We had three parties and it was so hard to resist...and the Wine OH the Wine!!! Please tell me these pounds will leave as quick as it came. Anybody else have this happen?
You've lost 61lbs and you've never seen the scale fluctuate before?
This happens to everyone. It's normal. You probably didn't gain any *actual* weight.0 -
DRINK WATER!!! like never before. and get back on track, you will be fine in a couple of days0
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I like this one! :laugh:0
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I hate the scales this morning!! I had reached my New Years goal on Friday of 165. Then today I'm at 170... 5 pounds in three days!!! UGGHHHHH... We had three parties and it was so hard to resist...and the Wine OH the Wine!!! Please tell me these pounds will leave as quick as it came. Anybody else have this happen?
It's called fluctuating. Your weight does it.0 -
Why not stop drinking alcohol?
First time in 10 months! So I think that's pretty good! Don't you!0 -
I am in the same boat this morning, my fingers are feeling like sausages and my scale was up 4 lbs this morning after indulging in cocktails over the weekend. Ugh! I am drinking a ton of water today, I am back on track and I have exercise class tonight...It WILL be gone by Friday is my goal!!0
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Thank you for making this post!! I hopped on the scale yesterday morning and it said I had lost 4 lbs. Then I hopped on in the afternoon (after the football game ended and I ate a slice of pizza and some wings) and it said I had only lost 2.2 lbs. I was so upset! I figured my scale was unreliable and I got all nervous. Now I know it was just a combination of water weight and salty foods. Lesson learned: only weigh myself once a week - and not multiple times in one day!0
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Even following my daily calorie amounts and being mindful of extra sodium my weight can fluctuate 1 - 4 pounds on any given day. I know that too much sodium (>3500g) can start to make my body retain extra water. In fact, I can weigh myself, walk down 2 flights of stairs to my kitchen to let the dog out, walk back upstairs to my bathroom scale and have gained a WHOLE POUND!!
This is not "fat".
Make sure you are giving your body plenty of water, and watch the sodium, you'll be back at your goal weight in a few days0 -
3,500 calories = 1 pound. You would have to eat over your TDEE by 17,500 calories to gain 5 pounds of fat. That's about, oh, 25 *bottles* of wine. Step away from the scale...0 -
Have you tried dropping a deuce?0
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Have you tried dropping a deuce?
I like to weigh myself before and after to see how big it was ...0 -
Have you tried dropping a deuce?
I like to weigh myself before and after to see how big it was ...
LOL - this dosent seem to effect the scales for me!!! However funny!0
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