I don't understand 6lbs gained in week

First off, don't panic. In order for you to gain 6 pounds of fat, you would have had to eat an extra 21,000 calories OVER your maintenance level. That would be quite an impressive thing to do in 6 days, honestly.

Also, before anyone mentions it, you DID NOT gain 6 pounds of muscle in 6 days either. You can't, I repeat, can't gain muscle while eating at a calorie deficit. Our bodies don't work that way.

So, most likely it's water weight. That could be caused by a few things. Did you eat more sodium than usual? Did you drink less water than usual? You didn't say how recently you added the bow flex or walking, but if it was in the last week or two, your muscles could be holding on to the water to help them heal and adjust to the new routine. It's also possible that you just weighed at a different time of day, or with heavier clothes on, or on a different scale (they can vary from scale to scale) but I'm guessing you would have thought of that.

The good thing is that water weight will come back off. Keep up with your work outs, drink water, water, water, and give it a few days.

Have you eaten a lot of sodium lately? Possibly you have inflammation? I'm not good at math, but isn't 2.5 lbs/week a little bit fast? I thought 1 pound per week was generally accepted as the standard.

Actually, no. From what I've researched, a healthy rate of loss is actually about 1% of your body weight a week. So, a 450 pound man could, healthily, lose 4 - 5 pounds a week. While a 130 pound girl shouldn't expect much more than 1 pound. Planning for 1 pound a week is erring on the side of caution, but it's not the limit for everyone. At 240, the OP is losing at a good, healthy rate for him. :happy:

Broken scale is all I can think...

I also agree that you shold not panic. If oyu have been doing as well as you say, there is NO WAY you gained 6 pounds. I would agree that it is either water weight or a problem with your scale.

Water weight

Sometimes medical conditions will make this happen. Thyroid, gall bladder problems. If you ate something that irritates these
conditions you can temporarily gain 5 lb. until your digestive track gets back into sync. then the weight just goes back away. Whether it is water you retain, or undigested food who knows. But it happens to me also. It makes losing weight very discouraging, but don't give up, because the next time that your step on the scale you might be down 8 lbs. been there.

I gained 3 lbs in one day and I know what it was from . That very good homemade bean and ham soup. Well worth every sodium filled spoonful. I just have been drinking tons of water and it will be gone in a few days.

One salty meal will get me 4 pounds overnight. Drink lots of water, it will go away quickly.

Same here.

First off, don't panic. In order for you to gain 6 pounds of fat, you would have had to eat an extra 21,000 calories OVER your maintenance level. That would be quite an impressive thing to do in 6 days, honestly.

Also, before anyone mentions it, you DID NOT gain 6 pounds of muscle in 6 days either. You can't, I repeat, can't gain muscle while eating at a calorie deficit. Our bodies don't work that way.

So, most likely it's water weight. That could be caused by a few things. Did you eat more sodium than usual? Did you drink less water than usual? You didn't say how recently you added the bow flex or walking, but if it was in the last week or two, your muscles could be holding on to the water to help them heal and adjust to the new routine. It's also possible that you just weighed at a different time of day, or with heavier clothes on, or on a different scale (they can vary from scale to scale) but I'm guessing you would have thought of that.

The good thing is that water weight will come back off. Keep up with your work outs, drink water, water, water, and give it a few days.

THIS ^^^

Don't freak out. Try to remember that the scale is really only useful to track trends. Your weight can shift up or down as much as 10lbs a day in some cases. Mine can shift 3-5 lbs up and down day to day, depending on what I did and the kind of food I ate the day before (even assuming calories at or below goal). If you worked out hard it could be your muscles taking in water, same thing if you ingested a lot of sodiu; it could be just undigested food which is on its way out. I seriously doubt you ate 21,000 calories over your maintenance level in one week, so you didn't add 6 lbs of fat. So take a deep breath and stay the course. It's working for you.

Drink lots of water and your scale will show you down in a few days.

it could be water weight. or maybe you need to modify your foods more bec if there is a lot of sodium or sugar that can retain alot water not to mention belly fat stored.

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Do this for a month, weigh yourself in the morning, after you use the bathroom, naked. Write down that reading. Then, every night, weigh yourself again, same situation, after bathroom usage and naked...write down that reading. At night you will almost always be heavier according to the scale, and lighter when you wake up.

You will see gains as much as 8 lbs during the day depending on water intake, sodium, sleep, workouts, etc. In the morning you may or may not be a pound or two heavier than the day before, or you may be the exact same, and then like magic, you'll may drop a pound or three.

The scale is not the best way to measure weight loss...too many variables. It will give you a rough estimate but it may be off by about 3-8 pounds for a myriad of reasons.