Can You Gain 4 lbs Over Night???

sure you can, drink a lot of water, and eat some salty food, you'll gain 4 lbs no problem. Can you gain 4 lbs of fat? No. Impossible. OK maybe not impossible, but you'd need to eat 14000 calories of crap.

You didn't gain 4 pounds of fat. 300 calories over is, at most, close to maintenance. Certainly, not true overeating.

People naturally fluctuate throughout the week. Fluid retention, hormones, sodium levels, etc.

Perhaps you should weigh yourself no more than once a week so you see fewer natural fluctuation.

Yes.

You can Gain 4lbs of WATER weight over night.

I got so upset today. I know I didn't behave myself yesterday... Ate 300 calories over my limit even with exercise added in.

But still... I got on the scale this morning and it said I was 150.1 lbs????
The morning before yesterday it said I was at 145.8! I was so sure I would never be in the 150's again.

What do I even make of this?? I'm pretty sure my diary is public so feel free to look or give tips... I'm really upset about that crazy number this morning.

Sure.

If you were severely glucose depleted due to low diet and high intensity exercise, and finally ate enough carbs. There's 2 lbs there easy.

That's the reason for the "gained 2 lbs from a slice of wedding cake last night" problems. Cake weight 10 oz's, but the icing and such made it 1000 calories of almost pure sugar. Plus the salted peanuts and mints, ect.

500 cal glucose stored with water is 1lb.

Add a little salt for water retention, take away some water at previous weigh-in so false loss then, you got yourself a false 4lb weight gain.

You ate almost 4,000mg of sodium. That's twice what is recommended for any human. You are retaining water weight.

^ Spot on^^^^

A small increase in salt intake can cause a person to retain quit a bit more water. I would think that this is what has caused an overnight gain of 5 pounds. Think about what was eaten the day before. It may have very well contained salt.

Agree it's water weight. We all have to learn to stop panicking over stuff like this! Your body weight fluctuates. It's more about what you weigh month by month. You can weigh yourself week by week of course but don't read too much into it, and especially not your daily weigh in. Be patient, this is a long-term thing. Dont freak out if you eat a little over one day. You're human. One 'bad' meal or even day will not make you pile on the weight. Read this: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nerd+fitness+get+over+it&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

I honestly didn't bother reading anything other than the topic but let me ask you this.... Can you eat 12,000 calories over your daily intake?
If so, then you might stand a chance to yes.

Lol, ABSOLUTELY!!!

When I was losing the majority of my weight - 65lbs, I would fluctuate horribly. The most I ever gained OVER NIGHT, was 8 POUNDS. And that was with a calorie deficit every day too. It seemed impossible and totally unrealistic at the time, but it wasn't the only time. On many occasions, I would gain 6 pounds over night, then lost two the next day and lost 6 the next. So, over time, I went down, but it was like: Lose, gain, lose lose, gain, lose lose lose, gain gain gain, lose, gain gain... etc... Total roller coaster. Over time, the cumulative effect was more lost than gained, so I'm glad I stuck with it. 8 pounds overnight is pretty disheartening!!! But I knew it wasn't possible to gain even a pound of fat overnight, so it had to be something else.

Once a month, my weight increases by about 4 pounds now, and then I lose it a few days after. When I eat a salty meal, I gain (water) weight for a day or two after and only lose it if I go right back to not costuming much salt (which is normal for me). I also retain water when I workout - muscle swelling - and the degree of retention depends on the severity of my workouts and seems to correlate directly to how much my DOMS hurts. For example, yesterday I did a killer workout and today my thighs are so sore it's hard to walk, and I gained 2 pounds over night and had a slight deficit yesterday (of about 100 cal). The day after my rest day, I always lose a couple of pounds (when my muscles are no longer swollen and sore). When I don't drink enough to the point of slight dehydration (dry mouth/lips, thirst, etc..), I tend to gain a pound or so (i guess my body hangs on to whatever it has).

So... water. Water water water.... We are 90-something % water, so it makes sense.

Obviously you did gain the weight if that's what the scale says. It's probably water weight, or if it's close to that time of month, bloating--same thing. You wouldn't gain that much fat unless you ate over 10,000 calories.

yes you can.....but it will be water retention and will go away quite quickly.

Solution to water retention = Less Salt/ More water! Water is a natural diuretic. "Water weight" doesn't come from drinking too much water, it comes from having high sodium levels in your body. When sodium is high your body holds on to the water it has.. Easy solution, dilute the sodium... drink lots of water!

No.. unless again its Water gain. But, its a good practice NOT to weigh yourself everyday for the simple fact that your weight does tip up and down. That is why my Dr. suggested weighing once a week at the same time. Just a suggestion. Don't beat yourself up
. Deb

check for yourself, but I believe that the burger had even more sodium than fries? I try to avoid any packaged stuff because of the sodium content.