gained 4 pounds one day SERIOUSLY?

amytaylorwilliamdrake
amytaylorwilliamdrake Posts: 38
in Health and Weight Loss
yup weighed in this am first thing in the morning necked, and up 4 pounds from yesterday, the first day \I ate back my exercise calories, coincidence???
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  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    yup weighed in this am first thing in the morning necked, and up 4 pounds from yesterday, the first day \I ate back my exercise calories, coincidence???

    So you ate something yesterday and drank some fluids? Hmmmmmmmmm
  • maleva720
    maleva720 Posts: 165 Member
    No, it takes two days to show up when you overeat.
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    1lb = 3500 calories.


    You do the math. Doesn't sound too feasible now, does it?
  • Cherryblosm3
    Cherryblosm3 Posts: 106 Member
    This is why you only weigh in once a week.

    Its most likely water weight.
  • amytaylorwilliamdrake
    amytaylorwilliamdrake Posts: 38
    I don't overeat though, I just don't get it. I wish I could stop the number obsession, but as someone who grew up obese teenager and young adult its hard not too.
  • sweebum
    sweebum Posts: 1,060 Member
    Well, I can gain 7 in a day just from eating Tostitos. It's water retention, chill. :flowerforyou:
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    I don't overeat though, I just don't get it. I wish I could stop the number obsession, but as someone who grew up obese teenager and young adult its hard not too.

    Food and liquids aren't weightless...
  • 1995melissa
    1995melissa Posts: 10
    Well, weight fluctuates during the day so maybe try weighing yourself later to see if it changes?
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    sodium and water weight. Unless you ate like 5 large pizzas
  • dovetail22uk
    dovetail22uk Posts: 339 Member
    You weigh every day? SERIOUSLY?!

    You can fluctuate by 5lbs easily day to day so you're only hurting yourself if you weigh every day!
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    You're screwed.
  • amytaylorwilliamdrake
    amytaylorwilliamdrake Posts: 38
    would like to eat a couple slices of pizza but no not five large, tx. BTW do men fluctuate as much as women
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
    Well if the scale said it, it seriously happened.

    Chances are it is water weight or you haven't taken a giant *kitten* yet.

    don't weigh yourself everyday and you wont see the fluctuations that are 100% normal and happen everyday. Or weigh yourself everyday and get used to seeing the scale go up and down depending on the time of the month, where the moon is located and the gravitational pull it may or may not have on the earth at the time, or if you have gone to the bathroom, or if you worked out or if you ate excess sodium or if you didn't drink enough water or the list goes on and on and on.
  • amytaylorwilliamdrake
    amytaylorwilliamdrake Posts: 38
    why am I screwed?
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Go take a dump.
  • 1995melissa
    1995melissa Posts: 10
    Don't worry too much with it, especially if you did everything well and didn't overeat :) just weigh yourself later and not everyday if you don't like seeing fluctuations, that would help you.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    yup weighed in this am first thing in the morning necked, and up 4 pounds from yesterday, the first day \I ate back my exercise calories, coincidence???
    According to your diary yesterday your net cals were only 912. You may have eaten some of your exercise cals back, but you didn't eat all of them.

    I'm a daily weigher - it's just a habit and the numbers don't bother me. I can easily be up 3lbs one day, down 2 the next, up 1, down 3 - it's normal. Water weight, exercise, hormones, sodium - so many things can influence it.

    Eat well, exercise, get good rest, repeat. Take measurements, weight once a week if the daily numbers get to you. Track measurements and weight over a period of time to gauge your progress.
  • TinaLRoman
    TinaLRoman Posts: 41 Member
    Think it has more to do with what you ate more than the fact that you ate back your exercise calories. Water weight can fluctuate a lot during the day and even day to day. If you're going to weigh everyday then be more concerned with the trends over time instead of the day to day. The day to day changes will drive you crazy if you let them.
  • amytaylorwilliamdrake
    amytaylorwilliamdrake Posts: 38
    ty amy I am glad I am not only daily weigher, its just habit I get up pee, step on scale. and ty for tips
  • chrismpalmer
    chrismpalmer Posts: 18
    why am I screwed?

    Out of all the responses, you keyed in on that? It's either sarcasm or he's trolling.

    4 pounds is perfectly normal. i have the same thing happen to me every couple weeks. Likely water weight caused by sodium intake. Keep doing what you're doing.
  • NaCL_H20
    NaCL_H20 Posts: 24
    STAY CALM! It's just your body holding onto the goodness to make sure it gets distributed evenly. You don't gain fat overnight just like you don't lose fat overnight. Just like If eat clean (all chicken and veggies) for a few days, then I decide to eat at subway, the bread has me retaining a little water making me gain what I like to call "false fat" weight that will come right back off. Throw your scale away because if you weigh yourself everyday your going to freak yourself out and sabotage your progress because your not going to understand what all the fluctuation is about. The true progress will come in measurments. Make sure your measured yourself in all your areas and THAT will tell you if your making progress. Too many people get scared when they see the extra 2 lbs because they had that slice of pizza and weigh themselves the next morning, then they work out and weigh themselves see the loss and feel good again, then they work out a lot weigh themselves and don't understand why they haven't lost weight, thats because they are gaining muscle so the weight that was burned off was replaced by the weight of the new muscles causing the scale to show no results. But if you tape now, then tape yourself when the weight loss plataeus you should remeasure and will then see a difference in your measurments and will more than likely be fitting into your clothes easier.
  • amytaylorwilliamdrake
    amytaylorwilliamdrake Posts: 38
    yea sorry just not use to people being mean here, ty for the confirmation this happens to all of us. I will lose the scale and only weigh at gym once a week.
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    why am I screwed?

    Out of all the responses, you keyed in on that? It's either sarcasm or he's trolling.

    4 pounds is perfectly normal. i have the same thing happen to me every couple weeks. Likely water weight caused by sodium intake. Keep doing what you're doing.

    Sarcasm.

    OP your weight can fluctuate immensely throughout the day. I've been known to fluctuate up to 8 or 9 pounds from one day to the next. Food you eat, muscle glycogen, and water retention all are factors.

    I'd really recommend you start weighing yourself once a week (at the same time and on the same scale) or better yet start taking measurements.
  • Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door
    Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door Posts: 735 Member
    measure!go by inches. the scale is not reliable you can't gain weight overeating 1 day. it took me 2 1/2 years to get up to 250 pounds. another two and half to drop down to 176 pounds. go by how your clothes feel on you. I would weigh before you eat each morning. that you way you will have an empty stomach. things like time of month, sodium intake etc can make the scale go up.
  • agggie550
    agggie550 Posts: 281 Member
    Public Service Announcement

    Can I just say this is the first thread ever that someone went up in a weight and not a single person said it was probably Muscle gain... I love all of you ... That is all thank you.
  • GURLEY_GIRL3
    GURLEY_GIRL3 Posts: 347 Member
    I usually weigh everyday..its just what I like to do. But your weight does go up and down to much to get bummed!! Aunt Flow is here and I gained almost 3 lbs in one day! but Im not bummed its just water weight. Make sure you take measurements monthly..you will be amazed! and if the scale bothers you that much it would be best if you do weight once a week or every two weeks. Keep your head up!
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Try pooping and drinking some water. Food in your intestines has mass and exercise causes water retention to aid muscle repair.
  • Lib_B
    Lib_B Posts: 446 Member
    Go take a dump.

    This ^^^^. You'd be surprised.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    yup weighed in this am first thing in the morning necked, and up 4 pounds from yesterday, the first day \I ate back my exercise calories, coincidence???

    Not all weight is fat. How many extra calories did you eat?
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    I weighed 7 lbs more on Monday than I did on Sunday. Why? Because I ate a boat load of pizza. Did I eat 24,000 calories in pizza? No, more like 4k. It takes 3,500 calories to add a pound of anything other than water/waste. Why you ask?



    Because science.

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