HELP! Gained 6lbs in less than 12 hours.

Lindsay_1984

I have no idea what is going on with my body. Sunday was my "free day" so that I could enjoy our Easter meal and not have to track everything. Sunday morning at 7am I weighed 223.5 pounds. We ate Easter meal at 1pm and this was my first meal of the day. I had ham, green bean casserole, potato casserole, corn, a wheat roll, and cranberry salad. It sounds like a lot but this all fit on to 1 regular size plate. I did not go back for seconds and I was so full that I could only manage a few bites of dessert. When I got home from the meal, I weighed myself thinking I probably gained a pound or two. I was 229 pounds! That means from 7am to 3pm I gained almost 6 pounds from ONE MEAL. How could this happen??? There is no way I ate 6 pounds of food. Could I be retaining that much water?

And before anyone asks, there isn't anything wrong with my scale. It is accurate.

If anyone knows how this could happen, please let me know! Thank you.

Dark_Roast

There is no way you could have eaten that much. 1 pound=3500 calories. It is water weight and waste.

Colliex3

you weighed yourself when you got home? that would explain the 6lbs gain... specially after you ate

abbyrae1

you can't gain 6lbs in a day.

You are likely retaining water. All the foods that were served are very high in sodium, so that is probably causing a lot of your issue. Try to make sure you drink a lot of water today and keep calm, your weight can fluctuate by 5-8lbs in a day. You should try weighing yourself once a week, same day, same time. Use that as your guide to see how you are doing.

prdavies1949

It's April the first, lots of strange things are happening today, weigh yourself tomorrow, it will be OK then.

Sarauk2sf

Stop weighing yourself so much. Its food and water fluctuations.

Dark_Roast

It's April the first, lots of strange things are happening today, weigh yourself tomorrow, it will be OK then.

yea, she was prolly holding her cat when she weighed

yo_andi

Have a big poo, weigh another day. You'll be fine.

Hannah7783

This is the sort of thing that happens to me - as soon as I eat breakfast I "gain" 1-2lbs, even if II just eat yogurt and banana and a glass of water! Clearly hadn't gained that - the food wouldn't even been digested yet! To be consistent I have to weigh myself first thing in the morning and immediately after I go to the bathroom, if you know what I am getting at!

Weight does fluctuate during the day - don't worry about it, its not accurate!!!

shadow2soul

1) Your weight will be different throughout the day. You will typically be heavier at night because of foods working their way through your digestive system. This is why it is recommended to only weigh in once a day at the same time everyday.

2) Your weight can fluctuate quite a bit from day to day. This is where the only weigh in once a week recommendation comes in.

Scott_2025

I have often wondered the same thing..... I have noticed that after a big eating day (I have had a few of those the last two weeks) it can take a couple days to get back to the weight I was prior to my big eating day.

I don't really worry about it too much, but it does make me mad......

I for one am glad you enjoyed your Easter meals... I think a big eating day is not a problem as long as you don't have seven of them a week.....

Please let me know if those extra pounds come off in the next three or so days.....

Take Care,

Scott

dixiewhiskey

Sodium or water retention related

TavistockToad

Stop weighing yourself so much. Its food and water fluctuations.

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_Witsy_

No you didn't.

You ate food, your body is doing it's thing with it...it will go away.

Get off the scale. :flowerforyou:

hoffma25

Food still digesting in the stomach, water retention, and a build-up of waste in the colon is what is causing your gain. Drink plenty of water and have a few bowel movements and you should be back on track in no time.

queenbea77

You would have to have eaten 21,000 extra calories - I agree water weight.

Did you have high sodium foods? Diet pop? I know if I have either of those over the weekend I'm going to have a gain on Monday. Looking at your meal for yesterday (yes mine looked similar) I can see a couple things that jumped out at me immediately - only one meal @ 1pm? Your body was probably starving by then. We all know that ham & green bean casserole are high in sodium. Did you drink water?

I'm not picking on you at all(!) like I said I had ham, GB casserole, mashed potato, stuffing etc. and while I did drink water quite often during the day I also had fruit punch so I showed 1 1/2 lb gain this morning. I know any time I have pop or something high in sodium I'm going to have a gain the next day so I was pushing the water during the evening and all day today.

Drink plenty of water - even more than you normally would and weigh yourself in a couple days and see how it is.

HMVOL7409

Why did you weigh yourself after you ate? Stopping weighing so much and realize that you have fluctuations due to food digestion, water balance etc. You know you didn't gain 6lbs of fat in a day.

OneEyeUp

I'd say weigh once a week.

da_bears10089

water retention and poo... that is all

MB_Positif

No. You did not.