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Gained 5 pounds in 3 days?!

Sahilber
Sahilber Posts: 2
edited January 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I recently upped my workout routine to walking 3 miles and jogging up stairs for 10 minutes with racquetball on the 'off days' . I started this routine on Friday.

I am normally around 160-163. I have been curious because my body doesn't feel any different from 163 so, I hip on the scale and it turns out I was 166.7!!
I've lost and maintained around 90-100 pounds for 2 years so, a 5-6 pound gain makes me question what I'm doing wrong. I haven't gone crazy with my diet. Lots of fruit and vegetables not too much sugar and chocolate. I'm just confused as to why I gained so much essentially over night...

Any ideas/suggestions?

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  • angleu
    angleu Posts: 140 Member
    You just changed your work out routine so you body is holding on to water (your muscles), In a few days that will be gone. Make sure you are eating more being you upped your workout.

    Unless you ate 15,000+ calories you didn't really gain 5lbs =)

    Keep truckin' along =)
  • tricksee
    tricksee Posts: 835 Member
    Yup!

    Muscles will hold more water when repairing themselves. This is nothing to do with fat.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,105 Member
    An alien virus came along and dumped 17,500 calories of fat into your body.....................................or you retained water weight from more intense exercise.


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  • n2thenight24
    n2thenight24 Posts: 1,651 Member
    Agreed^^^ When I first started working out, I gained 8.
  • mazekah
    mazekah Posts: 52
    Muscle weighs more than fat.
  • ami5000psu
    ami5000psu Posts: 391 Member
    An alien virus came along and dumped 17,500 calories of fat into your body.....................................or you retained water weight from more intense exercise.


    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    aliens-meme.jpeg
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,105 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.
    If muscle gain was the case here. It's not.


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  • tricksee
    tricksee Posts: 835 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    Nope. It doesn't.

    Back to the drawing board, bro.
  • turkeyhunter60
    turkeyhunter60 Posts: 319 Member
    give it a few days
  • randrews0407
    randrews0407 Posts: 216 Member
    Yeah, it happens with a new and intense routine - my first week of Insanity I watched the scale go up 3-4lbs.
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    An alien virus came along and dumped 17,500 calories of fat into your body.....................................or you retained water weight from more intense exercise.


    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    aliens-meme.jpeg

    i hate when the aliens do that
  • Bikini27
    Bikini27 Posts: 1,290 Member
    Shark Week? I'm retaining massive water due to this.
  • JoanB5
    JoanB5 Posts: 610 Member
    I also crave salt sometimes when I'm working out harder. Pretzels cause a weight gain like that for me every time. The heavy salt on them, I'm guessing.
  • krithsai
    krithsai Posts: 668 Member
    An alien virus came along and dumped 17,500 calories of fat into your body

    This is what happened. It happens to me all the time.
  • hope516
    hope516 Posts: 1,133 Member
    my advice....STAY OFF THE SCALE. :flowerforyou:
  • Bikini27
    Bikini27 Posts: 1,290 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    Nope. It doesn't.

    Back to the drawing board, bro.

    A pound is a pound is a pound.
  • efranz12
    efranz12 Posts: 46 Member
    I can gain 5 pounds in one day... Weight fluctuations are totally normal. Take measurements or pictures and don't live or die by the scale, it is not your friend.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

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    I REALLY hope what you meant was muscle is DENSER than fat.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    Especially when they are full of water. :wink:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    FACEPALM_Dean_Winchester_zps19d4ab95.gif


    I REALLY hope what you meant was muscle is DENSER than fat.

    What else would you imagine she meant?
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    FACEPALM_Dean_Winchester_zps19d4ab95.gif


    I REALLY hope what you meant was muscle is DENSER than fat.

    What else would you imagine she meant?

    .......That it weighs more? Which it doesn't. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat; but muscle is denser - taking up less space.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    FACEPALM_Dean_Winchester_zps19d4ab95.gif


    I REALLY hope what you meant was muscle is DENSER than fat.

    What else would you imagine she meant?

    .......That it weighs more? Which it doesn't. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat; but muscle is denser - taking up less space.

    ??? But the OP already said she had 5 lbs more of something, why would anyone assume we are talking about 1 lb?
  • tomg33
    tomg33 Posts: 305 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    Nope. It doesn't.

    Back to the drawing board, bro.

    This is true but feathers weigh more than lead
  • chocolate_barbell
    chocolate_barbell Posts: 19 Member
    Shark Week? I'm retaining massive water due to this.
    This could be a possibility. I jump up ~8-10lbs during shark week. Annoying. However, I agree with what most have said here...water retention in the muscles due to routine change.



    And aliens..
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Muscle weighs more than fat.

    FACEPALM_Dean_Winchester_zps19d4ab95.gif


    I REALLY hope what you meant was muscle is DENSER than fat.

    What else would you imagine she meant?

    .......That it weighs more? Which it doesn't. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat; but muscle is denser - taking up less space.

    ??? But the OP already said she had 5 lbs more of something, why would anyone assume we are talking about 1 lb?

    I used 1lb as an example to explain what I meant.....
  • Sahilber
    Sahilber Posts: 2
    Thanks everyone. I am back to my normal weight! Thank you for all the replies. I have also struggled with an eating disorder for 3 years now and reinforcement that a jump in the scale is normal was extremely helpful!
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