13 pounds of water weight?? TMI

leantonedliz
leantonedliz Posts: 13
edited January 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Not sure how, but I know I haven't gained 13 pounds and I am basically the same exact size as I have been.

Is this...poop...bloat...what is it?

I haven't been eating a ton of sodium lately, so you'd think it would be the opposite, right?

Maybe I haven't been going to the bathroom as much lately? I don't really pay much attention to it...

Or do you think the scale is broken?! AHH! HELP!

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  • leantonedliz
    leantonedliz Posts: 13
    Oh also I should mention I have my yearly physical tomorrow and it's probably going to be awkward if I go in having "gained" 13 pounds...which is like 10% of my weight (I'm really short lol)
  • supermodelchic
    supermodelchic Posts: 550 Member
    Hmm no clue hun , that's alot of extra weight, take your measurements, see if they measure up to what you should be, and hey your going to the doctor's ask them..
  • leantonedliz
    leantonedliz Posts: 13
    I just took them, they are exactly the same as they were the other day...
  • wtfusernameisnttaken
    wtfusernameisnttaken Posts: 192
    If you've been doing a lot of strength training over the past few days/weeks you could have gained more muscle mass, which wouldn't necessarily increase your inches but definitely increase your weight.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,151 Member
    Scale in the same spot? Wearing the same clothes? Same time of day? Did you just eat? ToM?
  • janessanessa
    janessanessa Posts: 299 Member
    may be water weight, especially if you have recently done any sort of vigorous workouts or a race etc. all of those little tears in muscle fibers lead to an increase in water weight as your body repairs them....may also be a fluctuation in scale or menstrual cycle. recheck tomorrow AM after drinking plenty of plain water and flushing your system out a bit maybe?
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